Comments on: Changing of the Guards … More of the Same http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/ An Irreverent Look at the Glocalized World Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: HispanicPundit http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-175328 HispanicPundit Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:59:10 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/#comment-175328 Our water has more iron. ;-) Our water has more iron. ;-)

]]> By: Kjerringa Mot Strommen http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-174609 Kjerringa Mot Strommen Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:56:04 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/#comment-174609 "The Republican's lose with class"? What do they put in the water down there HP? I haven't seen much of anything done with class by the Republicans recently. Did you pay attention to the many dirty tricks suggested by Republican wags and actually paid for by the RNC? “The Republican’s lose with class”? What do they put in the water down there HP? I haven’t seen much of anything done with class by the Republicans recently. Did you pay attention to the many dirty tricks suggested by Republican wags and actually paid for by the RNC?

]]> By: Dead Horse http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-172519 Dead Horse Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:59:30 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/#comment-172519 Geez guys. Just leave me alone ok? Geez guys. Just leave me alone ok?

]]> By: revaz http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-170221 revaz Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:35:13 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/#comment-170221 Yo HP, Good call. Allen and the rest did concede humbly. But I think it's because the electoral system has and is in favor of the republicans. So if they lose, they really can't complain. Well, they are upset that Bush didn't fire Rumsfeld before the election. More about the electoral system from lefty investigative journalist Greg Palast: "The nasty little secret of US elections is that three million ballots are cast in national elections but not counted — 3,600,380 not counted in 2004 according to US Election Commission stats. These are votes lost because a punch card didn’t punch (its chad got “hung”), a stray mark voided a paper ballot and other machinery glitches. Officials call it “spoilage.” I call it, “inaugurating Republicans.” Why? According to statisticians working with the US Civil Rights Commission, the chance your vote will “spoil” this way is 900% higher for Black folk and 500% higher for Hispanics than for white voters. When we do the arithmetic, we find that well over half of all votes spoiled or “blank” are cast by voters of color. On balance, this spoilage game produces a million-vote edge for the GOP." Yo HP,
Good call. Allen and the rest did concede humbly.

But I think it’s because the electoral system has and is in favor of the republicans. So if they lose, they really can’t complain. Well, they are upset that Bush didn’t fire Rumsfeld before the election.

More about the electoral system from lefty investigative journalist Greg Palast:

“The nasty little secret of US elections is that three million ballots are cast in national elections but not counted — 3,600,380 not counted in 2004 according to US Election Commission stats. These are votes lost because a punch card didn’t punch (its chad got “hung”), a stray mark voided a paper ballot and other machinery glitches.

Officials call it “spoilage.” I call it, “inaugurating Republicans.” Why? According to statisticians working with the US Civil Rights Commission, the chance your vote will “spoil” this way is 900% higher for Black folk and 500% higher for Hispanics than for white voters. When we do the arithmetic, we find that well over half of all votes spoiled or “blank” are cast by voters of color. On balance, this spoilage game produces a million-vote edge for the GOP.”

]]> By: mari http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-170174 mari Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:07:30 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/#comment-170174 Ay, HP ~ you say: "In other words, unlike Democrats of the past, the GOP handed over power with class." How about having HANDLED power with class? Ay, HP ~ you say: “In other words, unlike Democrats of the past, the GOP handed over power with class.”

How about having HANDLED power with class?

]]> By: Joel http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-169849 Joel Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:56:46 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/#comment-169849 er...<a>robocalls</a>? false endorsements? Yep, a real class act. er…robocalls? false endorsements?

Yep, a real class act.

]]> By: HispanicPundit http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-169416 HispanicPundit Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:34:07 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/#comment-169416 I wanted the GOP to lose power so I have no real qualms with what you say here, though I do want to point out one striking difference from previous elections where power was transferred: the GOP candidates conceded elections (even when the margins were razor thin), they did not ask for recounts, and most importantly they did not start conspiracy theories of 'stolen elections' and so forth. In other words, unlike Democrats of the past, the GOP handed over power with class. I wanted the GOP to lose power so I have no real qualms with what you say here, though I do want to point out one striking difference from previous elections where power was transferred: the GOP candidates conceded elections (even when the margins were razor thin), they did not ask for recounts, and most importantly they did not start conspiracy theories of ‘stolen elections’ and so forth.

In other words, unlike Democrats of the past, the GOP handed over power with class.

]]> By: el moreno http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-166724 el moreno Sat, 11 Nov 2006 04:30:58 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2006/11/10/changing-of-the-guards-more-of-the-same/#comment-166724 i wouldve loved to have seen how drunk you got tuesday nite, abogado, all drunk and optimistic. sounds like a fun night in DC. did you guys party with the underage pages or what? i wouldve loved to have seen how drunk you got tuesday nite, abogado, all drunk and optimistic. sounds like a fun night in DC. did you guys party with the underage pages or what?

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