2000
Presidential Election- "A Summary of Who Did What to Who, and Where We Are
Now"
or
"Were the Democrats the Innocent Victims They Claim to Be?"
SUMMARY
OF ELECTION 2000 ISSUES:
Florida was split Northern Counties (Republican)
and Southern Counties (Democrat). The Florida Legislature was
Republican-dominated and the Florida Supreme Court Democrat-dominated. The
Governor was Bush’s brother. The US Supreme Court was Republican-dominated,
5-4. Bush is criticized for not campaigning hard in Florida.
QUESTIONABLE
ACTIONS BY REPUBLICANS:
Barring
Felons from Voting (Claims of Disenfranchising Black Votes):
The
Republicans maneuvered before the election to bar felons from voting,
and did not request additional verification services, which resulted in
mistakes and which barred people at random, meaning Republicans, Independents,
and Democrats alike, and groups like the NAACP claim mostly blacks and
Democrats are felons. Then the list comes out with the names of the felons who
were not allowed to vote; there are roughly 24,000 whites, 22,000 blacks, and
only 63 Hispanics, among handfuls of others. (Now who's Law-abiding?)
Voter
Obstruction (Claim of Disenfranchising Black Voters):
NAACP points to a vehicle check point as an
example of obstructing Blacks from voting. Of the 13 drivers cited at the
checkpoint for equipment violations, eight were black and five were white. The
officers claim they picked the checkpoint at random. There are also claims of
polling places closing early, names not being on voting lists, and the like,
all of which would have affected voters of all persuasions, not just Blacks and
Democrats.
Absentee
Ballots Issue (Claim of Throwing Out Gore Votes):
There
were 25,000 absentee ballots. Democrats cried foul when Republican recounters
in two Northern Florida counties filled in information on Republican ballots
not related to the marked vote, such as voter ID number, while throwing out the
same type of ballots for Gore.
QUESTIONABLE
ACTIONS BY DEMOCRATS:
Discounting
Overseas Votes (Claims of Democrats Disenfranchising Military Votes):
The
Democrats maneuvered to disallow overseas military votes that had no postmark.
Meanwhile Democrats vote against polling places on military installations which
would make it easier for servicemen to vote. (Now when you hear Kerry say “I’ll
make sure every vote counts” you know he means only for certain Democratic
groups- author)
Gore’s
Delaying Strategy:
Gore’s strategy eventually became stalling
the entire Florida election process so as to go past the Dec. 12 deadline,
thereby nullify the 25 Florida electoral votes, and thus win the election.
Gore’s
Recount Circus:
Gore wanted and got recounts in 3 South
Florida counties (heavily Democratic), counties with a history of recount
fraud, and the liberal Florida Supreme Court allowed it. The liberal Court also
extended the deadline for this, Gore’s first recount, illegally changing the
Florida election rules during an election, to suit Gore.
The recount begen, with Democrat recounters
allegedly punching Gore votes in unmarked ballots during their recount, and
left the chads on the floor. After the ensuing uproar, they simple ate the
chads to hide the evidence, again allegedly. Bumps and dimples were also hotly
argued over.
Meanwhile Bush refrained from demanding
recounts in other Northern Republican Florida counties, and several other
States that had extremely close elections going for Gore. A few states conducted recounts according to
their rules, as did a few Northern Florida counties.
Gore lost again, and wanted another
recount. The liberal Florida Supreme Court allowed it again, AND extended the
deadline even further. The US
Supreme Court finally stepped in and put their foot down, vacating the Florida
Supreme Court’s decision.
Gore lost again, so he demanded an entire
Florida reelection, which could never have been achieved by the Florida
deadline to get their electoral votes in. The liberal Florida Supreme Court
allowed it, the Conservative US Supreme Court disallowed it. (in effect, the
Conservatives were preventing the Democrats from stealing the election).
Voter
Intent:
Democratic voters came forward and said
they mistakenly voted for Patrick Buchanan, when it was their ‘intent’ to vote
for Gore. Jesse Jackson goes to Florida to play this up.
Meanwhile second graders voted for their
favorite Disney characters using the same technology. There were no mistakes.
(In the lingo of the NAACP- the Republicans would ask, “Wat’s up wit dat?”)
Changing
Election Rules to Suit Gore:
The
liberal Florida Supreme Court gets a special place here for changing election
rules during an election to suit one party over another. (See ‘recounts’
above.)
Major
Media’s Premature “Calling” of the Florida Election
The major media was unabashedly and
blatantly pro-Gore and anti-Bush.
The major media also ‘called’ the Florida
election for Gore prematurely, by questioning exiting pollers (‘exit polls’),
hurting Bush’s popular vote, some say stealing it from Bush, as Republicans
around the nation going to vote turned around and went home after hearing it.
OTHER
ACTIONS:
The
Republican-Dominated Florida Legislature:
The Republican-dominated Florida State Legislature
convened to elect an alternate 25 delegates, as the Florida Constitution
dictated, if there was a possibility of no decision by Dec. 12, which would in
all practical purposes give the election to Bush. Bush meanwhile decided not to
pursue recounts in several other close states that still could go either way
with recounts.
Jeb
Bush and the US House of Representatives in Washington DC:
Bush's brother Jeb Bush, Governor of
Florida, sat on the sidelines, but could have hypothetically picked the
President in certain circumstances, The US House of Representatives in
Washington DC could have picked the President in other certain circumstances.
The House Majority Speaker also could have become President in certain
circumstances, none of which came to pass.
Strong-Arm
Tactics:
Jesse Jackson promised civil unrest in the
streets if Bush stole the election. Meanwhile outraged Conservative groups say
the same if Gore stole the election.
NAACP
Sees Money-Grab Opportunity and Takes It:
NAACP gets out-of-court settlement from
Florida (which includes Republican North and Democratic South counties) for a
voting irregularities suit it filed, and now makes bogus claim that it proves
only blacks were intentionally denied the right to vote.
Media
Coverage:
The major networks refused to air Bush’s
acceptance speech after winning, and instead aired Gore’s protest speech. The
major media has continued to be anti-Bush to this day.
Bush's motorcade in DC got one egg thrown
at it. Michael Moore played it up in Fahrenheit 9/11.
Conclusions:
So this is why they say “politics is
dirty”.
The Democrats are not by any stretch of the
imagination the innocent victims they claim to be, engaging in more than their
fair share of dirty politics.
Lawsuits flew on both sides.
The Florida courts made several arbitrary
decisions that were purely partisan, and the major media played it up for Gore.
After losing his bid for a third recount,
and seesaw battles over absentee and military ballots being decided in courts
(which could have thrown the election one way or the other), Bush was still
ahead. Gore calls for complete re-voting in his three Democratic counties. He
is denied in court. Gore finally conceded.
Both Republicans and Democrats engaged in
election tricks across the nation, the Democrats equally if not more so in
Florida.
Since then, liberals continue to make bogus claims that Bush stole the
election, a claim conservatives would equally have made had Gore won.
Clinton states on NPR's Fresh Air interview
"You say what you have to say, whether it's true or not.”
BASIS FOR
CONCLUSIONS:
2000
Presidential Election
By Steve
Miller / The Washington Times FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Nov. 2000 - More affidavits
have been filed in a federal lawsuit challenging hand counts of presidential
votes in three South Florida (*heavily Democratic) counties, with at least one
claiming ballot counters have been eating chads. "One of our guys observed
another guy licking his finger and putting chads in his mouth," said
George LeMieux, a Republican observer who is watching the hand count of 588,000
Broward County ballots. (*this means after punching a Gore vote in a ballot
with the President not marked, the recounter ate the resulting chad to get rid
of the evidence- author).
2000
Presidential Election
By Frank
J. Murray / The Washington Times FORT MYERS, Fla. Nov. 2000 - Vice President Al
Gore appears to have staked the presidency and his future political career on
today's all-or-nothing legal strategy of attacking Florida's state government
and its lower courts. His legal briefs to Florida's seven Supreme Court
justices - each of whom reached the court with backing by Democratic governors
2000
Presidential Election
By David
Royse / The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Nov. 2000 -- Al Gore needs the dimples.
With Gore trailing George W. Bush by 930 votes, Democrats are pressuring
election officials in three South Florida counties to count "dimpled"
chad ballots as valid votes. Dimpled ballots are those on which a punch card
has a bump, as if someone meant or tried to punch out the perforation to
indicate their choice for president.
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Presidential Election
Nov. 2000
When vote counters arrived Friday in heavily Republican Duval County, five
lawyers from the Al Gore camp stood poised to contest virtually every military
ballot waiting to be opened. "The big story here is this was a systematic,
heavy-handed effort by the Democrats to eliminate absentee military
ballots,"
2000
Presidential Election
Nov. 2000
The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) - Republicans accused the Miami-Dade County
canvassing board of ``manufacturing'' votes for Democrat Al Gore as the hand
recount of 654,000 presidential ballots began Monday. Going beyond earlier
allegations that the hand-counting process was unfair or subject to tampering,
Republicans said Monday the operation was ``rigged.''
