2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIt's over: Murphy actually gained 274 votes, West 34
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Jennicut
(25,415 posts)So long West...he was the worst of the worst.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,165 posts)calimary
(83,841 posts)I still wanna hear about his security clearance that was SO much bigger than President Obama's.
Good riddance to bad rubbish in the meantime, though! Have they counted this in the overall House numbers? Anybody know if this makes the GOP totals drop by another one? I'd heard that the Democratic House seat gains had gone from eight seats to ten. Wondering if this was among those already counted, since he did show up at the freshman sessions.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)mckara
(1,708 posts)JHB
(37,348 posts)Of course, if it leaves a mark...
progressoid
(50,602 posts)SDjack
(1,448 posts)power too much to give up being in the House.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)this asshole has always been a government dependent. His father was career military and his only job after the military was as a high school teacher and a consultant to a defense contractor.
Georgia, his birth state, has already asked him to run in one of their districts in 2014.
merrily
(45,251 posts)If teachers and members of the military do their respective jobs, I would say government is dependent on them, not vice versa.
FlaGranny
(8,361 posts)government employees, i.e., people who earn their living by working for the so-called "useless" government. In other words they are all dependent on the government just as much as welfare recipients.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)until I moved. His constant rants about 'government' dependency drove me wild....
merrily
(45,251 posts)on equating people in the military and teachers with welfare recipients.
There is no comparison.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)West was my representative until I moved 11 months ago. He is a big "small government, private sector" proponent. It drove me wild
as everything he has emanated from the government.
Government money is government money, regardless of who receives it, btw. Welfare stimulates the economy even in good economic times.
merrily
(45,251 posts)money) does not change. However, I think lumping the military and teachers in with welfare recipients is wrong.
I am not condemning welfare recipients. People in need should get welfare., However, welfare recipients are different from people who work.
Welfare stimulates the economy even in good economic times.
Yes, but the discussion was not about stimulating the economy?
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)that people who receive welfare are somehow of less value than those who teach school or serve in the military?
Don C. Nuttin
(84 posts)I believe he could take out Lynn Jenkins in a Republican primary in the Kansas 2nd.
SaveAmerica
(5,342 posts)move to her state and she'd get him in somewhere. Cause he's such a man of stature and wondermessness.
http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2012/11/13/your-daily-jolt-an-invitation-to-allen-west-from-the-ga-gop/
klook
(12,794 posts)We could use some more entertainment around here.
Unfortunately, there are some Ga. districts where this idiot could find enough kindred spirits to win.
PoliticalBiker
(328 posts)He doesn't decide to run for Senate in his district...
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Heather MC
(8,084 posts):lol:
freshwest
(53,661 posts)riverwalker
(8,694 posts)reading teabagger Tweets is making my head hurt.
Indykatie
(3,840 posts)William769
(55,783 posts)I can't wait to see what kind of concession speech this asshole gives. That is if he gives one at all.
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)He sure better give one and not just slink off into the shadows. I'm waiting............
peace frog
(5,609 posts)West is just the sort of monumentally sore loser to not only refuse to concede, but will choke before he calls to congratulate his winning opponent. He won't slink off into the shadows, but will eventally be cast into media darkness at long last. Not soon enough, of course.
Stevepol
(4,234 posts)there's no way to know that either candidate won when the vote is counted in secret without a hand-counted audit to verify the result.
In FL it is ILLEGAL to count votes by hand if they have already been counted by an electronic voting machine for God's sake.
I agree with BradBlog. There shd have been a HAND COUNT of ALL the ballots. I feel pretty sure that it would have confirmed the result. I suspect that Murphy would have won be an even larger margin than he did with the purely machine count that is all that is allowed in FL. If West had won, more power to him. He would have been the one chosen by real people in an honest election.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)Does that not suggest that something is wrong?...if things were working right there should be no difference at all in the count.
I guess when people get tired of having elections stolen they will demand a fraud proof election conducted by real people.
And don't let anyone tell you that is not possible.
