Indeed, the GOPwingers have been acting under one charge: Whatever it takes, don't let a recount total show that Gore has more votes than Bush. Thus, all of the distractions.
The clear fact is this. A candidate, especially when down only 327 votes out of six million cast, has a fair and honorable right to reqest a recount. That's all Gore has done, exercise a right to ask for a recount and the same right which has been provided to every other candidate whose run for office in America.
If anything has been proven by this, it's that George W. Bush is a "divider," and not a "uniter." And the fuzzy math continues as GOPwinger pundit after GOPwinger pundit has come onto America's air waves complaining about recount after recount, this in the face of the clearcut reality Gore has requested only one recount and only in four Florida counties, as prescribed by Florida law which stipulates a candidate, within 72 hours after election day, can request a handcount.
Do any GOPwingers among you find it at all ironic that Bush has requested hand recounts in specific Republican-dominated counties regarding the military absentee ballots? And does anyone find it ironic that six Floridian Republican-dominated counties, on their own, resorted to some form of a manual recount in order to attain results favorable to Bush?
Again, Gore has done nothing wrong but to exercise his rights as a candidate under Florida law. So matter how the truth gets painted in the aftermath, it'll be this clear fact which will remain. |
