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Drooling on the Pillow

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Upon Further Review . . . 

The WSJ has an editorial today that takes the position that Dino Rossi got jobbed out the the Washington State governership, but he should moveon.

I agree.

The downside is that we really shouldn't be enabling the Democratic Party in it's rapidly expanding sense of entitlement to every close election and its grim determination to use any means necessary. As any parent knows, setting limits encourages growth.

The upside is that someone has to be the adult and the political life of this country is beginning to get lost in the funhouse. If the Washington election is further litigated they should go with the NFL replay standard. Only incontrovertable visual evidence can overturn the ruling on the field. Show me videotape or fingerprints nailing a Democratic official with illegally manipulating 130 votes or forget about it. Of course they stole it. A child can see that. But its not the first time nor the last. It's like stock shrinkage. Write it off and be smarter next time.

Bush Derangement Syndrome has created a very dangerous landscape. I have a friend who was talking about the stolen election in Florida. I said 'Yeah, that was close. Thank God the Supremes put an end to that." He looked confused for a moment and then went up in flames. Truth be told, I did it on purpose, but it is what I believe. But Ohio? How can any adult believe that the Ohio election was stolen? But they do. Intelligent, informed people, many of them, believe it.

Maybe we need to begin every day with a recitation of a few basic facts. Elections, even national ones, are handled locally. The good part is that no one act can steal the whole election. The bad part is that some of the locals are morons. But the essential part to remember is that all of the disputed counties in Florida and Ohio (and King County in Washington) were run by Democrats. They decided the budget allocation, the kind of ballots, the kind of machines, where they were placed and they were responsible for training the poll workers. This was obviously an advantage in Washington, but unless they are prepared to explain why Democratic County Election Commissioners conspired to steal elections for Republicans they should shut up and get on with it. And they should lose a time out.
Posted by: Sluggo / 1:02 PM
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