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Election Mess in Washington state

Michelle Malkin posted yesterday about our election fiasco here in Washington.  Sound Politics has more information about the fraudulent voting if you're interested.

Link: Michelle Malkin: THE ELECTION MESS IN WASHINGTON STATE.

(I just have to point out a small pet peeve of mine: why are we always Washington state instead of just Washington?  I mean, I don't go around talking about Massachusetts state or Nebraska state, after all.  And I know it's about clarifying between us and Washington D.C.  So call them D.C., why doncha!?!  They've got the distinction of having the extra letters - let's use them.)

March 16, 2005 |

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