-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 1/3/01 3:48:02 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have read that very same worn out account of the "riot" until I could gag. > I watched it on TV replayed over and over ad nauseum, to. The committee > said it had NOTHING to do with their decision to stop counting. Period. No > matter how badly you want that to be the reason, it was not. http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a1dfb651577.htm Source: New York Times Published: Friday, November 24, 2000 Author: By DEXTER FILKINS and DANA CANEDY exerpts One nonpartisan member of the board, David Leahy, the supervisor of elections, said after the vote that the protests were one factor that he had weighed in his decision. "This was perceived as not being an open and fair process," Mr. Leahy said. "That weighed heavy on our minds." --------- The subsequent demonstrations turned violent on Wednesday after the canvassers had decided to close the recount to the public. Joe Geller, chairman of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party, was escorted to safety by the police after a crowd chased him down and accused him of stealing a ballot. Upstairs in the Clark center, several people were trampled, punched or kicked when protesters tried to rush the doors outside the office of the Miami-Dade supervisor of elections. Sheriff's deputies restored order. When the ruckus was over, the protesters had what they had wanted: a unanimous vote by the board to call off the hand counting. --------- "One hour they're telling us they're going to get it done," Luis Rosero, a Democratic aide, said of the canvassers, and "the next minute there were two riot situations and a crowd massing out in front. This was deliberate." Mr. Rosero said he had been punched and kicked by Republican supporters outside Mr. Leahy's office. -------- > NOTHING to do with the riot > which was mostly reporters and not even Republicans. http://miamiherald.com/ Published Wednesday, November 29, 2000, in the Miami Herald CARL HIAASEN Rioting by GOP tourists exerpt Among the screamers who showed up in Miami last week to get their beet-faced mugs on TV were Thomas Pyle, an aide to the House Republican Majority Whip Tom DeLay; Michael Murphy, who works on a DeLay fund-raising committee; Elizabeth Ross, who is employed by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott; and Doug Heye, who works for Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Calif. These and scores of other zealous young Republicans working on Capitol Hill were given time off, free plane tickets and meal money to come to Florida and raise a little hell at Thanksgiving. According to The Wall Street Journal, they even got invitations to a holiday party in Fort Lauderdale, where they were serenaded by Wayne Newton. -------- Protest or Provocation? By Peter Slevin and Sue Anne Pressley Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, November 28, 2000; Page A01 exerpt Rep. Carrie P. Meek (D-Fla.) saw things differently. She watched the melee on television and rushed to the scene. She said two people carrying Bush-Cheney signs pursued her into the building, taunting her every step of the way. "I've been through threatening situations, but this was the worst I've seen in a long time," Meek said today. "Anybody supporting Gore, they wouldn't let speak. They looked very hostile and they sounded very hostile and it didn't make any difference what I had to say. They were trained to shout people down." ------ Samantha <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
