Here's another one.
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 12:20:30PM -0700, Steve Schear wrote: > At 09:46 2003-08-06 -0700, Tim May wrote: > I was intensely opposed to the gibberish about how the Republicans "stole" > the Florida vote, for multiple reasons. First, the Dems wanted to change > the rules after the outcome went against them...they wanted "hanging chads" > counted in their favor (ultimately, of course, this wouldn't have even > swayed the outcome, as careful studies by newspapers showed). Second, they > wanted the Elections Commission to somehow adjust the outcome based on exit > interviews with little old Jewish ladies who claimed they wanted to vote > for Algore but who actually voted for Pat Buchanan or Jeffery Dahmer or > whomever it was that was opposite Chad Gore on the ballot (note that > Democrats designed the ballot). Third, they wanted only precincts known to > be leaning toward Chad Gore recounted from scratch. (I would have _opposed_ > a statewide recount on general common sense and legal grounds, too, but for > sure I was aghast at the proposal to only recount selected precincts: > "We'll keep recounting until the outcome fluctuates in our favor!") > > This was certainly a farce, but the decision by the SC to intervene was > worse. The matter should have been thrown into the House of Representative > where the Constitution has provisions for its resolution (or lack thereof). > > steve > > > "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders > itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." John > Adams -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com
