Random Nuclear Strikes

In Conclusion

As you have probably heard, the Washignton State Superior Court Judge denied the Repubs petition to toss out last November’s gubernatorial election yesterday.

Eh, I figured.

What I didn’t really figure on was Dino Rossi giving a concession speech yesterday afternoon. Wow.

The left is freaking out about how he talked a little smack about the Washington State Supreme Court when he decided not to appeal it to their halls. Some are saying that they are a pretty non-partisan group and some are even saying that they’re ruled by a right wing majority. These people are on some serious hallucinogens. I do not think that a conservative majority would have ruled that beating someone to death is legally only manslaughter as long as you say that you ‘didn’t mean to actually kill them’.

Some are even going so far as to suggest that sanctions and grievances be brought onto the Repubs and their lawyers.

Nothing like a little retribution to make the Dems feel like they have a real mandate in this state.

But enough with the smack talkin’, here’s the skinny.

The Repubs were able to get the conspiracy to defraud by King County elections officials entered into evidence. When they made up their numbers to give to the Secretary of State, they officially screwed up. Oddly enough, they all still have their jobs. Must be magic!

The judge threw out 1678 votes from the total number of votes cast and took four votes off of Rossi’s total and one vote from the total of the libertarian candidate. So officially, Rossi now lost by 133 instead of 129 and the 1678 votes that were thrown out are not reflected in the totals listed for each candidate.

In thirty years some kid will be adding up the individual candidates vote totals and have to find the addendum to figure out why his numbers don’t match.

So ends the 2004 Washington State Governor’s election. In fucking June of 2005.

We made it to Part 28 in this series, by far the longest running series here at RNS. While I am not happy with the results, I am satisfied to know that the entire country now knows of just how truly twisted the elections are in this backwater corner burg of the union and I am also satisfied in my knowledge that statewide public support for Gregoire is virtually nil and about the only folks who currently support her are the hardcore left wing loonies who truly believe that Republicans have horns hiding under their hair.

I am also satisfied that the Repubs took it as far as it could go and that Gregoire is going to hit the pavement hard in 2008, after which her political avenue will reach a dead end.

And unless Gregoire tries to extend her “mandate� and tries to silence all opposition, I’ll be right here laughing.

Getting’ all Perry Mason on their ass

I must confess that I have been quite lax on keeping you all updated on the trial currently underway in Chelan County to try and wrest control of Washington State’s Governor’s office from an unelected person.

I have stayed away from it so as to not get too worked-up over all the crap that is being thrown around. From the Repubs, all you hear is “We’re gonna win this!� and from the Dems you hear “Why don’t you guys just give up?�

The Dems have made at least two motions to dismiss since it started, both of which the judge tossed out without considering. I wonder what they don’t want entered into the court’s records.

The Repubs were handed a setback on the opening day of the trial when the judge said that the only way he was going rule in their favor is if they could prove that Rossi had won. Showing incompetence in the elections board of King County, felons and illegal aliens voting and damning statistics weren’t enough for a victory under his interpretation of state law, which is part of the reason why, after that first day, I knew I didn’t want to get too emotionally attached to the possible verdict.

Here is the other part of the reason; No matter the verdict here, both sides have pledged to take it to the Washington State Supreme Court if they lose. If the Repubs win and it goes there, the left leaning majority will probably find in the Dems favor OR the court could decide that it is too politically charged and just hand the decision over to the state legislative body, both houses of which are controlled by Democrats.

A winning verdict from this judge could end up dying in committee.

Can you tell I am not hopeful here?

As for highlights in the courtroom, what I wrote about in Part Dvadtsat Shest was entered into the court record. If you missed that part, basically the absentee ballot supervisor for King County testified that her and her immediate supervisor knowingly filed an incorrect count of absentee ballots in the county with the Secretary of State so that he could certify the election.

I’d call that conspiracy to defraud or at least conspiracy to file false documents. But we’ll have to wait for the judge on that.

In other distractions to the court case, in King County, Doris McFarland, 83, and Robert Holmgren, 59, each admitted in King County District Court that they forged the signatures of and cast ballots for their recently deceased spouses.

$500 fines for each of them, but no jail time.

There has not been one single word on even an investigation into felons voting illegally in the county. Both of these people were caught because they had the good morals to admit to breaking the law. I guess a list of names and addresses of people whose ballots are verifiable as processed just isn’t enough to charge or arrest a felon in King County.

I was going to get a house alarm for Casa de Analog, but now that they have an 83 year old double voter processed through the system, I feel much safer! Poor fluffy will have to go without her tin of meat this month.

Anyway, reporting from behind enemy lines under taxation without representation, this has been the Analog Kid.