On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Harry Pollard wrote:
> This looks like Plan B.
Harry, my take on the prez elections is that the system is thoroughly
compromised from the get-go -- a collaborative work of the Dems and the
Repugs. This goes back to the selection of candidates and the funding of
campaigns and extends to media coverage and exclusion of third party
candidates from debates. It pertains to the LONG STANDING tradition of
obstructing minority voters, a tradition Bill Rehnquist
zealously participated in back in his poll watching days in Arizona.
If the Supremes had ruled the other way, they would have had to
cobble together an equally improbable tower of legal contradictions. The
Fla. supreme court rulings were no doubt loaded with legal contraditions
and leaps of logic as you relate -- AS WAS THE RULING by the Fla sec. of
state. The one clear fact is that there was enough ambiguity and confusion
right down the line to allow just about everybody in an official capacity
to serve their own partisan interests. "Rule of law"? MY FOOT!
Tom Walker
Sandwichman and Deconsultant
Bowen Island
(604) 947-2213
