---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment >I was on the internet looking for stuff in connection with Glenn's post even >though I should know I have to look no further than Rush Limbaugh for the >truth, You must be joking <g>. I dont think anyone but the lunatic fringe can call the authors of this piece radical leftists, they are generally anti-establishment and pro-freedom, and where they come out logically is where you would expect the so-called freedom loving republicans to be, on the side of the individual whose voice is being surpressed by the all powerful state. Amazing how convictions easily accomodate personal gain. >THE STAFF OF TOMPAINE.COM have published the following article: > >SO GORE SHOULD CONCEDE? > >November 9, 2000 - The Republicans have insisted that Al Gore should >gracefully concede defeat and allow the nation to move on. > >That's certainly one way of looking at things. But why is the >burden on >Gore? Just as good a case can be made that Bush is the one who should >gracefully concede defeat. > >Here's how the case could be argued. While a recount may well >give Bush >more votes in Florida than Gore, an abundance of evidence has >surfaced in >the last thirty-six hours to suggest that Gore actually was the candidate >Floridians thought they were voting into office. > >A reverse of logic is required to believe that democracy is >honored by >ignoring the will of the people in deference to a strict >adherence to >municipal regulations regarding the punching of small holes in a >slip of >paper. To follow such a course is to mistake the form of >democracy with the >actual thing. (my emphasis) (snip) >Evidence is mounting by the hour that these regulations are >being used by >the Bush camp to hide behind, and rather ungracefully. > >If Bush ends up winning the Florida recount, and if >investigators find truth >to the allegations, that will mean that Bush -- having lost the popular >vote -- will have a dubious mandate, based on questionable >election results >in a state where his brother is governor. That sounds too >Yugoslavian to be >from the nation that sees itself as the pillar of the free world. > > > > > > > > >Rick Shenkman >Managing Editor >TomPaine.com >historians@tompaine.com > > -- Dave ----------------------------- Dave Doremus RPT New Orleans ------------------------------ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4c/8b/94/60/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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