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To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (37769)	12/9/2000 11:16:51 PM
From: sandeep	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42787

James, you are correct about my bias for Bush. However, my bias doesn't color my thinking on this one. Yes, the count was close enough and a machine recount was automatic. I don't have a problem with that. But when one gets into hand recounting when one OBVIOUSLY KNOWS that the hand recount is subjective and without standards, it becomes nitpicking and immoral. Runoffs don't make sense. Why should one force people to choose SOMEONE again and again ? Why shouldn't a plurality win ? I don't believe in runoffs. People, when they get a chance to vote for the best guy should vote for the person they want and not have to choose among the 2 choices. A runoff implies that the original intent of the voter wasn't GOOD ENOUGH and now either the voter has to stay home or vote for one of the 2 choices. That is very anti-democratic if you ask me. BTW, I probably used to agree with Gore more than Bush before he launched on this suicidal campaign where he turned against business and "for the people". He was being disingenuous at best...

To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (37769)	12/10/2000 12:51:37 AM
From: Lee Lichterman III	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42787

I started to respond but tried not to to stay on topic but what the heck. <g> I agree, I think we have to have a re-vote now. Too many hands have touched those ballots and I don't care who was watching, if David Copperfield can make the statue of Liberty disappear in front of thousands of people and the Mayor, then either side can slip in or delete a few ballots. Do a search on Florida and voting and you get hundreds of hits about how screwed up that place is when it comes to voting irregularities. Some of the news stories I saw went back to the 70s. Maybe this will cause enough uproar to get that place fixed. Otherwise, I guess we can start rooting for a hurricane. Once the Gore side "found" 400 ballots in a cabinet weeks ago, I knew the whole recount thing was a sham to provide chances to slip in extra votes. I think some people just didn't vote. I myself really didn't care that much, I just knew I didn't want Gore but as for Bush, Heck I would have voted for the Roadrunner from Looney tunes, as long as it didn't say Al Gore on it. Do a re-vote but make sure the people showing up are: a: Real citizens, not people hiding out from the INS or just getting here via inner tube b. Not convicted Felons c. Not dead people d. And allow ALL the military absentee ballots. If there is someone too stupid after all this press and chaos that doesn't tear off all the chads before turing in the ballot, then that person is too dense to have his vote counted. Let the machine count them all and declare a winner and get it over with. Is that politically incorrect enough? <g> Good Luck, Lee

To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (37769)	12/10/2000 6:36:10 PM
From: Challo Jeregy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42787

Never can I recall any President losing his own State even though history shows some that couldn't win a States janitors job the second time if they had to get it by votes in their own State , however they never failed to rally behind them if they had a shot at being President. With all due respect, James, Gore lost his state of Tennessee. Shoot, he didn't even win Clinton's state of Arkansas. Maybe they were trying to tell the country something. <g>