Comments on: MUST READ FROM THE PIONEER PRESS: “THE RECOUNT REFEREE” http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:12:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Swiftee http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261456 Swiftee Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:26:24 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261456 Hey everyone, settle down in here while Feckless Jeffie is visiting...you really don't want to get him worked up or he'll squirt tears all over the place. (It's that special time of the month for him, and he's just getting used to his honorary uterus...he's fragile) Hey everyone, settle down in here while Feckless Jeffie is visiting…you really don’t want to get him worked up or he’ll squirt tears all over the place.

(It’s that special time of the month for him, and he’s just getting used to his honorary uterus…he’s fragile)

]]> By: hiram http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261455 hiram Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:24:24 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261455 "But Ritchie hasn’t criticized Team Franken enough and he probably won’t. That’s the unfortunate partisan side of Ritchie that Minnesotans are going to have to endure for the next couple of weeks." Why in the world should Ritchie pay any attention at all to anything either the Franken or Coleman camps say? Except insofar as they pertain to the way Ritchie is managing the recount? It's Ritchie's job to see the votes counted accurately, and if a vote is not counted, it's his job to provide a reasonable explanation, as to why not. “But Ritchie hasn’t criticized Team Franken enough and he probably won’t. That’s the unfortunate partisan side of Ritchie that Minnesotans are going to have to endure for the next couple of weeks.”

Why in the world should Ritchie pay any attention at all to anything either the Franken or Coleman camps say? Except insofar as they pertain to the way Ritchie is managing the recount?

It’s Ritchie’s job to see the votes counted accurately, and if a vote is not counted, it’s his job to provide a reasonable explanation, as to why not.

]]> By: jbenson2 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261403 jbenson2 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:11:09 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261403 A Poem to Danbrome No Hard Feelings The election day is over, The talking is done. My party lost, your party won. So let us be friends, Let arguments pass. I’ll hug my elephant, You kiss your ass. A Poem to Danbrome

No Hard Feelings
The election day is over,
The talking is done.
My party lost, your party won.
So let us be friends,
Let arguments pass.
I’ll hug my elephant,
You kiss your ass.

]]> By: danbrome http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261396 danbrome Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:27:34 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261396 jBenson2 = Town Stooge jBenson2 = Town Stooge

]]> By: hiram http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261373 hiram Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:25:42 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261373 "The undervotes will be considered as a legitimate target. It will become the laughing stock of America just like what happened in Florida." Of course they are. If the machines failed to count votes that in fact were counted, then they must be corrected. Does anyone really disagree about that? I never found anything that happened in Florida very funny, and I don't expect to get a lot of laughs out of the recount here. The recount is required by law, and I fully expect it will be conducted in an orderly fashion. “The undervotes will be considered as a legitimate target. It will become the laughing stock of America just like what happened in Florida.”

Of course they are. If the machines failed to count votes that in fact were counted, then they must be corrected. Does anyone really disagree about that?

I never found anything that happened in Florida very funny, and I don’t expect to get a lot of laughs out of the recount here. The recount is required by law, and I fully expect it will be conducted in an orderly fashion.

]]> By: jbenson2 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261369 jbenson2 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:22:27 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261369 The undervotes will be considered as a legitimate target. It will become the laughing stock of America just like what happened in Florida. Oooh, I see a fingerprint near Angry Al's circle on the ballot. The republican lawyers will object. The final decision will be made by Mr. Acorn Ritchie. <b>Ca Ching!</b> Another vote for Franken. The undervotes will be considered as a legitimate target. It will become the laughing stock of America just like what happened in Florida.

Oooh, I see a fingerprint near Angry Al’s circle on the ballot. The republican lawyers will object. The final decision will be made by Mr. Acorn Ritchie.

Ca Ching! Another vote for Franken.

]]> By: Jeff Fecke http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261367 Jeff Fecke Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:47:39 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261367 <i>Presumably, Norm has got people trained to challenge all undervote, also. I would also assume that if there is speck anywhere near Norm’s space on the ballot, they will claim there was “voter intent” to vote for passive Norm.</i> And if the Coleman camp isn't planning on doing this, then Coleman should fire everyone working for him and hire new people. Presumably, Norm has got people trained to challenge all undervote, also. I would also assume that if there is speck anywhere near Norm’s space on the ballot, they will claim there was “voter intent” to vote for passive Norm.

