Yesterday, I had much to say about the insane Texas case filed by Ken Paxton (who clearly covets a Trump pardon). But the words wouldn't come. Ever have one of those bad dreams where you feel a need to scream but you can't make a sound? I felt muffled by my own disgust, like a man trying to sing through a mouthful of vomit.
Everyone on librul teevee keeps telling us that Paxton's bizarre trick won't work, yet no-one quite believes these blandishments. Admit it: You feel fear. We all do. Maybe it's not a rational fear, but we're feeling it nonetheless.
What unnerves many is the widespread nature of this delusion. Trump has taught us, once again, that a lie repeated become truth in the minds of many. Even if the Supreme Court refuses to hear the case -- a decision which could come within hours -- a ludicrously false narrative has captured the imagination of half the nation.
Hate to say it, but Erick-Woods Erickson has compiled the best brief rejoinder to this legal laughingstock: Let me explain just how absurd this case is:
Texas can
cite no cases at all in its claim that it has standing to sue the states
for the administration of their own internal elections.
Texas
alleges the other states changed election laws due to the pandemic
without the legislature’s blessing. You know one state not being sued
that did that? Texas.
The states allege it is illegal to
count ballots received after election day. Several of the states
making that claim also do that.
Their expert argues a
sign of voter fraud is that it is not likely Trump 2016 voters would
vote for Biden in 2020. The expert also uses dubious statistical
modeling comparing Clinton to Biden.
The Missouri amicus
all but says they don’t necessarily agree with Texas’s legal statements,
but the case is so important the Supreme Court should hear it.
Texas
could not even get its Solicitor General — the man who argues on behalf
of the state before the Supreme Court — to sign onto the lawsuit.
That’s how frivolous it is.
This will persuade the fool
and the gullible, but these are not meritorious arguments, particularly
when many of the states on the plaintiff’s side of the lawsuit have done
similar things and thus have unclean hands.
Here's my big idea: One of the blue states should respond in kind. An AG in (say) California or New York or Maryland should "pull a Paxton." There is evidence that various red states using ES&S devices rigged the election to favor the Republicans (not just Trump). This evidence is far more persuasive than anything in Paxton's pack of prevarications.
Trump has won Zapata County — just north of the Rio Grande Valley along the border — by 6 points, 53% to 47%, per SOS results.
Last two presidential elections there were Clinton +33 and Obama +43.
This is a small county, but that's obviously a swing. Vote counts:
2020 — Trump: 2,032 | Biden: 1,820
2016 — Clinton: 2,063 | Trump: 1,029
2012 — Obama: 2,527 | Romney: 997
Now that's evidence of election fraud. Maybe not conclusive evidence, maybe not the kind of evidence your geometry teacher demanded of you, but certainly better evidence than anything you'll get from Kenny Paxton.
A writer named Alison Greene has been looking at the situation in Kentucky. Yes, Kentucky. She has done some detailed digging, and has found evidence that someone "salted" the results to insure a McConnell victory. Her thread is long but fascinating: I am giving you much of it, though not all of it. Go here for the full experience.
Did Amy get more votes than Biden cause more folks voted in the Senate race?
Nope
550 more people voted in the Presidential race.
Senatorial Votes: 2,134,446
Presidential Votes: 2,134,996
Btw, 550 is a tiny & oddly round number🤔
(especially as compared to even smaller states)
But I think Dominion is a distraction👇
I decided to look again at Breathitt Kentucky.
👉Breathitt used ES&S machines
👉& it's where Mitch had the biggest number of votes compared to registered Republicans
So I looked at the population of Breathitt and compared it to the registered voters and it sure does look odd👇
According to census data
👉Breathitts population is 13,116
👉Approximately 23% of the population is 19 & under. So let's estimate 20% as under 18
👉That gives us approximately 10,500 old enough to vote
Yet KY Board of Electors says Breathitt has 11,497 registered voters?
huh🤔
#MoscowMitch has done everything in his power to block election security
He's taken💰from vendors such as ES&S
He's got multiple ties to Russia
He laughed in Amy McGraths face during the debate...cause he knew the fix was in
How do we just ignore red flags in Kentucky's results?
By putting in a Special Prosecutor we can expose the truth.
By focusing on all vendors ES&S may come to light
By focusing on all states the truth behind these Senate races may come out
And investigating may reveal whether Trump REALLY had 70M people vote for him?
An investigation could prove Bidens legitimacy AND expose the GOP's games
There's evidence of hugger-mugger elsewhere, as well -- particularly in Florida. Since this post has already reached a Brobdinagian length, I shall discuss Florida at another time.
As established above, and in previous posts, the real problem is not Dominion's system (which provides a paper trail) but ES&S.
Bottom line: I second the call for a special prosecutor. We need a genuine bipartisan effort. Such an investigation will serve four purposes:
1. It will assure the seccessionist Trumpian hordes that their issue is being addressed.
2. The end result will, I trust, clear Biden.
3. A thorough investigation MAY expose what the GOP has been doing for decades.
4. An investigation may lead to election reform legislation, and perhaps an amendment. We need paper ballots. We also need to end caging, gerrymandering, and long voting lines. If Voter ID cards will make the other side happy, then so be it.
Until then: If the Supreme Court does decide to hear Paxton's case, it would behoove a blue state AG to file an exactly similar case questioning the results in Texas, Florida, Kentucky and elsewhere. When will the Dems learn to hit back? Why aren't Dems as furious about ES&S (which really did have a Venezuela connection) as the Republicans are about Dominion?
