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gumby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:53 PM
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18. I disagree with everything.
First of all, I don't consider the Un-Constitutional actions by the Un-Supreme Court "silly semantics games."

IF the votes in Florida had been counted, GORE would be president. What the USSC did was unconstitutional and their action was against the "conservative" values that they have touted as forming their core principles. The USSC was part and parcel of the coup. I don't think you can separate the two.

The USSC was NOT the final authority. Democratic House members were trying to challenge the electors. Democratic Senators refused to join them.

It seems that you consider what happened in 2000 as some kind of "other side" equation: well, everybody does it; and well, liberals use the court too. Using the 'other side' as an argument is questionable and has little vallidity.

Furthermore, for me, 2000 demonstrated that the American system is dramatically broken. 2004 demonstrated that it is broken beyond repair.

The many, many people who worked to ensure a "clean election" were mowed over by the Coupsters as surely as they will be in the future.

The evidence of disenfranchisement in minority communities is overwhelming. The circumstantial evidence of country-wide machine fraud is very strong. You will never see this evidence proven in court because any evidence will never get that far..... the partisan court will prevent it.

Finally, recognizing the death of democracy is not whining.
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