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Politics
Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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9867<i>Question 1. The original count and recount were done by machine. UnbiasNadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9866Question 1. The original count and recount were done by machine. Unbiased. Nojlallen-8/2/2001
9865<i>I say that the differing standards by county and by day led to differinNadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9864I say that the differing standards by county and by day led to differing resultsjlallen-8/2/2001
9863<i>Nope. Just not without establishing a uniform standard and method.</Nadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9862Come on. The alleged violation was, as you put it "The counting and recountNadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9861Nope. Just not without establishing a uniform standard and method. JLAjlallen-8/2/2001
98601. Identify the class of people harmed by the alleged violation. All of the votjlallen-8/2/2001
9859Are you saying the the FSSC did not have the legal authority to order a statewidNadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9858Excuse me. I should have said what Gore and the FLSC tried to do. JLAjlallen-8/2/2001
9857<i>What Gore tried to do was change the rules AFTER the voting was finisheNadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9856I am a lawyer. I am admitted in the state bars of MA, IL and NH and several fedjlallen-8/2/2001
9855Two main problems: 1. The FSSC was ruling on Florida state law. The SC majorityNadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9854Bush Tax Cut Unfair? If you think the Bush tax cut plan is unfair, read thiLazarus_Long-8/2/2001
9853<i> The election was decided by the voters. Its just that Al wasn't haRCMac-8/2/2001
9852Yes, even if you count all the votes. There is always some margin for error in Nadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9851What principles? The Court has regularly overturned state court rulings that coLazarus_Long-8/2/2001
9850If you count all the votes? JLAjlallen-8/2/2001
9849That's true, but it was equally true in Washington State.Nadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9848No system devised by humans is ever perfect. This was a very unusual situation jlallen-8/2/2001
9847With this election, one might as well say that it was decided by the botch that Nadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9846The point I was making, which you have <i>not</i> addressed, is thatNadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9845<i>You have a point here. A depressing point, but a point.</i> DEPRELazarus_Long-8/2/2001
9844<i>This court has regularly let state courts' rulings stand even if itLazarus_Long-8/2/2001
9843The election was decided by the voters. Its just that Al wasn't happy with jlallen-8/2/2001
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