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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PartyTime who wrote (104301)	12/7/2000 12:51:06 PM
From: Sedohr Nod	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Let me get this straight....your saying both sides want to win????? grin

To: PartyTime who wrote (104301)	12/7/2000 12:57:05 PM
From: SecularBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The fact remains that Al Gore did not and does not want all of the undervotes counted statewide. How can you disagree with that? LoF

To: PartyTime who wrote (104301)	12/7/2000 1:01:00 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I know in my heart that more people who went to the polls in Florida on Nov 7th intended to vote for George Bush.

To: PartyTime who wrote (104301)	12/7/2000 1:17:37 PM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

PT, Gore chose a technicality of FL laws to selectively hand count votes in areas that were heavily democratic. GWB was leading and chose the honorable position of not re-counting heavily republican areas. You can lampoon GWB's position (as Boise did to the FL SC), but I think it is hard to argue that it was an unreasonable decision just because Gore chose to do the handcount. This is the 1st punch I speak about, BUT I must point out that I do no hold this against Gore. I probably would have done it (if in Gore's shoes) because the election was so damn close. This is where I get frustrated at the attacks on GWB. After choosing to take advantage of a loophole that allowed for an unfair advantage to the democrats the Gore camp would not abide by the rule that says you must be done within a week. Fair enough, they got the liberal FL SC to extend the deadline by 12 days. Still could not get enough votes via the mechanisms allowed in FL statute and the extended deadline offered by the FL SC. They feel that because they had an original right to a selective recount that they don't have to live by any deadlines AND that the standards for counting these votes should be the most liberal standards imaginable. So liberal that they will SUE the panel of people (all demos in P-B, 2 out of 3 in M-D) that are charged with performing this process. In other words, highly paid and highly partisan (through the represntation of their clients) lawyers should set the standards, not the bodies that are put in place to actually do this. And without showing ANY evidence that the canvassing boards did anything wrong. I could go on and on, but I think you will see that even the VERY LIBERAL (imo) FL SC will side with GWB. Gore started the fight, GWB will finish it and become the President of the United States. Sorry, but that is the way it will be. And it will be fair, regardless of the next avenue Gore will pursue after this proclaimed last resort.