Counting every vote...

...was the promise, and it's still the plan.

A top-ranking official with Democratic Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign told North County News last week that although unlikely, there is a recount effort being waged that could unseat Republican President George W. Bush.

"We have 17,000 lawyers working on this, and the grassroots accountability couldn't be any higher -no (irregularity) will go unchecked. Period," Kerry spokesman David Wade said.

When the time comes (and there's still too much dust in the air for that time to have arrived), it will be important to lay out a candid appraisal of both the strengths and mistakes of the Kerry/Edwards campaign, and there's a full share of each.

The notion, though, that his 'concession,' a statement that has no force whatsoever in law, means that he's abandoned his electorate without fighting to count every vote is just more Naderite claptrap. Most of the people advancing that notion should know better, and should just knock it off it they expect their views or our Party to be taken seriously.

Is there anybody out there that really believes they wanted John Kerry to win more than he wanted to win himself?

(Thanks to Jennifer at Fierce Planet for the pointer!)