>>The Republicans really feel that heaven owes them this one.<<
nadine, you say that as though gore doesn't think the same thing. he does. i assure you. gore just said he won't concede fl even if he loses according to the fl supreme court ruling.
>>As for the court, being appointed by Democrats is not the same as being co-chair of Bush's campaign, for goodness sake.<<
nadine, the important factor is the bias in the thought process. i don't know why harris was unfair, i just know her actions appeared biased (and i called her decision b4 she made it!). same with the court. statistics will show that decisions favoring one's partisan side are due to random chance with a near nonexistent possibility. what is the cause if it isn't random variation? i have my guess.
>>As for the military votes, blame the Florida legislature! The law requiring postmarks may be idiotic but it seems unambiguous.<<
except when compared against federal law, nadine. a federal law that doesn't require postmarks from military in combat zones. there is ambiguity.
the irony is that some argue to include improperly filled out ballots for their side but they don't want to include improperly filled out ballots for the other.
the repubs argue it is the legislature's fault when it suits their purpose and the demos argue the same thing when it suits their purpose. when it doesn't suit their purpose, they attempt to get the law interpreted or changed (again, depending on one's viewpoint).
you want to blame the legislature for the military votes (supporting the wrong guy) but you want to change the legislature's ruling when it doesn't agree with your guy. convenient. ;-)
>>Notice that the Bush camp slammed the Democrats about military ballots on the courthouse steps but had nothing whatsoever to say about them inside the courthouse. <<
the bush campaign has integrity and intellectual honesty issues. serious issues.
where we disagree is that i interpret the actions of gore and the demos to reflect the same issues in just about the same magnitude.
i do not like either candidate. having viewed what i perceieve as ridiculous positions by folks with an emotional vested interest in the outcome, i can only hope that when i do have an interest that my view point doesn't become as situational and liquid as it needs to be to justify my interests (even when my interests act wrong).
ps - i do have to give initial kudos to the counters in s fl. given the lackluster numbers for gore coming out of s fl, it would appear they are performing their job professionally. i am concerned about the canvassers, though. one rejected a hand count for a republican running for state office losing by about 11 votes. "not enough." if they count a number of ballots that have a dimple for president with no other dimples on the ballot then they are playing politics. i understand one county won't count this way. i understand gore is suing. thank goodness gore cares about us so much he'll sue his own party's canvassing board. what a guy! ;-) |
