Bosco, as for my projections of future violence, I certainly hope I am wrong. The problem is that there are leaders on both sides who live on acrimony, including the likes of Jesse Jackson on one side and Rush on the other. Neither side will encourage conciliation, and both will encourage outrage from their supporters if their side loses. I was very young after the close Kennedy election, but the country united quickly. I was a voter in the Watergate days, and saw the country heal from that with a very decent man (if somewhat clueless man) as President, Gerald Ford. At the time, though, the Democrats had what they wanted (i.e. the resignations of Nixon and Agnew), and we as a country moved on. [Actually I have to admit that Ford is one of my favorite presidents - maybe I automatically dislike people who actually seek to become President and I like him because he became President because he was called to serve rather than because it was a personal goal. But keep in mind that there was no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. LOL]
If Bush is declared winner, will Gore eventually concede? Or will he declare the election a farce, and claim that Bush stole the election? If Gore wins, will Bush concede that Gore won, or will he claim that the election was stolen, and that he was the rightful winner? I doubt at this point that either man will concede.
BTW, I do think it is a bit unusual that they "found" a pile of 394 absentee ballots for Gore yesterday. I admit to being suspicious that they could be fraudulent. I also admit that I'm getting really tired of this whole ordeal.
Carl |
