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

To: ecommerceman who wrote (109178)	12/10/2000 9:01:12 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 769670

Here's a Sunday morning link for those of you who like to think while at your Sunday best: salon.com If you consider how Republican politicians like to limit those who vote (see above article), why would it be any surprise they'd also wanna limit counting votes? The above referenced article shows that Katherine Harris' highly partisan, far-reaching and tilting tentacles went well beyond imposing unfair deadlines to count votes; providing minimal bi-partisanlike guidance to counties needing it; and using her legal staff to block every effort to count votes which, due to well-known voting machine difficiencies, have never been counted. If Bush gets the presidency in this manner it'll mark another modern day era of an Ugly American President. At a minimum, Bush will go down in history as one who wouldn't allow his opponent a recount in a close election, even though the Florida law provided his opponent was entitled to one. But there's something far more pressing. The long held belief in time and history, and as understood by foreign countries everywhere, is that America votes to elect its president and vice president. What's not understood is that Americans vote with votes that don't count. Bush's willingness to subvert the precious notion that all valid votes should be counted in our national election is far worse than anything Clinton did. Bush, without even yet taking office, has stained America "big-time."