Posted on 11/12/2001 9:03:21 AM PST by stayout
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Yes, but what they did makes sense. I think there would have been a big backlash against the media and DemocRATs if they went against Bush during war time with this. Before 9/11, they would have sucker punched away.
"STUDY SHOWS THAT IF ALL BUSH VOTES WERE DISCOUNTED, GORE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY WON"
Followed by an angry editorial from Alan Drizzlesh*ts saying that all Bush voters should be impeached.
If the media could have, they would have done it. Another possibility is that if they had claime that Gore had the most votes, one can be sure the GOP would really dig deep into the rampant vote fraud in Florida and other states.
He got conservatives and even DUh'ers tuning in to hear his show last night.
They couldn't go against Bush even if they felt like it - Most of these counts were along the line of "if every ballot" meaning those ballots were nobody voted, where people voted for multiples, etc.
I think even Gore knows it - He knew it when he conceded and he knows it now, else he would be out there crying about it. Even some of the very liberal news media were saying Bush won it.
Bush Wins 47th Recount! 48th recount to start of Algore's birthday! Hope looms on for Algore!
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: "Extended Survey Of Disputed Fla. Ballots Finds Virtual Tie"
Burlington Free-Press: "More Voted For Gore, Study Says"
Chicago Tribune: "Florida In The Rearview Mirror"
Chicago Tribune: "Ballots, Rules, Voter Error Led To 2000 Elections Muddle, Review Shows"
Chicago Tribune: "Both Parties Failed To Scrutinize Area With Most Spoiled Ballots"
Chicago Tribune: "Still Too Close To Call"
Los Angeles Times: "GOP Was The Real Victim In Fla. Vote"
New York Daily News: "Full Fla. Recount Favored Gore -- Study"
Detroit Free-Press: "Faulty Voting Machine Part Blamed For Fiasco"
Detroit News: "Recount Gives Florida To Bush"
Los Angeles Times: "Bush Still Had Votes To Win In A Recount, Study Finds"
Los Angeles Times: "Many Voters Simply Did It Wrong"
Los Angeles Times: "Even For Veteran Research Team, It Was New Territory"
Los Angeles Times: "Vote Reform Slow To Come"
Miami Herald: "New Study Shows Bush-Gore Still A Tough Call"
Miami Herald: "Most States Fail To Reform Voting Systems"
Miami Herald: "Faulty Part May Have Voided Ballots"
Miami Herald: "State Repairing Image After Flawed Elections"
Modesto Bee: "Election Result Hinges On Ballot Count Rules That Show Voters' Intentions"
New York Post: "Bush Wins 'Re-Recount' -- Sort Of"
New York Times: "Study Of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast The Deciding Vote"
New York Times: "Who Won Florida? The Answer Emerges, But Surely Not The Final Word"
New York Times: "How The Consortium Of News Organizations Conducted The Ballot Review"
New York Times: "The Time For Ballot Reform"
Orlando Sentinel: "Uncounted Ballots Held Key To Bush-Gore Election"
Orlando Sentinel: "Both Sides Guessed Wrong; In Best Scenario, Gore Would Win By 171"
Orlando Sentinel: "Gore Could Have Overtaken Bush Under New State Rules"
Orlando Sentinel: "It's A Matter Of History, Not Politics"
Orlando Sentinel: "Court-Ordered Recount Was Guessing Game"
Orlando Sentinel: "Detailed Analysis Not Fast Or Cheap"
Orlando Sentinel: "Florida Officials Hope Machines Will Cut Errors"
Orlando Sentinel: "Volusia Down For The Recount"
Palm Beach Post: "Under The Two Most Likely Scenarios, Bush Wins Florida"
Palm Beach Post: "If Clearly Marked 'Over-Votes' Had Counted"
Palm Beach Post: "Statewide Recount Might Have Made Gore A Winner"
Palm Beach Post: "Screen Of Workers Missed Partisan"
Palm Beach Post: "Rights Panel Faults Harris On Handling Of Election Dispute"
San Francisco Chronicle: "Vote Study Concludes Florida Winner Was Bush (Or Maybe Gore)"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Media Review Gives Florida Vote To Bush -- By A Sliver"
St. Petersburg Times: "Recount: Bush"
St. Petersburg Times: "Without Overvotes Gore Was Doomed"
St. Petersburg Times: "Confusion, Inexperience Led 2,500 Voters To Err"
St. Petersburg Times: "Despite Election Fixes, Questions Remain"
Charlotte Sun-Herald: "Voting Equipment Heads Agenda"
Wall Street Journal: "A Review Of Controversial Election Shows Bush Winning A Recount Of Florida Ballots"
Wall Street Journal: "How The Media Consortium Conducted Its Exhaustive Review Of Florida's Ballots"
Wall Street Journal: "One State's Embarrassment Offers Lessons For Others"
Washington Post: "Florida Recounts Would Have Favored Bush"
Washington Post: "Resolving The Dispute Over Dimples"
Washington Post: "A Symbolic, But Muddled, Victory; Cause For Democratic Outrage Is There, Even If The Case Isn't"
Washington Times: "Media Recount Of Florida Ballots Has Mixed Findings"
Washington Times: "Recount Provides No Firm Answers"
He actually took time out from his important new career pounding sand and sucking rocks to issue this brilliant statement?
What's with "effectively?" Did he really say that? What a punk!
And the NYT wrote:A close examination of the ballots found that Mr. Bush would have retained a slender margin over Mr. Gore if the Florida court's order to recount more than 43,000 ballots had not been reversed by the United States Supreme Court. This is pure anti-Bush spin by Drudge.
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