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

To: bwanadon who wrote (3037)	11/22/2000 1:40:30 PM
From: Bill	Respond to of 6710

Yes, they did.

To: bwanadon who wrote (3037)	11/22/2000 1:49:21 PM
From: TraderGreg	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6710

That is ridiculous. They picked the 26th/27th as a compromise date that would give the other side time to protest and still meet the Dec 12 date for selection of the electors. That was a waste of time on my part. IF you disagree with a court's interpretation of the law, then you simply dismiss it as "rewriting the law". This is a chasm wider than I thought. I said earlier that whoever wins this thing is probably a one term president. Now I'm wondering if the winner will even last one term. The hatred is unbelievable. I don't hate Bush. I don't believe he is the best qualified for the office, but I certainly don't hate him. Some of his ideas I can live with, some I can't. But my main problem is that I don't believe he is the best suited for the position. But some of you people really hate Gore don't you? In fact, I think that there are probably a few out there that hate him (and especially Clinton) in the "Lee Harvey Oswald" sense of that word. Today is November 22nd by the way. TG

To: bwanadon who wrote (3037)	11/22/2000 2:41:16 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Hi bwanadon, Re: Did they not in effect re-write the law to say that the counts must be in on Nov 26th? Absolutely not! The Florida election law is a swiss cheese affair. Open to interpretation and the Supreme Court did exactly what was needed on a practical level to provide a period of time after the deadline to allow "contests" of the result. Your implication that they are 're-writing' anything exposes you to the charge of simply not comprehending how the American system of government works. Time to hit the civics books, I'm afraid, before you hit the 'submit' key. I.e. think first, type later. :) Best, Ray