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

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (3200)	11/23/2000 1:21:02 AM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

A simpleton like you may find this hard to believe, but there is a class distinction in America. As a member of the middle class, I had the right, obligation and inclination to further my education after my graduation from high school in 1968. I chose to do so. I felt no inclination to enlist in an immoral episode of racial genocide. Unlike some, who felt the necessity to escape the evil that American Imperialism was attempting to perpetrate on the world at that point in time, and move to Canada, I merely enjoyed the perogatives the system allowed me; being allowed to continue my education and express my views, and, in the event, my draft lottery number was 259. To an moron like you that may not mean much. But what it meant was that the Nixon Administration felt that it could destroy the will of the Left by giving a percentage of us a pass. Nixon was wrong, he was also a monster. That is why, after I had secured my way out of the war, I continued to protest the imperialist genocide of the American military-industrial machine. Wanna challenge me as a draft dodger? I'll challenge you to find that I wasn't fighting during that episode. But, dearie, I wasn't on your side. I was fighting for your enemy And you still are....

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (3200)	11/23/2000 10:42:29 AM
From: Vendit™	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 6710

Al Gore is attempting to reverse the outcome of the election by any means necessary. That includes tampering with the Electoral College itself. Democrat operatives have begun clandestine background checks on Republican electors already certified from the 29 states George W. Bush won on November 7. They are looking for ways to persuade -- or intimidate -- Republican electors into changing their votes. With Florida's 25 electoral votes, George W. Bush has a total of 271 electoral votes. (270 are needed to win.) That means a shift of three would give Al Gore a majority -- and there are people in Gore's camp who seem to think private investigators can sway enough votes to win. This is outrageous. Already Al Gore has flooded Florida with lawyers, attempting to win in court what he lost at the ballot box. He is pushing for partisan, rigged recounts in Democrat controlled counties. He is demanding that Florida's election laws be junked so Democrat judges can impose a brand new, ad hoc system to accommodate the Democrats' frantic legal maneuvers. Now the Gore camp is tampering with Electors. Al Gore will do anything to win. See below the Wall Street Journal report on the Democrats undercover assault on Republican electors. Read it and draw your own conclusions. This election should be OVER. Because Al Gore refuses to accept the results, the fight continues. The Democrat Electoral College tampering is being led by Bob Beckel, who you may remember as Walter Mondale's campaign manager in 1984. From the Wall Street Journal: Gore Resolves to Stay on the Offensive As Democratic Aides Rally to His Cause By GLENN R. SIMPSON, TOM HAMBURGER and LAURIE COHEN Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ......One battle-tested Democratic consultant has even begun a quiet intelligence-gathering operation that could aid a last-ditch Gore strategy in the Electoral College. Bob Beckel, who managed Walter Mondale's 1984 Democratic presidential campaign and has close ties to Mr. Christopher, has been checking into the background of Republican electors, with an eye toward persuading a handful of them to vote for Mr. Gore. If Mr. Bush eventually prevails in Florida but wins none other of the most closely contested states, he would have 271 electoral votes. Three GOP defections could make Mr. Gore president. "It is information gathering on my part, using my own network," Mr. Beckel said, confirming an operation he set in motion days after the Nov. 7 election. "I call on mostly Democrats, but some Republicans, too, and ask. 'Who are these electors, and what do you know about them?' I just wanted to know who these electors are." Mr. Beckel, who owns a political-analysis business based in Arlington, Va., said he is working independently, "on an ad-hoc basis," and hasn't yet contacted any electors directly. "I wouldn't do that without first informing the Gore campaign," he said. public.wsj.com