[EM] Who did you say won?

Bart Ingles bartman at netgate.net
Mon Mar 3 21:28:36 PST 2003


That's about what I'd expect from a Gore supporter.  ;-)


"Narins, Josh" wrote:
> 
> Hrm.
> 
> I studied this particular issue.
> 
> Some people from Harvard applied Bayesian Ecological Inferences to the
> absentee ballots.
> 
> They report the fact that, according to the Office of the Florida Secretary
> of State, ON ELECTION DAY, Gore was ahead by 202 votes.
> So, at the moment it was called for Bush, Gore was ahead.
> 
> One note on those ballots, as related in the New York Times "longest story
> ever" (in column inches)
> The Republicans were using opposite arguments in different counties. In GOP
> strongholds they were arguing absentee ballots must be counted, in Gore
> strongholds, that they must be thrown away.  This is in the court
> transcripts.
> By the way, if examined at the State level, or in any pair of courts,
> really, that practice is illegal, in the sense that the whole line must be
> dismissed. (See New Hampshire and Maine fighting over the river between
> them, a change in the "how much is mine" by New Hampshire was totally
> ignored, because they had earlier claimed a different portion).
> I am not a laywer.
> 
> However, there is lots more.
> 
> Bush and Harris slashed the voter aide funds by half, gave RICH districts
> laptops in order to deal with voted problems.
> They gave poor districts BUSY PHONE NUMBERS.
> 
> How's that for a big FUCK YOU???
> 
> Or how about this peice of total horseshit?  In Texas they had a hand
> recount, but that's not good enough for Florida?
> 
> Howabout the _fact_ that the law in Florida was "intent of the voter" NOT
> "intent of the voter  IF it can be ascertained via a machine."
> 
> The facts are, if they had recounted the whole state, or the THOUSANDS of
> jewish gore voters in palm beach county were counted as they INTENDED to
> vote (the law in Florida, and there are plenty of overvotes to statistically
> _prove_ it happened) it was NO CONTEST.
> 
> BUSH IS A SHIT EATING MONKEY

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