I am not a Washington State political expert...

YOU ARE VISITING THE OLD MALKIN(S)WATCH. THAT'S FANTASTIC. PLEASE VISIT THE NEW MALKIN(S)WATCH WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

...nor do I intend to play one on the internet. I do find it instructive, however, that, by my count, Rossi never raised the possibility of fraud or a revote until...well, until it looked like he might be losing. From a Dec. 17 Seattle Times article:

"Last week the Republicans were saying we need to resolve this as quickly as possible," Democratic Party spokeswoman Kirstin Brost said. "This week they're saying we need another election."

What was happening on Dec. 17? Well, the recount was happening, for one.

More germane to our purpose here, of course, is Malkin's opinion on the election in her "old home state." Today she posts an oh-so-funny photo of some guy who can't spell "fascists."

Looks like Gov.-elect Christine Gregoire (now known in GOP circles as Gov.-pretend Fraudoire) is too deep in debt to pay for a spell checker.

Wow. Sounds like Malkin was on top of this election fraud stuff. She must have been agitating for a revote from the start.

Guess what?

Nov. 24:

Republican Dino Rossi has won the gubernatorial recount in Washington State. Sore-losing Democrats, who thought beleaguered attorney general Christine Gregoire was going to coast to victory, are preparing to demand not only a hand recount--but also a second full recount as well.

Notice that she called them "sore-losing" 11 days after she posted a story about questionable vote rejections - counseling Gregoire to concede without resorting to the courts.

To recap: Democrats should concede elections despite evidence of errors in vote-counting and possible denial of franchise. Republicans? Not so much.

Update: Here's a great diary - part two of two, apparently - by Carla over at Daily Kos about the military vote and whether it was, in fact, discounted. Nothing set in stone, of course, but the evidence here says it wasn't.

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