Must be nice to live in a “pivotal” state where everyone wants your vote to count…just to make sure it was counted just right would you like some silk toilet roll scented with chanel #5, kind electorate?
Phooey, says Inigo. I didn’t want George to win, I wanted the JoKer. But then JoKer pussied out before lunch the next day–before the votes were even all counted despite the closeness of the election in a few mother lode states. George may be a lying, soulless murderous fool with iced crude for blood, but at least he’ll put up a screechy whiny hissy fight on behalf of his supporters.
By Noon on November 3rd JoKer told me what he thought of my vote. I’ll be even MORE pissed off if Ohio gets turned around and we get the spineless flower child, even if he DOES have 3 Purple Hearts…fucking “dum dum” medals anyway of you ask me. ANYONE can get shot (provided they enter the arena in the first place), but show me 3 silver stars…shit, show me why you deserve ANY combat medals 30 years later, JoKer!
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Er, the JoKer didn’t push for this recount. Cobb and Badnarik did. And I think it’s a good thing for democracy to make sure every vote counts, even if the outcome is the same. It’s not as if the taxpayers are funding this, anyway.
Actually, they will. The law requires the organizations demanding a recount to put up something line $10 per precinct…this works out to $150,000. To do the actual recount will probably run into the millions.
Well, I live in Ohio, so I pay Ohio taxes, but I don’t vote in Ohio (because I’m not a US citizen). And as one of the millions of people paying for this thing, I’m happy to have my few cents go on this recount. But what would be even nicer would be if the Ohio Secretary of State, and the county boards of elections, could get the ballot done better next time.
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya But then JoKer pussied out before lunch the next day–before the votes were even all counted despite the closeness of the election in a few mother lode states. [/quote]
“JoKer” didn’t pussy out, the handwriting was on the wall at that point. Sure, he could have thrown a hissy fit, but it wouldn’t have gotten him anywhere, while at the same time undermining confidence in the American election system.
No need to worry about that, it’s not going to happen.
I appreciate it. I gather the basic gist of your rant is “I’m mad Kerry lost, mad he didn’t fight tooth and nail in a (almost certainly losing) post-election battle for Ohio, and mad the media is still talking about the election.” But please correct me if I’m wrong.
If Bush won with a margin of 34 electoral votes, then it wasn’t really Ohio’s 20 that pushed him “over the top”, was it !?!? Wasn’t it Ohio plus some other state???
-ggurl
(Still embarrassed that my measly vote, as usual, didn’t cancel out the Ohio Republican horde)
But, curse you. You are too familiar with my posting style I didn’t particularly want to see JoKer do an Al Gore impression if that’s what you mean, but he could have at least feigned hopeful silence for a day or two rather than throwing in the towel when he got a bloody nose. He ended up looking like he was on the Republican payroll the way he caved in. Please tell me I have a point?
And yeah, he’s ceded victory so no recount can/should change anything I think. Forgive me…I’m still a bit rabid about it even being a close race in the first place. I’m doing the best I can to hunker down and chant “this too shall pass” and “this will inspire change” for the next four years without the media ripping the scab off and grinding in kosher salt with the heel of a jackboot.
One needs 270 EVs to win the presidency. Subtract 20 from Bush’s 286 an he has 266, not enough to win. Add those 20 to to Kerry’s 252 and he has 272 and the presidency.
I didn’t particularly want to see JoKer do an Al Gore impression if that’s what you mean, but he could have at least feigned hopeful silence for a day or two rather than throwing in the towel when he got a bloody nose. He ended up looking like he was on the Republican payroll the way he caved in. Please tell me I have a point?