Posted by ksvt on December 10, 2000, at 12:20:36
In reply to Re: Gore has a chance for the moment-what's next?, posted by R.Anne on December 9, 2000, at 19:30:35
> > > >My deal about Bush is that there are so many people in Congress who are not really going to respect him because he didn't really win and more importantly, he didn't really have to do much to get there. I know that rankles politicians who did not come from the same privileged background, but may have the same aspirations. These Republicans will be fine as long as Bush does whatever they want, and he probably doesn't have the guts to stand up to them or the saavy to ignore them anyway. However, if he tries to do either, I think they'll turn on him in a minute. He may have some vague notions of compassionate conservatism or consensus building, but the radical right couldn't give a s--- about any of that. (IMHO) I also think the Supreme Court has lost whatever credibility they might have by splitting on this decision so closely, and on such ideological lines. The split suggests that the decision had little to do with the law ( which of course it wouldn't since this is not a federal question ) and everything to do with politics. The only "irreparable harm" which might ensue if the recount was allowed to continue is that someone might figure out that Bush had fewer votes. I think our system of checks and balances has run amok. I, too, think Gore is infinitely more qualified and will do a much better job. I just think his political instincts stink or his campaign skills are lacking which is why he didn't win overwelmingly to begin with. The Repubs just seem to do a much better job getting their message out, no matter how odious I might find it to be. ksvt
I knew it was too good to be true. The US Supreme Court theoretically should have nothing to say about how states handle their elections, but the Repubs are going to make absolutely certain that there is never an accurate recount. Their worst nightmare is that a recount starts to show Gore ahead. This would make the Fla. legislature and Congress look all the more ridiculous if they try to by-pass the vote. The only way to make sure that doesn't happen is to make sure all those undervotes, particularly those from Miami that have never been manually counted, never see the light of day. I'm no great Gore fan, but I think he actually won this election One could become very cynical about this whole process. ksvt
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> > > I hope Gore will finally win! But the way this ping-pong game is goind I don't know anymore.
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> I agree about the U.S. Supreme Court because this is not a federal issue yet. This is getting ridiculous but I do believe Gore won, too, and that he has a right to defend his beliefs. Many don't seem to see that the process was fouled up by many votes being thrown out-tens of thousands. The machines rejected them but a voting attempt was made. I wish they would just count the votes and let them take their time-we'll just ask Clinton to stay on and he won't mind :). The republicans are just trying to BARGE IN to the presidency. Gore won by hundreds of thousands of votes and that usually means that that person wins the electoral votes, too. I saw lots of reports on election day night and there were a lot of underhanded things being reported and one of them was that the Missouri polls were supposed to stay open longer because there was a problem and the republicans got them shut down! There also was a report from Florida where a lady said that there were incorrect votes entered. I think Gore is a much better person for the job. He actually wants to get a lot of things done and help a lot of people and do great things. I heard someone on tv. say that Bush just wants to "play president" but he doesn't want to do anything. It was a comedian. I don't know what Bush or Gore will do if either wins one of these years-that's for all to see.
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