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To: Scumbria who wrote (117627)	11/13/2000 6:24:29 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, The rhetoric has escalated on both sides. Gores claim that the Florida decision to certify the election was partisan, with the implication that Jeb Bush was involved, was also a pretty strong. John

To: Scumbria who wrote (117627)	11/13/2000 7:13:39 PM
From: EricRR	Respond to of 186894

This language from the Republicans is inflammatory and dangerous. There have been no results of the election, and it is rather scary that the Republicans are claiming there have been. An event occurred in which votes were cast for presidential candidates in the state of Florida. At this point there exist preliminary results of that event. The Bush campaign has said repeatedly that those results are not official at this time. You are very right in pointing out that the word "election" is ambiguous- from a legal dictionary it can mean for one "The act or process of electing," a process which clearly is not finished yet, or "An instance of the electorate voting for candidates for an elective office," where the physical act of voting has finished. Using the second definition, it is clear that the Gore campaign is trying to overturn the current "election" results by way of requesting a third recount. I give her the benefit of the doubt, since the Bush campaign has already said it accepts the law- that nothing can be final in Florida until Saturday. She should though have said "preliminary election results" to clarify which definition of the word "election" she meant, or perhaps even better "vote count." As for dangerous quotes from campaign officials, try this one: ``If the will of the people is to prevail, Al Gore should be awarded a victory in Florida and be our next president'' -William Daley dailynews.yahoo.com

To: Scumbria who wrote (117627)	11/13/2000 8:11:32 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Hi Scumbria, here's a well-thought out post from a pro-Bush person on the Microsoft Thread (sincerely so). Edit: I agree with her post - Bush should have requested a manual count of the entire State of Florida: From: Valley Girl Saturday, Nov 11, 2000 12:18 PM ET Reply # of 53274 OT (Election): Mr. Bush has, IMO, just made a disastrous blunder. He now seeks to legally block the manual recounts in key Democrat precincts. Mr. Gore appears to have maneuvered Bush into a corner with his blizzard of legal attacks. Florida law allows election officials or candidates to call for a manual recount, so Bush does not appear to have a legal leg to stand on. Not only will he lose, he's certain to lose credibility because this action undermines his expressed confidence in the officials and process underway in Florida. He had, IMO, a strong position in insisting that the election should be over once the count of all legitimate ballots is completed next week, while Mr. Gore was throwing a tantrum about confusing ballots and talking of revotes. It's true that a manual count is likely to favour the winning candidate in the precincts in question. Well, so be it. Since performing such recounts only in precincts carried by Gore would be unfair, Mr. Bush should have responded by called for his own manual counts in the precincts he won, or if necessary the entire state. I'm expecting another sell-off Monday. The uncertainty just gets worse with each passing day. Message 14784804