LisaL
(46,195 posts)deurbano
(2,949 posts)I want that McCarthy-ite, war criminal GONE... but the way we run elections in this country is also a crime. Virtually EVERY adult citizen should be eligible and registered to vote... and EVERY vote should be counted. (In a way that produces a paper trail... and is replicable!)
zeemike
(18,998 posts)And it is not rocket science to do it either....and is cheaper than computers....
Paper ballots filled out and dropped down a slot that went to a table in the next room with a couple retired seniors sitting at who were hired to then count and tabulate the vote.....when the last vote is cast in that precinct the totals are checked and when confirmed posted publicly....ballots sealed up and voting is finished...all for far less than we spend now.
But that system is hard to game...you would have to bribe too many old people to have any effect...
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ruffburr
(1,190 posts)But this guy was such an ass to see him gone is a blessing for the country
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)which means the rest of the count is unchanged and was accurate.
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_st_lucie_county/fort_pierce/judge-refuses-to-halt-early-vote-recount-in-st-lucie-county
Mowery confirmed that 306 uncounted ballots had been "noted" by state Division of Elections.
He later explained the 306 ballots that had not yet been counted were ballots that contained one or more write-in choices. All these ballots were cast on Nov. 1-3, the days which had been recounted last Sunday.
A write-in vote in any race caused the vote tabulating machines to reject the ballots, he said.
..The decision to recount the ballots came after a state elections auditor on Friday found the box of 306 early ballots that never were counted.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)I won't hold my breath
DavidDvorkin
(19,839 posts)John2
(2,730 posts)fruitcake gone, more to go in the GOP Congress. Especially the Fruit cakes showing up on these Sunday Shows.
AnnieK401
(541 posts)that after the election was certified that one of them could contest the results in court. Maybe that means this won't happen in this case.
No Vested Interest
(5,190 posts)this type never really goes away.
He'll likely write a book and go on the lecture circuit, and be a frequent guest on Fox News.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Maybe we can turn it into a landslide.
Overseas
(12,121 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,974 posts)They wanted so much for Crazy West to win.
The Wizard
(12,811 posts)on their payroll. Methinks Palin is costing them plenty in terms of bang for the buck. Did I say bang for the buck in the same sentence with Palin?
FreeBC
(403 posts)larocks4552s
(26 posts)Now West can kindly f off. Irritating douche.
elleng
(135,372 posts)sheshe2
(86,816 posts)What an elephant's ass that man is!
The sun sank slowly in the West.
Faygo Kid
(21,483 posts)Well, maybe he will, but there's no doubt that he could go nuts about this, violently.
AnnieK401
(541 posts)I'm sure plenty of his supporters do also.
FrankM64
(2 posts)With West defeated, the total IQ of the House just doubled.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Cha
(304,152 posts)riverwalker
(8,694 posts)St. Lucie recount results shows Murphy picked up votes on West
St. Lucie election official said state-mandated noon deadline met
As far as we're concerned, this puts an end to it," Johnson said. "The West people demanded a recount. They got that retabulation and Patrick Murphy gained a margin of 242 votes.
""This election is over," Johnson added.
Mowery said the final count was 65,841 votes for Murphy and 52,704 for West. The results still are unofficial.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)and conceed. Even your LEADER, Romney, did so ON Election Day.
hay rick
(8,153 posts)identify
(71 posts)He needs to say a prayer on top of XMEN comic #1. Then he needs to run out into the wilderness on a cold winter's night, naked.
When he runs until he can't run anymore, he needs to fall to his knees, look up at the sky, then let out his most primal roar of muthafuckin' RAGE, maybe cut his chest with a broken bottle, then go fetal and cry.
jonthebru
(1,034 posts)need more visuals.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)eyewall
(674 posts)all of which originated as links from DU, have a popup ad which states "Liberals are trying to steal Allen West's victory!".
jeesh
He's not going away on his own. West will need to be put in a straightjacket at some point.
reACTIONary
(5,954 posts)...they are probably from one of the fake "West Super PACs" that have NO connection with him, use his name strictly for raising cash, and do god-knows-what with the money. West never sees a dime. And its not clear the money goes to any political cause at all.
eyewall
(674 posts)I wasn't sure I was remembering it right so I didn't mention it but I'm sure the spelling was "liburls", like freepers spell it. How appropriate that West would attract con men to his coattails.
jonthebru
(1,034 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Jesus! I'm tired of crazy!
