"George Z. Bush" wrote in message
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"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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"Mary Shafer" wrote in message
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On 17 Dec 2003 18:47:04 GMT, (B2431) wrote:

Gore would have won Florida had it not been for the monkey business
by
Harris and the voter registration purge. Read Greg Palast's "The
Best
Democracy Money can Buy."


Get over it already.

Miss Harris did as the law told her to. Would you prefer recount
after
recount
until your boy won? Your boy blew it by only asking that three
counties
be
counted instead of a statewide recount that even I would have
supported.

All but one of the recounts done since the election show Bush
winning.
The
widest Bush win margin was using Gore's criteria.

The issue here is not the recounts. It's the purging of the electoral
roles, supposedly of people who couldn't vote because they'd been
found guilty of felonies but actually of many people who had never
even been arrested in their lives. Many of these people were poor and
of African descent, both groups that tend to vote Democrat.

While it's unlikely that Democrats, the poor, or people of color were
targeted for purging, I think it's likely that their complaints may
have created less urgency of correction than if they were in
categories to whom the "Establishment" is more traditionally
responsive.

I certainly won't say the over-purging was deliberate, but it did
indicate a lack of attention on the part of the State of Florida in
the person of Ms Harris and her subordinates.

Someone posted a URL for the Federal report about what happened
earlier. I suggest (not cattily, really) that you read it. It's an
interesting account of how things went wrong and caused an unfortunate
event.

People are right to be troubled about voters being stripped of their
vote for no valid reason. Our votes are how we, the people, direct
our republic and taking away that right threatens the stability of the
republic.

You mean kind of like Gore and the democrats ranting about the validity
of
the absentee ballots sent back from the overseas military personnel?

It seems to me that the lady had little trouble in expressing herself
quite
clearly, and she didn't need your help in likening her views to other
events or
subjects. You don't need to translate for her.....she's quite articulate
and
doesn't need that kind of help.

You, OTOH, need to stop changing the subject in order to avoid having to
address
the points she made. Trying to change the subject only serves to give the
appearance that you're unable to take effective issue with her views.

George, when you have grown up enough to admit that your past accusations
towards Bush in regards to his volunteering for Palace Alert were not true,
come back and give me a lecture. Till then you'd be better off worrying
about your own posts, OK? Here is that link again that clarifies that he did
indeed volunteer:

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/19...5no19_bush.htm

Brooks