# Fecal matter loses!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 8, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510 "2006-11-08T03:12:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/1 "2006-11-08T03:12:16Z")
Just saw Santorum’s concession speach. _Does happy dance_ (But who will Dan Savage make fun of now?) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/2 "2006-11-08T03:15:41Z")
Frothy fun!! And Eliot Spitzer is going to be gov of New York. Oh you lucky lucky sods!! I can’t believe I’m grinning so. I fully expected to be depressed and gloomy this evening. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/3 "2006-11-08T03:16:56Z")
You know, even if the Democrats don’t take over outright I think that the people have spoken. Finally. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/4 "2006-11-08T03:18:24Z")
And Blackwell and K Harris getting their asses kicked! Wheeeee! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/5 "2006-11-08T03:34:59Z")
Have to say it seems to be a good night so far (ah, where was this thinking in 2004???) ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/6 "2006-11-08T03:44:40Z")
From [url=]this article from the Guardian describing Santorum’s opponent, Casey: "He’s pro-life, and supports efforts to overturn Roe v Wade. He opposes gay marriage, and is against giving mandatory equal rights to same-sex domestic couples. He was for the war in Iraq, though he says he now considers it a mistake, and is opposed to the withdrawal of US troops. He opposes gun control, supports the death penalty, and backed the appointment of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. " Is there much difference? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/7 "2006-11-08T03:49:21Z")
[QUOTE=Princhester] From [url=]this article from the Guardian describing Santorum’s opponent, Casey: SNIP Is there much difference? [/QUOTE] sadly no. I would have voted for a third party candidate had one been on the ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/8 "2006-11-08T04:00:15Z")
[QUOTE=Princhester] From [url=]this article from the Guardian describing Santorum’s opponent, Casey: "He’s pro-life, and supports efforts to overturn Roe v Wade. He opposes gay marriage, and is against giving mandatory equal rights to same-sex domestic couples. He was for the war in Iraq, though he says he now considers it a mistake, and is opposed to the withdrawal of US troops. He opposes gun control, supports the death penalty, and backed the appointment of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. " Is there much difference? [/QUOTE] Yes. The difference is the same as the difference between Bush and Kerry. He’s not Santorum, and right now that’s quite good enough. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/9 "2006-11-08T04:08:08Z")
I’m just glad I’m not getting anymore goddamned pre-recorded political phone calls. Joe Piscopo is a d-list moron who can go crawl back into obscurity. After four calls in one day from that creep I hope he spends the rest of his days being tortured by telemarketers. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/10 "2006-11-08T04:10:06Z")
_sigh_ I’ll give you that. Sadly. I’m the one who put up the donky and elephant poster fucking each other with the “NO FUCKING DIFFERENCE” line. But I’d like to believe Casey doesn’t equate being gay with fucking dogs. So a bit of a step up there. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/11 "2006-11-08T04:16:54Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] Yes. The difference is the same as the difference between Bush and Kerry. He’s not Santorum, and right now that’s quite good enough. [/QUOTE] I almost felt like vomiting when I voted for him, but he’s the lesser of two evils and doesn’t have that unsightly _R_ after his name. ---
**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/12 "2006-11-08T04:19:36Z")
[QUOTE=Equipoise] And Blackwell and K Harris getting their asses kicked! Wheeeee! [/QUOTE] Yeah, but George “Macaca” Allen is still winning, ahead by about 30,000 votes with 96% reporting. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/13 "2006-11-08T04:21:33Z")
[QUOTE=MrJackboots] Yeah, but George “Macaca” Allen is still winning, ahead by about 30,000 votes with 96% reporting. [/QUOTE] The defining issue was apparently gay marriage on the ballot. :rolleyes: Bleh. Allen is almost as much of a disgrace to the Republican party as Kathleen Harris. ---
**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/14 "2006-11-08T04:42:27Z")
Quick update: Don’t count Webb out yet; he just pulled the gap down to a hair under 10,000 votes, and 3% of the precincts have yet to report. This is going to get really interesting really fast. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/15 "2006-11-08T05:13:14Z")
CNN has Webb with 99% reporting by a mere 2,500 votes or so. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/16 "2006-11-08T05:24:42Z")
That one is going in for some serious recounts. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/17 "2006-11-08T05:26:12Z")
Man, just think how miserable it will be if control of the Senate ends up resting on a few thousand votes in Virginia. Especially now that people have shut up about Florida in 2000. Recounts galore, and bitching about absentee ballots, and voter intimidation, and Allen’s robocalls. It’ll never end. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/18 "2006-11-08T05:33:50Z")
All right, I went through the entire list of Virginia counties, and looked at each one that had less than 100% of the vote in; I can’t do much about rounding errors. Presuming that each one continues its trend of Webb over Allen and vice versa (and the former was more common), I ended up Webb gaining an additional 8900 votes, Allen with 6900 votes. This leaves approximately 7500 votes not accounted for (adding the overall votes for all three and dividing by .99 [the current percentage] gives the total number of votes), so it remains a statistical tie. It would probably remain so even if percentages of received votes were reported to three figures, snd that would also make this much more of a pain in the ass to do. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/19 "2006-11-08T06:31:48Z")
Last Virginia recount took until dec.22. Hold tight. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510/20 "2006-11-08T06:41:27Z")
So what will Santorum do with his life now? Maybe run for man-on-dogcatcher? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-matter-loses/379510.md?page=2)