What is interesting is that I think most people who voted for Bush would
also think it is no coinicidence, but most probably not for the same reason
the Gore voters think it is.
A really good crook does not make their chicanery so obvious. A really
expert crook sets it up to look like the other guy did it.
As for question no. 4, I don't see why it qualifies as suspicious - Bush did
win - 3 times now.
Sorry, but you posed the questions.
Kakki
> And: here is a little something from the Janis Joplin list.
>
> For those whom think
>
> Coincidences? You decide
>
> 1. Is it a coincidence that the only state in which this election crisis
happened is the one governed by Bush's brother?
>
> 2. Is it a coincidence that the exit polls called the election
> correctly everywhere in the country -- except for Florida?
>
> 3. Is it a coincidence that shortly after Florida was called for
> Gore, Bush made an urgent call to his brother the governor, and shortly
thereafter the call for Gore was recalled by all networks?
>
> 4. Is it a coincidence that soon thereafter the election was
> incorrectly called for Bush by his own cousin at Fox (creating the lasting
myth that Bush won)?
>
> 5. Is it a coincidence that all pre-election polls had Gore leading in
Florida the night of Nov. 6 -- a lead that mysteriously evaporated by next
day?
>
> 6. Is it a coincidence that the votes lost by Gore in various
> "irregularities" in Florida could well account for just that missing lead?
>
> 7. Is it a coincidence that pre-election polls (e.g. Zogby/Reuters)
correctly called all states except for Florida?
>
> 8. Is it a coincidence that conservative counties used high-accuracy
Optical Scan systems while heavily Democratic counties used antiquated
punch-cards?
>
> 9. Is it a coincidence that the Miami-Dade Canvassing Board decided to
> abruptly stop the hand count after mobs of Republicans paid for
> by Bush and other GOP campaigns stormed their building?
>
> 10. Is it a coincidence that prior to certifying the election, the
> Florida Secretary of State chose to toss out hand-counts in
> Democratic counties (Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Nassau) but accepted
> 418 hand-counted votes for Bush from heavily Republican counties
> (Franklin, Hamilton, Taylor, Washington, Lafayette and Seminole)?
>
> 11. Is it a coincidence that the aforementioned Secretary of State
> is a Bush family friend, delegate, and Florida Bush campaign chair?
>
> 12. Is it a coincidence that with her deciding which votes count and
> which o not, Bush managed to hold onto just enough of a lead for
> her to certify the election?
>
> 3. Is it a coincidence that the official willing to sign
> legislation to appoint a Republican slate of electors, and overrule the
> will of
> the people, is Bush's brother?
>
> 14. Is it a coincidence that prior to the election -- when Bush was
> eading in the polls -- the national "liberal" media was awash in
> stories of a possible popular-electoral vote split, but largely ignored
> this historic occurrence after Gore, not Bush, won the popular vote?
>
> 15. And is it a coincidence that the anointed Republican standard-bearer
> just happens to be the son of a former President and head of the CIA?
