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"Mark Cook" <mcook@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> "Baxter" <lbax01.spamguard@baxcode.com> wrote in message
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> > "Mark Cook" <mcook@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> > > "Russell Senior" <seniorr@aracnet.com> wrote in message
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> > > > >>>>> "Brian" == WitchDr  <Witch--Dr@usa.nojunkmail.net.ru> writes:
> > > >
> > > > Brian> Here's a FACT
> > > >
> > > > Brian> George W. Bush is the President of the United States.
> > > >
> > > > I never disputed that.
> > > >
> > > > What I said was that Bush had a disregard for the legitimacy of
> > > > democratic institutions (like elections).  Bush didn't care who had
> > > > more _actual_ legally cast votes, only that he "win".  Well, by hook
> > > > and by crook, he did "win".  I dislike him because he didn't care
> > > > about the votes.
> > >
> > > IF Gore really cared about all of the votes, why did he try to cheat
the
> > > system, and only ask for recounts in a few heavily Democrat counties?
> >
> > He didn't try to cheat - the "system" told him he was only allowed to
> > recount under certain conditions - those counties met those conditions.
>
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> This theme was carried on by the three dissenting members of the FSC, and
> seven members of the SCOTUS. In the 3 courts that this case was argued, 11
> found problems with the change in they counting standards, while 6 (all
> Democrats) found nothing wrong with changing the law after the election
had
> taken place.

Actually, the law requires the counters to 'determine the intent of the
voter', and seldom spells out exactly how this should be accomplished.  So
your "changing the law after the election had taken place" is a Red Herring.

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> > <rest of neo-con revisionism snipped>
>
> Let me get this straight, you snipped the transcript of Gore's attorney
> saying that they did not contest all of the disputed ballots because you
> consider that fact to be "neo-con revisionism". In other words, Boies
> admitted that they did not want to recount all of the disputed ballots,
and
> you can't accept that fact. That is funny.
>
The "Gore Strategy" you run on about is entirely irrelevant to the issue of
actually Counting The Votes.  The US Supreme Court said the votes should be
counted - then inexplicably refused to give time for that to happen.  Bush
filed case after case and employed all sorts of dishonest techniques (like
the phony "riot") in order to insure the votes were not counted.  I could
care less about Gore, I do care, however, about -democracy- and actually
Counting The Votes -- which did NOT happen in Florida.