From Jeff Wagner of WTMJ radio: Reality to JoAnne Kloppenburg. The election is over and you lost! Do the right thing and get on with the rest of your life.
Unfortunately for the taxpayers however, defeated Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg is refusing to go quietly into the good night. Instead, she is insisting that taxpayers shell out over $1,000,000 for a recount which she hopes will overturn her 7316-vote defeat. Kloppenburg is blasting ahead despite the fact that no statewide recount anywhere in the last 30 years has resulted in a swing of more than 1300 votes.
By the way, Kloppenburg wants the recount done by hand instead of by machine - apparently believing that machines are unreliable! A hand recount of one and one half million ballots would, of course, substantially increase costs to the taxpayers and further delay the inevitable Prosser vIctory.
Still unclear about the entire process is why Kloppenburg felt a lead of 200 votes in an unofficial election night tally was sufficient for her to claim victory but a 7300 margin in the official results is not enough to concede defeat? Oops.
Clearly, this isn't about Kloppenburg winning any more. That ship has sailed.
Unfortunately, this election has now become about about making unsubstantiated allegations in an effort to keep the liberal base fired up as we move into a series of State Senate recall elections. It's really too bad that Kloppenburg would allow herself to be used as a tool in this regard. However, ever since she failed to distance herself from the anti-Prosser smear campaign launched by her allies, it's clear her judgement is suspect.
As to firing up the base, the Left should be careful what it wishes for. As Kloppenburg learned the hard way, firing up a base works both ways - and it's fair to say that after months of bullying and thuggish tactics by the Left, conservatives are now about as fired up as they can be. http://www.620wtmj.com/shows/jeffwagner/120359984.html?blog=y
This is how it is going to be in 2012, especially if the Democrats lose big time. There are no more gracious losing on the Democratic side- just bitterness, anger and a lack of class.
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