Gore Won Florida by 29,756 votes

[Nathan Newman]

Actually, a good way to read it beyond the media not liking a legitimation
crisis is that it also fits their present storyline-  Dems in disarray
because of Clinton, while Bush riding high.  The consortium count is due I
think in April which may be just in time for the media, looking for a new
turn in the storyline, to use it as part of "policy woes undermine Bush,
hearten Dems" storyline. Bill will probably be starring in a jazz quartet at
the Apollo by then as well.

=-- Nathan Newman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Gore Won Florida by 29,756 votes

Nathan Newman wrote:


>It is actually interesting that the national media is trumpeting the
limited
>Miami Herald recount, which goes against Gore, but has been very quiet
about
>the county-by-county recounts that have shown massive gains for Gore across
>the state.

Well, the bourgeois media doesn't want a legitimation crisis, does
it? I do, but then I'm not part of the bourgeois media, my love for
Madonna to the contrary.

But the big media consortium recount isn't done yet, is it? If it
does end up showing that AG won Florida, how the hell are they going
to report it without reviving the legit crisis they've been trying to
snuff for the last copule of months. Will they just repeat Apple's
law - that legitimation comes not from votes but from being
accompanied by Hail to the Chief (which W doesn't like, right?)?

Doug