2000
Presidential Election
Nov. 2000
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (UPI) - The state attorney's office in Democrat-dominated
Pinellas County was investigating the handling of nearly 2,000 ballots on
election night. Bedinghaus was referring to what he said were questions raised
by Deborah Clark, the county's supervisor of elections. Bedinghaus said Clark
told him that she had no idea which of her department's employees counted 600
votes twice.
Bedinghaus
also said Clark had no explanation why 1,326 were not counted at all.
2000
Presidential Election
Nov. 2000
The Republicans were sorely disappointed that the Florida Supreme Court on
Friday enjoined the secretary of state, Katherine Harris, from certifying her
state's vote -- an act that could have put Florida's 25 electoral votes in the
Bush camp, pending the outcome of other lawsuits.
2000
Presidential Election
In the
initial days of this election crisis, Bush's team looked lost and complacent
after having been declared the winner first. Gore gained momentum. Christopher
Ruddy
Tuesday,
Nov. 21, 2000
2000
Presidential Election
The worst
thing to happen to Bush during the closing weeks of the campaign were his high
poll numbers. Almost every pollster showed him miles ahead of Gore. Good poll
numbers led to complacency. Bush's campaign became soft and weak, allowing a
16-point lead over Gore to evaporate. Christopher Ruddy
Tuesday,
Nov. 21, 2000
2000
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But a
Bush voter's vote will not count if his elector who actually votes in the
electoral college decides to vote for Gore, rather than have some scandal from
his past made public. This is only the latest in the desperate and ugly tactics
used by the Gore camp, in order to take the presidency by all means necessary.
Nor is this a new tactic for the Clinton/Gore administration. If you can steal
an election by blackmailing members of the Electoral College, then democracy
becomes a farce. Thomas Sowell November 17, 2000
2000
Presidential Election
Nov. 2000
National conservative leader Paul Weyrich, who stirred a major debate nearly
two years ago when he said conservatives had lost the culture war, says the
Gore campaign's attempt to steal the presidential election proves his point.
Noting that the election fraud was occurring right out in public "in an
in-your-face way," By Wes Vernon / NewsMax.com
2000
Presidential Election
WEST PALM
BEACH, Fla. Nov.9, 2000 - The lawsuit came
after hundreds of Gore supporters flooded the Palm Beach County elections
office with calls Wednesday, saying they feared they had mistakenly voted for
Buchanan. Lawyers for the Democratic Party said that the design of the Palm
Beach County ballot is illegal and that they may ask for a re-vote. But no
immediate action was taken by the party. By Karin Meadows / The Associated
Press
2000
Presidential Election
Nov. 9,
2000 Gore's Slight Victory Makes Iowa Recount A Possibility For Bush By Chris
Clayton / Omaha World-Herald Des Moines - The closest presidential race in Iowa
history could face a recount to protect George W. Bush from the loss of
Florida's electoral votes. Recounts in Iowa and other close states could be
important to Bush if Florida's electoral votes are awarded to Gore. Each state
has its own procedures and deadlines, which Bush cannot afford to miss if he
wants to protect his position.
2000
Presidential Election
Florida
Cops Accused of Harassing Black Voters
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. (APBnews.com) Nov. 9, 2000 Of the
13 drivers cited at the checkpoint for equipment violations, eight were black
and five were white. The roadblock was set up between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, police said. In late September, the highway patrol reached a $1 million
deficit in its gasoline budget and asked troopers to cut gasoline consumption
by 20 percent. Instead of patrolling, officers set up checkpoints to check for
traffic violations. Howes said the sergeant who set up the checkpoint only
chose the location because it had not been used in the past. Police did not
release the name of the sergeant and three troopers who operated the roadblock.
"These driver license and faulty equipment checkpoints have always been a
normal part of our overall enforcement strategies," he said. "The
sergeant and the troopers were oblivious to any connection between the election
and the checkpoint."
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NewsMax.com
WASHINGTON November 8, 2000- Defense Secretary William Cohen predicted the
military vote will have a strong impact on whether Florida's electoral votes -
and thus the presidency - go to Republican George W. Bush or Democrat Al Gore.
The military is largely presumed to be heavily Republican, with some estimates
counting as many as 80 percent of the 1.2 million active-duty personnel.
2000
Presidential Election
Wednesday,
November 8, 2000 By Bruce I. Friedland
Times-Union
staff writer
Bush's
regional campaign coordinator, Mike Hightower, said he had aimed for a
50,000-vote margin for Bush in North Florida to buffer Gore's expected victory
in South Florida. Bush won a massive victory in the region, trouncing Gore by
more than 90,000 votes -- with still some precincts left to report in Nassau
County. Bush took Baker, Clay, Putnam and St. Johns counties by large margins.
In Duval, the county with the largest population, he bested Gore by 30 percent.
2000
Presidential Election
Wednesday,
November 8, 2000 By Bruce I. Friedland
Times-Union
staff writer
Meanwhile,
in Florida's urban areas, unions and Democratic activists had worked hard to
get the vote out in their districts. The party was able to put together a
coalition of seniors, women and African-Americans behind Gore, said Bob Poe,
Democratic state chairman. "Then the whole thing was turnout," Poe
said. Poe said Gov. Jeb Bush's One Florida plan to eliminate affirmative action
provide the spark needed to mobilize the African-American community.
2000
Presidential Election
Wednesday,
November 8, 2000 By Bruce I. Friedland
Times-Union
staff writer
Both presidential
candidates were qualified, but Hopkins thought Bush's emphasis on military
readiness and education made him the right man for the Oval Office. "It's
great. We have had a really steady stream of people, and we had a nice long
line waiting this morning," she said. "We have had not one time when
the room was totally empty of voters."
And not
everyone cast a vote for one of the two main party candidates.
Southside
voter Jane Koon said she voted for Ralph Nader for president.
"I
did not want to vote for either Gore or Bush," she said. "I thought
again about writing in Pat Paulsen."
2000
Presidential Election
Wednesday,
November 8, 2000 By Bruce I. Friedland
Times-Union
staff writer
The next
president may appoint as many as four Supreme Court justices, said Scott, a
retired truck driver who wanted justices likely to overturn current rulings on
abortion. Scott said Bush also seemed generally more pro-family.
A sense
of concern over the disintegration of America's moral fabric shaped how Tom
Sloan, a 69-year-old sales and marketing retiree who ended up voting for Bush.
"I'm
basically a conservative person. I'm basically a moral person. And I grew up
poor," Sloan said. "Times have been good. The economy has been great.
But I think we're in a moral cesspool."
2000
Presidential Election
John
LeBoutillier
Wednesday,
Nov. 8, 2000
Florida:
Bush is inches ahead, but as I warned last week in "Close Enough To
Steal," the conditions exist for the Democrats to make their move now in
Florida. The Florida attorney general, Butterworth, is also Gore's Florida
campaign chairman. Uh oh! That should be worrisome. But, even worse, you just
know that the U.S. Justice Department will be in there in a hot minute. And
guess who is from Florida - and heads the Justice Department? Janet Reno!
2000
Presidential Election
Christopher
Ruddy
Wednesday,
Nov. 8, 2000 4:21 a.m. EST
I am
being visited by the ghost of Jim Collier. Jim and his brother James wrote a
wonderful book called "Votescam" detailing the rampant voting fraud
that regularly took place in South Florida (heavily Democratic *wbiro). Guess
who voter fraud flourished under when the Colliers investigated this abuse?
Janet Reno, who, as the state attorney, served as Miami's chief law enforcement
officer.
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Presidential Election
Nov. 2000
(Internet) Headline: “Democrat Wrong-Doing: Throwing out overseas military
votes. Trying to steal Buchanan's votes.”
2000
Presidential Election
Nov. 2000
(Internet) Interview with Washington Congressman: "It's difficult for me
to see a way [Gore] can get there in a way that's not very troublesome,"
Blunt said. He noted that Democratic officials control key posts in the
counties that are undergoing a manual recount.
2000
Presidential Election
Nov. 2000
(Internet) News article: In a stunning reversal, the Democratically controlled
Broward County canvassing board voted unanimously to accept "dimpled"
or "pregnant" chad as actual votes. Counters are allowed to determine
the "intent" of the voters, a reversal of policy in place for 10
years.
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Presidential Election
Christopher
Ruddy
Wednesday,
Nov. 8, 2000 4:21 a.m. EST
Janet
Reno, who, as the state attorney, served as Miami's chief law enforcement
officer.
The
Colliers revealed in their 1992 book how they uncovered preprinted voter
ballots in a warehouse rented by a Miami political candidate.
Following
the advice of their editor, they seized the evidence and took the illegal
ballots to the State's Attorney, Janet Reno. Incredibly, Reno had the
journalists arrested, rather than investigate how a candidate had preprinted
ballots in his possession.
Such is
the way political life in South Florida is conducted.
