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

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From: Amy
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 23:02
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"Adam Weiss" <aw722@pdq.net> wrote in message
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> 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?



-- 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



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> Adam Weiss
> waj@whazo.com
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>
> "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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