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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: JDN who wrote (103938)12/7/2000 8:47:50 AM
From: Ellen  Read Replies (3) of 769667
 
While immediately filing lawsuits and complaining about recounts, Bush requested his own.

Bush threw this to the courts.

Bush requested a recount while complaining - already! - about the Democrats' request.

Suppression

dailynews.yahoo.com

[excerpt]

Saturday November 11 10:25 AM ET
Bush Campaign Seeks Injunction

By DAVID ESPO, AP Political Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s campaign has decided to
seek an injunction to stop manual vote recounts in Florida, a Republican official said
Saturday, throwing the matter of the next presidency to the courts.

Former Secretary of State James A. Baker, respresenting the Texas governor's interests
in Florida, scheduled a news conference in Tallahassee, Fla., to announce the decision
on a day hand counts were planned in two counties where Democrats have challenged
ballots.

The presidency hangs in the balance, Florida's vote - impossibly close and fiercely
contested - is virtually certain to tip the scales.


...

At the same time, though, the Bush campaign asked for another machine recount in
Palm Beach County.
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