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

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (121054)	1/5/2001 10:23:08 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Recount is underway in Palm Beach County. GOP, media teams begin Palm Beach vote review BY SHARI RUDAVSKY srudavsky@herald.com Two news media organizations and the Republican Party started sifting through more than 20,000 disputed ballots in Palm Beach County Tuesday, in what could be a marathon task. Working from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with no breaks, representatives from The Herald, The Palm Beach Post and Republican Party plowed through just 600 of the contested votes. A representative from each organization sat at a table as a Palm Beach elections worker held up ballot after ballot for inspection. Tuesday's review took place in almost absolute silence. The few television outlets that showed up briefly at the beginning of the day quickly disappeared once the task of ballot review began. It became clear what the Palm Beach Canvassing Board had been up against in November as it raced against the clock to make it through the hefty stack of ballots before a deadline set by the state Supreme Court. Some ballots had barely an indentation in the ``three'' or ``five'' position, the spot for President-elect George W. Bush and unsuccessful presidential candidate Al Gore. Other ballots were riddled with problems -- from hanging chads to strips of tape. On some ballots only a spot for president was depressed and perhaps one or two others. After a holiday break, Broward resumes its review of about 6,600 ballots today under newly elected Supervisor of Elections Miriam Oliphant. Oliphant was sworn in on Tuesday. Miami-Dade, Highlands, Okaloosa, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas and St. Lucie counties will also begin ballot reviews today. Hillsborough County, which has about 5,500 disputed ballots, is scheduled to resume its review Thursday. The Herald has hired the national accounting firm BDO Seidman to review undervote ballots and tabulate results.

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (121054)	1/5/2001 10:26:28 AM
From: alan w	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

What discipline? As an En_gin_Ear by the numbers it is clear the high regard in which our new President is held. alan w

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (121054)	1/5/2001 10:41:59 AM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

<<I never used any drug to ever obscure my clear view>> <<it is clear to me that President Bush won the election by a landslide.>> Tom, if that is truly your view, a prescribed drug regimen may well be in your immediate future. Listen, 271 electors have voted for GW. That is a historical fact that is not going to change, no matter how fervently we may believe that the process that led to that result may have been fundamentally flawed. On the other hand, it is and always will be a historical fact that more people actually voted for a Democratic President in each of the last three Presidential elections than voted for the Republican candidate, and nothing you folks say will change that, no matter how fervently you believe, or wish to believe, otherwise. Despite your apparent views to the contrary, the votes of women, Hispanics, Blacks and Asians count just as much as the votes of While males. And, just as we must accept that the electoral count, not the popular vote, decides who becomes President, you must accept that the popular vote result isn't going to change just because some map shows that Bush won a lot of vast unpopulated areas between California and the Mississippi river. That isnt how elections are decided, at least not since the requirement that voters be landowners was ended some time ago. Anyway, GW is President, the Republicans have effective control of the House, Senate and Supreme Court, and the ball is now in their court (so to speak). Any failings in the economy or other areda will squarely be on their shoulders, and again nothing you say will change that. Welcome to Washington Mr. Bush.