Do you think that the WA Stae Republicans will march in the streets in

[saracat]

protest as the Repug Chair said they would if the recount went for her?

[Hamoth]

1. undoubtedly.

I have seen first hand what their rent-a-mob "protesters" are. I have spoken with them about their deep convictions "we protest protesters...haha...no seriously...this is just a rally...I think..." then they all go back inside for coco and paychecks until the cameras show up. Rediculous.

[bluestateguy]

2. Republicans don't march in the streets

They just make a few phone calls to the appropriate power brokers who can make things happen.

[KansDem]

6. "Appropriate power brokers"

The ones with the "power" to "break" skulls...?

[zbdent]

9. They march in the hallways

where you have to have a suit and tie (and the right skin color, for that matter) to get in . . . a la Florida . . .

[McCamy Taylor]

3. no, Rove will instruct them to chill, look what the Ukrain did for Ohio

election protest fuels election protests and the Bushies do not want people thinking about election protests right now.

[Junkdrawer]

4. Yep. We get a Governor, they get a President...n/t

[New Earth]

5. what the hell would their slogan be?

"Don't count the votes!! Don't count the votes!!" ?????????????????????????

:puke:

[pleiku52cab]

7. Sure - why not

Isn't that their guiding moral principle?

[McCamy Taylor]

8. GOP are More Concentrated Than Democratic Votes So One Goes Farther

[understandinglife]

10. Please do remember...

...this little article that appeared last week in the Seattle Times quoting a past WA SOS (Munro, a Republican):

"This thing could just degenerate and spiral downward," Munro said yesterday. "Whoever eventually becomes governor is going to have a very hard time governing, and we're going to go through four years of flopping around."

He suggested allowing new voter registrations for a few weeks, then holding a new election in February."

Link:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002122...

For reasons obvious to many of you, I truly hope the rethugs try to 'play that card' in WA in the next few days!! I really, really, really want them to take Munro's advice, don't you? :evilgrin:

Peace.

[merwin]

11. She won even without the extra ~700 votes. She's officially got a mandate.

:-)

[John Q. Citizen]

17. Good one!

[Nothing Without Hope]

12. They were protesting even BEFORE the decision

Funny, I would have thought they didn't have this much imagination!

(This excerpt is from an AP story at Yahoo this morning that has since disappeared)

(snip)
About 350 people gathered Tuesday to show support for Rossi in front of the Supreme Court, at a rally sponsored by a conservative talk-radio station.
The crowd chanted "No more fraud!" They held signs saying "Welcome to Ukraine" and wore orange, a tribute to the signature color of demonstrators in Ukraine who protested a fraud-marred election there.
(snip)

[me b zola]

14. They have no shame...nor morals

So let us, in the view of the media (oh, I'm sure they will be there for the repukes) get them to agree to open & tranparent elections. Surely if they are insisting on honest elections, then they cannot deny, in the face of cameras, to join us in our fight.
Such a Clintonian way of using those who would defile us.

[proudbluestater]

13. Anybody who would protest all votes being counted is sick.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. LOL! What will be their marching song? Money Makes The World Go Around?

[demo dutch]

16. That's what they do, they manage to get the media coverage

everytime!

[John Q. Citizen]

18. I heard a Repo say on NPR tonight

that they should count all the late postmarked military ballots and that in any case and anyway they intend to sue to prevent the results of the hand-count to stand.

Ain't democracy grand?

The problem the Repos in WA have is all legal ballots counted legally under the law show they lost. As far as I know, they aren't making claims of systematic vote suppression, weird exit polls, software glitches/tampering, strange down ballot numbers, or apparent vote-line shifting.

All the Repos are saying is it's unfair to them to legally handcount the ballots.
Aww...