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Politics : Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MasonS who wrote (3580)	12/9/2000 7:27:07 PM
From: E	Respond to of 3887

I didn't see that post of Frank's. If it's not too much trouble, would you mind posting a link to it? Who published Frank's printing of the book? I have the original edition, first printing, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1992. Gore never said it, not in any edition. EDIT: I found Frank's post on the subject. Penguin is a paper back publisher. The edition I have is the original hardcover put out later in a Penguin paperback, I see. The quote was disinformation, and has, judging by the credulity seen here, been very effective.

To: MasonS who wrote (3580)	12/9/2000 7:51:06 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 3887

GOP, Dems React to Recount Freeze By KALPANA SRINIVASAN .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans and Democrats rode the election seesaw Saturday, both sides pinning their hopes on a court battle that could send their candidate to the White House. GOP lawmakers, quick to cite potential flaws in a state court-ordered recount of thousands of Florida ballots, breathed a sigh of a relief at the Supreme Court's decision to halt that process until hearing arguments. ``I think it's time the Supreme Court stepped in and brought some judicial order to this matter,'' said Rep. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga. ``Everybody's entitled to a full and fair hearing, but this has created a crisis.'' Rep. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, the fourth-ranking Republican in the House, called the Supreme Court's intervention ``an outstanding victory for the rule of law over judicial activism by the Florida state supreme court.'' He urged the vice president to end his ``addiction to fishing for new votes and holding America and the next administration hostage.'' Friday's action by the Florida court had energized Democrats, giving them hope that Al Gore would prevail in the postelection legal wrangling. Despite the Supreme Court's decision to freeze the recount, Democratic lawmakers sounded cautious optimism that the process would continue, with the vice president coming out on top. ``The thing that's clear is Gore won Florida. The question is whether the courts will allow the true result to come out,'' said Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J. Others took aim at the Supreme Court's intervention. ``It's remarkable that the same justices who have argued against judicial activism have intervened here with extreme judicial activism by telling a state's highest court that it cannot decide a matter of state law,'' said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said she believed the Supreme Court would ultimately back the state court's decision. The protracted dispute took its toll on Capitol Hill, where tensions flared among top party leaders. Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., urged his GOP counterparts ``not to engage in improper tactics'' and to back off their criticism of the Florida Supreme Court. ``Don't engage in attack politics against the judicial branch of our great democracy,'' Gephardt said, standing on the steps of the Capitol and aiming his remarks at House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas. DeLay, on Friday, said the court had ``squandered its credibility and violated the trust of the people of Florida in an attempt to manipulate the results of a fair and free election.'' Lawmakers from both parties face the prospect of being plunged into the thick of the election drama. If the manual recounts are allowed to proceed and show Gore is the winner in Florida, Congress might have to step in and decide whether to accept Florida's 25 Electoral College votes chosen for Gore or a slate picked by the Republican-dominated Florida Legislature supporting Bush. Some members already are weighing their choice. Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., said if the election decision should come before the House, he would vote for Bush because Bush carried his state. ``I would vote like the state that I represent,'' he said. ``And that would be for George Bush.''