Re: Vote for Bush! Re: Pres Bush Left

From: Eric Chomko (echomko_at__at_polaris.umuc.edu)
Date: 10/20/04 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:47:50 +0000 (UTC)

mcook@prodigy.net (mcook@prodigy.net) wrote:
: echomko_at_@polaris.umuc.edu (Eric Chomko) wrote in message news:<cl3k49$j2p$2@news.ums.edu>...
: > mcook@prodigy.net (mcook@prodigy.net) wrote:
: > : "*** Morris" <ramorris@isomedia.com> wrote in message news:<10n65a47lshcm74@corp.supernews.com>...
: > : > "Dale" <dmh7@citilink.com> wrote in message
: > : > news:4172166E.8010000@citilink.com...
: > : > >
: > : > >
: > : > > P. Edward Murray wrote:
: > : > > > Josh, yes you are correct. The Bushies took the matter to the supreme
: > : > > > court and they ruled that it would take too long to do a recount. So,
: > : > > > instead of finding out who really won, the supreme court selected Bush
: > : > > > as our next president...never mind that there were a heck of a lot of
: > : > > > folks that were turned away at the polls, never mind the "Butterfly
: > : > > > Ballot" that led quite a few old timers to vote for Buchanan (sp?)
: > : > > > rather than Gore, never mind all these things were particularly
: > : > > > dishonest.
: > : > > >
: > : > > > He cheated...end of story.
: > : > > >
: > : > > > Ed
: >
: > : The only problem with this analysis is that the recount by the FSC was
: > : non-binding. Bush was already the certified winner of the state. Under
: > : the Electoral Count Act of 1887, Congress was not required to accept
: > : the recount as ordered by the FSC.
: >
: > A fair society would have simply thrown out all the votes in FLA from
: > election day except the absentee ballots and revoted the following
: > Tuesday.
: >
: > Eric

: That would be a violation of the US Constitution. The Electoral Count
: Act of 1887 allows for Congress, i.e. our elected representatives, to
: settle these disputes.

Huh, it took the Supreme Court to do it. Was that not a violation of the
Constitution? Besides the Constitution is passe whenever one can raise
the specter of "national security". Granted the 2000 election was not an
issue of national security, but 9/11 was. Did you see how fast the
Constitution was circumvented because of the events of 9/11? It simply was
useless WRT a terrorist attack, hence something else took its place. In
fact, we have becoem more and more a National Security State ever since
WWII.

Eric

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