The technique was used early after it was clear that Bush had lost the
vote-his henchmen accused, of all things, the Dems of 'stealing the
election'  --this procedure is supposed to make it difficult for the Dems.
to properly object to that act on the part of the reactionaries.
w
>
> In a message dated 12/18/00 12:49:56 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > I would be very surprised if anyone on this message board, and any sane
> >  person in fact, agreed with you. The arguement that the Democrats were
> >  somehow trying to steal the election, and that the Republicans are the
> >  'good-guys' in this situation is quite laughable.
> >
> >  You have obviously not been paying attention to the coverage, otherwise you
> >  could not have missed the fact that the 'recounts' requested by the
> >  Democrats were aimed at votes that were NEVER counted at all! In any of the
> >  recounts!
> >
> >  Wake up and check your facts before making wide-reaching statements
>
>    I am not sure how you come to the interpretation that I hold the
> Republicans up as "good guys", but it is obvious that your difficulty is with
> the word "count".  Your response is evidence of the effectiveness of the Gore
> spin.  All the ballots were counted twice by machine.  Those that were
> properly executed were recorded as votes.  There is a difference between
> counting and "divining a voter's intent".
> Yours,
> Issodhos
> p.s. Your first sentence implies that there is a distinction between those
> who make up this list and those who are sane.  I could be convinced of
> this!:-)
>