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But I think what he was trying to say was that no precinct would report until they had counted their absentees. This makes a kind of sense. In the Indy county has one or two percent uncounted, that may ALL be absentees... Lake county doesn't want to do that but let each precinct be counted in toto.
by xeju on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:02:41 PM PDT
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votes which presumably were machine counted and absentee voting...or whether the arly voting is absentee voting???? very confusing and he didn't do it well
by maxnyc on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:04:45 PM PDT
I honestly believe he thinks each precinct is waiting to count their absentees before reporting anything.
I also think the Hammond mayor, a Clinton supporter, is giving legitimacy to the overall process.
by xeju on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:07:12 PM PDT
The Clinton supporter Mayor is saying it looks like fraud.
He's really jumping to conclusions, in a bad way.
Edwards Supporters for Obama!
by NCDem Amy on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:08:13 PM PDT
there are provisional and paper absentee ballots. it's not all just on a "computer"
dingus.
a sometimes genius
by skaiserbrown on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:09:40 PM PDT
The Hammond Mayor was attacking Clay for the slow results of the entire county. Not 3 minutes later, the remaining Lake County votes came in, all from the southern part of the county- the Hillary parts- all far from Mayor Clay's Gary, IN. The Hammond Mayor came off looking like a Hannity-wannabe, and should be made to publicly apologize to Mayor Clay.
I don't live in IN, but in most places, mayors aren't in charge of the county elections office. There are county officials who handle that. To hold Clay accountable for late returns was improper and the Hammond Mayor knows it. He acted like a total ass, especially for a Democrat. What a jerk.
by mamabigdog on Tue May 06, 2008 at 11:36:08 PM PDT
The media were all bent out of shape because their "stars" had to stay up late, miss dinner parties, and an early bedtime. This is the typical media storm in a teacup. The votes were only a few hours late.
The reality is: 1) it was a very large vote, 2) Lake county is in later time zone, and 3) citizens, who eagerly decry raising taxes to pay for anything, failed to pay enough to have larger election board staffs on hand to count the vote a rate to afford the media elite their luxurious lifestyles of a quick and easy lifestyle to which they have become accustomed.
Little was learned from the 2000 vote count debacle and those who fail to heed the lessons of history are destined to repeat it.
Whether the mayor of Hammond apologizes or not, he might want to reflect on how damaging his false charges were to whatever PR efforts Lake County has had in trying to demonstrate what a friendly place Lake County and Hammon might be.
As for the mayor of Gary, I say job well done. The media wants viewers to believe the world revolves around them. You said it like it is, even if the media elite didn't like the message and were eager to take it out on some one.
America has lost a lot in the last 8 years. Should it also dispense with the Golden Rule too?
Get over it. Move on. Learn from your experiences.
by Velvetfish on Wed May 07, 2008 at 10:03:44 AM PDT
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