Yael Harlap wrote the most wise thing:
> AAnd - NOTE: I am neither a Bush nor a Gore supporter - I think it is
> totally unbelievable that Bush supporters and the Bush camp are willing to
> forego the political representations of 20,000 voters for their own
> political convenience. Mistakes always happen in an election, and it would
> be lovely if we could a) prevent them and b) amend them, but usually we
> don't know what the mistakes are. Here we know that a large number of votes
> were in error, and we know why. The 3000+ votes for Buchanan make a very
> very strong case, statistically speaking (http://madison.hss.cmu.edu/ for
> stats analyses on this issue, explained for lay people). If we KNOW that a
> large number of votes are in error, isn't the onus on us as a country to do
> something about it? No matter how moronic onemight think those Floridians
> were for fucking up their ballots after those ballots were available for
> viewing prior to the election, does that mean they don't deserve political
> representation?
>
> And we have the gall to call this a democracy.
>
> -
As I write this, CNN is announcing that Bush is planning to sue to stop
recounts. That is the stupidist political move he can make. If he embraces
democracy, he should welcome all recounts. That he wants to have an injunction
against recounts seems to indicate that he and the governor of Florida, his
brother, might know something they don't want us to find out. Embrace the
recounts and get them done accurately and fairly, revote in the one county that
needs it. People with nothing to hide or fear don't seek these types of
injunctions.
(the Rev) Vince