JoeDuck
(79 posts)When demanding a recount, West and his folks insisted they wanted to ensure a fair and accurate count. I took that to mean a count by which West would win. I wonder now if they accept this as fair and accurate.
calimary
(83,841 posts)Ordinarily I'd hope that west would do the gracious thing and concede and move on with his life. But I know better. Seriously doubt he'll go away quietly, or even go away noisily - just so he GOES AWAY!!! But I bet we won't have heard the last of him. My husband mentioned something about whether he'd be a graceful loser, but then we realized - hell, the TOP of the ticket hasn't been a good sport about it, so why should the pawns on his chessboard behave any differently?
Glad you're here! Let's do EVERYTHING we can to keep assholes like this guy OUT of public office! In perpetuity!!!!
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)But their style is going away. Good ridance.
butterfly77
(17,609 posts)TroyD
(4,551 posts)So can he still challenge the results even though Murphy has been officially re-certified?
AnnieK401
(541 posts)but I know his attorneys are weighing them. The crazy man will try anything he can.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)But I'd bet he will challenge it. The guy is a nutcase.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)Now can we get West recommitted to the asylum he escaped from???
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Go a little more East..... Nah, further.... further.... F U R T H E R.....
Up2Late
(17,797 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)MSM doesnot vote, you lost, the lawyers needs your money, give it all to them. Throw a tantrum, wish Santa will give you the election. After you realize you lost, resolve your issues in life, get some help with your mean mouth, you are going to be on angry old man if you don't get help.
MissNostalgia
(159 posts)What West did to Nicole Sandler disturbed me to such a degree, Im glad he is gone.
crim son
(27,502 posts)I'm really not in the mood to give ANYTHING to the repukes at this stage.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)Last edited Sun Nov 18, 2012, 09:33 PM - Edit history (1)
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/allen-west-camp-contest-%E2%80%98suspect-result%E2%80%99-%E2%80%98behalf-all-voters-district-18%E2%80%99Piece of crap sore loser.
Heathen57
(573 posts)He will never concede, and he will continue to fight the results until the courts and the media finally drop his teabagging ass.
He must be one of those people who enjoys being humiliated in public. He did it to himself all during his short 'reign', and now is allowing others to humiliate him.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)January and will drag out any contest they can to maintain their hold. They did it with Coleman and Franken for almost 6 months.
That was to continue the Koch agenda and this is the same, as long as they have a foot in the door.
The problem is not stupidity. We enjoy sayng that, but they would only be stupid if doing a job for the public.
They don't work for the public. This is a thing Democrats have a blind spot on.
What he is actually, is a bought and paid for toady. He will work for his real masters, not people that he claims to represent in FL.
SaveAmerica
(5,342 posts)BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)Change has come
(2,372 posts)Hulk
(6,699 posts)Hey west, fox-nonsense called.
merrily
(45,251 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)is to get a gun! and shoot his way into office.
I'm not sure he wouldn't do it.
onestepforward
(3,691 posts)LOLGOP ?@LOLGOP
One more recount and we'll find out that Allen West lost in 2010, too.
LOLGOP ?@LOLGOP
How many recounts does Allen West need to qualify for his AM radio show?
Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)willhe
(97 posts)that boxhead kook shouldve never been in office to begin with. too bad nutjob michelle district is gerrymandered to hell
budkin
(6,849 posts)Maybe Fox can hire him as a political analyst or give him his own show.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,352 posts)How does that make you feel? Not enough whitebread racist Republicans had the energy to get up and vote for you. If you were a little paler and said the same assholic things I'm sure you'd have won.