And if the Coleman camp isn’t planning on doing this, then Coleman should fire everyone working for him and hire new people.

]]> By: hiram http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261342 hiram Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:40:44 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261342 "He’s got people trained to challenge all the undervotes. If there is a speck anywhere near the senate portion of the ballot, they will attempt to claim there was “voter intent” to vote for angry Al." Presumably, Norm has got people trained to challenge all undervote, also. I would also assume that if there is speck anywhere near Norm's space on the ballot, they will claim there was "voter intent" to vote for passive Norm. The question for both candidates and their supporters is the same. Does the ballot show voter intent? If so, it should be counted. I would expect that both candidates would agree on that. “He’s got people trained to challenge all the undervotes. If there is a speck anywhere near the senate portion of the ballot, they will attempt to claim there was “voter intent” to vote for angry Al.”

Presumably, Norm has got people trained to challenge all undervote, also. I would also assume that if there is speck anywhere near Norm’s space on the ballot, they will claim there was “voter intent” to vote for passive Norm.

The question for both candidates and their supporters is the same. Does the ballot show voter intent? If so, it should be counted. I would expect that both candidates would agree on that.

]]> By: Margaret http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261341 Margaret Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:32:56 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261341 Hiram. He's got people trained to challenge all the undervotes. If there is a speck anywhere near the senate portion of the ballot, they will attempt to claim there was "voter intent" to vote for angry Al. Hiram. He’s got people trained to challenge all the undervotes. If there is a speck anywhere near the senate portion of the ballot, they will attempt to claim there was “voter intent” to vote for angry Al.

]]> By: hiram http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261333 hiram Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:31:05 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261333 "Franken is drooling over the undervotes. Those are ballots were someone voted for Obama and for other Democrats, but skipped the vote for Angry Al." I have to ask, why would Franken, or Coleman for that matter, drool over votes not cast for them? In recounting the votes, the only thing that matters is the votes cast for senate. “Franken is drooling over the undervotes. Those are ballots were someone voted for Obama and for other Democrats, but skipped the vote for Angry Al.”

I have to ask, why would Franken, or Coleman for that matter, drool over votes not cast for them? In recounting the votes, the only thing that matters is the votes cast for senate.

]]> By: Leroy Jenkins http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261332 Leroy Jenkins Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:04:32 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261332 Minnesota doesn't recognize voter intent, so, unlike Florida, a ballot where the Senate race was left empty will be counted as a non-vote. But thanks for trying to continue to fan the flames of bias and underhanded attacks with misinformation and half truths. Should Norm happen to lose, he will do so fair and square. Minnesota doesn’t recognize voter intent, so, unlike Florida, a ballot where the Senate race was left empty will be counted as a non-vote.

But thanks for trying to continue to fan the flames of bias and underhanded attacks with misinformation and half truths.

Should Norm happen to lose, he will do so fair and square.

]]> By: jbenson2 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261331 jbenson2 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:56:02 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261331 Unfortunately, Ritchie will be counting the ballots that are questionable. He is in charge of the committee of 5 who will make the final interpretation on questionable calls. Franken is <b>drooling over the undervotes.</b> Those are ballots were someone voted for Obama and for other Democrats, but skipped the vote for Angry Al. Unfortunately, Ritchie will be counting the ballots that are questionable. He is in charge of the committee of 5 who will make the final interpretation on questionable calls.

Franken is drooling over the undervotes. Those are ballots were someone voted for Obama and for other Democrats, but skipped the vote for Angry Al.

]]> By: hiram http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/11/16/must-read-from-the-pioneer-press-the-recount-referee/comment-page-1/#comment-261324 hiram Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:34:23 +0000 http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/?p=7125#comment-261324 I don't think Ritchie will be counting any votes, and that's all that matters here. I don’t think Ritchie will be counting any votes, and that’s all that matters here.

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