I have no
hard evidence that voter fraud took place in South Florida, but there are some
clues.
Key
Democratic precincts held back turning in their final tallies until the bitter
end.
2000
Presidential Election
Christopher
Ruddy
Wednesday,
Nov. 8, 2000 4:21 a.m. EST
Another
bad sign are claims that some voting districts in South Florida (*heavily
Democratic) had 90 percent turnout. Where do people vote in such numbers?
This
suggests that people who didn't turn up to vote voted anyway, but they didn't
know it. Get my drift?
2000
Presidential Election
The First
Post-Clinton Scandal
By Joseph
Farah / WorldNetDaily.com Nov. 9, 2000
The
California Democratic Party paid for the mailing of an 11th-hour Bill Clinton
campaign letter to unregistered, non-citizen Hispanics urging them to use a
bogus "Voter Identification Card" at the polls yesterday, greatly
increasing the potential for rampant voter fraud in the nation's richest
electoral college state.
2000
Presidential Election
How The
Democrats Plan To Subvert The Electoral College
By
Michael Long / The National Review 11/08/00 2:15 p.m.
Gore wins
the popular vote. Bush wins the electoral vote. That's what's likely. And now
Gore will spend the rest of that DNC soft money of his in the campaign of his
life to subvert the Electoral College. You didn't think he was just going to
take this lying down, did you? The Democrats are about to launch their biggest,
dirtiest campaign in modern history. This is the one that you'll tell your
grandkids about.
2000
Presidential Election
Motion
for New Election in Florida Dismissed CNSNews.com
A federal
court in Florida dismissed Thursday an emergency motion seeking a new
presidential election in Palm Beach County. The federal case is unrelated to a
pair of lawsuits filed in the Palm Beach County Circuit Civil Court, which also
seek new elections based on alleged confusion over the ballots used in
Tuesday's election. (*Palm Beach, heavily Democratic)
2000
Presidential Election
Forged
Ballot Sparks Criminal Investigation in Florida
NewsMax.com
Nov. 9, 2000
The
discovery of forged ballots in northern Florida has set off a probe of what may
have been widespread fraud in connection with absentee ballots in the state.
Moreover, the suggestion has been made that the U.S. Postal Service in Miami
(*Heavily Democratic, wbiro) may have been involved.
2000
Presidential Election
Palm
Beach County Delays Recount Results
Reuters
Nov. 9, 2000
WEST PALM
BEACH -- Palm Beach County (*heavily Democratic) will not certify its results
in the U.S. presidential election until it recounts votes by machine and by
hand starting Saturday, elections officials said Thursday.
2000
Presidential Election
Sen. Bond
Charges Vote Fraud In St. Louis
UPI Nov.
10, 2000
ST. LOUIS
-- Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo., Thursday charged there was widespread vote
fraud in St. Louis on election night and asked the U.S. attorney and FBI to
investigate.
2000
Presidential Election
Exclusive:
Gore Popular Vote Fraudulent?
Wes
Vernon
Thursday,
Nov. 9, 2000
Conservatives,
fearing that any George W. Bush victory in only the Electoral College (but not
the popular vote) may leave him with a weak mandate, are prepared to challenge
reports of fraud wherever it appears that Democrats may have attempted
chicanery at the ballot box.
Grover
Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, warned before the election
that the only way the Democrats could win is to cheat their way to victory.
2000
Presidential Election
Exclusive:
Gore Popular Vote Fraudulent?
Wes
Vernon
Thursday,
Nov. 9, 2000
Other
allegations of fraud not mentioned by Norquist centered on reported
irregularities in Broward County in the "make or break" state of
Florida; in California, where ballots allegedly were mailed out to illegal
aliens; and in New Mexico, where a data glitch resulted in discounting 68,000
early and absentee ballots in a state that Gore supposedly won by about 3,000
to 4,000 votes.
2000
Presidential Election
Nov. 11,
2000 Reuters
Some
19,000 presidential ballots in Palm Beach County were disqualified in Tuesday's
vote because voters mistakenly punched their ballot sheet twice, thus casting
votes for two candidates.
2000
Presidential Election
Republicans
Seek Wisconsin Probe
The
Associated Press
MILWAUKEE
(AP) - A Wisconsin (*very close Gore state, a recount possibility) district
attorney was looking into allegations made by the state GOP officials about
what Republicans called questionable polling procedures on Election Day.
Complaints included voters receiving two ballots or being told they had already
voted, said state Republican Party Chairman Richard Graber.
2000
Presidential Election
Pensacola
(*heavily Democrat) Ballot Prompts Fraud Invesigation
By Scott
Streater / The Pensacola News Journal Nov. 11, 2000
Read more
current coverage in our Election 2000 guide! A fraudulent absentee ballot in
Pensacola has sparked a criminal probe into potentially widespread voter fraud
that could further muddy a presidential election whose outcome hinges on
several thousand votes in Florida.
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Presidential Election
Candidates
Must Accept Florida Vote
A Star
editorial Nov. 2000
As the
presidential election enters its third agonizing day of overtime, the nation is
no closer to knowing who won. But there are disturbing signs that some
Democrats no longer want to play by our long-established rules.
2000
Presidential Election
The
Downfall of the Republic?
By Miguel
A. Faria Jr., M.D. / NewsMax.com Nov. 11, 2000
As
dramatic events unfold in Florida (i.e., tainted by mismarked ballots in Palm
Beach County, miscounted votes, bureaucratic snafus, etc.) the Democrats are
exploiting these "irregularities" to the core. Never mind that voter
fraud by the Democrats has been widespread in South Florida (*heavily Democrat)
for years, and Janet Reno has known about it.
2000
Presidential Election
Recount
Judge Handles Tough Cases
The
Associated Press Nov.12, 2000
MIAMI --
The federal judge who will hear the Republican Party's request to halt ballot
recounts in Florida is a Clinton-appointed Democrat with a reputation for
courage in difficult situations.
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A Blatant
Conflict of Interest
Theresa
LePore should recuse herself from the Palm Beach vote-count process.
Sunday,
November 12, 2000 1:03 p.m. EST
If you
would like to know exactly how your next president will be determined, read
this Saturday night dispatch from the Associated Press:
During
the manual count of votes in Palm Beach County, Fla., (*heavily Democrat)
officials switched tests mid-count to decide the validity of the ballots.
The two
other members of the canvassing board are Carol Roberts, a county commissioner,
and Theresa LePore, the county elections supervisor. Ms. Roberts is a highly
partisan Democrat who met with President Clinton in Palm Beach last year while
she was contemplating a run for Congress. Ms. LePore, an elected Democrat, is
the designer of the infamous "butterfly ballot" that both Democrats
and impartial observers say caused confusion on Election Day.
Two
months ago, the same Palm Beach County election commissioners rejected a request
for a hand count in a disputed GOP primary election for a state legislative
seat. Beverly Green begged for a hand count of her 13-vote loss but was
rebuffed. "It wasn't that close. The manual count is historically when
it's single digits," said Ms. LePore at the time. A state House district
is smaller than Palm Beach County, but a single-digit margin in such a district
would be the equivalent of only about 100 votes countywide. Clearly Ms. LePore
& Co. are applying a double standard.
2000
Presidential Election
Democrats
In Positions Of Control Over Tally
By Steve
Miller / The Washington Times Nov. 12, 2000
WEST PALM
BEACH, Fla. - The outcome of the 2000 presidential election is now in the hands
of Florida Democrats. "These are not people who are interested in the rule
of the law," said Palm Beach County Republican Party member Sid
Dinerstein, speaking of local Democrats. "They are interested in
winning."
2000
Presidential Election
Butterfly
Ballot Flies With Ga. 2nd-Graders
Atlanta
Journal and Constitution Nov. 13 2000
School
psychologist Ron McGee asked the 8-year-olds at Lee County Elementary to vote
for their favorite Disney character, using a ballot similar to the one that has
caused controversy in Palm Beach County, Fla. He said not one of his 74 young
voters marked a choice they did not intend to mark on the ballot, which
instructed them only to 'Check the box for the one you choose.'
2000
Presidential Election
Their
Fight is Our Fight
By
Colonel Dan / Sierratimes.com Nov. 13
2000
Al Gore
and his shysters are clearly stealing this election in what amounts to nothing
less than a coup d'état. My distain for the Clintons, Al Gore and the Democrats
responsible for initiating and perpetuating this and other scandalous debacles
cannot be measured nor described in words yet coined by man. The leaders of
that despicably corrupt organization are tearing America permanently apart in
their lust for political power while showing a total disregard for the
constitution, the rule of law and the people they are pledged to serve.
2000
Presidential Election
Gore,
Hungry for Power
By George
F. Will / Washington Post Nov. 13, 2000
So the
Clinton-Gore era culminates with an election as stained as the blue dress, a
Democratic chorus complaining that the Constitution should not be the
controlling legal authority
2000
Presidential Election
Time For
Common Sense Again
By Thomas
Sowell / Jewish World Review Nov 13, 2000
Polls
have shown, again and again, that nearly 9 out of 10 media people vote for the
Democrats' candidates for president. So this is not a source from which the
public is likely to hear both sides of an issue presented even-handedly.
