[politics] Chutzpah

[holzman_tweed]

For those who don't know, chuztpah used to be defined as the quality that allows one to kill one's parents and then beg the court for mercy on the grounds that one is an orphan.

Republican crybaby Dino Rossi has updated the definition.

For those who don't recall, Washington state's gubenatorial race took a long time to count and originally came up with the Republican winning by less than 1%. Long story short, the Republicans spent their time arguing that the result should stand, the Democrats pointed out legitimtely cast votes that were not counted.

For years now, we've been hearing Republicans tell us how terrible it was that we wanted a recount in Florida. I don't think we ever asked for a do-over.

Comments

[unclevlad.livejournal.com]

Ok, I can understand there being concern with the results that close. But what would a new election do? What happens if the next time Dino wins by some piddling margin? Do they keep going back to the polls until there is a winner by a certain margin? Elections are very expensive - not just the stupid amounts of money the candidates and others spend, but the sheer mechanincs of polling places and ballot generation and counting and people having to take time off from their other responsibilities and ...

Sometimes, elections are very close. Sometimes they are not. That is a part of the system.

As an aside, that direct representation parlimentary thing keeps looking better and better.