Seth
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> From: Leslilake1 at aol.com[SMTP:Leslilake1 at aol.com]
> Reply To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:19 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Another recount
>
> It seems to me this is the third media-sponsored recount I've read about.
>
> The first, if I'm remembering correctly, proved Bush won. The second,
> that
> Gore did. This one, Bush again. In my more paranoid moments I can't help
>
> but think that these sorts of confusing/contradictory announcements are
> made
> with the deliberate intention to confuse people so thoroughly that they
> won't
> have the confidence to do anything other than shrug and say, "Well, what
> can
> you do?" Which I hear on an almost daily basis about one thing or another
>
> lately....
>
>
> BUSH WINS MASSIVE HERALD RECOUNT
>
> Source: KNIGHT RIDDER
> Posted on 04/03/2001 16:55:16 PDT by guise
>
>
> MIAMI - President Bush's victory in Florida, which gave him the White
> House, almost certainly would have endured even if a manual ballot
> recount stopped by the U.S. Supreme Court had been allowed to go
> forward. In fact, a comprehensive review of 64,248 ballots in all 67
> Florida counties by The Miami Herald; its parent company, Knight Ridder;
> and USA Today found that the 537-vote margin of Bush, a Republican,
> would have increased to 1,665 votes under the counting standards
> advocated by supporters of Democrat Al Gore.
>