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Military Absentee Ballots Delivered One Day Late, Would Have Swung Election For Romney | The Duffel Blog

WASHINGTON, DC – Sources confirmed today that hundreds of thousands of military absentee ballots were delivered hours after the deadline for them to be counted, with preliminary counts showing that they would have overturned the vote in several states and brought a victory for Governor Mitt Romney.

Officials say the ballots were delivered late due to problems within the military mail system. Tracking invoices show the ballots sat in a warehouse for a month, then they were accidentally labeled as ammunition and shipped to Afghanistan. At Camp Dwyer, Marine Sergeant John Davis signed for them and was surprised at the contents.

“I told Gunny we got a bunch of ballots instead of ammo,” Davis told investigators earlier today. “He told me to file a report of improper delivery and that the chain of command would take care of it. We didn’t hear anything for three weeks. While we were waiting we came under fire so we dumped a bunch of them in the Hescoes. We didn’t dig those ones back out.”

After military officials realized the initial error, the ballots were then sent back to the U.S. but suffered a series of setbacks.

Twelve boxes of ballots were dropped overboard during delivery to the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) in the Persian Gulf, then while the ship sailed to Bahrain, postal clerks allegedly pocketed whatever ballots they wanted.

The remaining absentee ballots were loaded onto a C-130, but the flight was delayed until November 1st so the crew could get tax free pay for the month. Once the ballots arrived stateside they were promptly mailed to each state’s counting facility, reaching their final destination on November 7th.

“It’s a shame,” Rear Admiral John Dawes said when asked for comment. “I expected a delay so I ordered that everyone cast their votes eight months ago. It’s really unfortunate that our mail system failed us and directly affected the course of history.”

Upon hearing the news, angry Republicans have begun a demand for a recount, but most military absentee voters have shrugged off the news, with many wondering whether the care packages their families sent six months ago were ever going to show up.
 
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Hundreds of thousands?!? Some how I doubt that.

Your boy lost because they ran a terrible campaign and only made it close because Obama didn't show up to the first debate.
 
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It was close because Obama had the most unproductive presidency since WH Harrison

The polls, which ended up being right, had Obama winning and climbing before the first debate. Romney took a slight edge afterwards then plateaued. If Obama had drank a 5 hour energy befor that first debate it wouldn't have been as close as it was.... Which, as it turned out wasn't very close.
 
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The polls, which ended up being right, had Obama winning and climbing before the first debate. Romney took a slight edge afterwards then plateaued. If Obama had drank a 5 hour energy befor that first debate it wouldn't have been as close as it was.... Which, as it turned out wasn't very close.

too bad he never once ran on his record (except for spiking Bin Laden's head) but instead allowed his minions to call Romney everything from a murderer to an animal abuser
 
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Hundreds of thousands?!? Some how I doubt that.

Your boy lost because they ran a terrible campaign and only made it close because Obama didn't show up to the first debate.
Didn't show up? The first debate was about the economy and his actually trying to debate would have been worse. His record there is pathetic, but makes his viewpoint look brilliant. GTFO with this stupidity about Obama not showing. Hes an economics 11 year old.
 
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Would like to see some concrete evidence for this accusation - so far it just looks like a witch hunt:

There would appear to be but two ways Obama could exercise his authority to interfere with military absentee voting. The first would involve muscling ‘friendlies” occupying the office of the Secretary of State in key swing states where denying the vote to those who might go against the President could produce meaningful results. The second would come via instructing the Department of Justice to hold back on enforcing the laws designed to protect and encourage voting by soldiers serving overseas.

The first option turns out to be a complete non-starter. In the most critical of swing states—Ohio, Florida and Virginia—the Secretary of State operations are, in each instance, firmly in the control of Republicans. And if we move on to the next level of key decider states—Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, and North Carolina—we find two Republicans and two Democrats holding down the job.

Therefore, it appears exceedingly difficult to support an argument that the President’s henchmen have been busy pushing around these state officials in the effort to convince them to violate election laws for the benefit of the Obama campaign.


Obama Accused Of Suppressing Military Vote By Withholding Absentee Ballots - Forbes
 
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Would like to see some concrete evidence for this accusation - so far it just looks like a witch hunt:

There would appear to be but two ways Obama could exercise his authority to interfere with military absentee voting. The first would involve muscling ‘friendlies” occupying the office of the Secretary of State in key swing states where denying the vote to those who might go against the President could produce meaningful results. The second would come via instructing the Department of Justice to hold back on enforcing the laws designed to protect and encourage voting by soldiers serving overseas.

The first option turns out to be a complete non-starter. In the most critical of swing states—Ohio, Florida and Virginia—the Secretary of State operations are, in each instance, firmly in the control of Republicans. And if we move on to the next level of key decider states—Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, and North Carolina—we find two Republicans and two Democrats holding down the job.

Therefore, it appears exceedingly difficult to support an argument that the President’s henchmen have been busy pushing around these state officials in the effort to convince them to violate election laws for the benefit of the Obama campaign.


Obama Accused Of Suppressing Military Vote By Withholding Absentee Ballots - Forbes
This was retarded. For an idiot like that, implying that there are only two ways for absentee ballots to miss the mark, to get published is simply amazing.

Even worse, to directly state the idea that this DOJ wouldn't enforce laws makes no sense means that he's potentially the stupidest author ever.
 
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I'm not advocating his position by any means - just looking at opposing positions.
 
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I'm not advocating his position by any means - just looking at opposing positions.

I'm not hammering you. I'm hammering the idiot that tried to pass that off as journalism or thinking in any way.
 
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Not buying.

Hundreds of thousands?!? Some how I doubt that.

Your boy lost because they ran a terrible campaign and only made it close because Obama didn't show up to the first debate.

Guys, you should read that again, it's like the military version of The Onion. Not joking, go to their website and read some of the other headlines.
 
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Even worse, to directly state the idea that this DOJ wouldn't enforce laws makes no sense means that he's potentially the stupidest author ever.

I haven't read the linked article, but I'm a little confused by your comment, BPV. This DOJ has consistently not enforced immigration laws, and it has sued states that tried to enforce them.
 
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Do I have to do this every time someone quotes "The Duffle Blog?"

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I haven't read the linked article, but I'm a little confused by your comment, BPV. This DOJ has consistently not enforced immigration laws, and it has sued states that tried to enforce them.

On occasions BPV's post contain just a tad of sarcasm.
 

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