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http://thedesperateblogger.com/2012/11/romney-wins-ohio/Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced early this afternoon that he has certified the final vote tally from tomorrows Presidential election and that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is the winner of his states 18 electoral votes. Officials in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Florida are expected to follow suit as soon as Tuesday morning.
Reading from a prepared statement, Husted told reporters, Because this may very well be the most important election in our nations history, I believe it would have been the height of irresponsibility to have waited until the last minute before certifying the vote. Ohioans voices deserve to be heard.
When asked if his decision might be considered premature, the visibly irate Secretary shot back, I didnt hear any of you media types criticizing the head of FEMA for spending millions of dollars to deploy resources to the Northeast just because a couple of so-called scientists predicted a hurricane would strike there even though everybody knows that most of those storms make landfall much farther south. My experts forecast that Gov. Romney will garner the majority of votes, so I acted accordingly. The good people of this state dont pay me to sit on my hands; they pay me to do my job.
Gov. John Kasich was quick to praise Husted. As always, Jon was prepared and acted decisively in the best interests of our citizens. This is doubly impressive when you consider he was able to accomplish this while also juggling such a large number of voter suppression-related lawsuits. I think we all owe him a huge debt of gratitude, as of course does President-elect Romney.
While most experts agree that with his win in Ohio, Gov. Romneys path to the 270 electoral votes needed to secure the White House just became much easier, many feel that Husteds unprecedented move may throw the election into the courts for the second time in the last four election cycles especially if others follow suit and certify their states results in advance. When asked for comment, Romney campaign senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom responded, I hope that President Obama and his supporters, for the good of the country, would not go down that road. Nobody wants to return to those darkest of days when the nation faced the stark reality of a possible Al Gore presidency. Fehrnstrom also added, It is also our hope that all of those who are eligible even those who disagree with us will get out and exercise their right to vote while they still have it.
November 5th, 2012 | Tags: Barack Obama, election, Jon Husted, Mitt Romney, Ohio, voter suppression | Category: Politics, Satire
trublu992
(489 posts)What is this?
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)louis-t
(23,297 posts)Jeez.
CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)yourout
(7,533 posts)FieryLocks
(110 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)Not the first today, not the last today.
kooljerk666
(776 posts)Although I was smelling onions.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)Dash87
(3,220 posts)TBF
(32,096 posts)riverwalker
(8,694 posts)I'll have a myocardial infarction and they will find me hunched over my keyboard and YOUR post on my screen!!!!
And my grand kids will hate you.....
ThisThreadIsSatire
(786 posts)Besides, once people actually do vote, they'll have to try something more creative....
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)will be limited to discovering which combination of coke and Captain Morgan is best.
ThisThreadIsSatire
(786 posts)lilithsrevenge12
(136 posts)you scared the shit out of me...Lord, its like you were trying to give this 22 year old a heart attack.
This damn thing needs to be over before this entire forum is committed for mental breakdowns.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Believe it.
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)did he kill grandma?
Zorra
(27,670 posts)DOJ cannot investigate cases of federal election fraud in individual states, AG says "hands are tied", FBI says "helpless to take action".
Ohio law enforcement officials, citing "it is God's will", are refusing to investigate why Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has declared Mitt Romney the winner of Ohio's 18 electoral votes on Nov. 5 - one day before the election was officially held.
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