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To: Carl R. who wrote (133)11/22/2000 1:23:57 PM
From: Bosco  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 644
 
<ot>Hi Carl - it is my naive belief that most people don't like fraud even when they are facing insurmountable odds. However, when the stake is high and temper higher, and otherwise stateman-like individuals like Sec Baker continue fanning flame, we ve a mass paranoid episode that turns neighbor against neighbor. Take a look at this extract from

washingtonpost.com

When Miami-Dade's Democratic-controlled elections board announced its decision, several Republican officials erupted in anger. At one point, they yelled for police to arrest a Democratic attorney, Joe Geller, accusing him of walking out of the tabulation room with a ballot in his back pocket.

More than a dozen police officers surrounded Geller and led him inside the building to safety, AP reported. He said later he had a "training ballot" used to show people how to count votes.

"It is clearly marked 'training ballot,'" Geller said. "I wouldn't have taken something from elections officials that I wasn't supposed to have in front of a room full of screaming Republicans."

This is what I fear more. I mean, I don't mind borrowing the old cold war catch phrase, "trust, but verify!" But this is beyond the realm of healthy distrust. Shouldn't "trust" be part of the family value for both candidates? Then why they are sowing the seed of distrust in everyone's mind? Does it worth it --- even the WH is such a jewel of all prizes?

best, Bosco