December 22, 2004
God Works In Mysterious Ways

This morning on the Dave Ross talk show (currently being hosted by substitute Allan Prell), Democratic state party chairman Paul Berendt said, speaking of Democratic candidate Christine Gregoire, that "God has placed her" in the governor's office.  To his credit, Prell immediately broke in to challenge this claim, but Berendt repeated that he saw "Providence" in the recent re-recount results.

The additional ballots that the King County elections office kept finding now have an explanation that should satisfy nearly everyone.  The appearance of these ballots is a miracle, and just before Christmas.  No doubt the Pope will soon be sending representatives to study these events.

Churlish people may think that the multiplication of the votes in the King County election offices is not quite as impressive as, say, the miracle of the loaves and fishes.  And in this skeptical age, it is even possible that a few Republicans will think that the most recent results were due, not to Providence, but to a county elections office that has embarrassed the entire state.  But I am sure that most of us in the state will not want to quarrel with this miracle

Does this mean that Washington state will be a theocracy if Gregoire takes office in January?   It would seem so.  But it will be a Democratic party theocracy, so that should be OK.

Cross posted at Jim Miller on Politics. Posted by Jim Miller at December 22, 2004 04:00 PM | Email This

Comments
1. That's interesting. Usually God supports southern Republicans.

Posted by: Alcon on December 22, 2004 04:10 PM
2. He never specified what God.

Posted by: LC on December 22, 2004 04:14 PM
3. God, huh?? As far as the KC Elections board is concerned: "The devil made them do it?"

Posted by: Susu on December 22, 2004 04:24 PM
4. Well it wasn't the GOD of Abraham!!!!!!!!!!!

Tony Zeazas

Posted by: Tonyz on December 22, 2004 04:28 PM
5. I think I'm gonna puke...

Posted by: Tom on December 22, 2004 04:34 PM
6. Well, let's be honest - it only takes one vote to win.

It's too bad the election is so muddied by the post-election craziness, and I _strongly suspect_ chicanery. But we have to move on.

Christine Gregoire has gone from a statistical tie of -261 votes to a landslide of +8 votes. There's no doubt about her mandate for all of Washington State given her enormous popular vote advantage.

Posted by: steve miller on December 22, 2004 04:47 PM
7. What was I saying a few threads ago about the donks being arrogant and smug? Such hubris!

Rossi's re-election in 2008 is in the bag if this keeps up.

Posted by: Matt J Kurlander on December 22, 2004 05:06 PM
8. The god he refers to is the jacka** of the demoncrat party. He cannot be talking about the God of Abraham because coming in at number eight on the Mt. Sinai top ten list is "You shall not steal" (Ex 20:15, NIV). I'm not sure if El Shaddai was talking about elections when He gave Moses the Sinai Ten, but it sure seems appropriate.

Oh, no, I referrenced the Ten Commandments, send the ACLU......

Posted by: Darron on December 22, 2004 05:21 PM
9. It was certainly God's will that Ellen Craswell didn't make it to the Gov's mansion.

Posted by: John on December 22, 2004 05:47 PM
10. Well, ain't it somethin' -- those Democrats finally got religion!

---Wait! Berendt is mixing church and state! Horrors!!!! Somebody call the ACLU!!!

Posted by: Michele on December 22, 2004 05:51 PM
11. Forget relection in 2008 - How about a Republican senator from WA state. Cantwell is a goner if Rossi runs.

Posted by: Nathan on December 22, 2004 06:51 PM
12. Man, I'm loving this. It's like karma on a smaller scale.

Posted by: dsmo on December 22, 2004 07:07 PM
13. (Looks at post above) Man, that's gotta be the medical marijuana.....

Well, speaking of Paul Berendt telling us it was "God's will" for x-tine to be gov., then I guess he thought it was God's will for W to be president again. And I'm sure he also thought it was God's will that the Republicans increase their numbers in the US Senate to 55.

Posted by: Michele on December 22, 2004 10:57 PM
14. Maybe Berendt went overboard because he may now be able to keep his job? Going from "visions of a sweep of statewide offices" to letting R's win four of them doesn't put one in the good graces of state D's (& remember who was the Dean campaign state chair).

Posted by: Gary in Olympia on December 23, 2004 08:09 AM
15. I just love how the liberal democrats do everything they can to take GOD out of our society, at Christmas, and at every other frickin level, but it's "A-OK" to use his name to add drama and intrigue to a fiasco like this election. It never ceases to amaze me, the hypocrisy, the elitist mentality that they have up in their towers…

Posted by: Roger in Seattle.. on December 23, 2004 09:23 AM
16. Gregwhore...

Posted by: dan on December 23, 2004 09:59 AM
17. Dixie Lee Ray
Booth Gardner
Mike Lowry
Gary Locke
Gregroire
When will the incompetence end?

Merry Christmas everyone and God bless the "right" minded voters.

Posted by: Dan Again on December 23, 2004 10:08 AM
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