2000
Presidential Election
Slow-Motion
Larceny In Florida May Succeed If It Can Proceed
By George
Will / Access Atlanta Nov. 13, 2000
Washington
--- In his campaign to follow in the presidency a man defined by moral
turpitude, Al Gore promised, ''You ain't seen nothing yet.'' Now we know what
he meant. Credit him with a promise kept. Credit also his farsightedness in
entrusting his campaign to the late Mayor Richard Daley's son, for whom the
manufacturing (literally the making by hand) of votes is a family tradition.
2000
Presidential Election
One-Two
Punch Knocked Out Conservatives' Ballots, Too
By Bill
Sammon / The Washington Times Nov. 13, 2000
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. - More votes were disqualified in conservative Duval County than in the
liberal Palm Beach County, leading Republicans to believe that double-punched
ballots in Florida hurt George W. Bush almost as much as Al Gore. But
Republicans opted against requesting a hand recount of Duval and other
conservative counties because they were already denouncing such tallies as
unconstitutional in Democratic counties where hand recounts were under way.
2000
Presidential Election
Florida
Officials Use Telepathy in Prez Ballot Hand Count
Deroy
Murdock
Monday,
Nov. 14, 2000
In
Gadsden County, near Tallahassee, witnesses say that Democratic county judge
Richard Hood and two other Democrats on the canvassing commission reviewed 187
ballots last Wednesday that had been rejected by a tabulation machine. They
"interpreted" ballots on which there was "more than 1
candidate's bubble selected" as well as some with "no candidate
properly selected" but with "markings that indicated the voter's
intent."
2000
Presidential Election
Florida
Officials Use Telepathy in Prez Ballot Hand Count
Deroy
Murdock
Monday,
Nov. 14, 2000
While he
- like all observers - was kept outside, Democrat Jeff DiSantis said Gadsden
officials attempted to be "as accurate, as fair and as within the law as
they possibly could."
But
Sukhia would beg to differ. "I couldn't believe they were doing
this," he said. "They had been asked to do a recount and a recount
only. They took it upon themselves to examine ballots which had been rejected
the night before."
2000
Presidential Election
Four
Florida Democrats Could Pick Next President
NewsMax.com
Nov. 14, 2000
Four people
control the process that will determine who will win the White House - and they
are all partisan Democrats. In the hotly contested Palm Beach County recount of
the presidential ballots, a Palm Beach County commissioner, the county
elections supervisor, and two judges could have the power to pick the next
president.
2000
Presidential Election
County By
County
The
Sierra News Nov 14, 2000
Bush Won
2,427,000 Square Miles Of America; Gore 580,000.
2000
Presidential Election
Blood in
the Streets?
By Hal
Turner / Sierratimes.com Nov 14, 2000
Americans
are furious over massive, blatant and widespread vote fraud by supporters of Al
Gore and many are openly talking about "blood in the streets."
2000
Presidential Election
How
Democrats Steal Elections'
By Jon
Dougherty and David Kupelian / WorldNetDaily.com Nov 14, 2000
The
manual vote recounts being insisted on by Democratic operatives in Palm Beach
County, Fla., have been used for over 20 years to steal elections from
Republicans, claim several GOP veterans of hand-recount election-upsets.
2000
Presidential Election
In The
Daley Tradition
The
Washington Times Nov 14, 2000
One of
the more Dada-esque elements of this post-election limbo is the spectacle of
Gore campaign chairman William Daley delivering lectures to the nation on
election ethics. Mr. Daley, of course, is the youngest son of Chicago's former
Mayor Richard J. Daley, the infamous political boss of the Cook County
Democratic machine, who is best remembered for the political crime of the
century - stealing Illinois for John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential
election against Richard M. Nixon.
2000
Presidential Election
Bush,
Gore Begin Race For 'Moral' Win
By Sean
Scully / The Washington Times Nov 14, 2000
AUSTIN,
Texas - The campaign of Republican George W. Bush says it holds the "moral
high ground" over Democrat Al Gore and tried to paint him as desperate and
willing to flout the law to win. "It's becoming increasingly clear that
Vice President Gore's campaign simply wants to keep counting votes until they
like the result," Bush spokeswoman Karen Hughes told reporters yesterday.
2000
Presidential Election
Networks
Stole Bush's Popular Vote
Barry
Farber
Friday,
Nov. 10, 2000
Collect
all the Democrats' complaints about Florida. Take their word for everything.
Add up the harm they claim was done to Gore. Then multiply by the number of
states in the union and you STILL won't come near the damage done by the
network's sneak attack on Bush.
On
election night itself Dick Cheney complained that the minute TV announced that
Gore had won Florida, the entire volunteer corps at one of the Republican phone
banks got up and went home. The announcement of a defeat like Florida cuts the
heart out of campaign workers, voters in Western states where the polls are
still open, and everybody associated with the final scramble to maximize the
Bush turnout. Bush supporters in three time zones plus many even in the Eastern
time zone where polls stay open later than 7:30 were demoralized. Talk radio
bristles with first-hand reports of people in the West who were listening to
the car radio en route to the polls, heard that Gore won Florida, and turned
right around and went home.
2000
Presidential Election
More
Legal Confusion in Recount
By John P.
Martin / FOX News Nov. 15, 2000
The
Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a move by the secretary of state to
stop the manual recount and consolidate a flurry of lower-court lawsuits into
one. The court, composed of seven judges all appointed by Democratic governors,
rejected the move by Secretary of State Katherine Harris without prejudice.
2000
Presidential Election
GOP
Accuses Election Board Member
By Karin
Meadows / The Associated Press Nov. 15, 2000
WEST PALM
BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Republicans contend Palm Beach County Commissioner Carol
Roberts poked, twisted and manipulated ballots during a Saturday hand recount
of four precincts and they are asking her to step down from the election
canvassing board.
2000
Presidential Election
Republican
Lawyers Say To Beware Of Falling Chads
By Steve
Miller / The Washington Times Nov 15, 2000
WEST PALM
BEACH, Fla. - Chads were everywhere during Saturday's marathon vote recount,
and it's not the night janitor who is upset; it's Republican lawyers.
"Chads were seen on the floor during the process," Benjamin Ginsberg,
general counsel for the Bush campaign, wrote this week to Palm Beach County
Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore. "This produces further evidence
that mishandling of the ballots, not voter intent, potentially was yielding new
votes."
2000
Presidential Election
Experts:
Hand Recount 'Trick' Inherently Biased
By Julie
Foster / WorldNetDaily
By
insisting on hand recounts performed only in heavily Democratic counties, Vice
President Al Gore's campaign will bias Florida's overall vote count by not
including similar recounts in Republican-leaning counties, analysts say.
2000
Presidential Election
Tifton
Men Protest Florida Recount
By Wendy
Baldree / North Florida Online Nov. 15, 2000
TIFTON --
Dennis Bush, a political science professor at ABAC, and Dale Hall, who works in
the Turner County school system, walked back and forth in front of the
courthouse, with handmade signs that relayed their displeasure with Al Gore,
the Democratic party, and the voting situation in Palm Beach County, Florida.
2000
Presidential Election
The Vote
Heard Around The World
By Helle
Bering / The Washington Times Nov. 15, 2000
Before
too long a medical journal will probably come up with a name for the deep
national depression that is settling in among Americans (or at least
Republicans), as they watch their presidential election being subverted by
Democratic legerdemain and legal wrangling in Florida. As one of the editorial
writers here commented last week, "I don't think I am emotionally prepared
for a Gore victory." Those of us who have gone through life with faith in
the rule of law and order are finding this a truly disturbing experience.
2000
Presidential Election
Calhoun
Foresaw This
By Thomas
J. DiLorenzo
[Posted
November 13, 2000]
As Gore
adviser Paul Begala recently stated in frustration: "All this insistence
on truthfulness on the part of both candidates [Gore and Bush] is getting out
of control."
Bush
carried 2,434 counties covering 2.4 million square miles, compared to Al Gore's
677 counties covering about a half million square miles.
Even
worse, Calhoun wrote, is the tendency of democratic governments to divide the
population into two groups: taxpayers and tax consumers, with the latter group
employing the apparatus of the state top plunder the former group.
2000
Presidential Election
Calhoun
Foresaw This
By Thomas
J. DiLorenzo
[Posted
November 13, 2000]
This is
exactly what the USA Today county-by-county electoral map, and other
post-election data, show. Gore's core support was in the inner cities,
dominated by welfare recipients (including "affirmative action"
welfare); the state capitols, around which reside thousands of state and local
government bureaucrats dependent partly on federal largesse; the statist
intellectual class which resides largely on the east coast, especially in New
England; the leftist cultural elite on the California coast (the rest of
California was solidly Republican); hordes of welfare-seeking immigrants, many
of whom are illegal, along the Texas border; and the environmental zealots of
the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. Families earning more than $50,000
annually strongly supported George W. Bush, whereas those earning under $30,000
were strong supporters of Gore.
