Of course, Gore took back his concession once he learned how screwed up and dishonest the electoral system was in FL. He would have been a fool not to.
Wow. He must have had some crystal ball for that considering he took it back on election night. The TV said he was still in, so he stayed in. Or did you mean, "once Daley told him how screwed up and dishonest the electoral system in FL WOULD be, he decided to take it back". That one is actually plausable.
Dems were giving cigarettes for votes up north.
That's interesting......do you remember where? I would like to know in which precincts there are people willing to take cigarettes for their vote. I want to pass it on to 60 minutes. It should make for a clever newscast.
I'm surprised you hadn't heard about this considering how unfair/corrupt you believe the last elections were.
In fact its so clever a tactic, I suspect it may well have had a Rep. origin.
Yeah, right. Just keep believing that.
The polls were forced to remain open in heavy Dem territory past closing some places.
Yeah, so what........it doesn't make what went on in Fl any better. Besides, in FL it wasn't one or two polls but rather the majority that were fukked up.
So what? I guess it's ok for Dems to receive help from wherever it may come. Dems need the votes? Sure, just keep the polls open longer so we can bus in more people that we tell who to vote for.
The networks announced Gore the winner of FL while the polls were still open in heavy Rep territory in FL.
Yeah, they made a mistake because the rural panhandle of FL is in a different time zone. Now how many people do you think were at home ready to go out and vote, but then heard the media forecast and stayed home instead? Most rural areas vote early, not late.
Considering how close this race was, this was HUGE. Many people left their lines when they found out that their vote would make no difference. Considering what a stink you guys put up on that butterfly ballot, you should at least be able to make that connection. This one is even a legitimate gripe.
You mention that Gore won the popular vote, but you fail to mention that it has been proven that Bush would have won FL if the full state-wide recount (that the Dems were pushing for so heavily) had happened.
Proven? If I remember correctly, it was K.Harris or someone else who reached that conclusion. And I still can't figure out how they got to that conclusion. So excuse me if I am not convinced.
I'm talking about all of those media types that did an exhaustive recount after the fact (I'm sure looking for something to stoke the fire and make more news). Too bad for them, they found that no matter how lax the rules for counting a vote were, Bush won the hypothetical statewide recount each time.
Again, I'm surprised you are not aware of this.
Its clear that Bush won the electoral college but it doesn't change the fact that he did not get the popular vote.......which is what I was discussing with Ten.
It also doesn't change the fact that the popular vote means "diddly-squat" in a presidential election.
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