At 07:11 PM 11/16/00 -0600, Erik wrote:
>> Was it "right and patriotic" for Gore to wait eight days before making
>> this deal?
>
>This is irrelevant. Also, possibly inaccurate, unless you have proof
>that Gore "waited". Can't he change his mind about what is right?
Considering that people on this list have been suggesting it from the very
beginning, its hard to believe that he "just" came up with it.
>> Was it "right and patriotic" for Gore to select only the most heavily
>> Democratic counties for a recount, rather than the ones with the highest
>> number of uncounted ballots?
>
>Gore offered a statewide recount, and unless that is definitely
>impossible, the above is irrelevant.
So, why the shift? Why the condescending arrogance that they *only* want
all voters to be counted?
And doesn't the above suggest a prior tendency for Gore to engage in
cycnical political maneuvers, suggesting that this may yet be another one
of the same?
>> Was it "right and patriotic" for Gore to select the most heavily
>> Democratic precincts in these counties for the "test counts", rather
>> than the precincts with the highest number of uncounted ballots?
>
>Irrelevant.
I think it is. I'd like to understand what motivated Gore to suddenly,
nine days into this business, become "right and patriotic" if even you are
conceding that he has not been acting "right and patriotic" up to this point.
>> And finally, I am very curious as to why you think this offer *shuold*
>> have been made in public, before the cameras of the evening news.
>
>Should deals that affect the entire country be negotiated behind closed
>doors or openly for everyone to hear?
Behind closed doors.
Care to name the last major conflict that was resolved through a unilateral
press Conference timed to interrupt the evening news?
By your standards, I expect to see Barak and Arafat pre-empting Brokaw,
Rather, and Jennings in the same manner any day now.
>> Do you think that human beings are more or less likely to accept
>> deals under the lights of TV Cameras with millions of people watching?
>
>A good Presidential candidate should be able to handle that sort of
>pressure without breaking a sweat.
He'll handle the pressure, allright. The question is, would a
"compromise" get more fertile reception from Bush in a private phone call
or in the manner in which Gore delivered it. You are positively
delusional if you think the latter.
As the subject of this message implies, this had everything to do with PR
points and nothing at all to do with reaching a compromise.
JDG
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