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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (14956)	11/12/2000 11:15:44 AM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

on FL absentees, how many are there? .. more than expected heard on CNN last night that Manatee County had already received over 300 absentee ballots not sent out, BUT RECEIVED Manatee is FtMyers I could be wrong about Manatee County, but it was described as a smaller county Florida has 67 counties Florida may have 25,000 absentee ballots to count California might be similar to FL in makeup of absentees coming largely from military and overseas business folks I also think Florida might have many absentees retirees who are still up north with family Thanksgvg marks the primetime for SnowBirds to migrate south Calif has said that absentees are going 2:1 for Bush so far, narrowing the lead enough possibly to warrant removing the state and its 54 ECvotes from the Gore column if Florida'a absentees come in almost 2:1 Bush over Gore, then much of what we have seen in WPalmBch might be irrelevant if FL Absentees give Bush a +3000 or +5000 lift, who cares about all the illiterates, crybabies, feeble fingered elderly, confused conmen, and otherwise spoiled brat disenfranchised boobs in WestPalm ??? IF YOU CAN READ THIS POST, YOU MUST BE REPUBLICAN / Jim

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (14956)	11/12/2000 11:25:43 AM
From: t2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

a tactical error by Bush not to request a hand recount in EVERY county in FLorida Jim, I just hope they can still get one. That appears to be the only fair way to settle this mess. Any other solution will still leave a dark cloud. At least with a manual recount of the invalid ballots could speed things up and we could be out of this mess, even if it is completed a month from now. At least we will see the end in sight under such a resolution by Florida. Every other alternative looks very uncertain.

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (14956)	11/12/2000 12:52:31 PM
From: crdesign	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

If an IBM designed ballot was designed to be read by an IBM counting machine accuratly, how could a hand counted ballot be considered any more reliable? Example, going out on a limb; If I'm a pretzel salesman (or a crack dealer) on a street corner and I walk into my bank at the end of a day of selling with a stack of one dollar bills 24" thick. Who would I trust to gain an efficient reliable count of my money? The counting machine or the teller? I trust both to give me the same results! So what's the point of a third count? Please let us know who our President is by this Friday. Miffed

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (14956)	11/12/2000 6:00:18 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Jim, >>"a tactical error by Bush not to request a hand recount in EVERY county in FLorida"<< It is possible that the Bush team have decided that it is indeed a slippery slope to join in this street fight. Maybe they choose to stick to the high road while only responding to actions of the Daley/Gore campaign. I'm several hours behind, so I may be totally wrong if there are new developments. I must admit, I'm enjoying your prolific contribution to this debate thus far..... witty, acerbic, intelligent, emotional & stimulating. Ö¿Ö