ATTN JMS: Opinion on Bush's Win?

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From: "Mac Breck" <macbreck at access995.com>
Date: 9 Nov 2000 23:24:08 -0700
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From: "Jms at B5" <jmsatb5 at aol.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: ATTN JMS: Opinion on Bush's Win?


> >19000 out of 6 million people couldn't possibly have made a mistake and
> >punched
> >out two holes.  There's just no way!  And ALL of them MUST have been
trying
> >to
> >vote for AlGore!  I guess Bush didn't win by 2000, he lost by 17000!  I
knew
> >you'd whine when Bush won but I didn't expect it to be this bad.
> >
>
> 1) The confusion is over specifically the way the ballot is set up for the
> second and third candidates; the #1 slot, for Bush, is NOT confusing
because
> it's right there on top.
>
> 2) I do not "whine."  I have accepted many elections where I did not like
the
> outcome because that's what the democratic process is *about*.  I didn't
like
> Nixon, didn't like Reagan, didn't much like Bush the Elder...but they were
no
> less legitimate in their presidency than any other president, and you have
to
> respect that.
>
> This is, however, the first time in my entire life when it looks like
somebody
> actually *stole* the election...and I will protest that until all the
facts are
> brought to light and this is either confirmed or disproven in a court of
law.

And if, when the facts come out, it proves that Bush won the election in
accordance with the laws that were in effect at the time of the 11/07/2000
election, will you let it go, or keep on going for further legal appeals ad
infinitum?

Mac




>
> If you have a problem with the legal process in this country, and the
right of
> a people to ensure their votes are properly treated, then you are not the
> citizen you profess to be.
>
>  jms
>
> (jmsatb5 at aol.com)
> (all message content (c) 2000 by
> synthetic worlds, ltd., permission
> to reprint specifically denied to
> SFX Magazine)
>
>
>
>



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 10 Nov 2000 00:06:47 -0700
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>And if, when the facts come out, it proves that Bush won the election in
>accordance with the laws that were in effect at the time of the 11/07/2000
>election, will you let it go, or keep on going for further legal appeals ad
>infinitum?

Why would one want to go for further legal appeals if it's shown that the
election was conducted legally?

That's silly.

It's real simple.  The courts aren't going to decide who's president.  That
right only and properly belongs to the electorate.

If it goes to court, and the process is shown to have been above board, no vote
fraud, no corruption, why would anyone have a problem accepting the results?  I
wouldn't.

If it goes to court, and the process is shown to have been the result of vote
fraud and corruption, why would anyone NOT want the election in Florida
re-done?

If the election in Florida is overturned, as it was in Miami a few years ago,
what happens, as I understand it, is that those who voted -- and ONLY those who
voted -- have the opportunity to vote again.  The people will have spoken.

Anybody here got a problem with the people voting their conscience?

 jms

(jmsatb5 at aol.com)
(all message content (c) 2000 by
synthetic worlds, ltd., permission
to reprint specifically denied to
SFX Magazine)




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