Yaacov, I've been watching the recount. A democrat and a republican look at each ballot TOGETHER. If they agree that's it. If not, they take it to an election supervisor. It's done literally in a fishbowl, with TV watching every step. I don't know about you, but if I'm going to steal an election, I'd like to do it in the dark with nobody watching. This recount is being done with the rules spelled out, the whole blasted thing on TV continuously and recorded for the ages. And very few of the ballots are disagreed about.
What really happenened, in my view, is that the vote in several places in Florida was handled badly. It doesn't matter in the slightest most of the time. In this wacky year, it's a virtual tie (less than 300 out of 6 million). The country, in some sense, wanted neither of these two, since neither could inspire the country to vote for them very much. So it's a world class mess, but I for one prefer an accurate count to a hasty, possibly wrong count. Especially because Gore clearly won the popular vote, and I am less comfortable with a winner being the loser of the popular vote.
That's my view.
Regards,
Burt |
