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

To: greenspirit who wrote (70446)	11/11/2000 5:53:29 PM
From: pezz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Mark shields on PBS Also I saw a Bush spokesperson on CNN asked about it and he refused to answer ........seems good enough.....And I have spoken to others who also said that they have heard the same...

To: greenspirit who wrote (70446)	11/11/2000 6:32:43 PM
From: iandiareii	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Bush planned a scorched earth assault on the legitimacy of the election had he won the popular vote, but lost the presidency in the Electoral College: Bush Set to Fight An Electoral College Loss NY Daily News November 1, 2000 They're not only thinking the unthinkable, they're planning for it. Quietly, some of George W. Bush's advisers are preparing for the ultimate "what if" scenario: What happens if Bush wins the popular vote for President, but loses because Al Gore's won the majority of electoral votes? The answer: "The one thing we don't do is roll over," says a Bush aide. "We fight." How? The core of the emerging Bush strategy assumes a popular uprising, stoked by the Bushies themselves, of course. In league with the campaign — which is preparing talking points about the Electoral College's essential unfairness — a massive talk-radio operation would be encouraged. "We'd have ads, too,"says a Bush aide, "and I think you can count on the media to fuel the thing big-time. Even papers that supported Gore might turn against him because the will of the people will have been thwarted." More nydailynews.com With Gore having won the popular vote -- so far -- the Bush camp adopted a new posture, for posturing it is.