On Thursday afternoon (November 30th), I heard a report that California election officials have no plans to count over one *million* absentee ballots "because it wouldn't change how the election turned out", since Bush lost the Granola State by more than the absentee ballots could make up---even *with* the absentee vote, the state would still go for Gore. Granted, it probably wouldn't help Jim Rogan, who--because of a concerted effort by the DNC to "punish" him for his role as a House impeachment manager--likely lost his district (27th--Pasadena) by more votes than the proportional number of absentee ballots from that district might provide. That having been said, a counting of the absentee ballots *might* have helped csndidates in *local* races---state senators and assemblymen, county commissioners, which *could* have hinged on the absentee ballots, had they been counted. Spotted Al and his whiney running mate, "Holy Joe" Liberman, have chanted the mantra "that every vote be counted", referring to the South Florida counties which are acknowledged Democrat strongholds, but are adamantly against counting absentee ballots in Florida, and for good reason: the majority of those absentee ballots are from active-duty military members. Those military ballots which *have* managed to get counted have gone for Bush in wildly-lopsided ratios---in some areas, by a 12-to-1 margin! Apparently, military people have long memories---they remember how this administration, whose leader once expressed his "loathing" of the military, has deployed them on worldwide meals-on-wheels missions, often to countries whose radical terrorists thanked us for our humanitarianism by slaughtering our Rangers and dragging their bodies through their filthy streets and by blowing gigantic holes in the sides of our warships, killing the unsuspecting sailors within. All the while, Clinton/Gore were slashing military appropriations, denying the services money for training, spare parts, fuel, and even ammunition (the billions of dollars worth of sophisticated missiles we rained down on various parts of the world--for no other reason than to deflect attention from Clinton's manifold perjuries and Monica's semen-stained dress--have yet to be replaced. In other words, Bill Clinton and Al Gore have run our ammunition locker dry and squandered money which *should* have been used for replentishments on photo-op trips here, there, and everywhere---the recent trip to Vietnam, 31 years too late to retrieve Bill's honor, cost enough to replace at *least* 75 of those sophisticated missiles!). Why is this important? Because California has more military installations than you can shake a stick at. Many of the overseas-deployed forces, especially naval forces, are composed of California residents. It is likely that three-quarters of those million-plus absentee ballots were cast by active-duty military people. Given the lopsided numbers in Florida, it is wholly reasonable to speculate that 600,000 or more Bush votes might be lurking in those mailbags---leaving 400,000 or so for Gore. A difference of 200,000 votes---for Bush. Last I heard, Spotted Al was hinging the ligitimacy of his claim to the Oval Office on the fact that he won the nationwide popular vote . . . by a margin of around 200,000 votes. Is it any wonder that election officials in a DNC-run, cradle-to-grave socialist state like California are choosing to ignore over a million absentee ballots---most of which have been cast by (yuck!) those fascist *military* people? David M. Gonzalez, Troglodyte Wheeling, Illinois Replies/Abuse: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! http://click.egroups.com/1/9699/1/_/122670/_/975671076/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> THIS SPACE FOR RENT For details, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please limit your postings to this list to 3 messages in any 24 hour period.****** Subscribe to SlickPlus and receive columns from some of the finest political writers on the net. Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words JOIN PLUS in the subject. If you're more of a reader than a writer, you may want to receive the Slick-D DIGEST instead of individual emails. Send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove your address, send blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No muss, no fuss. Have a great day :=(
