An Ellensburg, WA man has filed a lawsuit contesting the results of the Seattle Seahawks’ 27-20 loss to the St. Louis Rams in the first round of the NFC playoffs. The suit alleges malfeasance, misconduct or errors by referees resulted in nine penalties on the Seahawks, “several of which kept Ram drives alive when they would have faced fourth down situations.”
Apparently inspired by the unsportsmanlike manner in which failed GOP gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi has blamed his own loss on the officials, longtime Seahawks fan and political blog connoisseur John Slyfield claims that failure to replay the game “could harm the integrity of the game, by not allowing mistakes to be corrected.” Impartial observers — like Seahawk Cornerback Ken Lucas — apparently agree:
“The refs made some very questionable calls today,” Lucas said. “There was one call I thought I did, and that was the hands to the face. The other two I thought were questionable. But they made the calls, and that’s been the story for us this year, calls made against us.”
The lawsuit comes in the wake of a rising tide of public opinion in favor of a new game, fueled by inflammatory rhetoric coming from local sports radio. Radio hosts and callers are particularly irate about a “phantom” fourth-quarter illegal contact call on cornerback Marcus Trufant, that set up the Rams with a first down at the Seattle 30, on a drive that eventually led to a tying touchdown.
Seahawk boosters have reportedly reserved the domain “replaywa.com”, but rumors of a planned “victory parade” through downtown Seattle could not be confirmed.
A tip of the hat to John Slyfield… his idea, his mock court filing.
Too funny.
(Olympia- SP) After a long battle within Richard J. Daley Memorial high school, Greg Christoire will be named valedictorian. This comes amid controversy after another student, Ross Dean, was determined twice to have a higher GPA: a third hand-perusal of scan-tron tests, exams, and nine instances of newly discovered extra-credit homework, gave Christoire the .0000000000026 grade point advantage he needed for the high school’s top honors.
Several classmates, however, allege that he did not deserve many of the marks he received. “I am not saying he cheated on his tests, but how can they count the ‘A’ given by Mary K. LeTourneau? She never taught here! And the A+ from Mr. Kennedy? He died two years ago!” said the editor of the school paper, “The Logger.”
Another student observed, “I saw a teacher write Christoire’s name on two tests because she couldn’t find who turned ‘em in. 32 tests, with 30 students in the class? I may not be an A student, but…”
Jeez Chuck – Can’t you think up a new one?
Well acctually that one wasnt mine, but I have found it to be the closest thing to the situation we have.
Sorry Chuck – you, or whoever you’re quoting, isn’t very good at satire.
Nice hit, Goldy.
This is my attempt at satire…
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Well, once upon a time there was a skating competition between Mary Lane and Kirsten Brost. (Just imagine them in figure skating outfits!!! YUM!)
Mary got the higher scores (and the sweeter, prettier bouquets) but apparently the perfume of dozens of roses (among other things) distracted the tally of the judges’ scores. See, some of the judges turned them in – others had the intern (who tripped and dropped a few ballots) turn them into a drop-off box for the umpire to tally. The umpire was just supposed to tally the scores and declare a winner. Problem is – he needed to intrepet the handwriting. See, Kirsten was crying, “Weee, wee COUNT EVERY VOTE” – even though some of the votes were illegible and some could be easily altered. Some of them also appeared to be by ineligible parties such as judges not judging the competition or by zealous fans – including some stalkers (think felon).
Having feelings for Kirsten, the French umpire applied whiteout on some of the ballots and “enhanced” them. He then counted all the ballots once through the calculator AFTER weeding out a few ballots. And Mary won. But it was w/in the range of error so he had to retabulate them through the calculator. Mary won (and the crowd squealed with delight) and was about to accept her gold medal when…
Kirsten cried like her boyfriend & coach Paul and demanded a hand recount! She knew that some of her scores were “missing” and found the ones the intern dropped PLUS some more invalid ballots that appeared to be altered. She also knew that imputting into the calculator created potential for mistakes. As the umpire retabulated (and “enhanced” them) – and added, by order of the International Skating Union – the found ballots (which ended up being more than judges). Kirsten won! And kissed the umpire on the cheek.
