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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: E who wrote (80377)11/17/2000 9:33:35 PM
From: E  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
Now that I think of it, Governor Bush has shown his perspicacity on the issue of the superiority of the hand-count in a close race, hasn't he? At least I assume this based on his having signed legislation to that effect in Texas.

But maybe speed is more important than accuracy. One thing I do know, a desire to win the gold ring has nothing to do with either candidate's views about hand-counting of ballots. In Gore's case, he above all values accuracy, and in Bush's, he merely understands the great importance of finality.

Incidentally, did anybody notice this mystifying sentence in that article?:

And that is under the most favorable
conditions, with the machines perfectly
maintained and whisked free of all those
bits of loose paper known as chads.

Hey! I should think whisking loose chads away would be a terrible thing, since it's a terrible thing if the loose ones (the ones that were punched but not dislodged by a perfectly maintained machine that would whisk them out) fall out. Go figure.
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