She did, however, announce plans for a "major federal lawsuit against the state of Georgia for the gross mismanagement of this election and to protect future elections from unconstitutional actions."So no hard feelings, then. We'll just shake hands and carry on.
Even in acknowledging defeat, Abrams insisted her speech was not giving a concession and instead delivered a series of sharp criticisms of Kemp....
"Under the watch of the now former secretary of state, democracy failed Georgia," Abrams said of Kemp, who served as the state's chief elections officer for nearly a decade before resigning after overseeing his own contest.
"Make no mistake, the former secretary of state was deliberate and intentional in his actions," Abrams said. "I know that eight years of systemic disenfranchisement, disinvestment and incompetence had its desired affect on the electoral process in Georgia."
You made a good bargain, Georgia. You don't want to be governed by someone with this much anger inside them. Kemp's a scoundrel, and you'll need to keep a watch on him. But he'll only cheat you. He won't set out to punish you.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under of robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber barons cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some points be satiated; but those who torment us for their own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C S Lewis
She's got that "Curses, foiled again" vibe. I wouldn't want to be her dog.
Is that a dog...whistle? [g]
There's a serious side to Abrams' bitter diatribe. It comes against Gillum's--and Abrams'--outrage that they weren't given their birthright by all those racist (and sexist) voters who voted for not-Abrams or not-Gillum. The elections, since Progressive-Democrats didn't win, can only have been stolen says no less a light than Sherrod Brown.
And it comes against the backdrop of a a California Congressman threatening to use his government's nuclear weapons on any who won't kowtow to him. (He now claims to have been merely sarcastic, but that's hard to credit given words being his stock in trade; he knew full well what he was saying and what reactions he would get.)
It comes against the backdrop of Americans who voted for the wrong candidate being irredeemably deplorable racist.
It comes against the backdrop of Progressive-Democrats being mystified that so many women would vote against their self-interest by voting not-Progressive-Democrat.
This is a Party that bears careful watching over the next several years and election cycles.
Eric Hines
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