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To: Math Junkie who wrote (40194)	11/30/2000 7:55:10 PM
From: lrrp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

THese OT remarks remind me of the Fa vs Ta argument on the thread sometime ago; there is NO clean answer to the question; reality has long past for who will win etc; the whole process is nothing more or less, better or worse than PARTISAN POLITICS; I have learned much from Cary, Brian and would hate to see emotions and politics get in the way of arguments , points of view of the semi cycle and the valuation issues of APPLIED MATERIALS!!!!!!!; There will be no clean answer to the political question. Its a sorry day for all americans, when half dont vote and the other half find out that no election or political event is fair; We Must continue to discuss Amat for the good of us all, and our generations to Follow!! <G> steve

To: Math Junkie who wrote (40194)	11/30/2000 10:19:24 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

OT Jeb Bush was duly elected by the people of Florida too, yet he did the right thing and recused himself from the Elections Board because, as the brother of one of the candidates, he had a conflict of interest. Katherine Harris, being campaign co-chair for one of the candidates, also had a conflict of interest Katherine Harris' discretion is really not an issue, since the FL SC extended the deadline by 12 days, essentially obviating the need for any use of discretion on her part. the Circuit Court and the Fla. Supreme Court disagreed with you. They said she had discretion. We should also keep in mind that a Democratic judge ruled in Katherine Harris' favor, yet was overturned by the FL SC, in essence writing new law. If the FLA Legislature had come out and passed a Law which replicated the exact SC ruling, I think everyone would agree that that was grossly unfair. Law cannot be changed after the fact to suit one party; I believe the US SC will rule this way sometime in the coming days. BK