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Old 08-16-2007, 12:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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The Election of 2000
When I think of the 2000 election when Gore was elected over Bush, yet Bush stole the election I am reminded of a quote by Stalin:

"It's good enough that they knew their was an election....it's not those who cast the votes who decide anything, it's those who count the votes." -Stalin

Good thing for Bush Jr. the count went down in Florida where Bush's brother Jeb was govenor.
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Old 08-25-2007, 06:06 AM   #2 (permalink)
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How many times are you going to repeat the lie????

In every recount conducted by the media following the election, the results remained the same, Bush won, in some instances by as little as 500 votes and in others by as much as 3000 votes.

It was Democrats who developed the ballot that the people had to vote with, and they were too damn stupid to make it easy enough for the people to use. Nor can we foget the media calling Florida before the polls closed in the state how many votes did that cost Bush, some estimate as many as 10,000 while other say as little as 5,000. You always seem to forget about that.

Come now, Gore couldn't even win his home state, that should tell you all you need to know.

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Old 09-03-2007, 03:41 PM   #3 (permalink)
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How many times are you going to repeat the lie????

In every recount conducted by the media following the election, the results remained the same, Bush won, in some instances by as little as 500 votes and in others by as much as 3000 votes.

It was Democrats who developed the ballot that the people had to vote with, and they were too damn stupid to make it easy enough for the people to use. Nor can we foget the media calling Florida before the polls closed in the state how many votes did that cost Bush, some estimate as many as 10,000 while other say as little as 5,000. You always seem to forget about that.

Come now, Gore couldn't even win his home state, that should tell you all you need to know.

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It's not a lie. The FACTS are on my side, they are not on the side of Bush. Bush won the election of 2000 because those who counted the votes were on his side. Comrade Stalin was proven right when it comes to elections during the election of 2000. As he likes to say: "Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." If those who casted the votes actually, in reality, did truly decide anything, Bush would have never won in 2000. Gore should have never stepped down. Bush won the election of 2000 because those who cast the votes decide nothing and his brother's administration along with Bush's corporate donors who had contracts on the voting machines, counted the votes and they decided everything, not the voters. The only reason he did step down was to avoid a long drawn out fight that would divide the nation. He was foolhardy for doing so. You always stand your ground and never back down and fight till the end. Never apologize either for doing the right thing and refusing to back down. Gore was weak.
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Old 09-03-2007, 06:54 PM   #4 (permalink)
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How many times are you going to repeat the lie????

In every recount conducted by the media following the election, the results remained the same, Bush won, in some instances by as little as 500 votes and in others by as much as 3000 votes.

It was Democrats who developed the ballot that the people had to vote with, and they were too damn stupid to make it easy enough for the people to use. Nor can we foget the media calling Florida before the polls closed in the state how many votes did that cost Bush, some estimate as many as 10,000 while other say as little as 5,000. You always seem to forget about that.

Come now, Gore couldn't even win his home state, that should tell you all you need to know.

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Then there were the scrubbed voter lists, the machine malfunctions and many other irregularities, all of which are disturbing. I take particular issue with voting machine mfrs, all of whom are heavy Repub donors. How can they make ATMs that spit out paper receipts showing correct balances, but they can't make voting machines that do the same?! The media didn't help matters, either. We'll never know who would have won without all the problems. That's what makes it such a travesty. The will of the people was not done.
Old 09-19-2007, 11:08 AM   #5 (permalink)
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You should read up on the electoral college...It's how elections are won here in the U.S. Seems that the Democrat's cannot get that through their head.
Old 09-19-2007, 12:13 PM   #6 (permalink)
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There is little doubt that the 2000 elections were stolen. The grave anomilies that happened in Florida cannot be reduced to merely coincidence.
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There is little doubt that the 2000 elections were stolen. The grave anomilies that happened in Florida cannot be reduced to merely coincidence.
All the recounts went to Bush..I think Bush won.
Old 09-19-2007, 12:17 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Boy, what happened in Florida was a farce. And it took the USSC to end it all.
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Old 09-19-2007, 12:35 PM   #9 (permalink)
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All the recounts went to Bush..I think Bush won.
At the time the recounts happened the damage had already been done.
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Old 09-19-2007, 12:44 PM   #10 (permalink)
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All the recounts went to Bush..I think Bush won.
I think the biggest problem was with the list of some 5000 registered voters that were not allowed to vote because of being labeled 'felons'. The majority of these people were Democrats.

Oh, and BTW, these people were incorrectly labeled as felons. They were at most guilty of misdemeanors, or had their name mixed up with someone else.

At the time, Florida was the only state that was using the services of this company, and Katherine Harris was informed of the problems, but didn't care.

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