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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (104)	12/15/2000 4:21:23 PM
From: chomolungma	Respond to of 181

As far as partisanship goes, I was always most amused by the Florida Bush campaign co-chair's declarations of legal infallibility in her personal interpretation of the election laws. If any of the so-called partisans had an excuse it was Katherine Harris. Her hands were pretty much tied by law. This was confirmed by the first decision of the US Supreme Court.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (104)	12/15/2000 4:59:01 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 181

>>The only thing I recall reading about Sauls' original decision was that there shouldn't be any more counting, because Gore hadn't proved it would change the results. I found the logic of that one slightly impenetrable.<< I found it f---ing unbelievable that Boies didn't go through the ballots that they had brought up from Miami-Dade, find some uncounted votes, and show them to Sauls. If he had handed them to Sauls and said, here, your honor, here's what we mean, what could Sauls have done? They would have made their case. Judges don't go digging though the evidence, you have to hand it to them. Did you watch the trial? Boies' witnesses were woefully inadequate. I couldn't believe that Gore couldn't hire better witnesses. Phil Beck ate them alive. He was awesome. Gore didn't meet his burden of proof, factually. Boies prevailed in the Florida Supreme Court because they bought Boies' legal argument, but the US Supreme Court didn't. If Boies had prevailed on the facts, it might have been a different result entirely.