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Article #883Re: Supreme Court halts Florida vote count: A black day for American democracy
From: William "Dave" Thweatt
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:01
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:01
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In article <945alf$l6u$1@node17.cwnet.frontiernet.net>, "Sheldon" <ssheldon+usenet@frontiernet.net> wrote: > "just me :)" <taylor1@execpc.com> wrote in message > news:3a65a920$0$46005$272ea4a1@news.execpc.com... > > Yes, another buried report in mainstream media. After all the hoopla of > the > > count every vote BS You'd think this was huge news. We of course heard > > daily updates as long as the Gore votes were ahead, now there is no > mention > > of counting at all. This news of course doesn't help with the > "Illegitimate > > President Bush" mantra we hear, which in itself is bullshit anyway. > > So basically what you are saying is that there really was no reason to > stop > the ballot counting in Florida after all. > Yes, there was a reason. It was against Florida Election law. > Why then did they do it and give the Bush Presidency the sense of > illegitimacy? > How does violating election law increase the perception of legitimacy? -- "If you want to know God's thoughts, first learn His language." Superdave The Wonderchemist (old nickname from years ago) Ph.D. Candidate Theoretical Quantum Chemistry North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fa03c,b1da3fd7c2453373 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa03c,public X-Google-Thread: fd321,b1da3fd7c2453373 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd321,public X-Google-Thread: 10c449,b1da3fd7c2453373 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c449,public X-Google-Thread: f765b,b1da3fd7c2453373 X-Google-Attributes: gidf765b,public X-Google-Thread: 109097,b1da3fd7c2453373 X-Google-Attributes: gid109097,public X-Google-Thread: f8dda,13cdbfdc94512e1d X-Google-Attributes: gidf8dda,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-18 08:22:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hardy.tc.umn.edu!news.nodak.edu!thweatt From: "William \"Dave\" Thweatt" <thweatt@quantum.chem.ndsu.nodak.edu> Newsgroups: mn.general,wi.general,alt.rush-limbaugh,pa.politics,dfw.politics,houston.general Subject: Re: Supreme Court halts Florida vote count: A black day for American democracy Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:01:21 -0600 Organization: Quantum Chemistry Group, NDSU, Fargo, ND Lines: 35 Sender: william_thweatt@dyn227.ladd-127.ndsu.nodak.edu Message-ID: <thweatt-E76A10.10012118012001@news.ndsu.nodak.edu> References: <3A332650.545B5BFB@hotmail.com> <EKNY5.55113$II2.5051308@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <3A36D36C.7ED6B652@earthlink.net> <7Xo16.29911$wX2.500116@typhoon.austin.rr.com> <3A464946.CF31C1FB@earthlink.net> <3A5A6456.960E60A2@qwest.net> <john-0801012004290001@24-216-78-46.hsacorp.net> <3A5B2F6A.6270AF42@windriver.com> <john-0901011015410001@24-216-78-46.hsacorp.net> <Pine.OSF.3.96.1010109160421.28248D-100000@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu> <6M_86.1537$KE.70317@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <3a65a920$0$46005$272ea4a1@news.execpc.com> <945alf$l6u$1@node17.cwnet.frontiernet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dyn227.ladd-127.ndsu.nodak.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.ndsu.nodak.edu 979833678 1675 134.129.127.227 (18 Jan 2001 16:01:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@nodak.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Jan 2001 16:01:18 GMT User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.0 (PPC)