There is no question, Gore won by over 420,000 votes.  The reactionaries
set up  a coup.
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> I find it very interesting that Americans are so shocked to find out their
> electoral system is a joke. 'The electoral collage': HA!
>
> As to the ballots, I am curious as to what those of you who think GWB
> 'stole' the election would offer as a remedy. It know that AG won the
> popular vote AND that if people knew how to but a hole in a piece of paper,
> he probably would have won Florida too. But, as much as I hate to admit it,
> GWB's lawyers are correct: you cann't change the rules of the vote after the
> fact. You cannot count ballots that are not filled out correctly (that means
> those where the 'chads' aren't punched all the way out).
>
> I hope that you don't think the Supreme Court should have considered the
> popular vote, or the fact that AG (as almost everyone knows) 'won' Florida
> in thier decision. That would indeed have been wrong.
>
> J.
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