Sore Loserman

Here's Democracy, Texas Republican-Style. Small children call it the "do-over".



From the Yellow Doggerel Democrat blog:

This is so disgusting I can scarcely contain myself. Former State Representative Talmadge Heflin, having lost the count, having lost the recount in his run against Hubert Vo, has decided to contest the election in the Texas House. The House is of course Republican-dominated. Its Speaker, Tom Craddick, can appoint a committee, invested with subpoena power, to investigate the matter, and he has already stated that Vo will never be seated in "his" House. In fairness, Craddick, pro forma, replaced Heflin in his committee chairmanship. But we all know where this one is going: a legitimate, demonstrable electoral victory by a Democrat is on its way to being summarily overturned by fiat. Some democracy we have here!



Vo won the election, by 32 votes... certified by our oh-so-Republican county clerk. If Vo is not seated in the House, then we have a totalitarian one-party government in Texas... a Republican "right to rule" that supersedes any popular vote to the contrary. Thomas Jefferson and Sam Houston are both spinning in their graves.

Now let me see if I have this straight. If a DEMOCRAT calls for a recount, and will live with the result, he's a "sore loserman". If a REPUBLICAN calls for a recount, and won't accept anything but a recount, that's perfectly OK.



Someone please explain this to me.