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

To: DMaA who wrote (68203)	11/10/2000 10:17:41 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Respond to of 769670

Where does it say that Gore takes the lead? TIA GZ

To: DMaA who wrote (68203)	11/10/2000 10:22:41 AM
From: Scarecrow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

DMA -- Bush led up until 95% of the votes were tallied. Then heavy democrat precincts come in and - surprise - Gore just barely takes the lead. The late vote in Fla was awfully suspicious for that very reason. Only problem was the frauds didn't mint enough phony ballots in time. As for this NONSENSE about the popular vote: It's a complete red herring that has no bearing on the outcome. 1. If it were going to be direct election, Bush runs an entirely different campaign. It rewrites the entire campaign strategy. 2. People would have voted differently. I, myself, living in the People's Republic of Massachusetts -- knowing that a Gore win in Mass. was a foregone conclusion and that a vote for Bush would be meaningless -- voted for Nader in hopes of pushing him to 5% and enabling him to win fed $ and be a thorn in Demos' sides in 2004. I certainly wouldn't have done that if the vote was a direct election. 3. The media influence is profoundly more unfair in a direct election because their calls of "closed" states affect ballots in western states. In effect, it's like calling a winner in a state with the polls open. Profoundly biasing and spoiling the election process. 4. The final tallies aren't done. Bush may yet come out on top with popular vote. Regardless, rules are rules. Laws are laws. The behavior by Gore and the Demos is fully consistent with everything we've seen for 8 miserable years: ignore the rule of law, run roughshod over anyone who disagrees with you, lie, incite unrest based on victimhood, and generally do or say anything to retain the narcotic of power. And surely that behavior over the past 8 years cost them the election. Oh, and do you think the Elian controversy mighta cost Algore 300 votes in South Florida? <smirk>