Politics!

[Dave Doremus]

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>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:
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>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)

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>Evidence is mounting by the hour that these regulations are
>being used by
>the Bush camp to hide behind, and rather ungracefully.
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>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.
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>Rick Shenkman
>Managing Editor
>TomPaine.com
>historians@tompaine.com
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-- 
Dave


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Dave Doremus RPT

New Orleans
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