Top 11 reasons to be patient and count every vote.......

11. The inauguration is seven weeks away, we can count as slowly as we want.

10. States other than Ohio haven't been called.

9. Rove's plan is always to create the impression that Dubya has already won.

8. It was the lesson of Florida.

7. We insisted on it in Afghanistan.

6. Some people stood in line for 15 hours to cast a ballot.

5. Black Box voting machines may not have a paper trail, but they do have logs.

4. John Kerry served two tours of duty to protect your franchise.

3. It will delay the departure of more young people to Iraq.

2. Not to would make it even easier not to count them next time.

1. It is, technically, the way elections are done.

the electoral college votes december 13th; no matter how slow you count that is 3.5 weeks.

there are only two recounts that have been filed; although there may be several states where the votes are funky- Ohio and NH. Has a recount been filed for in FLorida?

it seems to also be the dems plan to accept rove's plan, that Bush has won. it seems that the people who think that is in question are outside the party.

why didn't we learn the lesson of florida in 2000, why didn't we learn it in 2002, why were we unprepared for it in FLorida in 2004, especially after the test run in Georgia in 2002. SOme of us learned the lesson. just not the people running the campaigns.

and with all due respect, by not challenging every vote cast, every vote cast in 2004, every single vote cast with 50 recounts (money for filing doesn't seem to be an issue) we have already throttled democracy.

enfranchisement is the whole enchilada. you don't protect it by stealth. the rep's have not left their guard down, trust me. they have counted on the fact that we will. and we have.

kick out the jams, and count every vote.

whalerider55