Comments on: Coleman’s Lead Down To 136 After Second Recount Day http://donklephant.com/2008/11/21/colemans-lead-down-to-136-after-second-recount-day/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:05:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bigby suvins http://donklephant.com/2008/11/21/colemans-lead-down-to-136-after-second-recount-day/comment-page-1/#comment-425493 bigby suvins Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:36:39 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11207#comment-425493 I don't like either Coleman or Franken but responses like Kranky Kritters' is the antithesis to democracy. In a real democracy all the votes would get counted and anyone who thinks otherwise just shouldn't vote. If my vote didn't get counted I'd pretty pissed off and I don't care what media outlets declare or push upon the public. I mean, c'mon! I think 90% of America knows that the prez election in 2000 was a stolen election and would have gone to the robotic Al Gore by a comfortable margin if all the votes had been actually tallyed. I am no Dem, but will say a major difference between Dems and Republicans are that Dems want voters to vote and Republicans will do anything, and I mean anything, to prevent voters from voting, especially poor voters. Let people vote. Let their votes count. Voting may ultimately be a facade for our democracy, but this is the last vestige of faith (voting) that our citizens have. Let them keep that faith, whether it matters or not. I don’t like either Coleman or Franken but responses like Kranky Kritters’ is the antithesis to democracy. In a real democracy all the votes would get counted and anyone who thinks otherwise just shouldn’t vote. If my vote didn’t get counted I’d pretty pissed off and I don’t care what media outlets declare or push upon the public. I mean, c’mon! I think 90% of America knows that the prez election in 2000 was a stolen election and would have gone to the robotic Al Gore by a comfortable margin if all the votes had been actually tallyed. I am no Dem, but will say a major difference between Dems and Republicans are that Dems want voters to vote and Republicans will do anything, and I mean anything, to prevent voters from voting, especially poor voters. Let people vote. Let their votes count. Voting may ultimately be a facade for our democracy, but this is the last vestige of faith (voting) that our citizens have. Let them keep that faith, whether it matters or not.

]]> By: kranky kritter http://donklephant.com/2008/11/21/colemans-lead-down-to-136-after-second-recount-day/comment-page-1/#comment-425468 kranky kritter Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:26:17 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11207#comment-425468 Where's the faith, Justin? Based on the overwhelming one-way trend towards Franken where every past error has magically been corrected in his favor, I have fait. Someone will <i>oopsie</i> find a box or two of votes that <i>oopsie-DAISY</i> they forgot to count the last time. And wouldn't you know that most of them are for Franken. It'll be a miracle. I hope I'm wrong. Not because I favor either guy, knowing little of either. But it's bad when initial results are overturned. It undermines the non-cynical variety of faith that the system relies on. Where’s the faith, Justin?

Based on the overwhelming one-way trend towards Franken where every past error has magically been corrected in his favor, I have fait. Someone will oopsie find a box or two of votes that oopsie-DAISY they forgot to count the last time. And wouldn’t you know that most of them are for Franken.

It’ll be a miracle.

I hope I’m wrong. Not because I favor either guy, knowing little of either. But it’s bad when initial results are overturned. It undermines the non-cynical variety of faith that the system relies on.

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