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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (86509)	12/9/2000 5:17:10 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 132070

nadine, i have to admit to being impressed with the founding fathers' foresight. there is a reason all our marbles are not in the hands of one person or office. thank goodness. i don't think congress let bush get his way. especially under these circumstances. no way. expect gridlock (and i USED to think that was bad. little did i KNOW!)

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (86509)	12/9/2000 6:51:04 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

nadine, this piece exposes some big time republican hypocracy... msnbc.com unfortunately, though, it doesn't address why judicial activism is ok in a state court (democrat appointed, blah, blah) but not ok at the federal level (bush sr appointed, blah, blah). in presenting this article, eric displays his clear bias toward gore. but, that doesn't make his points about the repbulicans any less true. i laugh when i remember bush say "i trust the states. i trust the people. i'm for local control" NOT! ;-)

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (86509)	12/9/2000 8:02:06 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

nadine, now tot rash the fl supreme court. do you know they broke florida law in their ruling? fl law CLEARLY states that no partial recount can be accepted. what do the fl supremes do? they give al gore the votes in a partial miami dade recount. gee, isn't it nice that the precincts tallied were nearly 75% gore when the entire county was 53% gore? THIS IS PRECISELY WHY PARTIAL RECOUNTS ARE AGAINST THE LAW. one ought not be able to cherry pick partial counts (ok, i've been watching too many lawyers on tv, but the point stands ;-) one could make a cogent argument that sl supremes were "interpreting" law and not "legislating" it before. i don't believe it is now possible to reach a conclusion other than the fl supreme court is now legislating law to gore's benefit.