Isn't it amusing how when the left is getting its way, it is time to put things behind us and move on. Why haven't they done that with Al Gore's defeat? Always the whiners, they are forever wanting exceptions and rules changes like petulant children. They cry do over, but when it is suggested at their expense they don't like the rhetoric. Too funny.
OLYMPIA — Gov.-elect Christine Gregoire, saying Republicans have not backed up their allegations of election fraud, sharply urged GOP officials yesterday to "calm down. Stop the level of rhetoric."
Her request came during a meeting with reporters that was supposed to focus on her plans for the legislative session that will start Monday. Instead, the discussion centered on GOP calls for a do-over of the Nov. 2 election.
"The idea of a redo I find to be absolutely ludicrous," Gregoire said. "It's particularly unfortunate we're somehow suggesting these county election officials haven't done their job, when there is absolutely no evidence to support that."
Republicans want a new election between Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi, who lost by 129 votes in a statewide manual recount after leading in two previous counts.
Rossi supporters argue that vote-counting problems, such as discrepancies between lists of voters and counts of votes cast, indicate the election was botched.
"All we have to do is show [there] has been fraud or error or neglect to the degree that you can't know who won this election," Republican Party Chairman Chris Vance said. "If I were Christine Gregoire, I'd be very nervous right now."
Gregoire accused Republicans of dividing the state with their accusations. "I think we ought to put it behind us and move on," she said. "This is not good for the state of Washington."
From The Seattle Times.
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