Joe, (and Elmers response)
re: "Even if US SC doesn't do it, I think FL legislature and executive branch should do just that. Vote to approve the original certification. Ideally, this should happen after Gore contest fails, so that it is not seen as a political act in the presidential election, but just an act of the 2 branches of government keeping the 3rd one in check."
Bush is going to win, but that's not the point.
If you guys SERIOUSLY believe that state legislatures should start the practice of circumventing the peoples popular vote, then you are not Republicans or conservatives. You are so damned involved in this partisan situation, that you are not thinking about the source of your beliefs.
Think. You may trust the Florida legislature because it is Republican, but the next legislature in the next election may not be on your side. This is one election, but the issues that are "resolved" will live forever in our republic. Don't give up your conservative principles to win one lousy election.
I WANT Bush to win, I WANT Gore to concede. But I DON'T want the piss ant Florida legislature to override the Florida popular vote. If you do, you are farther left than Gore ever was, and you are making a bigger democratic sacrifice than you understand.
John |
