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

To: TigerPaw who wrote (83860)	11/21/2000 5:42:34 PM
From: SecularBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Perhaps vote fraud was the implied allegation? I certainly would not rule that out, would you? LoF

To: TigerPaw who wrote (83860)	11/21/2000 5:52:59 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Once again, you are twisting words to suit your own agenda. My first statement asked if there was any way of knowing whether a pregnant chad indicated an effort to cast a ballot or a change of heart on the part of the voter. Since ballots are not generally identifiable, there is no way to prove one contention over the other beyond a shadow of a doubt. Each is possible. One may or may not be more probable, but each is a legitimate explanation (among others) for the existence of the pregnant chad. You have distorted my point. In response to my remarks, you aver that I changed my story. I did not. I replied to your asinine suggestion that the only reason anyone goes to the polls is to vote for President. That argument is demonstrably false. As I said, people vote for many reasons. According to Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County, 2,720,067 registered voters cast ballots on November 7. Of that number, 2,647,187 voted for President. 72,880 (2.68% of the total) did not record a vote for President. I guess my "ridiculous assumption" was based on something as unstable as cold, hard fact. So sorry! Please, don't let the facts get in your way.