Most likely the deal that Tom Daschle did with Trent Lott to do a
"Historic Compromise" national unity gov't. kinda thing. The battle is gfar
from over, looks like the Ashcroft and Chavez nominations are gonna be voted
against by so far Leahy and Kerry from Massachusetts. For a window on how
riled up the Right-Wing is by the deal that Trent did see this in
freeperland.  http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a5533b846b3.htm Became
aware of this thread there from a posting on a wild list, Paranoid Times.
Though I do visit www.freerepublic.com on a regular basis to see how and
what the enemy is up to. All lefties should get out of their bubbles more
often. (Like the left lists  consumed with stuff only hard core, long term
lefties can understand the jargon.)

         Michael Pugliese, not that I might be one of them insular lefties
myself, 'ya hear ;-)

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Beware of Trent Lott, the Illuminist Freemason!


Byron
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Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 11:09 PM
Subject: [ParanoidTimes] Black Thursday (Hastert, Lott screw
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> http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a5533b846b3.htm
>
> Black Thursday (Hastert, Lott screw conservatives)
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-----Original Message-----
From: F. Leon Wilson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, January 08, 2001 12:06 PM
Subject: [CHOMSKY] Life in the American Banana Republic


>CHOMSKY Subscribers:
>
>We have touched on this issue, however why was it so difficult to get one
>(1) Senator to signoff on the challenge to the Florida vote?
>
>Isn't Joseph Lieberman a Senator?
>
>Comments on the artical below?
>
>F. Leon
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 07:37:54 EST
>From: [log in to unmask]
>
>From the Black World Today: <http://www.tbwt.com>
>---------------------------------------------------
>
>Jan. 05, 2000
>
>Dear Editors,
>
>Florida Suffrage And Legal Sham
><http://www.tbwt.com/site/letters.asp>
>
>
>What the world & United States citizens witnessed last month in Florida
>was no illusion. A domestic coup d' e-tat unfolded right in our face. It
>started from the initial announcement that Al Gore had won Florida, around
>7:50 p.m., 11-7-00. The announcement was made by exit poll experts who
>have a long history of accurately predicting elections: They did not know
>however, that over 185,000 cast ballots would be discarded throughout
>Florida. Including 27,000 in Duval County of which 40% were from African
>American districts.
>
>They did not know that over 19,000 cast ballots would be discarded in Palm
>Beach County due to the infamous "Butterfly" ballot, not including an
>additional 3,000 that were mistakenly cast for Pat Buchanan. They did not
>know that Reverend Clyde Judson of the Good News Little River Missionary
>Church in Miami, would have to call the Police, before his 1,400 African
>American cast ballots were picked up 4 days after the election. They did
>not know that 2 abrupt hand counts would occur & ballots slightly showing
>the voters intent would not be counted. They did not know that of the over
>185,000 discarded ballots, over 80% would be from African American
>communities, according to Reverend Jesse Jackson. They did not know that
>10,500 ballots from the Miami-Dade Democratic stronghold would not be
>counted. And certainly they did not know that the US Supreme Court would
>be called on 2 occasions by George Bush to stop recounts which ultimately
>resulted in Bush's favor thus saving him & the country from further
>embarrassment.
>
>Moreover, Judge Nikki Clark admitted that the 1998 Florida Election Law
>was broken when Republican operatives were allowed to alter absentee
>ballot request in Seminole County. The same crime happened in Martins
>County.
>
>Regardless, the altered ballots were not discarded and no one went to
>jail. Meanwhile, all over the US jails are filled with a disproportionate
>number of first offense inmates doing time for victimless crimes.
>Doctoring absentee ballot request are very serious & are not victimless
>crimes. If Judge Clark is as lenient with victimless crime defendants that
>come before her, as she was with those Republican operatives, her decision
>is at least consistent. If not, she contributed to the coup by letting the
>Republican operatives get away.
>
>Kweisi Mfume, NAACP President, held hearings which also revealed that
>hundreds of college students from Florida A&M & Bethune Cookman were not
>allowed to vote. Hundreds of other African Americans were illegally purged
>from the eligible voting list. These & other voting irregularities were
>reported to the US Justice department during & after the election.
>
>But according to Jesse, the US Justice Department failed to do its job.
>Jesse said that "There are counties in Florida under the protection of the
>1965 Voting Rights Act. The Department fought diligently for Elian. But it
>did very little for disenfranchised voters."
>
>The Newsweek magazine recently reported that Supreme Court Justice Sandra
>O'Connor was visibly upset when it was announced that Gore had won
>Florida. She had planned to retire & move back to Arizona, but said that
>she could not retire and allow Gore to appoint a Democrat. The wife of
>Justice Clarence Thomas & the sons of Justice Scalia all worked for the
>Republican Party. In spite of their conflict of interest, they voted to
>stop the recount rather than recusing themselves. As a result, their votes
>were politically biased, weakening the credibility of the US Supreme Court
>& the legitimacy of Bush's election.
>
>I put my life on the line during the Vietnam era like other veterans. Many
>others lost their lives fighting for Democracy in foreign countries.
>However, after what we witnessed in Florida during the past election, we
>need not look no further than our own borders to see how Democracy needs
>to be respected & fought for. When the US Supreme Court awarded the
>Presidency to Bush, it disrespected all who risked & gave their lives for
>Democracy. In addition, "Fighting for every American vote to count is an
>act of patriotism as great as any soldier who ever fought on a foreign
>battlefield for Democracy," according to Jesse. And according to Supreme
>Court Justice Stevens, we will never know who really won the election
>until we count all of the votes. Jesse said that the Bush Presidency has
>legal merit based on the Supreme Court & Congress. But Bush's legitimacy
>is questioned because that can only be determined in a Democracy by the
>voters, when all of the votes are counted. Bush lost the popular vote by
>over 500,000 votes. He only won Florida because the US Supreme Court
>stopped the recount, thereby disenfranchising the will of thousands of
>voters.
>
>It is important to note moreover, that the recount that is being done by
>the major news firms may reveal that the loser won & the winner lost,
>according to Jesse. Meanwhile, don't be surprised by the Bush camp's
>attempt to even stop this recount. And don't be fooled when Bush says that
>"I trust the people." In essence, during the 2000 Presidential election,
>Florida violated the 1965 Voting Right Act & the US Supreme Court rendered
>a legal sham in crowning the wrong man as the 43rd President of the US.
>
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