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Hang Seng down 3.41% at ll:30 et. News travels fast. Watch Asian markets. I do not think a judicially appointed Presidency is going to be favorably received overseas. I hope you are not long in tommorrow's market.

Representative Buyer was in Florida investigating the suppression of military ballots for a congressional oversight committee. He was very guarded in his comments. He did say that Florida had violated Federal Law in 1980 concerning absentee ballots. I believe he said they were operating under a provisional order or something to that effect. Does anyone think that he might be on to something that might amount to a criminal violation of law or even a conspiracy to violate that law. By mentioning the provisional order led me to believe that Florida had possibly a higher responsibility to fulfill the requirements ...

Can the overturning of a legal election be sold? That is the question the members of the Florida Supreme Court must be asking themselves tonight. It could be they are more concerned selling it to themselves than they are in selling it to the nation as a whole. After all just leave the political sale to their accomplices, the Democratic Party. If those boys and girls could sell a rapist in the Whitehouse as a popular President, how difficult could it be sell Al Gore as a legitimate President? They know selling it to themselves will be difficult. When Brutus ...

Although Kathleen Harris is yet to certify the official count which clearly shows that George W. Bush is the winner of Florida's 25 electoral votes, it must be understood that that George W. Bush has won election to the Presidency of the United States. This election was a duly constituted election in accordance with the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of Florida. It was administered by the executive branch of the State of Florida in full accordance with the laws set forth by the Florida Legislature as directed by the Constitution of ...

Orlando Salinas of Fox News has just reported that Miami-Dade is trying to speed up the hand counting. The are proposing to segregate ballots by candidate and examine the ballots in stacks by holding a stack to the light to see if there is an obstruction in the hole punched for candidate. The Republicans objected on the grounds that this is not a hand count which gives the careful consideration to each ballot that the Democrats have stated is there purpose. The time frame of the Miami-Dade vote is presenting a real problem for the Democrats. The matter has not ...

On a Special Edition of Hardball with Chris Matthews, Alan Derschowitz signaled a subtle shift in Democrat strategy. He mentioned that a statewide handcount supervised by independent observers might be a solution coming out of the judiciary proceedings of next week. Gore chief legal strategist David Boies discussed the statewide handcount solution later in the show. Of course this is extralegal solution and can only happen if the judiciary unconstitutioally takes over the elections. The Democratic strategy has clearly shifted from selective handcounts to court administered elections. Evidently, polls must be showing that the current selective handcounts are being perceived ...

Al Gore is clinging to a slim lead of 5899 packs of cigarettes in Wisconsin, while Gore campaign officials continue to blow smoke on two fronts. Sources in the Gore campaign have been hestitant to comment on a videotape that shows believed to be Gore-Liberman officials offering cigarettes for votes in and near homeless shelters in the Milwaukee area. The videotape seems unavailable for viewing by the American public in much the same way the Juanita Broaderrick interview was unavailable for public viewing during the Clinton impeachment. One Gore source commented that if such a videotape does exist, such an ...

Viewers of Hannity & Colmes received an unpleasant surprise tonight. Democratic attack dog, Bob Boeckel, was sitting in for regular co-host Alan Colmes. Boeckel dominated the air time by hurling personal insults at any number of Republicans. His most vicious attack was an off-handed insult hurled at presidential candidate Steve Forbes. He referred to the candidate by chuckling that Forbes had "the face only his mother could love." He also personally attacked Senator Bob Smith in more than one contentious exchange which did little to elucidate the issue which was being discussed. The attack on a person's physical appearance follows ...