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You didn't hear of Ms. Harris and her role in removing legitimate voters from the voting roles?:

For Harris, Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his brother, the Texas blacklist was a mistake made in Heaven. Most of those targeted to have their names 'scrubbed' from the voter roles were African-Americans, Hispanics and poor white folk, likely voters for Vice-President Gore. We don't know how many voters lost their citizenship rights before the error was discovered by a few sceptical county officials, before ChoicePoint, which has gamely 'fessed-up to the Texas-sized error, produced a new list of 58,000 felons. In May, Harris sent on the new, improved scrub sheets to the county election boards. Maybe it's my bad attitude, but I thought it worthwhile to check out the new list. Sleuthing around county offices with a team of researchers from internet newspaper Salon.com, we discovered that the 'correct' list wasn't so correct.
http://www.commondreams.org/views/121000-106.htm

You didn't hear of at least three of the SCOTUS justices who saw a Gore win as determintal to their future plans or the plans of members of their families?

Sandra didn't want to retire under a Democratic administration:
As I reported on Dec. 11, O'Connor was visibly upset -- indeed furious -- when on Election Night, Nov. 7, the networks predicted that Gore would take Florida.

"This is terrible," she said, as the announcement came from the television in the basement den of former Ambassador Walter Stoessel's widow's Washington home.

When O'Connor angrily left to get her dinner from the buffet table upstairs, O'Connor's husband John explained that she was upset because the couple wanted to retire to Arizona, but that his wife would never vacate her seat if Gore won. She would remain on the court to deny Gore the opportunity of replacing her.
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2001/010701a.html

Clarence's wife had an interest in Bush winning:
The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said today that she was working at a conservative research group gathering résumés for appointments in a possible Bush administration but that she saw no conflict between her job and her husband's deliberations on a case that could decide the presidency.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/121200-02.htm

Tony's sons:
Conflict of interest: U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia both had substantial conflicts of interest in this case and probably should have recused themselves. Thomas' wife works for the conservative Heritage Foundation vetting applicants for a Bush administration. Two of Scalia's sons are attorneys with firms that represented Bush. Without even one of those two votes, the election-deciding stay of the recount would not have been issued, and the ultimate decision would have gone Gore's way as well.
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/122100/opi_guestcolumn.shtml

These are only a few of the truths that surround the Election2000 debacle. For example, the unworkable timetable set by the FL Sec. of State for counting the ballots (what state office is open on 5pm on a Sunday?), or the mobs sent in to stop the recounts (where was the law enforcement?)

I have yet to read Greg Palast's book, or any of the others that go into detail regarding the coup, but intend to do so soon. I have though read his articles as well as the work of others who have taken a investigative look at the shenanigans of sElection2000. I suggest you do the same, and you won't have to ask those of us who have reading/listening/watching news sources other than the corporate media whores since this theft of democracy began to "please support your position from all angles." Sounds like some fucking essay question from a final exam!

The information is there; you find it.

On Edit: This response was to post No. 13, not No. 22. Sorry for the mixup.

On 2nd Edit: Wait, this response IS to No. 13. Sorry for the confusion.