Covering all the bases but home plate

For some inexplicable reason, WAchyderms have filed a separate challenge of last fall's Democrat gubernatorial theft with the Washington state legislature.

The only problem is the Washington state legislature is controlled by the Democrats.

"We did this to cover all our bases," said Mary Lane, a spokeswoman for rightful governor Dino Rossi.

Hard to make sense of that metaphor in this circumstance. As likely as it is that Rossi's court challenge will ultimately be stiffed, this move was stillborn before it was even conceived. Just ask State Donk spokeswoman Kirstin Brost.

"The Republicans are in a hopeless situation," Brost said. "What we have seen in the last couple weeks is them floundering and grasping at straws trying to find some way to undo the election results."

That is, of course, precisely what Christine Grinchoire and her gang of election thieves did. They were simply smart enough to do it first. All of which goes to illustrate my corollary to the Hewittian adage, "If it's not close, they can't cheat":

If it is close, cheat first, because possession is nine-tenths of the law.

Just as "Governor" Grinchoire.