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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (5655)	12/10/2000 8:20:33 PM
From: Valley Girl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

Ouch! Hey, I'm on your side. I think Gore's strategy of sending in a team of legal eagles to turn over every stone in Florida looking for ways to overturn the election is contemptible. It sure would have been better for the country if he'd conceded after the second recount instead of unleashing Daley and his ilk and persuing every legal recourse available to him. Having said that, I don't want to listen to the Dems whine for the next four years about how Bush "stole" the election. I believe that a small percentage of the no-vote ballots are actually legitimate votes that were missed by the machines. Far from volunteering to take the losing side, I'm convinced that a fair examination of these ballots wouldn't uncover enough votes for Gore. Presto, good-bye and good riddance Messrs Gore and Lieberman, who will be remembered as the sorest losers in American history. Well, we'll see what the US SC has to say. Though some may not like it, everyone will respect and abide by their decision. I just hope the decision is one that preserves the confidence of the American people in both the US SC and the results of this election.

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (5655)	12/10/2000 10:41:10 PM
From: ThirdEye	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

The charge that Gore is trying to "steal" the election, coming directly from Jim Baker, a long time ago and before all legally cast ballots were counted, will remain an example of a shameless imperial Bush camp who despite the many issues that cast the outcome in doubt, maintains a sense of entitlement to the Presidency as if working for it so hard and wanting it so badly wshould be enough to make us forget that manual recounts are practiced in virtually every election district in this country according to the local laws. Don't you find it curious that the Republicans and the Democrats BOTH feel that Gore would have won if all legal ballots were counted. Why else have they fought so hard to prevent that from happening?