Censoring the California Ballot Mess: the Rabidly Dishonest Left

While it merrily prints letters denouncing Secretary of State Ken Bennett for an alleged ballot counting mess, the Arizona Republic has censored reporting on the "ballot counting mess" in other West Coast states. Washington like Arizona had about 50,000 votes to count as of last night (11/20). California is the big story with 1.5 million ballots left to count. San Diego County has more votes left to count than the entire State of Arizona. 758,857 of the uncounted California votes are provisional ballots, as of 5 pm, 11/20.

Being a lot better than California and as good as Washington State may be nothing to brag about, but we aren't going to improve much on ballot counting as long as we allow people who order vote-by-mail ballots to show up on election day and say they need to vote in person, "because the dog ate my ballot."

It is ironic that one letter writer denouncing the Secretary of State invokes Mr. Bennett's unfortunate involvement in the President Obama birth certificate controversy. The fuss over ballot counting in Arizona proves that the "progressive" left is every bit as rabidly dishonest and unreasonable as the "birthers" who bullied Mr. Bennett into asking Hawai'i about the President's birth certificate. Lets hope Mr. Bennett shows more spine this time and vigorously defends himself and Helen Purcell, a decent civic minded woman, who has been most unfairly maligned during this controversy

Moreover The Republican isn't alone in its "unique" approach to the issue.   On 11/21 The Los Angeles Times ran story on Arizona:

"Arizona ballots finally counted -- Latinos ask, Why so long?"  

The Times story by Cindy Carcamo said not a word about the California ballot mess:  1.5 uncounted California ballots, including  758,857 uncounted provisional ballots, as of 5 pm, 11/21.  Nor did it mention that Washington State, which had been running neck and neck with Arizona, still had 25,000 uncounted ballots to count as of 11/21 and was still counting ballots as of 11/22.  The ballot counting issue is only of interest if the "progressive" left can use it to advantage against a so-called Red state.   Nevermind that five of the nine people elected to the House of Representatives for Arizona this year are Democrats.