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To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (85914)	11/26/2000 10:33:06 AM
From: George Acton	Respond to of 132070

I think you misunderstood my point. The same method should have been used for recounting without regard to whether the county was Democrat or Republican. But from what we know about the counting methods, the largest changes in the counts would result from replacing an method with high error (punch cards) with one of lower error (manual counting of punch cards). Recounting in the other situations reassures people about the results, and that reassurance is good. But it wouldn't be expected to produce big changes in the counts. I don't think anyone can say whether Miami stopped the recount because of the early results or they had a mob banging on the doors. I know I'd rather not have footage of the latter playing on foreign TV stations. I have expected Bush would win, or at least be declared winner, from the night of the election.

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (85914)	11/27/2000 4:44:16 AM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

Wayne - lewrockwell.com "It Does Matter by Gene Callahan I was wrong. Now, don't get worried – I recall this happening once before, and I recovered from it quite nicely then. But the Democratic Party has accomplished an amazing feat over the last 18 days. They have convinced me that I was thoroughly mistaken when I said it didn't really matter which party won the presidential race. It matters. It matters, as Anne Coulter eloquently put it, because the Democrats are "lying thieves." And it is no accident that the lying thieves are concentrated in the Democratic Party. As Lew Rockwell says, "Expansive government divides society into two castes, those who give up their money to the State and those who take money from the State." The first group is composed of the productive members of society, those who can make their living through voluntary exchanges that benefit both parties involved. The second group consists of thieves and parasites. The Democratic Party core of support comes from just a few groups, such as union workers, especially government union workers, trial lawyers, and those who receive government assistance. These groups have something in common – they all rely on the threat of government violence for their sustenance. In other words, the Democratic Party is the party of the thieves and parasites...." Regards, Don