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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James R. Barrett who wrote (607)	12/18/2000 7:27:10 PM
From: donjuan_demarco	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

"Wrong, Gore lost because many of his supporters in Florida don't know how to read. It's as simple as that." Are you saying that the ability to read is a requirement to vote in the U.S.? If not, would you agree that the disenfranchisement of those who cannot read cost Gore the election, and that Dubious George is an illegitimate president who stole the election? The way I read the Florida Statutes, the ability to read is not a perequisite.

To: James R. Barrett who wrote (607)	12/18/2000 11:57:33 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

Wrong, Gore lost because many of his supporters in Florida don't know how to read. It's as simple as that. When people discovered that their polling stations were closed and no directions were posted as to where they should go. Well, then it's not so simple. One woman walked around all day looking for a voting station. And when you have a Voter's Registration Card, but your name has been removed from the roster, it becomes downright difficult to vote even though the person behind the desk phoned the records division, but, alas, the line was line was busy always because so many other local election officials were on the phone as well. Such is life for the Afro American who must live in Jeb Bush's corrupt voter's swamp, Florida!