Another Miracle Vote "Find" for a Democrat
After Democrat John Ford resigned in disgrace as a result of the FBI Tennessee Waltz sting operation, leaving his state senate seat up for grabs.His sister, Ophelia Ford, decided to keep the seat in the family. Which makes sense, as the Ford machine has controlled politics in this neck of the woods for quite some time (although their star is fading somewhat).
Store owner Terry Roland decided to try and take the seat away from Democrats, becoming a first-time candidate for the GOP.
Thaddeus Matthews predicted a landslide win for Roland. Memphis Blue said it was looking "like the beginning of hte [sic] end of the Ford dynasty."
I never believed it, taking Half-Bakered's position that "the Fords are famous for last minute "miracle" saves." Actually, I take the position that Democrats are famous for last minute miracle saves.
Indeed, the newscasts called the race for Roland with 98% of the precincts reporting. He was over 200 votes ahead.
Then the "miracle": Ophilia Ford wins by 12 votes.
Roland has already said that he will meet with his legal team in the morning as they prepare to challenge the results. This is not surprising as an earlier Roland press release charged that voter fraud was already taking place during early voting (although Half-Bakered was suspicious of the document's origin):
Early voting for the special election began August 26th at the Election Commission office. In the first 200 votes cast in Shelby County, five people voted with no record of ever having registered to vote. Additionally, some voted that public records list as convicted felons.Team GOP reports:"While this may not be conclusive proof of illegal voting, it certainly warrants investigation. If this is any indication of a trend in the overall voting, it is very serious indeed," said Darrin Kirkus, campaign coordinator for Terry Roland.
A small but heavily democratic precinct with reportedly less than 100 votes cast today only turned in two of three vote counting cartridges when the polls closed. Police have been dispatched to retrieve the unsecured third cartridge. It appears to be business as usual in the land of the Fords.Hopefully voter fraud can be proven in court. But I'll not hold my breath. After all, this is the town that once found John Ford not guilty when he stood trial for shooting a pistol at a truck driver.
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posted 16 September 05
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Tracked on September 16, 2005 2:27 PM
Will Terry "Al" Roland call on Gore for advice on appealing an election? Will Terry "Al" Roland try to shut down the wheels of government with appeals? Will whiny republicans put their partisanship before their patriotism?
Posted by Rusty on Friday at 1:53 PM
The biggest ward in Democrat politics seems to be located between the graveyards (Honest we have no idea how Harry Truman's name got on the voter list?)and the nursing homes(jus sign here Ma-um and we hep you fill in yo ballet). I can't wait to find out that Shirley McLane has voted once for each of her previous 29 lives!
Posted by DL on Saturday at 12:10 PM
Too bad ol' Terry "Al" Roland lost fair and square. District 29 has spoken. Appeal all he wants, he can only whine for so long.
Posted by Rusty on Saturday at 3:27 PM