Democratic election strategy #1: recount until you win, then stop counting

As with the Florida 2000 election, the gubernatorial election in Washington state shows once again that when Democrats caterwaul "Count every vote!" what they really mean is "Count until we win and then stop counting!"

The new media--talk radio, bloggers and independent watchdog groups--have followed up their success in exposing Dan Rather's use of phony memos by showcasing another scandal: Washington state's bizarre race for governor, which features a vote count so close and compromised it allows Florida to retire the crown for electoral incompetence.

Indeed, and what would have happened in Florida had the Supreme Court not stopped the bogus recounts has happened in Washington. After the first vote count, Republican Dino Rossi was in the lead. After the first recount, that lead was cut. After the second recount, Democrat Christine Gregoire ended up in the lead by 129 votes. And that's when the recounts stopped, of course. The Democratic candidate had the lead and that's all that matters to the Democrats. Nevermind that just like Florida in 2000, hundreds of military personnel have had their votes disqualified for ridiculous reasons. They, of course, don't fall under the "count every vote" mantra. Nevermind that in at least one county, there are hundreds of votes over the number of voters that can be accounted for. Nevermind that ballots are apparently being mishandled and manipulated, much like what happened in Florida in 2000. The Democratic candidate "won" so that means every vote counted.

For more coverage about the irregularities in the Washington election and the Democrats' strategies in stealing the election, check out the wealth of information at Sound Politics.