Problem is, Mary noted how close the count was and asked for a redo, noting all the failures against ISU regs and calling that night “a total mess”. Kirsten and her groupies – including Brost’s (CENSORED) – said the idea was among other thing, “grasping at straws” and “A redo is good in games like golf and mulligan when you’re practicing, not when it’s real”. So Mary – running with her groupie blog Sound Skating, and her coach Chris V., her fan club director & sweetheart Josef, and her lawyer Jim K. – applied to the International Skating Union for appeal while keeping her tears back as Kirsten called her ‘ungracious’.
TO BE CONTINUED…
http://josef-a-k.blogspot.com/.....rench.html is where you can get a version w/ hyperlinks.
Very funny. Hwen you finish laughing, check out:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110006139
I know, you don’t like John Fund. Read the column and post where he’s wrong, Looks like a pretty factual analysis to me. Therefore, Gregoire is not going to like it. Don”t forget to wear orange to the revote rally Tuesday!
A final tid bit from the night shift:
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBU8EBHS3E.html
According to the article, “Since 2000, election officials and courts appear to be giving less consideration to voter intent and more to whether ballot instructions were followed”.
(Except in King County).
Are these games scripted like wrestling??. I have always assumed that it is all planned out ahead. Good fun, not much else.
Rules for write ins should be generous. It is rarely used and by concept is simply writing a name to vote independant of the printed/listed candidates. This election is an amazing case where flim flam bureauracy has trumpted common sense and screwed thousands of voters and their clear intent.
Horrible stuff. Viva voter rights – to hell with San Diego county registrar.
Good Morning!
I think we can all agree that the standard for successfully contestest this election will require much more than parading some felons and ghosts before the Court and a few minor errors. No doubt. But it will also be below the “Goldy/Dem Spin Machine Standard” of proving fraud and a vast left-wing conspiracy. As hard as the Left tries to raise the bar for PR purposes, the law simply doesn’t coincide with the spin. I believe the unaccounted for ballots, unchecked provisional ballots, illegal enhancement of ballots and other things when combined with the sensational fraud, dead people, multiple votes and multiple ballots with same handwriting will tip the scales and lead any reasonable person to believe it “appears” (NOT THE “PROVES” STANDARD THE DEM SPIN-MACHINE PROMOTED BY GOLDY AND HIS ILK) to have impacted the outcome.
When will Goldy’s site get mentioned in national news? Or local news for that matter…
When will the fact that governor select held her hollow “victory” party in….POTRLAND OREGON be mentioned???
As soon as I start posting outrageous lies like the other guys.
Remember, this site, in it’s previous life, received more local, national (and international) news coverage in it’s first few days than (u)SP will get during 100 years of blogging. I know how to feed the media. I think maybe I deserve a little credit for focusing on an honest debate here, rather than just doing stunts for media coverage.
And Cynical… either you don’t actually read my posts or you are simply a LIAR. I have never said fraud or conspiracy is required. Post after post has pointed out that there must be evidence that votes illegal votes or errors accrued to Gregoire in sufficient quantities over those that accrued to Rossi, so as to change the outcome of the election. It’s not enough simply to show that there are more errors than the margin.
good grief – lack-of-caffeine induced dyslexia: PORTLAND
Goldy, Cynical has always lived in his fantasy world, thinking he is the ‘know it all’ of everything. It does no use to use facts or words, he seems to be uncapable of listening to anyone but dearest josephine and pope
Remember Cynical’s history here as you judge him… And perhaps where is bread is buttered (BIAW). He’s one of the least genuine people here.
When will Goldy’s site get mentioned in national news? Or local news for that matter…
As soon as I start posting outrageous lies like the other guys.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
You must already be doing that, I found this site through the news.
(that was a joke but I did find your link in the news)
re: Zip’s comment…
What the hell did they do before they had optical scan machines and electronic voting?
There are numerous reasons why someone might mark an X in the oval, circle the whole candidates name, on the ballot instead of filling in the bubble, etc, most primarily for disability reasons.
But, really, you guys who are all about “throw out any vote for people that can’t fill in a bubble” really burn me.
Tell me, if they didn’t have optical scan machines and someone just had to write the name of the candidate on the ballot, would you count a vote for “Dino Rosi” for Dino? Or how bout “Deeno Rossy”? Both are clearly for Dino, yet you idiots would say “throw em out”
B.S.
Comment by Goldy— 1/10/05 @ 8:26 am
WHENEVER I am asked to list blogs, I ALWAYS add this one. You do good work for the other side.
There are numerous reasons why someone might mark an X in the oval, circle the whole candidates name, on the ballot instead of filling in the bubble, etc, most primarily for disability reasons.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Assistance is available for the disabled…
Regardless of the wisdom of elections officials determining voter intent versus don’t count them if the ballot isn’t filled out correctly, current state law apparently requires determining voter intent. Therefore, the debate is irrelevant as to the current election.
First blog I ever visited after newspaper article. Still the best.
claqueSounding is a bore.
Well, Goldy – go here: http://www.biaw.com/revote.asp
The BIAW is joining the Rossifarian camp.
Well, I have some simple response: Replace ‘public employee unions’ with BIAW and Democrat w/ Republican and you’ll notice the lack of differences.
I agree w/ the content, but the messenger should be Marummy, NOT the immoral BIAW. Marummy is MY State Secretary of Defense and the roar of the Rossifarians. She leads, we vote!
(Okay, enough sucking up for you?)
Goldy–
I apologize for lumping you in with the other obvious Dem spinners. some of whom claim to know me???? Interesting because I’m not a Lobbyist or political activist, I don’t even belong to a political party. I’m paid by NO ONE to share my personal opinions here…strictly volunteer and want “fair elections”. Get it?
Goldy, I’m glad you can understand that “fraud & conspiracy ARE NOT the standard required to successfully contest this election. So why do you think the Dem “spinners” on your site along with the Dem Legislators ALL keep repeating the F-word (Fraud) and C-word (conspiracy)?????? And why do they all keep trying to convince us the R’s must “PROVE” illegal ballots would change the result knowing full well you cannot because these illegal ballots are already co-mingled, thanks to Dean Logan et al. And besides the law says “appears” not “proves”. Huge different in standard, don’t you agree.
The other Dem “spin-trick” is to take each allegation, isolate it, minimize it and blodly proclaim it wouldn’t change the result by itself. Unfortunately, the Dem “Spinmeisters” will at some point in time have to come to grips with the fact that the Court will look at the “COMBINED” impact of all these issues. It’s kind of like Scott Peterson’s trial. The Dems would minimize the motive (girlfriend), minimize the boat, minimize the location. The jury, on the other hand, added all these things up in arriving at a guilty verdict.
Who here doesn’t understand the Court will look at each allegation, the evidence and then ADD all these things up??????????
Cynical… the reason Dems keep saying there was no fraud, corruption or conspiracy, is because Rossi and his minions have spent the past two months trying to convince the public that there was! It is the R’s who have continually used these words… it’s the vicous, shameless liars on (u)SP and conservative talk radio who keep talking about calling in the FBI, about perjury and obstruction and fraud. And now Rossi files his lawsuit, and there’s not a single claim of corruption! And you attack the Dems for spinning this by pointing it out?
And as to separating out the individual allegations… if you add them all back together, you still haven’t met the standard required by statute. There’s only illegal ballots I know of thus far where we know how they voted, and two out of those three voted for Rossi.
The real politik, Josef, is that it was Rossi who long ago joined the BIAW camp. He was the BIAW candidate before the election.
Goldy–
I do understand your comments & frustration about no seeing the evidence yet. I have repeatedly asked for your patience as this process, by it’s nature, is sequential. Rossi would have been foolish to contest the election while he was ahead. You understand that, right? And now that Gregoire is ahead, it’s his option to contest which he has done. The first step is the allegation. Which is done. The evidence is yet to come. It would be like someone showing their entire hand publicly upfront to put forth all the evidence at this time, like it or not. So you can say only 3 illegal ballots shown thus far and be correct. Fine. Do you believe there are more Goldy?
And these issues of dead, felons, duplicate votes, forged signatures etc. are only part of the case. You have to try and look at this in it’s entirety. I’m sure you are more than intelligent enough to realize there is plenty you probably don’t know yet, right? I’ll admit, I don’t know everything…I’m curious…but I figure it will play out in accordance with a legal timetable.
