Sen. Allen Concedes
Posted by James on November 9th, 2006
Sen. Allen conceded the race to Webb. We can say a lot of things about Allen, that perhaps he has a mean streak or that maybe he harbors racist feelings or that he ran a very poor campaign. But he had the class to concede gracefully:
“I do not wish to cause more litigation that would not alter the results,” Allen said, adding that he saw “no good purpose being served by continuously and needlessly expending money and causing any more personal animosity.”
Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer demanded yesterday that Republicans show decency by conceding gracefully without resorting to legal battles and recount after recount in razor-thin races. Even setting aside the 2000 Florida recount mess (where Gore retracted his concession), does Christine Gregoire ring a bell?
I remember that election. I lived in Seattle, Washington, where the Democrats, after losing two counts, engaged in a selective manual recount in Democrat-dominated King County only and “won” the third recount.
There is a word for Schumer’s demand — hypocrisy. Welcome to the Democrat-contolled Congress.