-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 12/24/00 6:37:10 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << > Now it's unofficial: Gore did win Florida > http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,415367,00.html > Ed Vulliamy in New York > Sunday December 24, 2000 > > As George W. Bush handed further key government > posts to hardline Republican > right-wingers, an unofficial recount of votes in > Florida appeared to confirm > that Bush lost the US presidential election. > Despite the decision by the US Supreme Court to halt > the Florida recount in > the contested counties, American media > organisations, includ ing Knight > Ridder - owner of the Miami Herald - have > commissioned their own counts, > gaining access to the ballots under Freedom of > Information legislation. The > result so far, with the recounting of so-called > 'undervotes' in only one > county completed by Friday night, indicates that Al > Gore is ahead by 140 > votes. > > Florida's 25 electoral college votes won Bush the > presidency by two seats > last Monday after the Supreme Court refused to allow > the counting of 45,000 > discarded votes. But as the media recount was > suspended for Christmas, the > votes so far tallied in Lake and Broward counties > have Gore ahead in the > race for the pivotal state, and hence the White > House. > > Gore's lead is expected to soar when counting > resumes in the New Year and > Miami votes are counted. In a separate exercise, the > Miami Herald > commissioned a team of political analysts and > pollsters to make a > statistical calculation based on projections of > votes by county, concluding > that Gore won the state by 23,000. > > The media initiative is likely to bedevil Bush in > the weeks to come, > thickening the pall of illegitimacy that will hang > over his inauguration on > 20 January. > > It has already led to a face-off between almost all > the news media > organisations in the state and Bush's presidential > team. In the most extreme > example of the Bush camp's desperation to avoid a > recount, the new director > of the Environment Protection Agency, Christine Todd > Whitman, has proposed > that the Florida ballots be sealed for 10 years. > > Bush's spokesman Tucker Eskew dismissed the recount > as 'mischief-making' and > 'inflaming public passions' while his brother, > Florida governor Jeb Bush, > accused the papers of 'trying to rewrite history'. > > Meanwhile, Bush made his boldest ideological > statement yet with the > appointment of John Ashcroft as Attorney General. > > The appointment is especially significant, because > as head of the Justice > Department Ashcroft would be the man to bring any > felony charges against > President Bill Clinton over the Lewinsky affair. > During the scandal, > Ashcroft was among the loudest and shrillest voices > for impeachment. > > There have been many calls to President-elect Bush > to pardon his predecessor > as a sign of peace, but he made a point of rejecting > them. > > Ashcroft lost his Missouri Senate seat to the widow > of the state's popular > Democrat governor, Mel Carnahan. From the family of > a Pentacostal minister, > he is an outspoken social conservative and an ally > of the extremist Pat > Robertson. > > Ashcroft represents a host of militant committees > and activist groups, of > which the Christian Coalition is most prominent. He > is an opponent not only > of abortion but even - as he said in one speech - of > dancing. EcoNews Service http://www.ecologynews.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
