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To: abstract who wrote (12909)	11/8/2000 12:37:43 PM
From: im a survivor	Respond to of 65232

<<I seen NO glaring mistakes. Please elucidate. I see one teeny mistake which may have some large consequences - making the type bigger to facilitate reading for the seeing impaired Floridian voters causing some to vote for a candidate they didn't want to support. Other than that, I think this is the most exciting political event I can remember (starting with the Nixon/Kennedy campaign in 1960). >>>>> Ha....funny...your "teeny" mistake may just be responsible for who is and who isn't president at this point in time. Granted, in the grand scheme, those few voters mean nothing, but now...sure doesn't seem so "teeny" a mistake to me. You asked for more mistakes...ok.....why are we waiting ten days for overseas and absentee votes? Semms, if Nov & was election day, that it would have been mandated that all absentee votes be here by that date...whats the matter, the folks overseas couldn't vote a little earlier in order to satisfy an entire country? How bout this mistake....this sure doesnt seem so teeny and I dont care if it is the press's fault or who's fault, it happened, which means it is a flaw in the sytstem. You do realize that our election is a world wide event. markets and people react all over the worls to our little ole elections. What was going on when florida was given to gore....then pulled away and given to bush.....then pulled away and given to nobody. Now it could be days or weeks until this is sorted out. Missing ballot boxes. Voters saying they voted for one when they meant for others...now we are mired in FUD for the forseeable future. But back to the original mistake here in this point...how many folks in different parts of the world made or lost money, made or didnt make important decisions, based on Gore wins...no wait...bush wins...no wait, nobody wins...florida is going to mickey mouse and bush and gore will now arm wrestle for the title......I could go on and on, but it's usless. Believe what you want, and so shall I. I see many galring mistakes, and not too many teeny one's. I am glad this exciting for you, because for most of america, it is just another headache, they just assume not deal with. 99.9% of all americans thought they were waking up to a new president today, be it bush or gore. the simple fact that 99.9% did not wake up to a new president is the most glaring mistake of them all. keith