While America Slept . . .
So, now the Florida Supremes have granted certiorari for the case and denied certification for the Sec'y of State. Granted cert and denied cert, all in a day's work.
The players:
The Dems: vicious, high powered special forces on the ground in Florida, dominating the airwaves, the streets and the back alleys. Clear intent of the voter? Throwing out servicemen and women's votes? un@#$%#@@believable. Yet true.
The Reps: weak, perhaps lost in a gin and tonic fog. Jim Baker is the only one on the ground in Florida, and nobody remembers who Jim Baker was, let alone is. Some tired old guy. His back up is Paul Gigot and Peggy Noonan, both practically in mourning already.
The Court: The question is will the court simply look at the law, or will it decide this is such a momentous occasion that it will throw the whole thing open to every possible discussion. The special 1 hour per side time allocation does not bode well for the Republicans. The problem is their presentation should take about 4 minutes: State law rules, state law was followed, the sec'y did not exceed her discretion and was not arbitrary or capricious, and a selective recount with suddenly changing standards designed to reinstate every possible ballot in a densely populated Democratic county is patently unfair and corruptive of democracy and the voting process. It is a mockery of democracy.
There, it's done. Now, what will the Republican lawyer say to fill up the last 56 looooooooooooooooong, dragggggggggging minutes?
The net beneficiary: America, fat, dumb and happy, brainwashed by the liberal media into cultural relativism and such an absurd reversal of morality (the impeachment process simply showcased the dirty minds of the Republicans, as if committing troops to Bosnia while getting a hummer under the desk, lying directly to the American people and serial lying to grand juries, obstruction of justice were mere foibles of human activity). Dumb America, differentiating "chad" is now respect for the voting process, changing standards so your candidate is sure to get more votes is respect for democracy, but signed ballots from Captain X or Major Y are thrown out. Happy America, maybe the good times will continue for another 3 or 4 years; Dow 15,000? Naz 12,000?
But what will be the outcome of this election, if stolen?
No one knows.
We could, however, play "Back to the Future" with the last presidential election stolen by a Daley and others: 1960. What if Nixon had been elected? A weaker, less charismatic man, already at the tail end of almost a decade of Republican administration, he would have been forced to tread softly and compromise more often with Congress. Yet perhaps he would not have seemed as weak to Castro and Kruschev as the handsome young liberal Kennedy. The Bay of Pigs might have gone forward, but Vietnam? Imho, there's a very good chance we would have "Vietnamized" that war in 1961 or 1962 and left with fewer than a thousand dead, and a country more or less intact. Elect Kennedy in 1964 (remember, he hasn't been assassinated) without LBJ, and maybe the country survives the turbulent 60s without quite so much sex, drugs and rock n roll, or guns & butter with no dough to pay for them, no stagflation, or Phase 1 & 2, or Gerry Ford and W.I.N. Maybe the personal computer is invented in 1972, we all go on line before Disco is big.
Definitely no Jimmy Carter.
Back to the Present. There are two courts left to decide this. The first one hears the case on Monday. My own feeling is Bush still has a 60-40 chance of becoming a legitimate President. If the court steps in actively to decide the presidency, those numbers immediately go to 20-80 or less.
If Gore is elected he will accomplish nothing and the country will wheel slowly on its axis. January 20, 2001 will be a national day of mourning for democracy and the American experiment. Who will be to blame? Bill Daley, Boies, Warren Christopher, Algore, Slick Willie?
Nope, they're just the opportunists. The blame will fall on the sheep who sat by their televisions and nodded every time some Democrat hack uttered the words fairness, democracy, the true intent of the voters of Florida and the will of the people. Countries generally get the government they deserve. Just look at Russia 1917-1989, or Argentina any time. Muy buenos dias, America.
Illegitimate Al, the bastard prince, pretender to the throne, is poised to take power. It may be twilight in America.
JimP, you better retract that fork, that weenie is taking a long time to barbecue. |