In the meantime, this is good for you. You can vent and speculate about what the R’s have and don’t have. Everyone can pretend they are moderates and not “spinning”. Fine.
But in the end, it’s obviously the law and the evidence.
State Court is one thing…the Feds are another legal avenue.
PREDICTION:
In the end Goldy, you will be sitting in your bed saying to yourslef this election was BS!!! I don’t expect you to ever admit it publicly though.
Hi Mr. Cynical –
Why would Rossi make allegations without evidence? That would be supremely irresponsible. If he has evidence, it is his public repsonsibility to bring it forward immediately.
If Rossi wants to go to court, fine. Let the court determine the worth of his allegations and – right or wrong, agree or disagree – let’s all respect the process.
But, of course, the Republicans are out there spinning allegations that have been proven wrong or for which there isn’t any evidence. Why? When I see cartoons on soundpolitics suggesting that felons have more rights than soldiers, without any evidence whatsoever, I see a lying propaganda machine, not respect for the law.
Christine G writes (sarcastically):
Remember that this is exactly what the Republicans did during the last case. The WA Supreme Court made it a point to comment that the Republicans presented no evidence of their accusations of ballot insecurity.
At trial, Republicans will use 95% of the allegations and theories only in their filing and opening statement. They won’t present any evidence to support these accusations, but they’re mainly trying to win the court of public opinion and hope they bury the judge with sheer volume to make their overall case appear weightier. Republicans will focus on the remaining 5% (1 or 2) of their accusations where they think their incentivized witnesses and pseudo-scientific evidence add up to a convincing argument. Despite what Cynical says, the Republicans quite obviously have very little legally applicable evidence because the amount of noise, accusations and random speculation you make prior to a trial is usually inversely proportional to the strength of your legal argument.
Whenever they have to present actual evidence to an impartial audience, Republicans fail to do so. Whenever you scrutinize the Republicans so-called evidence, it disappears in a puff of smoke. And don’t forget that when the Republicans lose, they’ll blame “liberal activist judges” or the “liberal media”.
revotewa.com – what a joke. I put in the name “George W. Bush” and a fake address. The site accepted the signature. I then put in the name “Bill Clinton” with another fake address. Again it accepted it. At least a friggin internet poll will prevent more than one entry from the same ip address.
Are these losers going to present actual, verified signatures to the legislature?
Comment by Goldy— 1/10/05 @ 1:32 pm
Say more, my friend :-).
Cheaters.
Crack head.
Cynical – you are so unconvincing. The Republicans have nothing to lose and everything to gain from showing their real evidence. They’ve gladly been touting supposed “smoking guns” for the past two months, only to have to “shut up” when the gun proves nothing more than misinformation or complete fabrications.
You keep calling peolpe here Dem “spinners” when they point out that nothing you say every pans out. From the lies you used to tell about viewing Larry Phillips’ signatures, to posting under multiple aliases to your theories about the dead voters (2 of which “voted” Republican). Not to mention your continual failure to actually read any of the relevant RCWs and understand Goldy’s point that you can’t simply point out “errors” and say “waah, some stuff happened, I want the election overturned”. That’s all the Republicans argumetn amounts to at this point.
You need to do a better job if you’re going to earn what you’re paid for to post here. Come up with something new to “shock” us. Maybe you can claim this time that you personally witnessed Dean Logan voting twice.
I just heard back that my lawsuit was denied. Oh well Seahawks, there’s always next year!
Dustin,
Deeno Rossi, Dino Rosse, whatever, its all the same to me. Write in votes are counted consistently. If Deeno Rossi was rejected, then so would Christn Greigore.
UPDATE ON SLYFIELD VS NFL:
Judge orders NFL to re-do the playoffs, overturning the Seattle loss to St. Louis in the Wild-card round in Seattle.
1) All rosters will revert to the pre-draft and pre-free agency
2) The wild-card round will be held on June 12
3) The divisional round will be held on June 19
4) The Conference championships will be held on June 26
5) The Super Bowl will be held on July 3
All this because a judge agreed that Seattle was deprived. OK, this is false, but Seattle is doing what Dino Rossi should be doing. Getting ready for the next “season” and hope to win next time around.