2000
Presidential Election
Calhoun
Foresaw This
By Thomas
J. DiLorenzo
[Posted
November 13, 2000]
The power
to tax in a democracy, warned Calhoun, will inevitably be used "for the
purpose of aggrandizing and building up one portion of the community at the
expense of another," which will "give rise to . . . violent conflicts
and struggles" between the two competing parties." There hasn't been
any violence in Florida as of this writing, although the Gore campaign has been
doing its best to start a race war there with Jesse Jackson organizing mobs of
blacks and telling them that racist Republicans have conspired to
"disenfranchise" them. Riots are now apparently an
"acceptable" electoral tactic (and have been since the 1960s).
2000
Presidential Election
Florida
Judge Rules on Dimpled Ballots
Reuters
WEST PALM
BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) Nov. 22, 2000-
A Florida
judge told Palm Beach County election officials on Wednesday that they could
accept so-called dimpled ballots but only so long as voter intent was clearly
discernible -- a decision that could yield votes for Democratic presidential
candidate Al Gore. In a ruling on standards to be used in the county's crucial
manual recounts of votes from the Nov. 7 election, Judge Jorge LaBarga said the
county should reject any ballot where the voter's intent was not clear.
2000
Presidential Election
Bush
Blasts Florida Ruling, Reassures on Cheney's Health
United
Press International Nov. 22, 2000-
TALLAHASSEE
(UPI) - Republicans counterattacked on multiple fronts Wednesday after Florida's
Supreme Court the night before allowed hand recounts to proceed in three
Florida counties that could hold the key to who takes over the White House in
January, though one of those counties decided a recount could not be completed
in time. Republican Texas Gov. George W. Bush blasted the court for having
"changed the rules" two weeks after Election Day, and some Florida
legislators said they would consider calling a special session to try to
nullify the court's ruling. "Make no mistake, the court rewrote the
law," Bush said. "It changed the rules and it did so after the
election was over. Manual recounts will continue in three selective counties,
with no uniform standards, no clear direction and therefore no fair or accurate
result."
2000
Presidential Election
Now Gore
Disavows Tampering With Electors
NewsMax.com
Nov. 22, 2000-
Al Gore
hailed the Democrat-appointed Florida Supreme Court's ruling to include hand
recounts in three Democrat-dominated counties in Florida's vote tally.
"Democracy is the winner tonight," Gore said. At a news conference,
Gore repeatedly used his stock phrases "the will of the people" and
"democracy," although the United States is a constitutional republic,
not a democracy. Notably, Gore waited until after the court's action, which
boosts his chances of taking over the White House, to disavow Democrat attempts
to push Electoral College voters into switching their votes from George W. Bush
to him.
2000
Presidential Election
Unpostmarked
Ballot Count Nixed
By
Jeffrey McMurray / The Associated Press Nov. 22, 2000-
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. -- Despite political uproar, few election officials in Florida's 67
counties found any reason Tuesday to reconsider overseas absentee ballots
rejected for lack of a postmark, as the state's Democratic attorney general has
urged. The letter Monday from Attorney General Bob Butterworth, an ally of
Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore, urged the counting of ballots that
were tossed out because they lacked a postmark but were otherwise valid. But a
spot check of a number of Florida counties, including those with major military
installations, found no movement toward reconsidering the overseas ballots.
2000
Presidential Election
Democratic
Ballot Challenges Anger Military
By Thomas
E. Ricks / The Washington Post Nov. 22, 2000-
A young
U.S. Army captain posted to Hungary but who votes in Florida said yesterday
that he was "disappointed and upset" to find out over the weekend
that his absentee ballot probably was one of the 19 reportedly disallowed in
Leon County. He isn't the only angry soldier out there. "We'll obey
orders" if Gore wins, the captain in Hungary said. But he would do so
believing that "there's definitely something wrong with the system."
2000
Presidential Election
Military
Allegedly Denied Voting Rights
UPI Nov.
22, 2000-
SAN
ANTONIO (UPI) -- A Texas lawyer said Tuesday he planned to file a lawsuit
directly with the U.S. Supreme Court alleging hundreds in the military (*potential
Bush votes) were denied their right to vote Nov. 7 because of widespread voter
fraud.
2000
Presidential Election
Monkey
Business?
By Dale
Sheldon / Sun-Sentinel Nov. 22, 2000-
It has
been said, "If you leave a monkey punching a typewriter long enough, he'll
type out the Bible." If we leave a couple hundred in front of those
ballots long enough, they'll punch out enough chads to elect Gore forever.
2000
Presidential Election
27,000
'Undervote' Ballots Could Decide The Presidential Election
By David
Royse / The Associated Press Nov. 22, 2000
TALLAHASSEE
-- Teams of counters in three South Florida counties (heavily Democratic*
wbiro) are painstakingly reviewing more than 1.7 million ballots, but it may
only take a small fraction to make a difference. So-called
"undervote" ballots --about 27,000 of them -- are the ones drawing
the most attention and sparking the most controversy with their dimples and
chads.
2000
Presidential Election
Palm
Beach Judge Sets Wednesday Hearing
By David
Lawsky / Reuters Nov. 22, 2000
WEST PALM
BEACH - Democrats Tuesday asked a judge to clarify his order setting standards
for the hand recount of ballots, after four days of work turned up few of the
votes Al Gore needs to win the Nov. 7 presidential race.
2000
Presidential Election
Gore
Challenges Miami-Dade Move to Halt Recount
Reuters
Nov. 23, 2000
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - The campaign of Democrat Al Gore said on Wednesday that it would
immediately seek to overturn the Miami-Dade County decision (*heavily Democrat)
not to resume a recount of presidential ballots, a move which could jeopardize
Gore's hopes for the White House.
2000
Presidential Election
Wis.
Gov.: Bush Doesn't Want Recount
The
Associated Press Nov. 23, 2000
MADISON,
Wis. (AP) - George W. Bush will not request a presidential election recount in
Wisconsin, where an unofficial tally shows he lost to Vice President Al Gore by
more than 5,000 votes, campaign chairman Don Evans said Wednesday. ``The race
there was indeed close, but Gov. Bush will do his part to help bring this
election to a conclusion,'' Evans said. (*this in spite of student Democratic
voters having admitted to voting more than once).
2000
Presidential Election
A Coup In
Tallahassee
New York
Post Nov. 23, 2000
That
deadline was crystal clear going into the election: Seven days after Election
Day. This year's certification date - Nov. 14, 2000 - did not meet the needs of
Al Gore and the Democrat Party. So the Florida Supreme Court set a new date:
Nov. 26, 2000.
2000
Presidential Election
Bush:
'Court Rewrote the Law'
NewsMax.com
Nov. 23, 2000
TALLAHASSEE
- Republican Texas Gov. George W. Bush blasted the Florida Supreme Court for
having "changed the rules" two weeks after Election Day
2000
Presidential Election
Tossed
Absentee Ballots Have Panhandle Area Up in Arms
By Dana
Milbank / The Washington Post Nov. 24, 2000
PENSACOLA,
Fla. -- The Democrat Party, found what some consider a strange way to
commemorate Military Appreciation Month. Last Friday night, its lawyers spent a
contentious six hours trying to disqualify as many as possible of the absentee
ballots sent in by overseas military personnel. That effort was repeated
throughout the state, resulting in disqualifying nearly 40 percent of 3,733
overseas absentee ballots counted last Friday.
2000
Presidential Election
The
People Who Count The Votes'
The
Washington Times Nov. 24, 2000
"It's
not the people who vote that count," Soviet dictator Josef Stalin once
observed. "It's the people who count the votes." Stalin obviously did
not have in mind the Democrat-dominated election canvassing boards in several
Florida counties. But he might as well have. Let there be no mistake. In the
immediate aftermath of the razor-thin presidential vote in the decisive state
of Florida, those Democrat-controlled canvassing boards, exercising substantial
vote-tabulating powers in overwhelmingly Democrat counties (Volusia, Palm
Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade), were strategically pinpointed by the campaign
of Vice President Al Gore to play the pivotal, indispensable role in stealing
the presidency from George W. Bush.
2000
Presidential Election
Florida's
Overweening Court
By Thomas
L. Jipping / WorldNetDaily Nov. 24, 2000
The
presidential election saga is not about the fine points of election law. It is
about whether "we, the people" or "they, the judges" run
the country. Tuesday night, the Florida Supreme Court (*liberal Court) took
control of democracy.
2000
Presidential Election
Supreme
Court Trumps Freedom
By Ron
Strom / WorldNetDaily Nov. 24, 2000
In its
ruling, the court decided to set an arbitrary deadline, Nov. 26, for Florida
counties performing hand recounts to submit their results to the secretary of
state. The ruling directly contradicts clear Florida statute that sets the
deadline at seven days after the election or, in this election year, Nov. 14.
