So, are you on record that in your opinion, a full recount in New Hampshire would have "assure(d) that every vote was counted and counted accurately"? Even I am not convinced of that -- and I never gave over a website to the saga of Butch and Hoppy.
Of course not. Though since you have a history here of doing whatever you can to fight
against transparent, participatory democracy here, allow me to thank you for at least showing the courtesy (for of change) of
asking me to clarify that record. Perhaps I should have added the word "help", as in "help assure that every vote was counted and counted accurately."
And yes, he should have done so.
It verges on meaninglessness to say that the results were "diametrically opposed to every pre-election and exit poll."
Actually, it verges on meaningless to say that "Hillary Clinton defeated Barack Obama in a surprise victory" when the votes were "counted" on specific Diebold vote counting systems known to be both exceedingly error prone, easily manipulated, and used in a setting which allowed for such easy manipulation without detection (barring an actual count of secured ballots, and forensic examination of the memory cards which were destroyed immediately after the election, in violation of federal law.)
Setting that aside, you've offered no rationale for the necessity of a full recount.
Right. I've offered rationale for the necessity of a
count, not a recount. I think ballots should be counted, not run through faulty, easily hacked machines without bothering to actually count a single one of them for accuracy.
And setting that aside, you've offered no reason why Obama should have paid for it.
Because standing up to try to assure votes are counted and counted accurately (at the measly cost of just $2000) would have helped him immeasurably, and helped all of us who care about democracy (I won't necessarily include you amongst that crowd.)
Not that he couldn't spare the money, but the "sore-loser" optics might have cost him the nomination
...Or won it for him over night, as a hero who finally stands up for what the people want: to have their votes counted, and counted accurately.
-- for a recount that likely would have changed no minds on any side.
Thanks for your magical, baseless, predictions. Any advice on who'll win the World Series this year? I'll run straight to my bookie.
About the only rationale I can find for that is that BradBlog says so.
Then I imagine you're not looking very hard for that rationale. In fact, I suspect you're working much harder to
not find any.
Keep up the bad work.