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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (6924)	11/20/2000 1:28:57 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 10042

GOP Officials Weigh 'Ace In Hole' By Anjana Ahuja foxnews.com thetimes.co.uk 11-19-00 "Republican state lawmakers here are homing in on an obscure, never-used federal statute that, they contend, could offer them a decisive hand in choosing Florida's precious 25 electors if the normal voting process somehow leaves the outcome unclear. Tom Feeney a state representative said, "if the courts don't allow the executive branch to do their duty, then at some point we would have to review our constitutional responsibilities, at this point we are watching and waiting." Johnny Byrd, a Republican state representative from Plant City, added, "if the SOS is still under an injunction at noon on Tuesday, at that point it's just a question of when to pull the trigger." The trigger refered to is Title 3, Section 2 of the U.S. code. "Whenever any state has held an election for the purpose of choosing electors and has failed to make a choice on the day prescribed by law, the electors may be appointed on a subsequent day in such a manner as the Legislature of such state may direct."

To: Solon who wrote (6924)	11/20/2000 8:08:05 PM
From: Math Junkie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

Solon, I don't claim that each of those authors is necessarily unbiased, although I don't have any evidence to dispute the facts which they presented. The balance I was referring to was in replying to a rather long anti-Gore article with several shorter pro-Gore ones. If all we had on this thread were anti-Gore articles, that would be pretty one-sided. I do not "dislike" Bush. In fact, I like both candidates. What I dislike are the proposals of both of them. I disliked Gore's proposals more, as well as his support of environmental extremists and his divisive rhetoric, so I voted for Bush. But I do not like political discussions that are one-sided.