http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/3/31/203717/524
NY.Supreme Ct. Justice: Bush 2000 rioter, ousted
by bhfrik
Fri Mar 31, 2006 at 06:37:17 PM PDT
The Seattle P.I. brings us this news regarding Republican Judge/activist Thomas Spargo:
A state commission has recommended removing a judge who sought donations to his defense fund from lawyers who were trying cases before him.
[UPDATE: Clyde in comments brings us this information about what N.Y. Supreme Courts are: FYI, a 'Supreme Court' in NY is a lower court it's in what other states would be called a superior court. It handles cases that are higher than a certain amount of money. If it screws up, you can appeal its decisions to its Apellate Division. If the Apellate Division screws up, the last step (before Federal courts) is the NY State Court of Appeals. So "Supreme Court" may sound like the highest court in NY state, but it's actually two levels down.]
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Cross posted @ Club Lefty
In the opinion released Friday, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct also scolded Justice Thomas Spargo for giving out $5 gift coupons for gas and coffee and buying drinks for potential voters in a local campaign in 1999.
Spargo will accept the removal rather than appeal to the state's highest court, said his lawyer, E. Stewart Jones Jr.
The Republican judge, reached at his chambers in Albany, declined to comment on the commission's actions.
The watchdog commission said Spargo "conveyed an appearance of exploiting his judicial office for personal benefit" when he and friends pressured the lawyers to contribute to a fund created to help pay for his battle against the commission over complaints filed since January 2002.
Now you might wonder why some lefty blogger from Oregon gives a hoot about some righty judge in N.Y. being frogmarched out of office. It is because of Judge Spargos involvement in the Florida recount debacle of 2000.
New York's Commission on Judicial Conduct has longstanding rules that stopped Judges from overt partisan political activities with the eye to forcing voters to consider judges based solely upon their individual qualifications. Recently federal courts have loosened these rules so the issue of Judge Spargo's conduct in the Florida recount was not the reason for the Judges dismissal by the commission.
However it just seems to be common sense that Judges, who are supposed to be fair and balanced, (not Fox news fair and balanced mind you) should not be engaged in activities that would call that objectiveness into question. And the actions taken by Judge Spargo in Florida were politically inflammatory to say the least.
Most notably Judge Spargo was part of the organized riot that featured so many prominent republican Congressional staffers during the Miami-Dade recount. Judge Spargo actually said
"There was a relatively good-natured socialization that was going on,"
It sure is nice to know that Judge Spargo considers disenfranchising the vote and intimidating elections workers "good natured" socializing, but I think it is a freaking disgrace! The Republicans moved in a bunch of politically connected out of staters and caused a huge scene during the recount. As related by Paul Gigot of the Wall Street Journal:
The tipping point came Wednesday, after the Florida Supreme Court said manual counts must be included, but by a Sunday deadline. The three canvassers reacted first by dropping a complete recount, thus omitting pro-Bush Cuban-American precincts. They would count only the 10,750 ballots that machines had spit out for no presidential vote. These were mostly from Democratic precincts.
Then the Three Counting Sages repaired to semi-isolation, forcing TV cameras to watch through a window and keeping reporters 25 feet away. That did it. Street-smart New York Rep. John Sweeney, a visiting GOP monitor, told an aide to "Shut it down," and semi-spontaneous combustion took over.
So we actually have an out of state Judge who was involved in stopping the democratic process in Florida. The federals have given him a pass on that particular issue. Yet however it was done, I do think this Judge was given what he deserves.
Full Version: NY Supreme Court Justice BUSH 2000 RIOTER OUSTED
This is some background on the bogus riot in Miami Dade County that stopped the recount and helped to insure Bush's lies that he was the victor
THE CRIMES OF TOM DELAY
http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2003/12/19640.php
I would be so much more impressed by the "hard-hitting" journalism that the "New York Times" (and also phony investigative reporter Lisa Myers) recently pretended to display on the topic of Tom Delay if they had gotten onto Delay's case earlier... Like three years earlier! Tom Delay has been running the boiler room fund-raising scam Myers et al. "exposed," first on small business owners, then doctors, now children's charities, for years. REAL journalists have been trying to draw the public's attention to Delay's crimes since 2000. Their efforts have showed up as one-shot articles stuffed onto page 26 or so of the "NY Times" or "Washington Post," with no follow up, no network coverage. In short, the tracks are quickly swept up.
But if you want to get a taste of the sort of people the corporate media routinely protects, check out this ongoing history of Tom Delay's criminal activity. After reading it, you'll ask yourself: "WHY IS THIS MAN STILL IN OFFICE?" Followed by: "WHY IS THIS MAN NOT IN PRISON?"
Let's go back to November, 2000 and work our way forward through the DeLay cesspool (several of the synopses of articles and links were retrieved in chronological sequence from the archives at Democrats.com, where the editors have been tracking this career criminal's "progress" for years.
Nov 2000:
Delay Tries to Intimidate Supreme Court Judges to Fix Election Outcome
"Those who cherish the idea of judicial independence can only be chilled by Mr. DeLay's utter contempt for it. Listen to him, as quoted in The Washington Post in September 1997: "The judges need to be intimidated. They need to uphold the Constitution." If they don't behave, he said, "we're going to go after them in a big way." --Bob Herbert, NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/04/opinion/...32ae34d&ei=5070
Nov 28 2000:
Tom Delay Finances Trip of 'Rioters' to Florida to Disrupt the Presidential Election Recount
The Miami-Dade thugs included 200 Capitol Hill aides rounded up by Tom DeLay's staff and sent on an all-expenses paid trip, paid for by the Bush campaign. Right up front on television images were Thomas Pyle, an aide DeLay, and Michael Murphy, who works for a DeLay fund-raising committee. That evening, the vigilantes received a congratulatory call from George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, who joked about the riot. Then Wayne Newton sang to them - unbelievably - in German.
