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

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (259006)	5/28/2002 10:22:33 AM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769667

better than cliton biting that lip and walking the beach at Normandy, then going off camera to laugh at what was probably an intern joke...

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (259006)	5/28/2002 10:26:58 AM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

You don't have a clue what you're talking about. No one was turned away from the polls who had a voting card or ID..This was all Jessee Jackson hype. Once this was proven, you notice how quietly and quickly he left Florida with his tail between his legs. I protested for our military because they weren't there to protest for themselves, and because of military law, those who were in town were forbidden to protest. As for Bush's military career, He served as an F-102 pilot for the Texas Air National Guard before beginning his career Get your facts straight before coming here showing your ignorance. Bush Team Debunks Gore Election 'Myths' by Susan Jones November 28, 2000 (CNSNews.com) - The Bush campaign went on the offensive Tuesday, attempting to "set the record straight" about "myths" the Gore campaign is spreading as part of its post-election effort to win the presidency for Democrat Al Gore. James Baker appeared before television cameras around 9:15 a.m. EST, with five new members of his senior litigation team in tow. Said Baker, "Regrettably, the Gore campaign has now filed a lawsuit contesting the certified election results here in Florida. Their aim, of course, is to overturn the outcome of the election after 19 or 20 days of counts, and recounts, and more recounts. Americans never had a presidential election decided by the court, Baker said, and he called the Gore legal maneuvering "an extraordinary procedure that puts America in new, uncertain and controversial territory." After introducing the Bush team's five new attorneys, Baker announced they will be "defending the vote of Floridians in favor of Gov. Bush and Secy. Cheney." "These five gentlemen are here to summarize our view of the overall contest proceedings and to set the record straight on four issues that the Gore campaign continues to mischaracterize." Myth number one is Al Gore's contention that 10,000 votes were never counted, not even once, in Miami-Dade County. Not true, said attorney Irvin Terrell. "In fact, those were nonvotes, and indeed it is not unusual for people not to vote fully in every election on a ballot. ...In fact, those 10,000 nonvotes are about 1.6 percent of the votes cast in that county." Terrell noted that in other states and counties, there are higher percentages of nonvotes. That's because "not every person that comes to an election and comes to the ballot box...chooses to vote." When the Gore tam says these votes are vote - "they wrong," said Terrell. As for claims that these votes have never been counted, Terrell said "we know they've been counted twice by machines and "in each instance they've been found to not be votes." Myth: Mob Intimidation in Miami It fell to attorney Fred Bartlit to explode myth number two - that Miami-Dade County would have conducted a full manual recount if it weren't for a Republican mob intimidating local elections officials." Not true, he said. "What was being protested was a violation of the Florida Sunshine law - the count was moving behind closed doors." Bartlit noted that even the New York Times was threatening litigation if the Miami-Dade vote count wasn't reopened to the public. Republicans were simply protesting the fact that the count was about to move behind closed doors. "There were babies in the crowd, there were little kids there, there was, in some ways, a holiday atmosphere," Bartlit said. He said elections officials themselves said they stopped the vote count, not because they were intimidated, but because they could not meet the deadline imposed by the Florida Supreme Court. Butterfly Ballot Myth Attorney Phil Beck debunked arguments that Palm Beach County's butterfly ballot was somehow confusing or unfair. He said the ballot was designed by Democratic elections officials, approved by both Parties, and posted in newspapers so citizens could comment on it. "The law is, that if anyone has a concern with the form of the ballot, that has to be expressed before the election, not after the election. It is not...fair to wait until votes have been counted, and then if you don't like the outcome, to say that...there was something wrong with the form of the ballot." Message 17521133

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (259006)	5/28/2002 10:29:12 AM
From: sandintoes	Respond to of 769667

the handling of mail from our overseas military bases is handled by the same military that you say was being deprived of their right to vote for BUSH..I mention this just in case a fact ever wishes to collect residency in your brain and you want to revisit what you posted..."My how convenient! Another Democratic slip up?" The simple fact is there were bags of ballots not mailed from military bases...who was President? and why weren't they mailed?