Election 2000 (Entmoot and otherwise...)

11-17-2000, 03:50 AM

I think Gore is being the most honest and reasonable about all
this. He wants hand recounts in some counties where there were
irregularities. Hand recounts are permissible under Florida law,
and today the Florida Supreme Court said that the hand recounts
were ok. And then Gore went a step further: he said that, if it would make George W. Bush feel
better, he would consent to recounting the entire state by hand
and then accepting whatever result that produced as final
. Bush rejected it. What is he afraid
of? He would end up being a phony president, losing the popular
vote and only winning the Electoral College because of partistan
state officials, confusing ballots, and other technicalities.
The whole basis of Bush's lawsuit was that a hand recount in
some counties was unconstitutional because it wasn't being done
in other counties. This is incredibly hypocritical because <!
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a hand recount in Republican counties if he wanted to. And now Gore is offering to let the whole
state do a hand recount. How is
Gore doing something wrong?
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I think Gore's position is completely rational and sane.
He's not calling for the abolition of the Electoral College.
In fact he said he'll abide by the Electoral College  which is more than Bush ever did. In fact, prior to the election, when everyone
thought Bush would win the popular vote and Gore would win the
electoral vote, Bush cronies everywhere were quoted as saying
how they would challenge the legitimacy of Gore's victory and
would try to persuade the electors to switch their votes. But
here we are in the opposite situation and Gore is being completely
dignified, rational, and presidential about it. The thing is,
Gore won the Electoral College too.

Accuracy is much
more important than speed. The new president isn't sworn in until
January, we have plenty of time. If, by some technically, Dubya
becomes the next president, I'm sure we'll see a Gore-Bush rematch
in 2004.

11-17-2000, 03:50 AM	#26
bmilder Guest Posts: n/a	Florida I think Gore is being the most honest and reasonable about all this. He wants hand recounts in some counties where there were irregularities. Hand recounts are permissible under Florida law, and today the Florida Supreme Court said that the hand recounts were ok. And then Gore went a step further: he said that, if it would make George W. Bush feel better, he would consent to recounting the entire state by hand and then accepting whatever result that produced as final . Bush rejected it. What is he afraid of? He would end up being a phony president, losing the popular vote and only winning the Electoral College because of partistan state officials, confusing ballots, and other technicalities. The whole basis of Bush's lawsuit was that a hand recount in some counties was unconstitutional because it wasn't being done in other counties. This is incredibly hypocritical because <! --EZCODE ITALIC START--> he had the opportunity to request a hand recount in Republican counties if he wanted to<!-- EZCODE ITALIC END-->. And now Gore is offering to let the whole state do a hand recount. How is Gore doing something wrong? < br> I think Gore's position is completely rational and sane. He's not calling for the abolition of the Electoral College. In fact he said he'll abide by the Electoral College <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> which is more than Bush ever did<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->. In fact, prior to the election, when everyone thought Bush would win the popular vote and Gore would win the electoral vote, Bush cronies everywhere were quoted as saying how they would challenge the legitimacy of Gore's victory and would try to persuade the electors to switch their votes. But here we are in the opposite situation and Gore is being completely dignified, rational, and presidential about it. The thing is, Gore won the Electoral College too. Accuracy is much more important than speed. The new president isn't sworn in until January, we have plenty of time. If, by some technically, Dubya becomes the next president, I'm sure we'll see a Gore-Bush rematch in 2004.