-Caveat Lector- Well DUH??? Why would anybody expect something different? THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. They are BOTH part of our system of Plutocratic rule. The election was merely a contest for which gang of Plutocrats gets their man into the White House. IT IS NOT GORE'S JOB TO THREATEN THIS SYSTEM! If he did that, he would need to look for another line of work. He IS one of the Elites. It's HIS system that he is protecting. ================== > MichaelP wrote: > > The Dems and their candidate have clear responsibility for NOT even trying > to recover a stolen election. Recovering the stolen election would put the whole system under scrutiny, and ultimately leave it open to democratic change. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND UNACCEPTABLE TO OUR RULING ELITES. It has cost them much time and money to get our political system just right. Just the way it is. They would not gladly suffer anyone mucking about with it. I would also point out that it was the Blacks in the House of Reps who have the audacity to stir things up. But we must remember that those are merely the representatives of the people. The Founding Finaglers made sure that the most democratic institution was the weakest. On the other hand, Senators and Justices, once elected or appointed, are untouchable by the citizenry. Vice President (Senator) Gore did his job. I strongly urge anybody reading this, to see the video of what transpired. That picture is worth a thousand words. Joshua2 > They will come round begging for forgiveness > in a year or two, .... > > Michael > > ======================== > agence france presse > > Sunday, January 7 4:03 AM SGT > > Congress confirms Bush victory after contentious session > > WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (AFP) - > > George W. Bush was officially declared winner of the 2000 US presidential > election Saturday after Electoral College votes were counted and certified > by Congress in a contentious session featuring a walkout by black > lawmakers. > > Democratic Vice President Al Gore, who won a majority of the popular vote > in the bitterly contested November 7 election, announced the result in his > capacity as US Senate president, giving Bush 271 electoral votes to his > 266, with one abstention. > > Bush's running mate Dick Cheney was declared vice president-elect by the > same number of votes over Democrat Joe Lieberman. > > "I am honored," Bush said in Texas as the lawmakers gathered. > > "It's a humbling experience to become the president of this great land. > And I want to reiterate what I said before: I'm going to be the president > of everybody, whether they supported me or not. And people need to know > that; people need to know that this is going to be an administration that > will make decisions on what's best for America." > > The 538 electoral votes were cast December 18 in the 50 state capitals and > the District of Columbia, the federal capital. Each state's vote was read > and counted in alphabetical order in the joint session of Congress. > > A dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus walked out of the > mostly-empty House chamber as the votes were tallied after >***** Gore rejected their contest to the 25 electoral votes from the >southeastern state of Florida. ***** [highlighted by me - J2] > > Presidential ballots in that state from the November 7 election were at > the center of more than a month of bitter disputes over hand recounting of > those which could not be read by voting machines. Gore was forced to > concede defeat when the US Supreme Court barred recounting of the disputed > ballots. > > Ironically, it was Gore who overruled challenges to the contested vote in > Florida raised by members of the House of Representatives, because the > objections had not been signed by a member of the Senate. > > "We have had our votes nullified, that's why we are so sad," > Representative Carrie Meek, a Florida Democrat, said later at a news > conference. > > "All that's left for us now as the Congressional Black Caucus and as > citizens of this country is to exercise our First Amendment right while we > still have it and before it is further undermined by a politically > dominated Supreme Court. We exercised our right today to protest against > this ill-chosen nomination," Meek said. > > Earlier, Peter Deutsch, another Democratic representative from Florida, > was ruled out of order when he called for a quorum -- a procedural move to > delay the proceeding. > > In all, 13 Democratic representatives -- most of them members of the black > caucus -- objected to Florida's votes. However, none was able to gain > support among the 100 senators for an objection to delay the count. > > Federal law requires the support of at least one member of each house of > Congress before an objection to a state's electoral votes can be > considered. > > "It's a sad day in America when we can't find a senator to sign these > objections," Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois said, as Gore > repeatedly pounded his gavel to silence him. > > Gore kept a tight rein on the process, cutting off in midsentence members > who complained about alleged irregularities in the Florida vote and the > Supreme Court's ruling. > > The exchanges were punctuated by both impatience and humor. > > Gore audibly sighed at one point when Representative Cynthia McKinney of > Georgia rose a second time to object and responded, "The chair will advise > that the rules do care and the signature of a senator is required," when > Representative Maxine Waters of California said she did not care whether a > senator's consent was needed for her objection. > > To Representative Alcee Hastings of Florida, Gore laughed and said, "This > is going to sound familiar to you," before rejecting his objection a > second time. > > "We did all we could," Hastings responded. > > "Today was a very solemn day. And the remarks that many of us were not > permitted, are regretted by us all," Hastings told reporters. > > "Had I been given an opportunity to go forward with an appropriate > objection, I would have indicated that because of the overwhelming > evidence of official misconduct, deliberate fraud, and an attempt to > suppress voter turnout by unlawful means, I felt the necessity ... to > object to the kinds of errors against democracy, the holy grail of > democracy, that were permitted in the state of Florida." > > ====================== > > *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material > is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest > in receiving the included information for research and educational > purposes. Feel free to distribute widely but PLEASE acknowledge the > source. *** <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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