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Anger Marks Beginning, Joy Marks End of Bush Regime
by hungeski | November 9, 2008 at 05:06 pm
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by hungeski
On the cold, rainy inauguration day of 2001, angry crowds lined the parade route to jeer the new president, who had gained the office by the Supreme Court quashing a vote count. “Hail to the thief!” yelled the crowd, and, “Oh, no! Gore’s ahead, better call my brother Jeb.” But the parade ended quickly when an egg hit Bush’s limousine, which then zipped off to the White House. So began the Bush regime’s eight year run of lies, cronyism, criminality, neglect, needless war and war profiteering. But the warm election day of 2008 marked the end of that regime, as the citizens chose a reasonable, well-spoken man of the people over his Bush-backed, lobbyist-laden opponent. That night, a joyful crowd gathered in front of the White House to chant “O-ba-ma” and “Yes we can!”, and to sing “Na-na-na-na Hey-hey-hey Goodbye.” And as the crowd partied on past midnight, the White House lights went out.
November 9, 2008 at 05:06 pm by hungeski, 46 views, 2 comments
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at 10:34 on November 10th, 2008
Just for the sake of Truth, Al Gore asked the Supreme Court to make a discipline, not Bush. Gore was never ahead in the count in Florida. He did win the popular vote which has happened in previous elections. The final count gave the victory to Bush by 537 votes. Additional counts by news services following the 7-2 court description to stop the continuous recounts due to the equal protection clause in the constitution found that there was no scenario for a Gore Win. It is sad that folks still promulgate this urban legend that Bush lost this election by a rigged supreme court. Anyone who understands the court structure as it stands today knows that 3 of those who voted to end the vote were liberal leaning judges.
The Miami Herald and USA Today (Non conservative Papers) Concluded the following,
Source: en.wikipedia.org
at 20:11 on November 10th, 2008
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to stop the recount, and three days later ruled 5-4 to quash the recount by giving Florida only two hours to do it -- and that is how Bush gained the presidency. We will never know how the recount would have turned out, but the closest we have to it is the news consortium recount. That recount put Gore ahead using the (common sense) standard of Florida law to count a ballot where the voter intent is clear. The ballots where Gore was both punched and written in put him on top. Before the Supreme Court stopped the recount, the Florida judge presiding over the recount ruled that overvoted ballots be kept separate until he could rule on their inclusion. I think it very likely -- because of the common sense Florida law -- that those ballots would have been included, and more likely than not, Gore would have won. It is clear to me that five Supreme Court justices were not willing to let the chips fall where they may and let the votes decide. Those five were nominated by Nixon, Reagan and Bush I. Also, it was Bush that appealed to the Supreme Court.
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