2000
Presidential Election
Dimpled,
Pimpled, Pregnant;' Is This A Teenage Novel?
By Bruce
Ramsey/ The Seattle Times Nov. 24, 2000
Florida may
grant Al Gore the presidency by a handful of dimpled and pregnant chads.
2000
Presidential Election
Chads
Show Election Pregnant With New Possibilities To Cheat
By Audrey
Hudson / The Washington Times Nov. 24, 2000
Stuffing
the ballot box on Election Day is "as American as apple pie," but
charges of voiding absentee military votes, trading smokes for votes and
cheating by chad in the presidential campaign are new to American elections.
2000
Presidential Election
Broward
Absentee Ballots 'Discovered'
NewsMax.com
Nov. 25, 2000
Democratic
Broward County has pulled a rabbit of a hat for Al Gore -- maybe. A final
recount of questionable ballots gave Gore an additional 472 votes. The new
absentee baloots are expected to increase Gore's lead. But on Saturday, Broward
officials offered a bigger surprise: the county discovered some 500 absentee
overseas ballots that had not been counted.
2000
Presidential Election
Gunzburger's
Gall: Transcripts From Broward
Recount
Show Hunt For Gore Votes As Race Tightens!
DRUDGE
REPORT Nov. 25, 2000
As
Broward County elections officials pressed to finish their review of disputed
presidential ballots, transcripts of the canvassing board recount sessions show
member Suzanne Gunzburger, a Democrat and an active contributor to the
Democratic National Committee blatantly hunting for more Gore votes!
2000
Presidential Election
RNC
Accuses Gore of Tampering with Electors
NewsMax.com
Nov. 25, 2000
In an
urgent e-mail sent out to approximately 1 million Republicans, Republican
National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson claims that Al Gore is tampering with
the Electoral College. Nicholson says Gore's operatives have even begun doing
background checks on Republican electors.
2000
Presidential Election
Fla.
Legislature To Join Lawsuit
By Jeffrey
McMurray / The Associated Press Nov. 25, 2000
After
Florida's Supreme Court decided Tuesday to allow hand counts in three
predominantly-Democratic counties
2000
Presidential Election
Bush
Campaign Seeks Count Of All Military Ballots
By Kathy Gambrell
/ United Press International Nov. 25, 2000
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. (UPI) -- Attorneys for Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush on
Friday asked a Leon County Circuit Court judge to determine whether 14 Florida
counties used proper standards to disqualify military absentee ballots cast
during the presidential election
2000
Presidential Election
DRUDGE
REPORT Nov. 25, 2000
Presented
here is a partial list of the more than 40% of overseas and out-of-state
ballots that were rejected on technicalities in Florida.
2000
Presidential Election
Political
Parade Surrounds Broward Count
By
Brittany Wallman / The Sun-Sentinel Nov. 25, 2000
FORT
LAUDERDALE -- Broward County watched its presidential vote gap tighten Friday
in a hand-recount room that served as both a stage for a procession of
political elite, including Sen. Bob Dole, and a refuge from screaming
protesters. Watch-dogged by partisan observers, the three-member Broward County
Canvassing Board looked at hundreds of contested presidential ballots Friday,
giving scores of votes to Al Gore.
2000
Presidential Election
Traficant
Fears Election Will Be Taken From Bush
The
Associated Press Nov. 25, 2000
CLEVELAND
(AP) -- Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-Ohio, who plans to vote to re-elect GOP
House Speaker Dennis Hastert, fears Florida recounts will take the presidential
election from Republican George W. Bush. ``I am saying that I believe George W.
Bush, by the narrowest of margins, has been elected and I believe he's going to
get the shaft and I believe the machinations are underway to steal the
election,'' Traficant said Wednesday on radio station WTAM in Cleveland
2000
Presidential Election
Friday,
November 25, 2000
Story
last updated at 10:09 p.m. on Thursday, November 23, 2000
ELECTIONS:
A grand larceny
Now that
the Florida Supreme Court, acting as a mini-legislature, has rewritten the
state election code, the possibility of a fair outcome to the presidential
election has diminished.
In the
end, the seven justices, all appointed by Democrats, essentially tossed out
sections of the Florida Statutes written by the Florida Legislature and allowed
hand counting of votes to continue through Sunday.
This
turned the process back to mostly Democratic officials in predominantly
Democratic counties.
The
response was predictable. Broward County has for 10 years refused to count
"dimpled chad" as a vote. Now, it has changed that rule.
Broward,
Palm Beach and Dade all have different standards for counting ballots cast Nov.
7.
2000
Presidential Election
Friday, November
25, 2000
Story
last updated at 10:09 p.m. on Thursday, November 23, 2000
ELECTIONS:
A grand larceny continued...
During
the hand counting, chads are falling all over the floor and no one knows how
many chads are being dimpled by the fingernails of klutzy counters.
On the
other hand, they believe that absentee ballots from overseas, largely from
military personnel, should not be counted if they lack a postmark. Some do lack
a postmark, not because of any error on the part of the voter but because the
ballot envelopes are postage paid and apparently the Postal Service does not
always bother to stamp such envelopes.
The
intent of these voters could readily be determined, with 100 percent accuracy.
But Gore, who says he values accuracy, is leading the fight to disenfranchise
them.
He also
did not seek accuracy by asking for a total hand recount in Florida. Instead,
he went vote mining in the rich veins of South Florida.
2000
Presidential Election
Gore To
Contest, Attack County's Recount
By Joel
Engelhardt / Palm Beach Post Nov. 26, 2000
that puts
the Gore campaign in the awkward position of challenging the very recount it
demanded
2000
Presidential Election
Angry
Vets, Retirees Want Absentee Votes Counted
The
Associated Press Nov. 26, 2000
PENSACOLA,
Fla. -- Hundreds of military veterans and retirees, angered by the rejection of
overseas absentee ballots in Florida, staged one of the biggest, rowdiest
demonstrations since the presidential election deadlocked more than two weeks
ago. More than 2,500 sign-waving demonstrators gathered outside the old
Escambia County Courthouse to hear speeches from Republican lawmakers, who were
well-received in an area that went big for Texas Gov. George W. Bush.
2000
Presidential Election
Media
Electiongate
The
Washington Times Nov. 26, 2000
It's a
shame the public can't impeach the media. If the American people could hold
news outlets accountable for errors or bias in reporting, the industry might be
reporting on its own electiongate.
2000
Presidential Election
Gore's Fights
Spreads To 5 Courts
By Ron
Fournier / The Associated Press Nov. 26, 2000
Al Gore,
his fight for the presidency spread across five courts, sought a speedy recount
of Florida's contested ballots Tuesday to ensure "no question, no
cloud" hangs over the nation's 43rd president. Republicans said the votes
were counted, recounted and now "it's time to wrap this up."
2000
Presidential Election
Gore
Allegations Said 'Simply Wrong'
By David
Espo / The Associated Press Nov. 26, 2000
George W.
Bush's point man in Florida argued Tuesday it was "wrong, simply
wrong" for Al Gore to claim that thousands of votes have never been
counted in the state's bitterly contested presidential election. "It is
wrong, simply wrong, and I would submit not fair to say, as our opponents do
over and over, that these votes have never been counted," he said. The
ballots contain no vote for president (*thereby giving liberal counters the
chance to cast Gore votes themselves)
2000
Presidential Election
Palm
Beach County Opens Ballots
By Karin
Meadows / The Associated Press Nov. 27, 2000
WEST PALM
BEACH, Fla. -- Palm Beach County gave a law firm access to thousands of
contested presidential ballots Tuesday, angering Democrats who said the
punchcards shouldn't be touched until election disputes are over. The ballots
were opened under threat of a lawsuit from Judicial Watch, a law firm that has
filed several suits against the Clinton administration in recent years. The
firm enlisted hundreds of volunteers to inspect uncounted ballots in several
Florida counties. Larry Klayman, chairman and general counsel for Judicial
Watch Inc., said the conservative legal firm is trying to determine what
standard canvassers followed in judging voter intent during the manual recount.
He said its review so far found ballots counted with "no discernible
standard."
2000
Presidential Election
NBC
Carries Gore Speech After Giving Bush the Brush
NewsMax.com
Nov. 28, 2000
Twenty-four
hours after NBC declined to interrupt regular programming to cover George W.
Bush's first speech to the nation as certified president-elect, the network
decided to break into its Monday night prime-time schedule to air Vice
President Al Gore's response live. NBC immediately denied any favoritism.
2000
Presidential Election
Jennings
Denies Bearing Bush Bias
By Paula
Bernstein / Variety Nov. 28, 2000
NEW YORK
(Variety) - No, that wasn't a grimace on Peter Jennings' face on Sunday night.
Amid accusations that the networks' election night coverage had a liberal bias,
the ABC News ``World News Tonight'' anchor wants to make it clear that he is
impartial when it comes to the still unresolved presidential election.
