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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nemer who wrote (597)	12/6/2000 9:43:42 AM
From: jcky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

Nemer, If Al Gore were really riding the High Horse and wanted every vote in the state of Florida counted for its own merit then why not ask for a manual recount of the entire state of Florida to remove any doubts of any possible untoward indiscretions? Perhaps Mr. Gore is still troubled by the fact that he has won the plurality of votes in this nation? Or maybe Mr. Gore finds the current electoral system created by our founding fathers unfair? But the Constitution is very clear on the process of selecting a president for this nation. The end does not justify the means. Why can't Al Gore just count African American votes and extrapolate the intent of those voters to reflect the will of the entire nation? That should guarantee a win for the Vice President. P.S. If Jessie Jackson can play the race card then why can't I do the same to play the Devil's advocate? Or is this hypocritical? Regards,

To: Nemer who wrote (597)	12/6/2000 9:54:16 AM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

I think the real reason the Bush side did not ask for recounts elsewhere may be because of the situation with overvotes. These are votes where there are two votes for President, thereby voiding the ballot. There are suggestions of deliberate fraud in the case of overvotes, at least that is what some are suggesting. If it were fraud of that magnitude, then perhaps a revote would be the remedy. Given the Nader situation, that would not be advisable for Bush. Of course, at this point, I bet half the state would have changed its vote if it could. :-) The point of this being that I wouldn't underestimate Bush's lawyers or overstate the efficacy of those selected by Gore. I think Gore's lawyers did the obvious. If I'm correct about the overall situation, the Bush lawyers set their strategy for the big picture. And last time I looked, the Bush team seems to be winning more with the courts....:-) It's that tortoise and hare thingie...