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Kahuna

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10. Exactly!I thought the same thing. They felt sure that husted
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:55 PM
Nov 2012

would pull it off for them. But husted finally realized that he could only get away with it if Obama lost and that wasn't likely to happen. Plus, twitter was all over his butt last weekend.

The Magic 8 Ball says marions ghost Nov 2012 #1
the Rove moment, I admit, reminded me very much of when Dubya refused to believe NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #2
I have to admit, in memory of 2000 NashvilleLefty Nov 2012 #7
LOL me too! Glad to see Rick Scott's nefarious plans were for nought. Is FL still unknown, btw? Turborama Nov 2012 #25
Love it- your "flaccid" adjective says it all! Brilliant!!! SoCalDemGrrl Nov 2012 #55
Exactly!I thought the same thing. They felt sure that husted Kahuna Nov 2012 #10
I was with four other people and I think we all flashed to that moment in 2000 dflprincess Nov 2012 #21
Yes. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #3
I agree... How could Rove be legitimately surprised about cprise Nov 2012 #32
I thought so when I heard about it, elleng Nov 2012 #4
Its a procedural holdup. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #35
Thanks. Been out of town for election work, elleng Nov 2012 #51
If Romney's internal polling had OH as the biggest tossup, as has been reported... Barack_America Nov 2012 #5
Their polling was bad. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #36
They know that now. Barack_America Nov 2012 #39
Cause he thought flipping 3% of vote was enough to eke out a win. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #40
Yeah. I think we're on the same page. Barack_America Nov 2012 #43
KKKarl took a LOT of money from some very rich, powerful people The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #6
the "additional software" to voting machines Firebirds01 Nov 2012 #18
Rafalka? Sedona Nov 2012 #23
People have wound up wearing cement overshoes hifiguy Nov 2012 #42
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #45
The Romney camp was pulling his strings Coyotl Nov 2012 #8
He thought he had OH bought and paid for... Lucy Goosey Nov 2012 #9
It was bizarre. Cuyahoga was still not counted, which is the most democratic county of OH. LisaL Nov 2012 #11
Wasn't one of Romney camps MOs was to pick off Obama voters? Convince them nc4bo Nov 2012 #27
They had to know they weren't going to get many Obama voters in Cuyahoga. LisaL Nov 2012 #49
Rove along with his party are an embarrassment. It's a shame they can't live in reality. The Wielding Truth Nov 2012 #12
Does anyone have a link to the KKKarl freak out? Nevermind - think I found it! Lisa0825 Nov 2012 #13
thanks for that link! renate Nov 2012 #56
maybe they *did* do the computer thing to steal it d_r Nov 2012 #14
Exactly! HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #38
Wow your explanation makes a lot of sense nt felix_numinous Nov 2012 #57
+1 ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #46
How could Romney and his family erinlough Nov 2012 #15
They live in a bubble of yes men and women. sammytko Nov 2012 #17
+infinity (nt) jeff47 Nov 2012 #22
But I think at the time he was complaining, BO was about to win Colorado an d Nevada and sammytko Nov 2012 #16
. RomneyLies Nov 2012 #19
I don't think it's tinfoil hat, see my 34, for instance... stevenleser Nov 2012 #37
Was KKKarl's disbelief evidence of attempted fraud? YES demhottie Nov 2012 #20
He's like the kid who brings a cheat sheet to the test demhottie Nov 2012 #24
bingo crazylikafox Nov 2012 #58
When I compared Nate's projection to the actual margins cleduc Nov 2012 #26
That is eye-opening Digit Nov 2012 #28
Stagecraft... KharmaTrain Nov 2012 #29
They were hoping it would be with in OH's 18 EV so they could pull the trigger on the patch krawhitham Nov 2012 #30
Maybe. But for Ohio & other states, the results were close to the polls. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #31
No - Karl was realizing his career was over. jeff47 Nov 2012 #33
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #47
The moment he started doubting Fox' own analysts, that is EXACTLY what I thought... stevenleser Nov 2012 #34
He had to know Cuyahoga was not going to go for Romney. LisaL Nov 2012 #48
I think it was the loud protest w/law against the temp fix of SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #41
Yea, flipping Cuyahoga county would be completely unbelievable. LisaL Nov 2012 #50
Rove's problem Unknown Beatle Nov 2012 #44
Yes slutticus Nov 2012 #52
Remember this Rove golden oldie from 2006? starroute Nov 2012 #53
Absolutely!! They had the fix in but didnt anticipate the HUGE turnout so KKKARL SoCalDemGrrl Nov 2012 #54
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