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

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (86374)	11/24/2000 12:27:40 PM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Respond to of 769670

Bush & the Law Texas Gov. George W. Bush seemed to misunderstand one of the most fundamental concepts of the American system of government during his harsh attack on the Florida Supreme Court. Angered by the court's ruling that Florida law permits hand recounts, Bush accused the court of using "the bench to change Florida's election laws and usurp the authority of Florida's election officials." The Republican presidential nominee then stated that "writing laws is the duty of the legislature; administering laws is the duty of the executive branch." Bush left out the third component of the U.S. system, a fact taught to every American child in grade-school civics class -- that it is the duty of the judiciary to interpret the laws. It is also the responsibility of the courts to resolve differences between parties under the law. Besides suggesting a profound ignorance of the U.S. political system, Bush's intemperate language on Wednesday sent a strong message to aggressive Republican demonstrators who were busy intimidating the election canvassing board in Dade County. After delays caused, in part, by repeated Republican challenges, the board had ordered a county-wide hand recount. The partially completed recount showed Vice President Al Gore cutting into Bush's lead by 157 votes, with the potential of giving Gore enough votes in Dade County alone to erase Bush's 930-vote lead. But faced with the Florida Supreme Court's deadline of Sunday for submission of new figures, the board decided to forsake its full recount. That negated Gore's unofficial 157-vote gain. The board decided to review only the 10,000 disputed ballots for which counting machines had failed to detect a vote for president. Still, the Gore camp hoped those disputed ballots would supply a substantial net gain for the vice president. However, confronted by shouting pro-Bush partisans – many from Miami's hard-line Cuban-American community – the board reversed itself again. It halted the recount entirely and reverted back to the original count that had most favored Bush. If left standing, the board's decision probably assures that thousands of potential votes for Gore will go uncounted and that Bush will win Florida by several hundred votes and thus the presidency. In winning the Electoral College with Florida's 25 electoral votes, Bush would become the first nationwide popular-vote loser to take the White House in more than a century. Gore's national lead now exceeds 325,000 votes and Gore's popular-vote total makes him the second-largest presidential vote-getter in U.S. history. Nevertheless, Bush would get the presidency -- and the chance to preside over a system of governance that he seems to barely comprehend. consortiumnews.com

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (86374)	11/24/2000 12:41:14 PM
From: username	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

There is a link to that site you posted that goes to the following article. I would be interested in your opinion on it George and his two pet generals By Celeste Harrison Whitlow November 7, 2000 \| No one can miss the irony of GWBush having his two pet generals, General Powell and General Schwartzkopf, stumping for him on the campaign trail. Neither of Bush's two pet generals would be the success they are to day if the men who served under them had gone AWOL for 18 months at a time, and had refused to obey their orders. Yet the American public continues to be shown Bush's two pet generals, Powell and Schwartzkopf, out on the campaign trail for GWBush. Powell and Schwartzkopf's endorsement of GWBush is a slap in the face to every brave soldier who served under them, some of them risking and losing their lives to obey the orders that Powell and Schwartzkopf gave. Both Powell and Schwartzkopf should hang their heads in shame, turn in their medals, and apologize to the dedicated, loyal military personnel who served them without question, fulfilled their duties with honor, and did not run away.

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (86374)	11/24/2000 1:58:23 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 769670

"A mob-action"....??? of "150 pro-Bush supporters"...since when is 150 people a mob???? Isn't it more to the point, that as a general rule, Republican supporters DO NOT enter demonstrations....so 150 of them in one group would be NEWS...!!! If this mess continues, and the American citizens continue to see recount after recount after recount after recount after recount, ordered by Gore's attorney's....it would NOT be inconceiveable that there would be a HUGE MOB of Republican supporters descend on DC.... Heck, if the UAW could give their members the day off for voting day (as part of the benefit package the companies pay for), maybe the Republicans can just take the day and demonstrate. But first, most will have to look on line to see how it's done....most of them have little or no experience to date. Let's see, last year we were treated to the WTO in Seattle....this year, hummmmmmmmm....