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Politics : Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (2710)	11/28/2000 5:58:00 AM
From: Ellen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3887

The votes were then machine tallied. Because the vote was close, the votes were then re-tallied. That should be the end of the story. Period. But it hasn't been. If there was any further recounting to be done, IMO, it should have been the ENTIRE State. After the automatic, mandated by Florida law recount, Bush's lead evaporated by 85%. Which means his lead became even less than the previous <0.5%. That is so close as to nearly be negligible. Gore had a legal right according to Florida law to then request a manual recount. Bush supporters argue the merit of that request because they want their candidate to maintain the lead he had, however tiny. With results as close as that I can't imagine the request not being made. As to recounting the entire state, Bush had every right to request a recount in any county or counties that he chose. He dropped the ball in not doing so. After he filed the first lawsuit, challenging the constitutionality of recount, he had then put himself into the position of looking like a hypocrite if he also requested recounts. So he had boxed himself into a corner. The blame lies with him for no other counties being asked to conduct a recount. That's unfortunate, but he did it to himself.