<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>RE: Politics!</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite>I was on the internet looking for stuff in connection with Glenn's post even<br> though I should know I have to look no further than Rush Limbaugh for the</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>truth,</blockquote> <div><br> <br> </div> <div>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.</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>THE STAFF OF TOMPAINE.COM have published the following article:<br> <br> SO GORE SHOULD CONCEDE?<br> <br> November 9, 2000 - The Republicans have insisted that Al Gore should<br> gracefully concede defeat and allow the nation to move on.<br> <br> That's certainly one way of looking at things.  But why is the<br> burden on<br> Gore?  Just as good a case can be made that Bush is the one who should<br> gracefully concede defeat.<br> <br> Here's how the case could be argued.  While a recount may well<br> give Bush<br> more votes in Florida than Gore, an abundance of evidence has<br> surfaced in<br> the last thirty-six hours to suggest that Gore actually was the candidate<br> Floridians thought they were voting into office.<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><u>A reverse of logic is required to believe that democracy is<br> honored by<br> ignoring the will of the people in deference to a strict<br> adherence to<br> municipal regulations regarding the punching of small holes in a<br> slip of</u></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><u>paper.  To follow such a course is to mistake the form of<br> democracy with the</u></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><u>actual thing.</u>   (my emphasis)</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>(snip)<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Evidence is mounting by the hour that these regulations are<br> being used by</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>the Bush camp to hide behind, and rather ungracefully.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br> If Bush ends up winning the Florida recount, and if<br> investigators find truth<br> to the allegations, that will mean that Bush -- having lost the popular<br> vote -- will have a dubious mandate, based on questionable<br> election results<br> in a state where his brother is governor.  That sounds too<br> Yugoslavian to be<br> from the nation that sees itself as the pillar of the free world.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Rick Shenkman<br> Managing Editor<br> TomPaine.com<br> historians@tompaine.com</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br>  </blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>-- <br> Dave <br> <br> <br> -----------------------------<br> Dave Doremus RPT<br> <br> New Orleans<br> ------------------------------</div> </body> </html>