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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SecularBull who wrote (65597)	11/9/2000 10:41:15 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

>>>MY QUESTION: On election day, when was it that these 3500 voters realized that they made their alleged mistake?<<< Remember, there are three major problems with the Florida election: 1) Buchanon tallied 3,407 in a smaller and predominently Democratic county and only 600-700 in larger counties. 2) 19,100 ballots were disqualified because they were marked both for Gore and for Buchanon, many of 'em also showing straight Democratic tickets. 3) There are reports of many civil rights voting violations where Democratic leaning voters were denied their right to vote. In an eggshell, add it together, had conditions been, as FoxNews is so fond of, "fair and balanced," Gore would have and should have won the state of Florida and thus the presidency. I continue to submit that if Bush is truly a "uniter" and not a "divider" he would concede the Floridan electoral college votes to Gore. He'd truly then be a "uniter" and instanatly become a national hero, thus setting the table for him to win the presidency in the future and he'd then have a substanative claim to the office.

To: SecularBull who wrote (65597)	11/9/2000 10:42:36 AM
From: Mao II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

LOF: According to news accounts on the tube (FWIW), complaints about that ballot began almost immediately. Sometime in the afternoon, election officials apparently issued some kind of alert or notice regarding it. Perhaps someone else has more precise information. M2

To: SecularBull who wrote (65597)	11/9/2000 12:49:58 PM
From: Ted Downs	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Thankfully the Democrats were the ones that screwed up the ballot in Palm Beach Co. Had the Republicans designed the voting ballot we wouldn't hear the end of this. Although we will hear crying for 4 years no matter what if Bush wins. I would like to have this end quickly no matter who wins. The crap will dominate the news media anyway for as long as they feel it has value but perhaps we will be able to get on with living a normal life soon.