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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Neocon who wrote (118520)	12/21/2000 9:11:27 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (2) of 769667

Gore supporters clog e-mail of wrong Harless HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Thousands of e-mails clogged Marshall University's computer system over the weekend in a case of mistaken identity and misdirected animosity. The nearly 5,000 e-mails were directed to James Harless, urging him to change his electoral vote from Texas Gov. George W. Bush to Vice President Al Gore. One problem: The e-mail writers had the wrong James Harless. "You know they think I'm Buck," Harless, Marshall's admissions director, said Tuesday. The e-mails were intended for James H. "Buck" Harless, owner of International Industries in Gilbert. He was one of West Virginia's five electors who cast votes for Bush on Monday. Bush barely exceeded the minimum number of electoral votes needed with 271. The minimum required is 270. That's why Gore followers tried so hard to persuade Harless to change his vote -- one he didn't even have. "Down the road someplace we're cousins," Harless said. "And, we're both Presbyterians." The flood of e-mail temporarily shut down the computer system. The electronic correspondence was eventually deleted in bulk. canoe.ca

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