2000
Presidential Election
Election
Snags, Voter Complaints Spur
Push For
Remedies In Pulaski County
By Austin
Gelder / The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Nov. 28, 2000
Chad
ballot punchers in Florida aren't the only ones claiming they got a raw deal
this election season. Plenty of Pulaski County voters will remember Nov. 7,
2000, and the weeks leading up to it as the most frustrating election period
ever. Computer bugs chomped down on the brand-new electronic ballots used at
early voting sites. Voters waited in line for hours only to learn that their
names had been left off voter registration lists and that their votes might not
count.
2000
Presidential Election
Thousands
of Bush Voters Disenfranchised in Florida
NewsMax.com
Nov. 28, 2000
Tens of
thousands of Floridians were inadvertantly disenfranchised when the TV networks
mistakenly called the election for Vice President Al Gore an hour before all
the state's polls had closed, a Republican polster said Monday.
2000
Presidential Election
Recount
Observers Tell NewsMax.com of Democrat Fraud
NewsMax.com
Nov. 28, 2000
FORT LAUDERDALE,
Fla. - Ballot observers have found one outrageous case after another of
tampered ballots, miscounts and bias in the recount in Democrat-dominated
Broward County, NewsMax.com learned in exclusive interviews over the holiday
weekend.
2000
Presidential Election
Clinton
DOD Gives Up on Counting Military Vote
NewsMax.com
Nov. 29, 2000
WASHINGTON
- Defense Secretary William Cohen is giving up on trying to make Florida count
military absentee ballots, but he took steps Tuesday so the military won't be
robbed of its vote in the next election.
2000
Presidential Election
Vote
Fraud, and Voter Fraud, in Miami-Dade
Jack
Thompson
Tuesday,
Nov. 28, 2000
According
to an interview on Bob Dornan's coast-to-coast radio show just now finished,
the news weekly Human Events is about to run with a story under reporter John
Gizzy's byline stating the real reason, according to investigative work by
Gizzy, the hand recount of computer punch card ballots was stopped the day
before Thanksgiving.
It was
not, according to Gizzy, the protests or the lack of time. It was fear of
Democrat vote fraud in Florida's most populous county.
Specifically,
the canvassing board, headed by David Leahy, knew of 5,000 illegal ballots cast
by Haitians who are not citizens of this country and thus cannot vote. Such
votes would be expected to have been cast overwhelmingly for Gore-Lieberman.
Three
weeks ago this reporter, appearing on CNN to debate Alan Dershowitz, suggested
to the Harvard professor that if Gore persisted in trying to win this election
in a courtroom, it would eventually come out that Democrat vote fraud was
engaged in, it was most likely in South Florida (specifically Miami-Dade), and
that it would prove an embarrassment to Team Gore.
2000
Presidential Election
NBC
Ordered Affiliates Not To Carry Bush Speech
DRUDGE
REPORT Nov. 28, 2000
The
Drudge Report has obtained a written order issued by NBC to all of its
broadcast affiliates which directed stations not to carry George W. Bush's
speech -- delivered just hours after certification of the Florida Election
results!
2000
Presidential Election
By
Colonel Dan / The Sierra Times Nov. 29, 2000
The
seizure of power through theft of an election is the act of a tyrant. Prevention
of that theft and thus the prevention of tyranny is not only justified, it is a
moral obligation every one of us owes to America and to God. Al Gore's actions
throughout the 90's have shown an unmistakable proclivity for the arbitrary
exercise of power. His misuse of the power of the Vice Presidency throughout
the last 8 years have included political fund raising schemes, obstruction of
justice, use of the IRS as a political tool of intimidation, personal
destruction of political opponents and collusion with unfriendly foreign
governments.
2000
Presidential Election
Gore's
Contortions Show He Lacks Stuff Of Statesmen
By
Marianne M. Jennings / Deseret News Nov. 29, 2000
No one
denies that the election was close. No one denies that voters made mistakes. No
one denies the recount right in Florida. Recounts in Oregon, New Mexico, Iowa
and Wisconsin might also yield different numbers.
2000
Presidential Election
Gore Gets
Gonged
By Dick
Meyer / CBS News Nov. 29, 2000
WASHINGTON
-- Is the Veep fighting for democracy ... or just for himself? It is both
ironic and educative that Vice President Al Gore's address to the nation Monday
night was laced with half-truths.
2000
Presidential Election
Americans
Nearly Brought Shame And Scorn On Themselves
By Peter Zhang
/ The New Australian (Scroll Down) Nov. 29, 2000
Bush's
victory, slim as it is, brought an audible sigh of relief to Asia, except for
the dictators in Beijing who have now had to put away the red carpet they had
prepared for 'Sa Gua' Gore. Regardless of what one reads in most of the Western
media, the Clinton-Gore administration is considered by thoughtful Asians to
have been a political disaster for the Asian region. (Gore is particularly
disliked and distrusted).
2000
Presidential Election
America Tired
Of `More Mush From The Wimp'
By Howie
Carr / Boston Herald Nov. 30, 2000
Hey, Al
Gore, as they say in the bars every morning at 2, you don't have to go home,
but you can't stay here. Al, you lost. You got the Florida Supreme Court to go
into the satchel for you. You've changed the rules once, twice, many times. But
in spite of it all, you and your ``confederacy of gangsters,'' in Pat Caddell's
instantly memorable phrase on MSNBC Monday night, were unable to steal the
election.
2000
Presidential Election
Democrats
File Martin County Suit
By
Jeffrey McMurray / The Associated Press Dec. 1, 2000
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. -- Democratic voters filed a lawsuit Friday against Martin County's
canvassing board in an attempt to throw out 9,773 absentee ballots, most of which
were cast for George W. Bush.
2000
Presidential Election
Hundreds
Of Convicted Felons Voted In Florida
United
Press International Dec. 2, 2000
MIAMI,
Fla. (UPI) -- After reviewing almost 500,000 votes in 12 Florida counties, the Miami
Herald reported Friday they had identified at least 445 convicted felons who
voted on Nov. 7. Of those, the Herald found nearly 75 percent were registered
as Democrats.
2000
Presidential Election
"Out-Lawyered"
Bush Beefs Up Legal Team To Face Gore
By Kathy
Gambrell And Mark Benjamin / United Press International Dec. 2, 2000
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. (UPI) -- The campaign of Gov. George W. Bush unveiled a tough new legal
team Tuesday to defend against Vice President Al Gore's election challenge in
Florida. Attorneys said the new force includes some of the best trial lawyers
in the country, seemingly hand-picked to take on Gore's legal team headed up by
legal star David Boise.
2000
Presidential Election
Controversy
Swirls Around Supreme Justice Breyer
DRUDGE REPORT
Dec. 2, 2000
Justice
Breyer, appointed by the Clinton/Gore administration, slipped during
questioning and revealed just how Election 2000 has become a bitter battle
split down partisan lines -- even inside of the land's highest court! Breyer
stunned watchers inside of the courtroom as he grilled Joseph Klock, a lawyer
for Republican Secretary of State Katherine Harris. Justice Breyer framed the
debate by stating: Whether we win, whether your side wins.
2000
Presidential Election
The
Judicial-Activist State; It's Not just Florida
By Ramesh
Ponnuru / National Review Dec. 2, 2000
In order
to give three Florida counties time to complete their hand recounts of the
presidential ballots, the court threw out the seven-day deadline and replaced
it with a new one of its own devising.
2000
Presidential Election
Ugly
Tactics Put Stress On Electors
By Steve
Miller / The Washington Times Dec. 2, 2000
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. - Carole Jean Jordan, one of 25 Republican Florida presidential electors,
got an e-mail so disturbing she turned it over to Vero Beach police as
evidence. "It was ugly, threatening," Miss Jordan said. "It was
telling me I would be sorry for this." The Florida election battlefield is
spreading into the homes of these Republicans, who are pledged to make official
the presidential election of George W. Bush when the Electoral College meets
Dec. 18.
2000
Presidential Election
Gore
Endorses Lawsuits To Reject Absentee Votes
By Bill
Sammon / The Washington Times Dec. 6, 2000
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. - Al Gore, whose post-election mantra has been to "count every
vote," yesterday for the first time endorsed Democratic lawsuits seeking
to throw out more than 20,000 absentee ballots in Seminole and Martin counties.
2000
Presidential Election
Military Officers
Forbidden to Criticize Al Gore
Fox News
Dec. 6, 2000
For
United States military men and women serving far from home, the Democrats'
apparent efforts to have many of Florida's overseas military ballots rejected
or discounted has been a slap in the face. "They ask us to be in harm's
way. And if we're out there doing our part, why shouldn't our vote count back
here?" said U.S. Army Sgt. Raymond Jenkins. But as outraged as Jenkins and
his colleagues may be at having their votes discounted, they have to keep their
opinions to themselves.
