\u00a0She\u2019s convinced voting irregularities are not widespread because convictions are not widespread. There were only 26 felony-level convictions as of 2010 and that\u2019s insignificant in an election with 2.9 million votes cast.<\/p>\n
By that standard, rape is rare because there are few convictions. DUI is a minor nuisance because everybody pleads to Reckless Driving so there are few convictions for DUI.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And as some lefties claimed a few years ago, North Dakota was the most corrupt state because it had the highest convictions-per-capita rate for corruption.<\/p>\n
And nobody was killed in the Sikh temple in Milwaukee \u2013 because nobody has been convicted and with the shooter dead, nobody ever will be. No conviction, no murder. Those six bodies in the Coroner\u2019s Office? They\u2019re just resting (Sikh prefer kipping on their backs).<\/p>\n
Except . . . there are six dead bodies lying on slabs. It really happened. Whether or not somebody gets convicted, those six people are still dead.<\/p>\n
Counting murder convictions is not the best way to count murders victims. The best way to count murder victims is to count dead bodies left by murderers. Similarly, the best way to count illegal votes is to count votes cast by ineligible persons, not convictions for illegal voting.<\/p>\n
The County Attorneys surveyed in 2010 confirmed they investigated 1,531 cases of illegal voting. They know the votes were cast. They suspect the people casting them shouldn\u2019t have, which is why they were investigated. Some cases were false-positives so they aren\u2019t a problem. The rest \u2013 whether or not the prosecutor chose to file charges \u2013 are votes that everyone agrees should never have been cast. But they were cast and counted into the 321 [!!! – Ed.] vote total that put Franken over the top. And Franken was the 60th vote in the Senate needed to make Obamacare filibuster-proof.<\/p>\n
Illegal voting doesn\u2019t have to be widespread to be a problem \u2013 a small number of targeted crimes can change a nation. That\u2019s why it\u2019s important.<\/p>\n
Seriously, is that so hard to understand?<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p>\n
Como Park<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Because understanding it would negate a narrative that I suspect the DFL has spent years and millions building.<\/p>\n
And no, we don’t have a conviction to prove that.<\/p>\n
Yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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