Well, I have always supported doing a full recount with some fair standards.
However, that is not what the situation was. You don't block punches while someone is kicking you. I am under no illusions, I am sure that Bush would have objected to a fair recount as well. However, I also believe that objections would have been muted, if most people thought it was fair. And what the FSC delivered was no better, the net effect of it's actions were to count most of the heavily democratic areas with a loose standard, and the rest of the state with a stricter standard. Hardly fair.
As far as Ms. Harris goes, we should not forget, that if she had been allowed to do her job, as prescribed by law and certify the vote, the contest period would have started on time and not been shortened by 12 days. This limited time, as we all know, is the reason SCOTUS stopped the re-count.
There is a significant lesson there on judicial activism and making law instead of interpreting. Laws usually spend months and years in committe, to reduce the chances of un-intended consequences. The FSC, spends a day deliberating and changes it. It is quite arrogant if you think about it.
This all nets out pretty simply for me. Algore lost the election. He engaged in a dirty legal and political fight to win. He lost that too. Justice has been served. |
