Excerpt: "If all the ballots had been reviewed under any of seven single standards, and combined with the results of an examination of overvotes, Mr. Gore would have won, by a very narrow margin."
The Supreme Court did hand the presidential election to George W. Bush. (photo: Rolling Stone Magazine)
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Maybe the Supreme Court is the greatest
force for evil we now deal with.
There are other forces of evil for sure, but in the "old days" the Supreme Court really stabilized our government.
K. Harris & J. Bush cooked up a caging list of felons names (felons in Florida are not allowed to vote)in Broward County, which is predominately black. Every person who had the same last name as a felon - whether or not the first name or the initial matched - was on that list. Approximately 57,000 legally registered voters were kept from voting in the 2000 election. Oh!...did I forget to mention, MOST of those on the caging list were Democrats!
This information came out, but only on the Internet(thanks to Greg Palast, who wrote a book detailing all the facts), BEFORE the SC made its decision to stop the vote count. I believe this info hurried their decision - before it got to the main stream media(they didn't have to worry, it was only reported in Great Britain).
I believe this decision made traitors of 5 members of the court since ,in essence, they picked a winner in a presidential election...whic h, per our constitution, they are not allowed to do!
SO MUCH FOR SEPARATION OF POWERS!
(Must reads by G. Palast: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, and Armed Madhouse)
Voter ID does exist, but they want 'special' voter ID that usually costs money to document, and affects more poor than anyone else.
Instituting a voter ID card is analagous to going camping and lighting every match in the book to make sure there's no dud in there.
Hi Barbara, that makes so much sense, but the GOP are trying to stop people from voting democratic, they really dont want a solution, they want to win. Even if its crookedly, they are so transparent. No one believes they are really fighting voter fraud except for possibly the Fox News brainwashed sheeple.
That was a great solution Barbara.
Quoting Cassandra2012:
Whites are a minority in Broward County according to official statistics
Yeah, that was essentially Scalia's position when confronted with his bad decision ...said 'forgetabout it!!' Scalia is one of the worst justices we have had to dne4dure (except for his muindless, and apparently unethical acolyte, Thomas) Maybe Roberts' decision was motivated by a desire to clip Scalia's out-of-control wings???
What most baffled me was Tennessee and Vanderbilt University.
Gore loved both, and his election would have been a huge bonus to both. But, to my amazement, most people I knew at Vanderbilt voted against him--because they were what I call "birth Republicans", ie "my daddy was a Republican, so..." I was put on the crap list by many there, including those I considered good friends who I had helped get jobs, etc.
The past 12 years have left many of us baffled--it is as if the very fabric of our nation was intentionally ripped, and many, many here continue to celebrate the resulting fear and hatred.
The Supreme Court would have served it's purpose best by not deciding who won Florida.
I would never use the term "rallying" to describe the gun to the head methods the BuCheneysh thugs used to demonize any attempt at dialog over which path the country should follow to bring justice to the perpetrators of 911 and to prevent any attempt to treat the history of US-MidEast as having started before the morning of the World Trade Center tragedy.
No one needs to steal our votes - we just had a primary here in CA. I live in a rural county. Only a third of those registered bothered to vote. Because of that dismal turnout 2 of some the most crappy County Supervisors 'er elected were returned to their seats by getting less than two thirds of the measely one third of the entire elible voting pool that bothered to vote. They are stealing candy from a baby. insert frowny faced icon here
The Supreme Court did not make George Bush the president, it only prevented the rightful winner, Al Gore, from claiming victory. And the Bush v. Gore decision didn't guarantee Bush would prevail.
Congress made Bush the president.
Congress has the duty to count the votes in the Electoral College and declare the winner. The Court decision didn't apply to Congress, therefore it could have refused to accept Florida's vote totals until a complete and honest recount had been conducted and let the Court know who was really in charge.
Because Congress was controlled by Republicans at the time, there was no way that party was going to stand up in defense of decency and fairness on a matter as important as who would be president.
Let's put the blame where it belongs; on the anti-democracy Republican Party.
Politics is dirty and greedy. You get what you pay for. We need a new voting system where no one can run or campaign or nominate, and ballots are secret. But that is like telling a cyclops 'you need two eyes', or like telling a poisonous rattlesnake, "I'm so sorry, but I'm going to have to cut off your head now. You are, after all, a poisonous rattlesnake."
Sorry, but you get what THEY pay for.
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We deserve it because we think "responsible action" = peaceful action or inaction and trumps every thing. Better to look be peaceful and look peaceful than to stand up on your hind legs and crack some f**king heads. Hey, but guess what? You can always be a martyr and say "I told you so." Thanks Gandhi. Thanks Jesus.
The question is, will the wealthy of nobles oblige take action? Or have they been neutered. Or worse yet, won over?
When I hear stories about groups of characters standing around the polling places with the intent of intimidating poor folk or colored folk or whatever, to keep them from voting, well, I can't think of a better opportunity for a little "push back." And I don't mean suing after the fact.
Go ahead and give me the thumbs down. I don't give a shit. I own it. That's the difference.
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