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Still talking about that election

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As I See It

Before the election, I made a joke that the cable networks were so obsessed with counting down to the big day that, after the election, they would start counting how many days since we had voted.

I haven’t seen that yet, but I did see one cable anchor eager to tell us that it’s 16 days until Thanksgiving. Hasn’t somebody developed a vaccine against counting disease?

We’re still getting arguments about how many people voted. Last time, Joe Biden got 81 million votes, and the main claim by Donald Trump and his supporters was that vote total wasn’t possible. I don’t how much of that was Trump had 74 million, which was a new record for an incumbent, and nobody was going to take the record from him.

But now I’m seeing reports that Kamala Harris got only 60 million votes, which Republicans have decided is the maximum any Democrat is going to get. So, once again, Biden’s 81 million had to be a fake number. Keep in mind, the number that really counts is the Electoral College, and that vote takes place about 30 days from now, and counting.

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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