snort.

[sisyphusshrugged]

Close race in Texas. Poll watchers watching.

The Republican Party of Texas brings up a point of election etiquette.

At least 24 poll watchers, half Democratic and half Republican, were on hand as the ballot review that began Sunday went into a second day.

While they waited, officials with Heflin's campaign and the Republican Party of Texas accused state Democratic Party representatives of harassing and criticizing Harris County election officials for how they conducted the ballot review.

"Our primary concern is to make sure every eligible vote is counted," said Republican Party of Texas Chairwoman Tina Benkiser. "The election officials are doing their job. It's completely uncalled for and casts a pall on the process when the process is working as state law dictates."

Well, I think it's important to realize that

Bwahahahahahaha.

Oh, my.

Ahem.

teehee.

Because, you know, Texas Republicans feel really strongly about procedural

mrmpf.

Thank you kindly, Mr. Kuffner. I haven't laughed that hard since Tuesday.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Teehee? From The Julia? Rampant giggling I expected, but 'tee-hee', never. It's just so 'red state'.

It's as incongruous as 'Texas' and 'etiquette'.

[jmhm.livejournal.com]

did I mention I lived in the south for a while?

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, procedures in place have always been the sine qua non of the Repub approach to fair elections. Why, imagine if they had never have accepted Clinton (popular vote--hah!), they might have spent 8 years trying to undermine him, and some zealots might even have tried to impeach him! Then, after Clinton's second term ended, what if a Republican who lost the popular vote, who had relatives and cronies who influenced the vote count of an entire state, was appointed president by judges after he sued! Imagine the public outrage. No one would ever vote for a Repub again! But I'm being silly.

Nina

[jmhm.livejournal.com]

Well, but, that's a bit farfetched, don't you think?

The funny thing is, the Republican lost and they're (you'll never guess) challenging the vote on the basis of... polling irregularities.