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

To: robbie who wrote (66668)	11/9/2000 4:57:41 PM
From: moby_dick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Actually that is true robbie but I do not think it is the huge difference everyone thinks. I thought I heard (and pls correct me if wrong) that Bush expects to get 55% of the overseas absentees.

To: robbie who wrote (66668)	11/9/2000 4:59:37 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Robbie: It was also "typically reported" by every poll but one on Monday that GWB would win the popular vote by 5 to 9 percentage points. (I for one warned this thread that the polls were misleading because they focused on "likely" voters.) You believe what you wish to believe and I will do likewise. Clinton captured 1/2 of the overseas absentees four years ago, and Gore is more popular among African-American voters than was Clinton. The Lieberman factor also will influence overseas absentees.

To: robbie who wrote (66668)	11/9/2000 5:09:21 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Not necessarily this time, Robbie. Lots of absentee ballots were assigned to Jewish voters who most likely will support the Gore-Lieberman ticket. This, plus minorities serving in the armed forces could make even the absentee ballot count close. Regardless of today's outcome and the outcome of the absentee ballots, it's clear, based on the Palm Beach County ballot discrepancy that Gore received more Floridian votes than did Bush. For Bush to assume the presidency under such conditions could result in a fate for the nation worse than other any ever known, except for the Civil War.