Somebody please respond to this LTTE!

[Hello_Kitty]

A couple weeks ago there was a letter in the East Valley Tribune (Arizona) where a freeper was carping about "whining Liberals running to the courts to overturn valid elections" and then something along the lines about how said whiners should just go to China or Cuba since we don't like Murka's freedom and glorious electoral system.

So I fired back a snappy little response that perhaps President Bush should join in that exodus out of the U.S. since it was he who sued to have the recount stopped, resulting in the Supreme Court decision that awarded him the presidency. I ended with the comment "The case was called Bush v Gore, was it not?". The letter is no longer available but that is pretty much the exact wording of it. I wrote it because it seems a lot of folks believe that it was Gore who initiated all the legal challenges b/c he just couldn't handle losing and you know, that's how them trial attorney-law suit lovin' libruls are....

The following letter was printed today:

Writer's memory of 2000 selective

Donna Gratehouse (Dec. 8) has a short and selective memory.
It was Vice President Al Gore who filed the first lawsuit in Florida in 2000, not then-Gov. George W. Bush. The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court because Gore's suit ended up in the Florida high court (100% Democratic appointees) where Bush was denied his constitutional rights.
The U.S. Supreme Court justices said exactly that by an overwhelming 7-2 vote - two Democratic appointees included. The case was called Bush v. Gore because Bush was the first to file in federal court to protect his rights.

Paul J. Kelley
Tempe

What an ASSHOLE!! I never stated or even suggested that Bush was the only one to initiate legal proceedings. I also didn't personally insult the guy who wrote the initial letter. I simply pointed out that Bush sued to those who believe that their almighty conservative leaders are above such things. Also, not too misleading with that 7-2 vote comment. Yeah, the justices voted 7-2 that the differing recount standards were unconstitutional but the decision that disallowed a recount with uniform standards (which ultimately awarded the Presidency to Dimson) was 5 to goddamned 4! Right along the ideological lines of the majority Repuke appointee SCOTUS!!

The Tribune will only print one letter per month from the same person so if someone could please bitch slap this freeptard at mailto:[e-mail] I would really appreciate it. I am just spitting nails here at work right now!! "Short and selective memory" my ASS!!

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[pk_du]

1. Not only is the asshat wrong on that count BUT

is wasnt DimSon's "constitutional rights" at question...he doesnt have any in the constitution as a candidate....it was supposedly those of the voters ( yet , somehow Scalia and BINO managed to write opinion that essentially said the ongoing recounting was likely to affcet Dicwads pResidency so had to be stopped)

[MrBenchley]

2. Bush sued first...

"November 11, 2000
On a Saturday, the Bush campaign files a federal lawsuit in Miami (Siegel v. LePore) seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to halt all manual recounts."

http://usatoday.findlaw.com/election/election2000timeline.html

[gratuitous]

3. Contact the Tribune

Point out the errors in the response to your letter, and ask for a variance to their policy (which is nothing more than the whim of probably one person, nothing carved in stone) so that you can set the record straight.

That is, if the newspaper is interested in a fair presentation of the facts for its readers, a presumption that may not be warranted since they ran the error-plagued rebuttal.