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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 01:47 AM
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"obvious irregularities" in the state's Republican caucuses
Excuse me while I go laugh.

Huckabee won't concede state; GOP resuming delegate count

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004175292_webhuckabee10.html

The results of the state Republican caucuses were called into question today after presidential candidate Mike Huckabee challenged the party's declaration that Arizona Sen. John McCain had won the delegate count.

Huckabee's campaign took issue with the fact that Washington state Republican Party Chairman Luke Esser called the race Saturday night with 87 percent of the precincts counted. At that point, McCain was ahead of Huckabee by 242 delegates out of the 13,000 counted, Esser said. The Huckabee campaign contends there were another 1,500 or so delegates not counted. In the face of the Huckabee protest, the state Republican Party quickly resumed its count today, a bit sooner than it had planned.

In a news release, Huckabee's campaign said there were "obvious irregularities" in the state's Republican caucuses and that it is sending lawyers to explore "all available legal options regarding the dubious final results."

(clip) "This clearly requires a full excavation as to what happened," Pinkerton said. "The political impact of calling an election before all the votes are counted is pretty seismic. Chairman Esser should fully explain what happened and why to the satisfaction of all Washington state Republicans and all Republicans nationwide."
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Wash. state Desk Jet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 02:47 PM
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1. Laughing is a good thing
Edited on Mon Feb-11-08 02:51 PM by Wash. state Desk Jet
Since Bush is behind who was once his opponent and who was once his opponent is for the war, the republicans have already decided who is their choice.

In the words of Chris Vance made famous threw out the republican strong holds of Washington, make no small waves (at all cost). That,s the joke.

Bush has spoken, it,s McCaine.
Their party must fallow It,s orders.
Or suffer the consequences.
Attorney generals come and they go, just ask Bush about that.

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