Franken campaign claims first lead in recount

If the US Supreme Court had not intervened in Florida 2000, I am certain the dems would have stole the election and hence we would not be debating this.

The Florida legislature was totally prepared NOT to seat Gore delegates.

He is so full of crap. He has no lead.

I don't think the Franken camp seriously believes they have a lead. This is just a means of giving Harry Reid cover when he ignores Minnesota's certification of Coleman as the winner and seats Franken. He can point to this and similar articles as "proof" that Franken actually won.

Truth and reality don't matter when you own the media.

You are right. I remember that. But keep in mind that ***after*** the dems ‘find’ enough notes to put them over the top, it is hard to argue against their contrived result. I witnessed that here in Seattle in 2004.

Had the SCOTUS not intervened, AND the dems had found 548 more votes, then it would have been harder for the FL legislature to fight the result, no matter how fraudulent.

Thus it was important that SCOTUS stop the FL Supremes decision to allow only dem selected counties to be canvassed. Otherwise it would have been a state crisis between the FL Supremes and the FL legislature while dems found their votes and obtained the upperhand.

On your previous post to me, I am speechless that votes were found favoring the Republican. If they were hatched from the Ether, I have to take a hiatus and ponder whether this is where I want my party to go; Fire with Fire and all that. If Repubs are going to co-opt the dem playbook, then maybe it is a good thing because the outcry coming from slimy liberals will force badly needed voter reform, and then the likelihood of fraud should be diminished.

Had the SCOTUS not intervened, AND the dems had found 548 more votes, then it would have been harder for the FL legislature to fight the result, no matter how fraudulent.

FL legislature seats the delegates. Case closed as far as they were concerned. Gore would not have made it.

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