The Spin Begins (Philip at 16 RPM)

In the Reader Mail section of the SET Political Review, Philip R. Klein posted a letter to himself this morning and answered it, too:

From Beaumont: "This morning my husband and I saw you on FOX4 Good Morning. You were great! And we got turned on to your site. What a great read on the elections this year. We have book marked you and are now a fan on both FACEBOOK and your site!"

Answer: Thanks for the nice comments. But not so good. We were off on two races pretty bad. Smith surprised us. He really did.

Readers will notice several of Philip's signature grammatical train wrecks in the original message purportedly from "Beaumont." 

For the record, Philip missed three races entirely and claimed close races in two others that resulted in landslides. I suspect that by the time the general elections occur in November, Mr. 37-Point-5 Percent will claim he got all of the races right in the primaries.

Klein also manufactured this "breaking story" this morning (emphasis is PRK's):

Investigation

The Southeast Texas Political Review has learned that the wrong ballots (computer ballots) may have been sent to the Taylor's Bayou area of Port Arthur - and that they were used and citizens in Pct. 4 actually voted in the Pct. 2 race. The numbers are unknown. Estimates are 40 plus ballots. Sources tell the Review that a request by Domingue will be made later in the day for "clarification" if the accusations are true.

This is a breaking story and we will have more - if necessary later in the day.

Apparently, this bogus claim was too much for even Philip, who printed this retraction shortly afterwards:

Nothing To It

The Southeast Texas Political Review has discovered that the complaints on voting in Pct. 2 - and living in Pct. 4 - is based upon voter confusion. The Review was in the county clerks office this morning and discovered that there was voter confusion regarding the lines that split that Taylors Bayou area - being one side of Taylors Bayou is in Pct. 2, and the other is in Pct. 3. The Pct. in question are 31 and 108. The confusion from the voters came from the actual line - meaning one side of the street is in one district and the other is across the street. The Review has found no issue.

The real issue is with the SET Political Review, since Klein is confused about the difference between JP precincts 2 and 3, and voter precincts 31 and 108. Apparently, Philip believes Taylor's Bayou runs down the middle of the street. By the time PRK gets to the end, he's given up all pretense of comprehension and refers to the precincts as a "district."