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Re: Supreme Court halts Florida vote count: A black day for American democracy

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From: MnD PLN
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:41
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"Amy" <dont@spam.me> wrote in message
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> "Adam Weiss" <aw722@pdq.net> wrote in message
> news:E45BB3BFD104CF42.3C4591C393AC0467.1DA7163986F388C0@lp.airnews.net...
> >
> >
> > Bud Frawley wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:41:43 -0500, pb said...
> > > > Bud Frawley in
> > > > <50BB0B17EA1FF0AC.5F31A4E3687A8E6D.47A4B61CDC8463AB@lp.airnews.net>:
> > > >
> > > > >i guess you just proved you do'nt know how to read or you would
know
> > > > >about the black's who were disinfanchized. i bet you think they
> wanted to
> > > > >votre for shrub? LOL! thats a good one! they would of voted for
GORE!
> > > > >thats why they were kept away! i guess you also conveniently forgot
> for
> > > > >the seniors who voted for bucannon when they really wanted to votre
> for
> > > > >gore. were talking like 19,000 thousands votes for gore that
were'nt
> > > > >counted from these ILEGAL acts. now whos saying bullshit? why do'nt
> you
> > > > >go listen to rush fat-baugh so he can tell you what to think tyhats
> all
> > > > >your doing!
> > > >
> > > > Tell me more about the "black's who were disinfanchized".
> > > >
> > > > Have any of them given testimony as to how they were denied the
right
> > > > to cast legal, valid votes?  Didn't think so.
> > >
> > > you think they could testify with the cops waiting for them when they
> get
> > > home? ya thats funny!
> > > >
> > > > If education counts, I'd say it was *you* who were "disinfanchized"
my
> > > > man.  You make me laugh.
> > > >
> > > there was thousands who did'nt get  to vote. they showed them on the
> news
> > > the next day.if you stop listening to rush fat-baugh and pay attention
> to
> > > the news for a change you would of already know that! its called
> > > discrimination! i guess you think thats a joke.ya right YOUR the joke
> > > ifyou think that!
> >
> > Uh oh, you said you believe the TV.  Rabid right wingers will have a
> > field day with that one.  To them the 'mainstream media' (with the
> > exception of Pat O'Reilly on Fox News) is entirely controlled by a few
> > Jewish Democrats.  They'll never tell us who those few Jewish Democrats
> > are, but they are convinced they're there.
> >
> > What can be added to your statement is that in every single election in
> > any country the margin of error is caused by things like confusing
> > ballots that are combined with less than educated voters, heavyweight
> > bureaucracy that makes it easier for people to be disenfranchised, bad
> > counting (bad counting most of all), and yes, bigotry.  What makes this
> > case unique is only that the margin of error was greater than the margin
> > of victory.  That's all that really happened.
> >
> >
> > In any case, that chapter of the book (so to speak) is over now.  Now
> > John Ashcroft is having his balls grilled by the senate committee.  It's
> > sortof comical, especially when Democrat senator Ed Kennedy asks a
> > question.  I say asks a question, in Kennedy's case it's more like makes
> > an accusation.  Kennedy sais something like "you did this".  Ashcroft
> > replies.  "Did Not".  Kennedy: "did too".  Ashcroft: "did not".  And so
> > on and so forth. :-)
> >
> To me, this is just a bit of "what comes around, goes around".  Janet Reno
> was the 3rd person submitted by Clinton for the post of attorney general.
> The Republicans are complaining about "the politics of personal
> destruction".  They have been practicing it for 8 years, why should they
> expect anything different from the Democrats?
>
>

Because, according to the 'crats, they are above that sort of thing...

What a world we live in where the justification for personal destruction is
someone else's personal destruction.

            <sigh>


                Michale n Divrlady




>
> -- Amy
>
> In the beginning was The Word,
> and The Word was Chocolate.
>   And The Word became flesh, and dwelt upon us forever.
>  ~ Confections 1oz:360cal
>
>
>
> > --
> >
> > Adam Weiss
> > waj@whazo.com
> >
> > --
> >
> > "It's all fun and games until someone pokes an eye out, or until you see
> > the blue lights in the mirror"
> >
> > --
>
>
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Subject: Re: Supreme Court halts Florida vote count: A black day for American  democracy
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