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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pezz who wrote (5380)	11/9/2000 11:57:16 PM
From: ksuave	Respond to of 10042

I would agree with you if this were about 500 or a thousand or two thousand or even three thousand ballots -- I would feel that it's just a matter of "too bad" -- but we're talking about potentially 22,000 (twenty-two thousand) votes. That's not just an unfortunate mistake, that's a sizable portion of the county being deprived of their vote. I hate to see this decided in the courts too, that's hardly a mandate for Gore. On the other hand, however, to lose the popular vote nationwide and to win the electoral vote under a questionable accounting would be an equally ineffective mandate for Bush. Considering this choice, I think we're better off with a legal rather than "common sense" decision.