Two years ago in the NFL playoffs the Saints had about 2minutes to go and were driving to kill the clock and score and put the game out of reach. Brees dropped back to pass and threw a strike to a receiver it should have been a first down at about the three yard line but the defensive back slammed the receiver off his feet before the ball could get there. Clearly this was pass interference a flag would be thrown and New Orleans could celebrate their upcoming trip to the Super Bowl. This didn't happen a flag was never thrown but play would not go away in fact people argued the legitimacy of the Rams trip to the Super Bowl for months the NFL finally made rule changes to try to prevent this from ever happening again.
Much like the Saints were done so is Trump but unlike the NFL our political leaders and press are just hoping that the people pointing out irregularities will just go away. This is not the way to get people together and back on the same page, maybe that's asking too much maybe we should just get people back in the same book.
If things don't look right there is probably a reason for that.
1. Trump had 11 milliom more votes than last election.
2. Trump increased his percentage of both Black and Latino votes.
3.Trump won a higher percentage of counties than 2016, 83%.
4.Trump won Ohio,Iowa, and Florida only one other time since 1852 has this happened and a candidate lost, Nixon in 1960 and there were shenanigans in Illinois that year.
The list goes on and on, if things don't add up we probably got the wrong answer. It doesn't mean Biden isn't president but it sure means we should figure out what happened. We've all seen the press when it suits them act like a dog with a bone with a story. Of course the press has been shooting for the outcome they got for 4 years so why should they care.
If the press isn't careful the will prove Trump right, a press that tries to cause the story and not just cover it is the enemy of the people.
The press is not the enemy of the people, I'll just start with that, and commentators are doing their thing, reporters are doing their thing and lawyers and judges are doing their things. Investigations are ongoing. Trump can't be proved right on his claims of fraud or his lawyers would've already done it. It's not like they haven't been trying.
ReplyDeleteWhen there's _evidence_ and not just "well, it seems to me" and "many people are saying" I'll be glad to listen to it. So far Trump's lawyers have presented no actual evidence in court of the fraud they claim when not under oath. If they've got the millions it takes to insist on a doomed recount, then surely their investigators could turn up _something_.
That Trump and Biden each got more votes this time than last is a testimony to the record-breaking voter turnout.
I'd love your source for #3, but winning _counties_ ain't how we count votes in this country. This was a landslide Biden victory. If there's fraud, prove it in court. If there are irregularities resulting in vote count issues, prove it in court. How many cases have they brought so far? How's that going?
P.S. If Democrats were capable of doing what Trump claims was done, Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnel would've lost ;) This ain't just about Trump.
Happy Advent! :)
I said, "That Trump and Biden each got more votes this time than last is a testimony to the record-breaking voter turnout." That should be "that the candidates each got", obviously...
DeleteI saw the count statistic yesterday on HotAir blog. Until evidence is produced all we have is circumstantial evidence. My whole point is if statistically things look off it's going to raise suspicions and the press poopooing it doesn't help.
ReplyDeleteHopefully we can all feel a little blessed even if politics are crazy.
"Until evidence is produced" yes, exactly. Until then all you have is "It looks fishy to me" and such. I read a book titled "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics". I'm waiting for evidence. Any actual evidence. None of the court cases so far have provided that. What are they waiting for? I guarantee you that the moment any evidence is presented in court all the reporters will be on it.
DeleteMuch blessed, yes. We even had a few snowflakes here in Memphis today. It was a lot of fun to see that :)