You think they'd do that, but wouldn't explore the possibility of a lawsuit if the resutls were changed by mistaken votes and a possibly illegal ballot design in a heavily pro-Bush area?
Get real. The two parties are, in this and so many other ways, the same; they'd react the same way. It's a different world now from when Nixon ran. (By the way, a large part of Nixon's calculation, according to an article in the NYT today, was that he wasn't sure he'd win.)
--BD
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Cramer" <cramer at unix01.voicenet.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 6:18 AM Subject: RE: Voter Fraud, Warren Christopher etc.
: On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Christopher Susi wrote:
:
: > What does Bush being Gov of FL have to do with it? It only says to me that
: > the constituents have already shown they prefer right minded (pardon the
: > pun) reps over the dems. Geez, Gore lost in his own state. Maybe there
was
: > massive fraud there, no?
: >
: > And the Buchanon thing, come-on. That's the way the votes were layed out
in
: > many other areas. Perhaps we should have a nationwide re-election?
:
: [snip]
:
: Chris is braver than I, but I have to agree. The Dems have no shame, and
: are willing to do anything to get their candidate elected. Try to keep
: polls open in Dem districts, claim vote fraud by playing the racism card
: ('why would a Jew ever vote for Buchanan?'), and demand that people who
: marked two candidates get a 'second chance'.
:
: At least the Reps don't pretend to be things they aren't - you know you're
: getting a bunch of big business big money folks there. Apparently the
: Dems vision of a democracy is to hold elections until their candidate
: wins.
:
: Chris is right to call bullshit regarding if the tide were turned. Where
: were all those vehement Rep protests when Kennedy beat Nixon in '60 thanks
: to Mayor "The police are here to preserve disorder" Daley and his dead
: voters?
:
: The whining about the EC and the FL vote, AFTER the election, is pathetic.
: Only people like Chuck0, who recognize the system as corrupt BEFORE the
: election, and protest the system instead of voting, have any moral high
: ground.
:
:
: Matt
:
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: Matt Cramer <cramer at voicenet.com>
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: Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is
: force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful
: master. Never for a moment should it be left to
: irresponsible action.
: -George Washington
: