Now the campaign truly is behind us,
but not the specter of voter fraud and suppression recurring again and again to infinity.
Or
This is one race that didnât have to be lost. Even with the suppression.
âThis victory would not be possible without the hard work of so many people. Now the campaign truly is behind us, and thatâs where we need to leave it.â
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Conclusion:
The downfall of Florida continues.
2020 will be a whopper of record suppression stories.
Every time I see a picture of this guy, the same question pops into my head âŚ
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Skeletor, or âŚ
Red Skull?
I actually think the resemblance to Red Skull is closer, but I suppose it depends on the angle, time of day, and whether Scott is in Gothic Evil mode or Nazi Evil Mode.
Turned out like all the questionable results do in Florida.
Bummer. (Not unexpected, but having to listen to Lord Valdemort as a senator is going to be a real annoyance for the next 6 years.)
Thus assuring the Sunshine State Suckage endures.
Damn, Florida, Iâm sorry. But donât give up - if Kansas can elect a Democratic governor there is hope for you and for Texas.
I love how the âstatewide manual recountâ was actually just a hand recount of a few ballots that the suspect counting machines spit out.
Oh, and you only get 3 days, not physically possible to hand recount many ballots, anyway.
Whatâs the point of paper ballots if thereâs no actual way for a manual recount to ever occur? Not much of a deterrent for chicanery.
I get FOUR strikes! You get two!
Itâs not that Scott was a good governor by any account, but and hereâs a tiny but here, he knew how fake empathy after a storm. So with the farther right wing racist they elected with Floridians even get fake concern after storms?
Nelson Concedes Senate Race To Scott
Senator Lex Luthor. Has a nice an appropriate ring to it.
So both Nelson and Gillum got GoredâŚ
Rick Scott is not as smart as Lex Luthor.
Yep and Stacey Abrams got Kemped and Beto got hijacked somehow cause Ted Cruz hired a tech firm that has been banned for previous attempts at hacking.
Florida reminds me of scene in âA Different Worldâ when Ms. Diahanne Carroll sees the guy she has come to loathe show up at her daughterâs wedding: âDie! Just die!â
Ghawd!
Iâm about to throw up, looking at that revolting, republican shit stain.
Elias was right that Nelson would gain from a recount, it just wasnât enough to overcome the starting point deficit.
Iâm sure a full hand recount of every ballot in the state wouldâve yielded more gains for Nelson, though weâll never know the result.
That said, I do think this result is more legitimate for having gone through this process and it says something that it was executed despite all of the threats coming from the GOP side and the incompetence from Broward, and Palm Beach and other counties (as I type thisâŚmanâŚI really wouldâve loved to have a review of every single ballot cast in Florida and have the whole process done on camera on C-Span).
At the end of the day, Dems have to take the blame for this race falling into recount territory, particularly after 2 major polls had Gillum and nelson up in the 3-5 point range.
Dems underperformed in South Florida, left votes on the table, and didnât make a dent in the I-4 exurbs. Dems have to change that (especially the first 2) to win statewide, but itâs there for them. They improved a lot with white voters and they can build on this for 2020.