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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere is some form of BULLSHIT happening in Wisconsin!
Race called at 22% (I checked - Milwaukee county only had 7% of their votes counted)
17% of the people who voted for Walker said they supported Obama.
Something fishy is coming out of Wisconsin. Barrett needs to fight this until the end because I sniff a giant theft happening.
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Just saying!
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)Is a fucking waste of life and deserves every level of hell that the Kochs drag them through.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)uses of exit polls.
i've seen a lot of people tonight trying to sell the idea that democrats voted for republicans tonight because they don't like recall elections.
that is a big, fat, ball of bullshit.
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)for example, some didn't like barrett but liked walker worse. they didn't vote *for* barrett, but *against* walker.
you can preach about how democrats voted walker because they dislike recall elections so much -- it's crapola not matter how much you talk about it, & so was this rigged election.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)I wonder if that would close the President Obama/Romney gap? I suspect that the majority of that 60% were walker supporters out the gate AND I suspect that Barret supporters would not flip because of the "non-misconduct" issue.
Soooo, the big question isssss ... what was the spread of independents on the "misconduct" issue? If the spread was less than about 10 ... I smell a rat.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Barrett will probably do the honorable thing and wait for every line to disappear before he concedes.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)don't forget that.
eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)So, 99% of those who voted Dem signed the recall petition? Is that remotely credible?
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Barrett just said he's not conceding until all the votes are counted. There are long lines of people still waiting to vote.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)I could just cry right now.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)gkhouston
(21,642 posts)If the numbers were going the other way, I doubt Walker would concede, ever.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,103 posts)They should not have even been putting out the results, if that's the case. Like Florida in 2000 all over again. I agree that it stinks. I can smell the stench all the way down here in South Carolina.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)time to occupy the media and the GOP
AzDar
(14,023 posts)a sign of election theft, why is no one pointing this out?
Bellerophon
(50 posts)A sign of theft.... there is no way to verify the honesty of people......
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)undeterred
(34,658 posts)Left Coast2020
(2,397 posts)with only 22 percent reporting? Doesn't make sense. Well, actually the media hasen't made sense since Clinton gave the store away in 96. So I guess they figure no holds barred and to hell with what we think.
GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)It's clear.
Idiots want austerity and high unemployment.
So now they get it.
proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)pacalo
(24,722 posts)According to MSNBC, the exit poll tallies giving Obama the majority percentage of votes were likely due to President Obama staying out of the Wisconsin recall. Someone else mentioned that Wisconsinites tended to be pragmatic.
After what all I've learned about Scott Walker, I can't say that I'm shocked. I noticed during the first Barrett/Walker debate that Walker seemed to be not at all embarrassed by his situation & he looked too smug & confident. In that same debate, when Walker was asked what he'd do to unite the state, he simply said he'd tell the people that "we have to move on" & that they'll "just have to get past the election". This guy has some GALL!
Yep, I'm inclined to think a scumbag like Walker would stoop to any depth to win this election. And he seemed to know before the election that he had nothing to worry about.