2000
Presidential Election
Florida
Supreme Court Brings Gore Back From Brink
By
Michael Conlon / Reuters Dec. 8, 2000
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. (Reuters) - Florida's highest court, by a four to three vote, intervened
dramatically on Friday to derail Republican George W. Bush's presidential
victory hopes, throwing the election open again and creating an unprecedented
constitutional muddle. The divided Florida Supreme Court brought Democrat Al
Gore's presidential campaign back from the brink of death, adding 383 votes to
his total and ordering a manual recount of 9,000 disputed votes in Miami-Dade
County and any other disputed ballots in other Florida counties.
2000
Presidential Election
Florida's
Legislature Meets. . .
The
Washington Times Dec. 8, 2000
Meet the
leaders of the Florida legislature. You know the ones: the man who belongs to
the legislature's "God Squad," the abortion foe, the
"unbending" one who "took positions as unyielding as his tightly
curled gelled hair." Then there's the one who had marital problems and
business setbacks. That's the way The Washington Post thoughtfully
characterized the two men - Florida House Speaker Tom Feeney and Senate
President John McKay, respectively - who have called a special session of the
legislature to consider appointing Florida's presidential electors. With
reporting like that, who needs opposition research?
2000
Presidential Election
Bay
County Judge Rejects Exclusion of Absentee Votes
NewsMax.com
Dec. 8, 2000
In a
ruling that bodes ill for Democrat attempts to exclude absentee ballots in
Florida's Martin and Seminole counties, a judge in the Florida Panhandle
dismissed a lawsuit Thursday that alleged Republican misconduct in absentee
ballot voting in Bay County.
2000
Presidential Election
Jane
Fonda Among Big Gore Givers
By
Jonathan D. Salant / The Associated Press Dec. 8, 2000
WASHINGTON
-- Actress Jane Fonda and at least five other supporters of Vice President Al
Gore made six-figure donations to his recount committee, newly released records
show.
2000
Presidential Election
Would
Gore Win Recount?
By David
Lawsky / Reuters Dec. 8, 2000
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - At first glance, the Florida Supreme Court's decision to order a
manual recount of thousands of ballots looked like good news for Al Gore, but a
fresh analysis of voting data on Saturday showed that the Democrat actually may
lose ground to Republican George W. Bush. A recount has never looked good for
Gore, according to this group of experts.
2000
Presidential Election
Bush Presidential
Mantle in Doubt
By Ron
Fournier / AP Political Writer Dec. 9, 2000
WASHINGTON
-- In a jolting turnabout, George W. Bush's lead in Florida is suddenly in
peril - and his carefully crafted image as the most-likely-to-succeed
presidential candidate could fade with each newfound vote for Gore. It's Bush's
turn to play defense. The Florida Supreme Court voted 4-3 Friday to order
manual recounts across the state to review as many as 45,000 ballots on which
there was no vote for president picked up by tabulating machines. The seven
justices also added 383 votes to Gore's totals, apparently shaving Bush's
537-vote margin to 154 votes - out of 6 million cast.
2000
Presidential Election
Court
Upholds Military Ballots
The
Associated Press Dec. 11, 2000
ATLANTA
-- An appeals court on Monday agreed with a federal judge who refused to throw
out 2,400 of Florida's overseas ballots, mostly from military personnel,
because they arrived after Election Day.
2000
Presidential Election
Attention,
Florida Justices
The
Washington Times Dec. 11, 2000
The
Florida Supreme Court can't say it hadn't been warned. Earlier this month the
U.S. Supreme Court vacated one decision of the state's justices because they
had overstepped their bounds in rewriting election laws more to their - and Al
Gore's - liking. Apparently they didn't get the message.
2000
Presidential Election
Supreme
Court Rules on Florida Case
The
Associated Press Dec. 12, 2000
WASHINGTON
-- The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday night that the Florida Supreme Court erred
in its order for a manual recount of thousands of ballots in the state
contested presidential election. In an extraordinary late-night decision that
unfolded on national television, the justices said the recount ordered by the
Florida Supreme Court violated equal rights and there was not enough time to
conduct a new recount that would meet constitutional muster.
2000
Presidential Election
Supreme
Court Rules for Bush
By Ron
Fournier / Associated Press Writer Dec. 12, 2000
WASHINGTON
-- A U.S. Supreme Court as divided as the nation's voters ruled for George W.
Bush in the Florida presidential election case Tuesday night, reversing a state
court decision that had ordered new recounts sought by Al Gore.
2000
Presidential Election
Florida
House Votes 25 State Electors for Bush
By Paul
Simao / Reuters Dec. 12, 2000
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. (Reuters) - Florida's Republican-controlled House of Representatives on
Tuesday approved a plan to deliver the state's 25 Electoral College votes for the
U.S. presidency to Republican George W. Bush even as the nation waited for the
U.S. Supreme Court to make a crucial ruling on the issue. The resolution naming
a slate of Bush delegates to the U.S. Electoral College passed 79-41 with two
north Florida Democrats
2000
Presidential Election
Court:
Absentee Ballots Should Count
By Larry
Neumeister / The Associated Press Dec. 12, 2000
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. (AP) - In twin victories for George W. Bush the Florida Supreme Court
ruled Tuesday that 25,000 absentee ballots challenged in two Florida counties
should count in the state's contested presidential election. On a pair of 6-0
opinions, the justices upheld the rulings of two state judges, both of whom had
said the ballots should count even though local election officials had
permitted Republican party activitists to add information to their absentee
ballot applications.
2000
Presidential Election
Cracked
Judicial Pillar
By Robert
Novak / NewsMax.com Dec. 12, 2000
WASHINGTON
- It was bad enough that the brief celebration by Al Gore's camp was
unexpectedly spoiled Saturday when the long-sought manual vote count was halted
after a few hours. Even worse, it was stopped by the driving force of liberal
activism for the past half-century: the federal judiciary.
2000 Presidential
Election
Daschle
Blocks Bill On Military Voting
By Rowan
Scarborough / The Washington Times Dec. 12, 2000
Senate
Minority Leader Tom Daschle is blocking passage of a bill that would authorize
polling places on domestic military installations and ease the obstacles some
service members face in absentee balloting.
2000
Presidential Election
Will
Republicans Surrender the Military Ballot Issue?
By Wes
Vernon / NewsMax.com Dec. 12, 2000
Perhaps
no action in Al Gore's effort to steal the election has prompted as much
outrage among the public as his systematic challenge of military overseas
ballots.
2000
Presidential Election
Jackson
Predicts 'Explosion' If Gore Loses
By Audrey
Hudson / The Washington Times Dec. 12, 2000
The Rev.
Jesse Jackson yesterday predicted a "civil rights explosion" if the
U.S. Supreme Court rules against Vice President Al Gore. (*typical liberal
terror tactics- wbiro)
2000
Presidential Election
The last
thing some Republicans want is a President for "all Americans"
Friday, December
22, 2000
By
William T. "Mac" McTavish
Seems the
tight-asses are upset because Bush appointed a pro-choice Texas judge as White
House Counsel.
Then, to
make things worse, he is tapping New Jersey moderate Republican governor
Christine Todd Whitman for the cabinet.
"I
didn't vote for George W. Bush so he could fill the White House with blacks,
Hispanics and women," the disillusioned Bushie wrote. "This is not
the Republican way."
2000
Presidential Election
Democrats
Won't Disclaim Jackson's Remarks
By Donald
Lambro / The Washington Times Dec. 13, 2000
Democratic
congressional leaders yesterday refused to directly repudiate the Rev. Jesse
Jackson's call to "take to the streets" to delegitimize and discredit
George W. Bush if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in his favor.
2000
Presidential Election
Media
Bias Is Showing
The
Washington Times Dec. 13, 2000
The
closer George W. Bush comes to winning the presidency, the more apocalyptic and
disingenuous the liberal media become.
2000
Presidential Election
Gore
Decides To Drop Out of Race
By David
Espo / The Associated Press Dec. 13, 2000
WASHINGTON
(AP) -- Al Gore decided Wednesday to concede the country's overtime election,
aides said, clearing the way for George W. Bush to become 43rd president and
leader of a nation sharply divided along political lines.
2000
Presidential Election
Voter-Purge
List Of Felons Made Public
By
GARRETT THEROLF gtherolf@tampatrib.com
Published:
Jul 3, 2004
Among
racial groups, the largest reported group was non-Hispanic whites with 24,197,
followed by 22,084 non-Hispanic blacks, 1,384 unknowns, 61 Hispanics, 14 Asian
or Pacific-Islanders, 12 American Indians and 11 others. The list consisted of
37,777 men and 9,986 women.
Mistakenly
purging eligible voters from the rolls was among the state's biggest stumbles
in the 2000 presidential election in Florida, which decided the presidency by
537 votes.
The list
included voters who had never been convicted of crimes, some whose rights had
been restored by other states and others whose names matched those of felons.
Nobody knows how many valid voters were disenfranchised.
(*reinforces
my perception that the Democrats can’t win without felons, and that liberals
are a criminal's best friend).
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