In a message dated 11/10/00 5:46:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< While I think the Gore camp should not challenge the
outcome in court, I do think that the Bush camp should have the decency to
wait until every vote is counted. Especially since there are something
like 5000 absentee ballots to go, at least there were the last time I
checked CNN.com. The simple fact of the matter is that the election is
too close to call until it really is *over,* according to the law's
definition of "over" and not the AP news service and certainly not
according to GW Bush. The rhetoric coming from the Bush camp today is
even less mature than the alleged whining of the democrats. I wonder
where in the Constitution it says that candidates have the right to
declare victory before the result is known? Why is it that the party
that claims to champion procedure isn't willing to wait for the procedure
to be done? >>
Because the Republicans seem to think they have some sort of divine right to
the Presidency. The Clinton years were merely an aberration.
Dubya is acting like a spoiled child. He hasn't won anything yet, he's likely
to go into office (assuming he does) having lost the popular vote, he's going
to need every bit of goodwill he can possibly get especially from the half of
the country that didn't vote for him in order to have the slightest hope of
actually governing - he should shut his fat face and wait till next Friday.
And tell all his minions to do the same. He calls himself a uniter? He's not
off to a very good start.
Tom Beck
