Quote Originally Posted by Sir_Russell View Post
Being a person from Florida during the last 2 presidential elections and quite a few others. The Gore loss was very bad with a lot of votes being tossed out because of the hanging chad and strangely enough seemed to happen mostly in the areas that were heavily for Gore.

During the Kerry non-election the same kind of tactic happened in Ohio and again in Florida. I know little of Ohio other then again a republican in power stopped the recount and investigation. In Florida Katherine Harris who was the head of elections also ran the Bush campaign in Florida and if memory serves it was the same next election in Ohio.

How can we crow about our freedoms when anyone can be that biased and in a position of power to be sure that his or her person has such an unfair power over the outcome.
Sir you sound like a great American that cares about our country. Most Dem. and Reb. are just like you. We all care. As a young boy just after WWII elections were hotly contested. One thing we were taught in school was one of the greatest American values that after the election was over that whoever one, we need to support that person for the good of the country. Every losing candidate would generally proudly state that the winner was his President.

That attitude has greatly changed. The press, I think is greatly at fault. Tricks like the N.Y. Times has recently pulled on John McCain and Hillary is good examples. With right wing newspapers doing the same to both parties the fight goes on.

The Dem's have used 71/2 years trying to get even with Bush. If our country had united behind the total war effort after 9/11, an unified front may have forced an end to the war already.

If there would have been any real evidence of illegality in the 2000 and 2004 elections, especially in 2000, don't you think the liberal Supreme Court would have intervened? I am sure that on both sides there were illegalities but none so assume to reverse the election for the Presidnet.