Doug wrote:
>Bush needs to let the process proceed in the proscribed manner. >His going to court
>to stop the process is exactly the kind of thing >he was railing against earlier.
>I'm getting the impression that he >and brother Jeb know something we don't.
I think the core of Bush's objection is that a manual recount could be conducted only
in heavily Democratic counties, by Democratic election officials.
If the process, however, called for a manual recount in all Florida counties, I don't
think that Bush would as seriously object.
I personally don't think that a manual recount is a good idea. The prospect of
having humans pull 14 hour days reviewing 6 * 10^6 ballots is a poor way of calling an
election. Machine recounts are very efficient, and moreover are unbiased in the
number of ballots that they miss.
>Unlikely but not impossible, here's a few reasons why: 1) The >presence of Lieberman
>on the ballot may have inspired a high turnout >of Israeli/Florida dual citizens.
>2) Dole was a war hero, Clinton >avoided the draft. Gore was an enlisted man and
>went
> to Viet Nam. Bush effectively avoided service (Air National Guard
>and he apparently came and went as he pleased). Note also that >enlisted men
>outnumber Officers 6-1 and tend to be more liberal.
Just for the record, your first two reasons are valid, the third is not. The ration
of enlisted men to officers was virtually identical in 1996 when Dole trumped Clinton
among that group.
If Gore wins the late absentees by 327 votes, I'd be happy to concede the election,
and I am sure that the Bushies would to. Otherwise, Gore needs to abide by the
results.
At the very least he needs to get his representatives to stop saying things like "If
the recount shows that Gore has won the election, we will abide by the result,
otherwise Bush will have stolen the election."
That is the sort of intellectual dishonesty coming from Gore supporters (including his
own chairman, Mr. Daley) that is worthy of a Creationist.
JDG
John D. Giorgis
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