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Date:      Wed, 20 Dec 2000 13:19:48 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>
Cc:        <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Election (Was: CA Power Shortage)
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20001220131426.00baa830@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <NCBBLIEPOCNJOAEKBEAKEECNMJAA.davids@webmaster.com>
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20001220120244.04767ed0@localhost>

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At 12:30 PM 12/20/2000, David Schwartz wrote:

>        Actually, both candidates got significant contributions from both
>individuals and companies.

Bush was promoted as a candidate in the first place, and then ushered
to an overwhelming primary victory over McCain, by large corporations --
most especially Big Oil. McCain did not receive the same support.

>        I'm sure that being a fair-minded person, you would put the Florida Supreme
>Court's decision to prevent the election results from being certified in the
>same category. 

No, I wouldn't. They were not acting in a partisan manner; if anything, they 
were trying to forestall a partisan effort to squelch the voice of the people.
This is admirable. 

Remember, the Florida Secretary of State was Bush's Florida campaign manager. 
And since Florida will shortly be eliminating the office, there is already
talk within the Republican party of "rewarding" her for her sabotage of the 
voting process.

>Remember, not only did nobody ask them to issue the
>restraining order, but they had no power to do so.

They did have power to do so. The Secretary of State violated the law.

--Brett Glass



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