Media is Bizarre on Bush-Gore Race

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Nathan Newman" <nathan at newman.org>
>
>The media is acting very strange with its not-so-subtle drumbeat for Gore 
>to
>concede the race.
>Oddly, Gore is ahead in the popular vote.
>He is ahead in the electoral college vote minus Florida.
>And he has basically won every court decision so far in Florida on the hand
>recounts.

Some bozo at the Financial Times, columnist Gerard Baker, trumpets this 
ludicrous election as a triumph for the concept of federalism in a column 
today entitled, "The salutary lesson of the Tallahassee tussle."  I thought 
I'd share my e-mail to him:

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Remick [mailto:cremick at rlmnet.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 12:04 PM
To: 'gbaker at ftwdc.com'
Subject: The salutary lesson of the Tallahassee tussle

Re your:  "If George W. Bush loses the popular vote and wins the electoral 
college, that too will be a blow for federalism."

Yes, a blow for federalism and a kick in the teeth for democracy.  Your 
praise for states' rights is mindless and meddlesome.  I suggest you confine 
your analytic abilities, such as they are, to the UK in the future.

Yours,

Carl Remick
New York City

BTW, I heard back from this guy awhile ago as follows:  "Your kind and 
temperate remarks are much appreciated."

LOL!

Carl

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