Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LindyBill who wrote (12242)	10/15/2003 3:20:59 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793885

However, he credits Gore with acting in the nation?s best interests by not challenging the results of the 2000 election. What? Gore played as hardball as he could on this, and lost. How many weeks of litigation? Five of the most hotly contested weeks of more scorched earth DC hardball style litigation/politics played out in more muliple venues that this country, and probably the world, has ever seen. From my perspective as a litigator, it was fascinating. I watched every second on TV, as did much of the rest of the nation. Gore conceded when there was noplace left to go. It was dead, Jim. Now, strictly speaking, that wasn't true. Gore could have challenged Bush's slate of Florida electors in Congress, and kept it going on procedural grounts, but he didn't have the votes in Congress. I kinda thought it would have been cool to have several weeks of acting-President Denny Hastert even though it was a foregone conclusion, just for the civics lesson for the kids. Daschle would have fought it out to the last possible nanosecond. The Jumping Jim Jeffords incident sure poisoned a lot of wells in this town. Daschle must be spitting poison and gnashing his teeth every time he thinks about the fact that 9/11 made the nation fall in behind Bush.