This has long since stopped being entertaining in the least, and is now just ridiculous and exasperating: Washington state Republicans are still desperately trying to force a re-vote in our Gubernatorial race.

> The state Republican Party said in court papers filed yesterday that it has found 300 illegal votes and more than 400 that can’t be verified in the governor’s election. > > With Christine Gregoire winning the governor’s race by 129 votes, Republican Party Chairman Chris Vance says he now has found far more than enough evidence to persuade a judge to nullify the election and call for a rematch between Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi. > > Lawyers and Republican staffers are continuing to look county by county for votes cast by felons, in the name of dead people or by people who voted more than once, casting second votes either in other counties or other states.

Therefore, I make this declaration here and now:

If these idiots actually force us into a re-vote, I’ll mount a write-in candidacy drive.

Michael Hanscom for Governor of Washington. Sounds good to me.

I figure I’ve got no chance of winning (I’ve never been involved in politics, nobody knows who I am [well, outside of that little thing about a picture and a computer company], and I’ve got an advertising budget of…well, nothing). But hey — if I do win (snicker) it could be pretty entertaining and a definite learning experience (not to mention a raise), and if I don’t win, I WON’T CARE.

Hell, just running on a platform of “no re-votes if I lose” should get me a sizeable chunk of the vote.

Maybe Jacqueline could help me run my campaign?

iTunes “Love and Devotion” by M and M from the album DJ Mix 99 (1998, 5:40).

[See also: Are we about to be without a Governor? | Electoral Map | Seattle Car Theft Statistics | Red vs. Blue | Rove in Seattle ]

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