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

To: U Up U Down who wrote (86261)	11/24/2000 9:44:44 AM
From: U Up U Down	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

President Dimples? Instead of trying to change the rules, Gore should show a little statesmanship. Friday, November 24, 2000 12:01 a.m. EST Al Gore can't win without the dimpled ballots. That is the single, irreducible, final truth of the 2000 campaign for the U.S. Presidency. No dimples, no White House for Al Gore. Thus, like the Terminator robot, Al Gore grinds on across the state of Florida, programmed only to win. No sooner had his lawyers locked up the Florida Supreme Court Tuesday night, than the Miami-Dade canvassing board broke out of the compound Wednesday, declaring that the hand-counting there was over and they were certifying their results from November 8. With Miami-Dade's dimples evaporating, the Gore lawyers went on a fruitless search for a Florida court to agree with them that "the law" should force Miami-Dade to do what Al Gore wants them to do: count his dimpled ballots. ------ The time has arrived for Mr. Gore, or the Democratic party, to call off the dogs and revisit the statesmanship that existed in the early hours after the day that the United States voted for a new President. opinionjournal.com

To: U Up U Down who wrote (86261)	11/24/2000 9:57:30 AM
From: Carolyn	Respond to of 769667

I think the same. Why hasn't this been discussed more?

To: U Up U Down who wrote (86261)	11/24/2000 10:41:55 AM
From: Ellen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Go back and re-read. I said the Republicans lied by blaming the Democrats for the 'postmark issue.' Any disqualification of a military absentee ballot for lack of a postmark was based on Secretary Harris' instructions that a postmark was required, as per Florida state law. It was later determined that the Federal law, allowing a military absentee ballot sans postmark, superceded the state law. The Republicans lied and vigorously put out the spin that it was all the Democrats' fault. That's the name of that tune.