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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (446505)	1/10/2009 1:47:42 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576350

Here's the latest Crook in Palm Beach County, a Republican, just to balance it out. Her and her husband a heading to jail... There are crooks on both sides of the aisle. However, I take real offense at people assuming everyone is a crook. I like neither Coleman nor Franken.....Coleman less....but I know that MN is as honest as they come. There are always votes that don't get counted properly in any election.....its the nature of the beast when voting is still done in many states by early 20th century technology. That's why states have a provision to automatically recount votes when elections are close. In the case of MN, the canvassing board was picked very carefully......2 GOPers, one Dem, one Independence party and one non partisan and had the full endorsement of every Dem AND Republican in MN. Coleman's and Franken's people were given every chance to participate in the process and they did. Frankly, Coleman is turning out to be rather sleazy so it does not surprise me that he is unwilling to go quietly into the nite. However, that doesn't mean Franken and the Dems stole the election but rather that Republicans tend to be horse's asses in these matters. I say that because of a similar experience we went through here in WA state with the governor's race 4 years ago. Back then, I think one of them...the Dem or the GOPer won by 25 votes......the difference was very small.....and the election was forced into a recount. In the end the Dem won the recount. Just like with MN, the Republicans claimed they were cheated. To placate the party, the whole process was brought in front of a GOP judge in the most Republican county in the state. After much reviewing, the judge ruled the process had been fair and above board. Frankly, I am getting sick of the Republicans accusing everyone of being crooks when things do not go their way.