To: portage who wrote (87333 ) 11/25/2000 3:38:33 PM From: hdl Respond to of 769670 This stuff about Gore stealing the election is a sham mantra from the hypocrites ! false-as i show below. Gore won the popular. this is not the standard in electing a president. (furthermore, the candidates' strategy was to win the electoral vote-as that is what counted. they relied on that and changed their positions by not trying to win the popular vote, but rather they tried to win the electoral vote. people, especially democrats, before the election, thought bush would win the popular vote, but gore might win the electoral vote. the democrats were willing to win the presidency in that way. there was no thought that if gore won the electoral vote , but not the popular vote that he wouldn't be president. gore and his people after the election began referring to the popular vote- as if it was relevant to support their continued fighting and not conceding. after the florida supreme court decision (which was an outrage) gore said, of course, the national popular vote didn't matter and that he wouldn't accept turncoat bush electors' votes for him.) Gore likely won Florida. he didn't unless you let democratic party hacks say ballots are for gore when they aren't punched for Gore. Gore had his butterfly and uncounted votes stolen. they weren't stolen. it may be that some wanted to vote for gore, but didn't. one can't or shouldn't count votes for gore when they didn't vote for gore or voted for two candidates Gore plus Nader votes shows a clear preference in America for the Democratic/progressive agenda. people who voted for nader, did not vote for gore, even though gore argued their votes for nader might lead to the election going to bush. it appears that nader wants to make a difference by having his being in the election lead to a bush win. it appears that buchanan wants to make a difference by having his being in the election lead to a gore win. Republican hoods had a near riot in Miami to stop a legal process ! they weren't hoods. the dems were trying to count the ballots in secret. they were trying to only count in democratic areas and only a few of the ballots. they felt they couldn't finish in time. they say they weren't intimidated. the local democratic hacks, daley, gore, the florida supreme court, jessee jackson, are trying to win (steal the election) by force- Republicans are desperately grasping at straws ! not so. but, look in the mirror. read this post with an open mind