> but now that contested ballots are in possession of judges instead of
> Republican election commissioners, the Republicans are afraid a full
> recount will make Gore the winner.
>
> So what do they do? Well the Republican legislature is planning to meet
> and name the electoral college electors bypassing the vote entirely.
> They will, of course, nominate a full slate of Bush electors.
>
> They will effectively be discarding the results of the election and
> making the vote of the people meaningless.
The vote of the people IS meaningless in this case.
Any conceivable margin of "victory" is greater than
the inherent statistical uncertainty in the vote.
Everyone knows that Bush would have carried the
state DECISIVELY, if there had not been a false
declaration by the media that Gore had won,
BEFORE the polls had even closed in the heavily
Republican western counties.
The Legislature shouldn't even bother to wait for
the outcome of the legal charade, but rather step
in IMMEDIATELY and put an end to this plague
of interminable uncertainty.
- Richard Brodie
What a crock!!!
Everyone knows that Al Gore kicked Bush's ass in Florida.
Is there any faggy Florida Republican who frequents the NGs who is
willing to admit that he left the line when the liberal media
announded that Gore won Fla? Why did you believe the liberal media?
Why didn't the Gore voters leave the line?
You gotta inhale alot of Limbaugh to believe such fairy tales!
That's a dangerous assumption to make! I don't care about the "statistical
uncertainty", you don't mess with people's votes, or do you? I guess you do
if you're GW, Jeb, or Harris. The election in FL was fixed from the
beginning, from police intimidating minority voters, to having the cheaper
punch-type ballots in poorer minority neighborhoods (so less votes are
recorded), to ballot boxes disappearing, to the near-riot at Miami-Dade, to
Bush's aggressive fight against the recount since the very beginning! He's
been delaying and delaying the recounts (with help from Harris of course)
since the start. And I think that's a terribly small way to win. If Bush
had any moral values at all, he would agree to have a state-wide hand
recount. Bush's decision to try to win by delaying and delaying the recount
is the height of cowardice. No one will respect him if this is the way he
wins.
> Everyone knows that Bush would have carried the
> state DECISIVELY, if there had not been a false
> declaration by the media that Gore had won,
> BEFORE the polls had even closed in the heavily
> Republican western counties.
Give me a break! When you add up the 19,000 votes thrown out in Palm Beach
due to the confusing butterfly ballot, with the 26,000 thrown out in Duval
county, and Gore beats Bush by at least 40,000.
> The Legislature shouldn't even bother to wait for
> the outcome of the legal charade, but rather step
> in IMMEDIATELY and put an end to this plague
> of interminable uncertainty.
If they do that, there will be riots, and the legal careers of those
Republicans involved will be over. I already bet that Jeb's career is over,
to say nothing of Harris.
James
> > The Legislature shouldn't even bother to wait for
> > the outcome of the legal charade, but rather step
> > in IMMEDIATELY and put an end to this plague
> > of interminable uncertainty.
>
> If they do that, there will be riots, and the legal careers of those
> Republicans involved will be over. I already bet that Jeb's career is over,
> to say nothing of Harris.
Phooey! They were elected by Republicans, who
will cheer their actions to prevent Gore's attempted
theft of the Presidency. If anything, they will be
returned by even larger majorities!
- Richard Brodie
> "Richard Brodie" <richard...@home.com> wrote in message
> > The Legislature shouldn't even bother to wait for
> > the outcome of the legal charade, but rather step
> > in IMMEDIATELY and put an end to this plague
> > of interminable uncertainty.
>
> If they do that, there will be riots,
Tell us some more about these Democrat riots, James.
You are evidently hoping that such riots will occur,
and it is obvious that they would have your blessing.
Tell us also why you think a Democrat mob, rioting in
response to an action of the Legislature, should be
tolerated, when Republican mob, rioting in response
to a canvassing board's decision to violate the Sunshine
law, should not be tolerated?
- Richard Brodie
That's the most intelligent thing you've said so far! Now, if you'll just
leave it at that ...
No, it is not obvious any riots would have my blessing. What a ridiculous
assumption!
>
> Tell us also why you think a Democrat mob, rioting in
> response to an action of the Legislature, should be
> tolerated, when Republican mob, rioting in response
> to a canvassing board's decision to violate the Sunshine
> law, should not be tolerated?
So, you admit that the Republicans who stormed the Miami-Dade recount room
were "rioting"! Interesting. By the way, I never said it would be a
"Democrat mob", just that there might be riots because people, in general
(independents, etc.), would feel their vote was stolen by the legislature.
I would never condone any riot, but the difference between such a riot and
the Republithugs who stormed Miami-Dade is that the Repub's were attempting
to stop a lawful recount through intimidation. If the legislators choose to
elect Bush on their own, that may or may not be illegal, but it's certainly
unethical and immoral, and there would be a backlash.
James
"James Simpson" <js...@flash.net> wrote in message
news:O_HV5.23820$6W1.1...@news.flash.net...
Richard Brodie wrote:
I think as things cool down people will begin to ask, "Now how was exactly that
Gore was stealing the election?". Got an answer?
--
Dave
It's easier to get smart people to act stupid than to get stupid people to act
smart.
>
>
>Richard Brodie wrote:
>
>> James Simpson wrote:
>>
>> > > The Legislature shouldn't even bother to wait for
>> > > the outcome of the legal charade, but rather step
>> > > in IMMEDIATELY and put an end to this plague
>> > > of interminable uncertainty.
>> >
>> > If they do that, there will be riots, and the legal careers of those
>> > Republicans involved will be over. I already bet that Jeb's career is over,
>> > to say nothing of Harris.
>>
>> Phooey! They were elected by Republicans, who
>> will cheer their actions to prevent Gore's attempted
>> theft of the Presidency. If anything, they will be
>> returned by even larger majorities!
>>
>
>I think as things cool down people will begin to ask, "Now how was exactly that
>Gore was stealing the election?".
Nope. The GOPers just believe like they are told. Everybody
else will know that Bush was the one that stole the election -- or had
the election stolen for him.
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