Scumbria,
You are missing Ted's point. Why did a machine recount show a big consistent swing towards Gore?
I found the link: foxnews.com
And the biggest gain came from Palm Beach County, with net gains of about +700 for bush and Pinnelas with +500. Both are Democratic counties. The total is +1200 for Gore. All the other counties amount to just noise.
Are you saying that these 2 Democratic counties were trying to steal the election for Bush on the original count? Sorry that I have to say this, but it's absurd. If anything, a claim that these counties were trying to do something fishy on the recount holds more water, since the swing was by a Democrat control county disproportionately to Gore.
What does that hint to you about the original count, which occured after CNN declared Gore the winner in Florida?
Do you think that Bush controls CNN? It was actually Bush campaign co-chair (as you always say) Kathrine Harris who posted the results to be within 500 votes, while AP numbers had a much bigger difference. Gore retracted his concession on the basis of SOS web site. She saved Gore from a total embarrassment.
By the way, she also instructed the counties to use strict Florida standard for overseas ballots rather than lax Federal rules, hurting her candidate, where she had a chance to try to gain advantage.
Despite the cries of the Democratic lemmings, she is the only person with any class in all of this, calling them as she sees them. Some for one side, some for the other, but always based on law she has sworn to uphold. I understand this may be a foreign concept for you and Ted, where win at any cost is the only objective.
Joe |
