Bit Media Fl. Recount: Gore topped Bush if all the under/over Votes counted;Legal strategy destroyed

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[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

Al who ??????????

[Numbers Guy]

That 41 to 170 vote Gore margin is laughable. Why? Because the differences in counting standards were guaranteed to have more than a 129-vote swing statewide. Hell, it was estimated that use of the Broward standard cost Gore a 300-vote gain in one county alone.

Secondly, there's no indication that the military ballots that were thrown out for specious reasons were recounted. Let's see, people who didn't follow directions on the ballot should have their votes counted. But military people who *did* follow directions, except that much military mail isn't postmarked, had their ballots tossed out. That's about 1,000 votes, military ballots broke 2-1 for Bush, gain 300+ for Bush, and we aren't having this discussion.

This is a piece of crap analysis. It only examines things that Gore wanted examined, fails to look into felons voting, non-citizens voting, and NW Florida residents discouraged from voting by the early call. All those don't matter, only the things that might break Gore's way were counted.

As they say, results are no better than the underlying assumptions . . . proof positive here.

[samtheman]

This is a piece of crap analysis. It only examines things that Gore wanted examined, fails to look into felons voting, non-citizens voting, and NW Florida residents discouraged from voting by the early call. All those don't matter, only the things that might break Gore's way were counted.--- Numbers Guy

Well said.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

there were places where more votes were counted for the Goron than people registered as Dems ( a city on a lake...).

Chicago?

That's where this count of spoiled and illegal ballots occured, at NORC(National Organization of Research at the University of Chicago) the research branch of the University of Chicago.

NORC: Florida Ballot Project.

[The Wizard]

this isn't news , this is guy's trying to get something out of nothing after paying a lot

[ejo]

'who cares about this?

Probably the lawyers, they were feasting on it and hope that it continues....

[dbbeebs]

Two and a half years from now, we'll never hear the end of it.

[lasereye]

Did they count the hundreds of military ballots that Gore got thrown out, and which were going to be restored in a lawsuit?

[IVote2]

When you write them Bonnie, you might ask if they have any comment about the "Majority Leader" who was NOT elected by the people, nor was his party elected to the majority.

But of course, they have no time for this coup do they. The liberals like this outcome.

Regards, Jen

[TommyDale]

"If you stand on your head, and twist it this way, and rub your tummy...this chad would have given Al Gore another vote." People are too smart to believe that Gore won Florida. EVERYONE knows an illegal ballot is a VOIDED ballot. Period.

Anyway, that's what the Democrats get when they go out and round up ILLITERATE VOTERS!!

[princess leah]

I think they ought to take a poll that asks Americans "Do you think the military personnel who voted in the 2000 Presidential election that were from Florida and were oversea serving our nation should count?" End of debate!!!

[WIMom]

I was responding to some bleeding heart liberial who wanted to know something like: "Now that we know the president is illegimate, what do we do?" We wouldn't be worrying about this if the democrats would stop insisting on fraudlent means to "win" elections.

[vaudine]

What gives? THESE WERE NOT VOTES!. That is why they were not counted in the first,second,third,etc.place.

I think it is completely unAmerican to bring this up now, and they are doing it to try to bring down Bush's favorability ratings.When will the Americans who slavishly imbibe the meretricious soundbites of the dans,peters,toms,judys get a clue and TURN THESE PEOPLE OFF!

The 2002 drive to retake the govt.by Dems has geared up.This is of a piece with pianolegs Clinton saying on CNN that the Bush tax cut was to blame for 9-11. The media and the far left D#m Dems do not care about anything but power in their hands.Thank God for Zell Miller of GA, John Breaux, and a handful of others, but for whom the zealotry of Kennedy,Leahy,et al would consume the congress and media.

vaudine

[Enlightiator]

ROLMAO! Nevermind that "overvotes" (more than one vote) have never been counted in the history of Florida....

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

The (unfinished) Ballad of Al Gore

[planter]

Florida recount study: Bush still wins

[Wondervixen]

I say that we greet ANY left leaning media screwball who dares to harp on this in any way, shape, or form with a good old fashioned punch right square in the mouth!

Maybe when these dolts receive a fat lip and have to pick their teeth up off the ground they will begin to understand this thing we call LIFE.

[jla]

Hmmm...The liberal media discloses it's much flawed & tainted ballot "recount", whilst The Groper regurgitates that he'd be better suited to be in the Oval Office now.
The vapid daughter contemplates tax cuts during an identity crisis...and not to be upstaged, The Incubus ruminates over how jobs can't be created if deficits occur simultaneously with tax cuts, (despite 21 million jobs created during the Great Years, i.e. President Reagan's terms.)

Something's brewing in beast's caldron.

[Ole Okie]

Does this mean we should stop the war on terrorism and focus on repealing the tax-cuts for the rich?

Yeah, according to Ms Chelsea Hubbell Clitoon.

Chelsea's first and major concern when she was within 12, 4, 1 150 blocks of the Twin Towers when they collapsed was whether the "tax cut" {BWAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAA} would keep the US Gummit from taking care of the victims.

[Sueann]

"Illegal"

You are sooooo right!!! That's why Sec. Harris told the judge in Florida not to recount - because those votes are illegal. The woman lib who was head of elections for her county, counted them anyway!! And ... that's why the Scotus voted 7-2 to agree with Sec. Harris that the votes were illegal and against the Constitution. Then, Scotus voted 5-4 to actually stop the recount - since it was illegal anyway. But you notice that the libs always use the 5-4 vote and never mention the 7-2 vote about Constitutionality of the recount.