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

To: Srexley who wrote (72864)	11/13/2000 3:22:02 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

>>>Regarding the recount requested by Gore's campaign, I think a reasoned person could feel that only counting 4 counties (which happen to be 4 of the most democratic counties in the state) is not fair. I am one of those reasoned persons, and find it laughable that you have just stated that I am completely unreasonable.<<< Florida law provided the Bush Campaign with the exact same rights and options that were exercised by the Gore Campaign. Are you saying Gore should not excercise his rights because the results would become unfavorable for your candidate? As far as the actual number recounts are concerned, the first one was state-mandated. The second and third ones are, respectively, the Bush Campaign's request for a machine recount in the same counties where Gore asked for a handcount recount. So both candidates have requested a recount in only four counties, the difference being Gore's request is for a handcount. >>>Since you are obviously very unbiased and reasonable I would be curious as to how you feel about Daly's response when asked whether he though it was "fair" to only recount those counties and he said it is "fair" to go by Florida state law (notice he didn't answer the question asked, similar to many posts on this thread). Now that Florida state law says the recounts must be done by tomorrow at 5:00pm, what will he say next? What will you say?<<< The Florida Election Commission is under the jurisdictio of the Florida Secretary of States Office. The wording of the law for the Comission is "shall," but the wording of law which is applicable to the Secretary of State's office is "may." Thus, the secretary has an option to extend, whereas the commission does not. Given the secretary, a Republican and co-chair of the Bush Campaign, is on record as stating she'd like a position in a Bush Administration, the conflict of interest is clear. This is precisely why she won't exercise her option under "may" to extend the deadline. Now, there's a conflict. You can't grant a right and not provide a condition whereby that right can't exist. The Florida law stipulates a candidate has a right to request a handcount recount. You can't provide that right but fail to provide a reasonable length of time for such a recount to happen. A state court will easily come down on the side of the counties which are requesting an extension to complete their work, to ascertain that the handcount includes the "intent" of each voter within those respective counties. You add it all together, and it appears that Gore, should he get the votes, will win Florida's 25 electoral college votes. Why? Because in this chess game Gore has made the superior moves. Bush, rather than tactically request handcounts in counties favorable to him, instead choose to act presidential and protest the Dems actions in Federal court, attempting to strip the states and local jurisidictions of the powers granted them--definitely a GOPwinger contradiction. Finally, it looks like Bush's Year 2000 presidential bid will end up being like the signature of a famous fraudulent check on display in a Washington, D.C. museum. The check was signed: Mr. U. Lews. Sorry, but this Yogi thing is just about over.