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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TraderGreg who wrote (2454)	11/17/2000 3:18:29 PM
From: Carolyn	Respond to of 6710

They may gain their 15 minutes, but that is all it would be. Of course, I keep my word, so I have no idea what motivates those who do not, except the obvious: money.

To: TraderGreg who wrote (2454)	11/17/2000 3:21:37 PM
From: chomolungma	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

Anything is possible, but I doubt highly that this would happen. Most electors are given this after service to the party. They are a pretty dogmatic bunch. I do think that this latest revelation that the Gore camp is collecting "information" on the electors will backfire in the arena of public opinion. People might not understand the vote fraud concept, but people know blackmail when they see it.

To: TraderGreg who wrote (2454)	11/17/2000 3:40:58 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

You are showing yourself to be about as public-spirited as those criminals you support in politics. You and they must both be defeated for the country to survive. If the shoe fits...

To: TraderGreg who wrote (2454)	11/17/2000 6:50:53 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

Hi Greg, Re: Believe me, those three electors(if they exist) will become three of the most famous people in the world. And for some, fame is incredibly intoxicating, especially when money is on the horizon. Fascinating study of human nature. I hadn't considered this aspect before, but I think you are on to something here. The shock would probably be too much for the country to handle. We've never had a single instance in our nation's history of an errant elector making a difference. But this election would be the one to do it in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just spotted at CNN: "Federal court hands Bush campaign setback" cnn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a shocking development, this election dispute is going to be resolved lawfully, carefully and intelligently, just as we've decided the vast majority of simple vote re-count cases over the last 200 years. The system is working just as I expected it to. Not that I'm calling a winner here. But the ace-in-the-hole for the Democrats, and the card they haven't shown is the section of Florida Election law that states that the court has the responsibility to statistically correct the vote in any county where it can be clearly shown that the vote did not reflect the will of the people. Clearly, we haven't heard the last of the Buchanan/Palm Beach County, should the absentees and hand re-count not resolve for Gore. It ain't over til it's over. Best, Ray