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

To: mph who wrote (660)	12/8/2000 11:34:08 AM
From: arno	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14610

Does this surprise anybody? Actress Jane Fonda and at least five other supporters of Vice President Al Gore made six-figure donations to his recount committee, newly released records show. washingtonpost.com I wonder if she's ever donated to veterans organizations?

To: mph who wrote (660)	12/8/2000 2:00:45 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

The 10K ballots are among those in Miami Dade. They were machine counted, but the machine count did not yield a vote for president, though they were counted as to other races. (This should tell you something) What it tells me is that, properly hand-counted, they probably would not change the outcome. But why leave doubt? Why potentially lend an argument to the loser that the winner's victory is illegitimate? Miami Dade officials had the discretion whether or not to proceed with the re-count, which included, but was not limited to, these 10K ballots. They elected not to Yes, on television, while thousands of protesters (reportedly hired and bused in) pounded on the window in protest when they tried to start counting..... making America for a brief moment look equivalent to Bolivia. and they made this decision after having re-counted all the heavily Democratic precincts and before they commenced on the precincts that leaned toward Republicans. I have heard that, and it is the strongest argument against a recount. It is also the strongest evidence that a recount of those 10,000 ballots will not change the outcome. If I were Bush, I'd say... "go ahead, make my day" and let the count proceed. It would look gutsy, it would end it by tomorrow, and he could take credit for finally resolving the stalemate. Let the endgame begin!