I won’t yet go as far as my friend Jim Hoft and holler “Oh Snap!” but whoa, the schadenfreude.
Media Matters went ballistic when they thought lefty JoAnne Kloppenburg was leading:
Right-wing media reacted to news that Democrat–backed JoAnne Kloppenburg emerged from Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election with a small lead by predictably bringing up baseless allegations of voter fraud. The right-wing media regularly uses voter fraud to respond to elections where a Democrat wins or is winning, especially following a close race.
A bit below that was this thing of beauty:
Two individuals, one of which is a progressive blogger, were charged with election fraud after trying to get fake tea party candidates on the ballot.
Really? I’m not so sure. I mean, look at all of these examples I’m giving you.
And yes, justice from an Eric Holder DOJ is rare. It doesn’t validate Media Matters’ premise that voter fraud is virtually non-existent, though.
Of course, now that over 7,000 votes were found uncounted for David Prosser, I’m sure that Media Matters is defending the integrity of the vote, yes? Not really.
Think Progress hints at cheating.
So does Daily Kos and Firedoglake.
I haven’t bothered to check the other progressive sites, though I count three as a trend.
Of course, I’d likely be spitting mad too, had I bussed people into a state where they camped in the capitol, rioted, trashed the place, threatened businesses, journalists, sent death threats to Republican lawmakers and bloggers and are, as of this, losing the race.
There was nothing wrong with the voting system when their candidate was winning, let’s see if they’ll be gracious if defeat is certified, and now, it’s a pretty big lead to overcome.
Keep a window open for Big J, we’ll be reporting developments as the results send the bussed-in folks up north into chaos.
*UPDATE:
Said MMfA editor earlier: