Moore lackey suggests they can connive with Sec. of State to force a recount

[sandensea]

Mentioned "military ballots that have not yet been counted."

Sounds like they're planning to stage their old standby: ballot stuffing.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Too much national attention, can't get away with it this time. nt

[sandensea]

2. Your word to God's ear.

They got away with it against Don Siegelman in '02 ("computer glitch" ) - and of course with railroading him later on.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Way too much intense national and international attention on the state

and this election. Hard to imagine AL state officials wanting that kind of scrutiny.
I think they are going to have to let this one go and call it a night.

[sandensea]

11. Plus there's McConnell, whose wish that Moore lost to avoid future embarrassment is no secret

Bitchy Mitchy seems to have been on our side (if only for expediency). Who would have thought!

[Irish_Dem]

13. Exactly. They are spared a big embarrassment.

I know, Bannon and McConnell are owed some thanks.
who would have thought it...

[sandensea]

15. The Bible thumpers are right about one thing:

God works in mysterious ways.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Yes, and God has spoken. Hope they are listening. nt

[sandensea]

20. Amen.

[njhoneybadger]

3. It's not over we might still be able to cheat and steal it

[sandensea]

5. It's tradition.

And you now how hung up Southern right-wingers are on tradition.

[eleny]

4. Then how about all the provisional ballots given to Dems? They can count those, too

[sandensea]

6. Excellent point.

My guess is that as we speak, Moore's minions and the AL Sec. of State are discussing ways of tossing those.

[eleny]

8. It will be a royal battle if they decide to pull any shit

And given how McConnell dodged a bullet tonight they might just decide to go quietly into the night.

[sandensea]

12. Who would have thought it, right?

Democrats and Bitchy Mitchy, pulling in the same direction.

[eleny]

16. But let's not forget how he recently switched gears there to support Moore in public

Even though he, no doubt, prayed that Moore would lose. It makes him appear like such an jerk. I can just hear him grunting as he tries to kick his own ass. "Leader" - meh.

Now I hope that the tax bill is in deep jeopardy!

[sandensea]

21. Absolutely.

We had better keep a close eye on Alabama Republicans - especially Sec. of State John Merrill.

You can't trust these southern-fried right-wingers any further than you can throw them.

[eleny]

24. Amen

Meantime, what a great night tonight!

[sandensea]

25. Doug sure gave them something to talk about!

[wishstar]

7. Sec of State is shooting down that idea, says Moore would have to pay for a recount

Says certification will be complete no later than Jan 3 2018 and highly unlikely enough military ballots could change results and all absentee ballots have already been counted

[sandensea]

10. Yowza! That's really good to hear.

Let's hope he means it (you never know with these types).

[JI7]

14. Sec Of State on CNN . he isn't going along with any of that

[sandensea]

18. We were just discussing the very thing with Wishstar (just above)

We had better keep a close eye on Sec. of State John Merrill.

You can't trust these southern-fried right-wingers any further than you can throw them.

[JI7]

22. i mean, the Sec of State isn't going along with what Moore is claiming

he might be a republican but from watching him he seems to feel the results are accurate and the system worked just fine.

[L. Coyote]

19. This is soooo over, they lost yuuuugely by 1.5+ percent.

This bit of cray-cray whining just shows how out of touch they are.
They don't have internet, I guess, don't watch T-V either.

[sandensea]

23. They do love to whine - but they also love to cheat and steal.

We had better keep a close eye on this - particuarly that Sec. of State John Merrill.

You can't trust these southern-fried right-wingers any further than you can throw them.

[woodsprite]

26. Total number of active duty from Alabama is just over 8500.

They'd have to come up with a lot of stuff ballots. DOD lists stateside active duty as just over 7000.

[sandensea]

27. Great research. Thanks!

Moore isn't likely to get more than 2,000 net votes out of that total (Jones is up 21,000 at the moment) - and who knows: they may actually end up adding to Jones's margin slightly.

[mucifer]

28. and the SOS of Alabama said it's over