Oh, ERD that hardly qualifies for lowering the discourse, how about the propagandists' Russ/Sean/Ann/Bill posing as journalists. That's what I mean and the Bush henchmen going around with their talking points demonizing their opponents and repeating the same lies over and over again just like Joe Goebbels who I quote -
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
. I think finally the chickens are coming home to roost.... I know Gore lost based on the electoral vote - Bush won Florida by 537 votes and thus got the electoral votes to push him over - remember the month long controversy...the African-Americans that were prevented from voting, the chads, the screwed-up ballots, the secretary of state Katherine Harris (There were allegations of
conflicts of interest and partisan, unethical behavior by Katherine Harris during the 2000 campaign. Harris had been named as Bush's Florida campaign co-chair the year before. In addition, by Harris' decree,
ChoicePoint — a private firm — was hired prior to the election to identify and remove thousands of names from the state voters list on the condition that these people were convicted felons. Many of these would-be voters were turned away at the polls or even prior to reaching the polling places. It would later be discovered that approximately 97% of the people removed from the list — and thus denied the right to vote in the election — were not felons at all. The majority of these voters were
African-American, and as African-Americans predominantly vote Democratic, the situation suggested foul play... In any case, the thousands of votes affected by Choicepoint's error were far in excess of the number of votes (537) by which George W. Bush won the state....Harris certified that the Republican candidate, then-Texas Governor
George W. Bush, had defeated the
Democratic candidate, Vice President
Al Gore, in the popular vote of Florida and thus certified the Republican slate of
electors. Her ruling was challenged and
overturned on appeal by Florida's Supreme Court; this decision, however, was itself reversed by the
U.S. Supreme Court in
Bush v. Gore. T
hat Court ruled (5-4) that Gore's request to extend Florida's statutory deadline for ballot re-counts had no merit, because no Florida law at the time provided for that option. This ruling nullified the state court's decision, upholding Harris' certification. The decision foreclosed any further court challenges by Gore and resulted in Bush's margin of victory in Florida being officially tallied at 537 votes. Therefore, Florida's electoral votes — and the Presidency — went to George W. Bush....the supreme court preventing a recount...I don't know what you mean by silver platter...I voted for Bush in 2000 and I'm sorry I did..I was lulled into thing it would be a competent administration with Colin Powell & Candi Rice involved..... I'm not a Democrat but an Independent...but since this numbskull the only Republican I would vote for now is Chuck Hagel and he ain't running, so It will probably be a Democrat in 2008 for me. In hindsight, I wish Ralph Nader had stayed out of it and that Gore had won. I think we have a dangerous team in Bush & Cheney...dangerous for America...I hope we can carry on a higher discourse together...I'm not so sure marty is capable of it though
....how about it marty?
