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SueScribe
08-08-2007, 04:53 PM
The last update that WDAM's "breaking news" election news did, at 1:59:29, CT, shows with 132 of 134 precincts reporting, 99% of the vote counted, with Hal Kittrell is/was holding a 943 vote advantage, at 52-48 percent.

Does anyone in zee authority happen to know where - which - two precincts are still out in this race (and others, I'm certain), with 99 percent of the vote IN ?

If this were Louisiana, I'd say, wahl, dah lection' man dun gotto run his traps fust, den he'll row dem ballots on ov'r to da Oyster Shucking pier, but . .

Anyone?
SueScribe
08-08-2007, 04:55 PM
I kina' dun sole mah Democratic soul fuh' dis candy-date, and ah'd lak to know.
Guru
08-08-2007, 04:55 PM
It means somebody faxed them over to the station and the paper fell out of the slot in the machine and into the waste paper basket.
SueScribe
08-08-2007, 04:58 PM
It means somebody faxed them over to the station and the paper fell out of the slot in the machine and into the waste paper basket.

Ahh. Dat `splains thins. I feel more and more at home in the Pine Belt each day. I always knew that the New Orleans Machine wasn't the only one operatin' in the political arena. Howevah. If 99 percent of the votes are IN, and if we knew the voter turnout for the counties in question - VI-OH-LAH. We could maybe figure out where these 49, 109 people vote and maybe, just maybe, learn that the catfish ate them (the ballots, that is).

Sue
Guru
08-08-2007, 05:00 PM
You could have written Nagin in.
SueScribe
08-08-2007, 05:00 PM
No. Given my option, I'd write him off.
SueScribe
08-08-2007, 05:01 PM
Well, then, tell me this:

Do local political candidates facing certain defeat do things like make concession speeches/announcements/releases to the Media, or do they just let sleeping dogs lie?
Guru
08-08-2007, 05:02 PM
Depends on how high level the race / election is.
SueScribe
08-08-2007, 05:06 PM
Depends on how high level the race / election is.

And whether or not the local press give a tinker's damn about their concession speeches/releases?

But you're saying that in a Not So High Level (beneath Road Commissioner, maybe) race, a losing candidate may simply go quietly into that good night? The winner shows up at the office, and that's the end of that?

Sounds pretty straight-forward, actually.
Guru
08-08-2007, 05:11 PM
A lot of times that is exactly the way it works.
SueScribe
08-08-2007, 05:16 PM
Democracy. When you think about it, it's just . . so . . BEAUTIFUL :smt089
SueScribe
08-08-2007, 05:20 PM
:grouphug:. . we're all the same . . participants in a beautiful democracy, a noble thing, a . . treasure to embrace as tightly as the finest gold . . :smt022. . priceless . . beyond measure . . :drink:I must celebrate such a glorus ting . .
SueScribe
08-08-2007, 05:26 PM
And so, a toast to Hal Kittrell:

May you keep the wind at your back or beneath your wings,
and may you always keep justice in the bough of your equitable heart . .
and . .
:cheers:
BlueDogDemocrat
08-09-2007, 08:52 AM
Congratulations to our District Attorney. I supported him in his re-election campaign. Now, it is time to ratch it up a notch. The performance of our DA's office is mediocre at best.
Pirate_129
08-09-2007, 11:47 AM
If you want to describe the either the 12th or 15th district's performance as "mediocre at best," it is very apparent you don't have much exposure to other districts in the state. We are blessed with outstanding DA's offices on both sides of Hattiesburg and that's coming from someone that has worked with numerous offices all over the state.

The 15th may have issues in one county in particular, but you need to look at the jury pools seated in that county and what the citizens are willing to tolerate to find the root of that trouble.
BlueDogDemocrat
08-14-2007, 08:40 AM
If you want to describe the either the 12th or 15th district's performance as "mediocre at best," it is very apparent you don't have much exposure to other districts in the state. We are blessed with outstanding DA's offices on both sides of Hattiesburg and that's coming from someone that has worked with numerous offices all over the state.

The 15th may have issues in one county in particular, but you need to look at the jury pools seated in that county and what the citizens are willing to tolerate to find the root of that trouble.

Well, pirate, you sound a little biased. Are you? I base my comments on my experience with other districts, and further, facts...like this fact: What is the number of cases that have gone to trial this year in the 15th?