Dec. 2000:
Washington Post Scrubs Photo of Florida Rioters that Shows Delays Staff
Remember the thugs who rioted in the Miami-Dade elections office and stopped the manual recount of 10,000 undervotes? This one criminal event probably stole the election for Bush. But please try to forget it, because the Washington Post doesn't want you to remember this ominous event. On December 6, the link below showed a photo of the leaders, current and former Republican Congressional staffers. Now it's gone - straight out of Orwell. If you don't want this event to disappear down the memory hole, here's the full list, courtesy of bushwatch.com: 1. Tom Pyle, policy analyst, office of House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.). 2. Garry Malphrus, majority chief counsel and staff director, House Judiciary subcommittee on criminal justice. 3. Rory Cooper, political division staff member at the National Republican Congressional Committee. 4. Kevin Smith, former House Republican conference analyst and more recently of Voter.com. 5. Steven Brophy, former aide to Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.), now working at the consulting firm KPMG. 6. Matt Schlapp, former chief of staff for Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), now on the Bush campaign staff in Austin. 7. Roger Morse, aide to Rep. Van Hilleary (R-Tenn.). 8. Duane Gibson, aide to Chairman Don Young (R-Alaska) of the House Resources Committee. 9. Chuck Royal, legislative assistant to Rep. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). 10. Layna McConkey, former legislative assistant to former Rep. Jim Ross Lightfoot (R-Iowa), now at Steelman Health Strategies. These individuals should be punished to the fullest extent of the law, and ethics complaints should be filed against the Members of Congress who employ them.
Here's the mirrorered version:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?p...Dec5¬Found=true
THE CRIMES OF TOM DELAY
http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2003/12/19640.php
I would be so much more impressed by the "hard-hitting" journalism that the "New York Times" (and also phony investigative reporter Lisa Myers) recently pretended to display on the topic of Tom Delay if they had gotten onto Delay's case earlier... Like three years earlier! Tom Delay has been running the boiler room fund-raising scam Myers et al. "exposed," first on small business owners, then doctors, now children's charities, for years. REAL journalists have been trying to draw the public's attention to Delay's crimes since 2000. Their efforts have showed up as one-shot articles stuffed onto page 26 or so of the "NY Times" or "Washington Post," with no follow up, no network coverage. In short, the tracks are quickly swept up.
But if you want to get a taste of the sort of people the corporate media routinely protects, check out this ongoing history of Tom Delay's criminal activity. After reading it, you'll ask yourself: "WHY IS THIS MAN STILL IN OFFICE?" Followed by: "WHY IS THIS MAN NOT IN PRISON?"
Let's go back to November, 2000 and work our way forward through the DeLay cesspool (several of the synopses of articles and links were retrieved in chronological sequence from the archives at Democrats.com, where the editors have been tracking this career criminal's "progress" for years.
Nov 2000:
Delay Tries to Intimidate Supreme Court Judges to Fix Election Outcome
"Those who cherish the idea of judicial independence can only be chilled by Mr. DeLay's utter contempt for it. Listen to him, as quoted in The Washington Post in September 1997: "The judges need to be intimidated. They need to uphold the Constitution." If they don't behave, he said, "we're going to go after them in a big way." --Bob Herbert, NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/04/opinion/...32ae34d&ei=5070
Nov 28 2000:
Tom Delay Finances Trip of 'Rioters' to Florida to Disrupt the Presidential Election Recount
The Miami-Dade thugs included 200 Capitol Hill aides rounded up by Tom DeLay's staff and sent on an all-expenses paid trip, paid for by the Bush campaign. Right up front on television images were Thomas Pyle, an aide DeLay, and Michael Murphy, who works for a DeLay fund-raising committee. That evening, the vigilantes received a congratulatory call from George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, who joked about the riot. Then Wayne Newton sang to them - unbelievably - in German.
Dec. 2000:
Washington Post Scrubs Photo of Florida Rioters that Shows Delays Staff
Remember the thugs who rioted in the Miami-Dade elections office and stopped the manual recount of 10,000 undervotes? This one criminal event probably stole the election for Bush. But please try to forget it, because the Washington Post doesn't want you to remember this ominous event. On December 6, the link below showed a photo of the leaders, current and former Republican Congressional staffers. Now it's gone - straight out of Orwell. If you don't want this event to disappear down the memory hole, here's the full list, courtesy of bushwatch.com: 1. Tom Pyle, policy analyst, office of House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.). 2. Garry Malphrus, majority chief counsel and staff director, House Judiciary subcommittee on criminal justice. 3. Rory Cooper, political division staff member at the National Republican Congressional Committee. 4. Kevin Smith, former House Republican conference analyst and more recently of Voter.com. 5. Steven Brophy, former aide to Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.), now working at the consulting firm KPMG. 6. Matt Schlapp, former chief of staff for Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), now on the Bush campaign staff in Austin. 7. Roger Morse, aide to Rep. Van Hilleary (R-Tenn.). 8. Duane Gibson, aide to Chairman Don Young (R-Alaska) of the House Resources Committee. 9. Chuck Royal, legislative assistant to Rep. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). 10. Layna McConkey, former legislative assistant to former Rep. Jim Ross Lightfoot (R-Iowa), now at Steelman Health Strategies. These individuals should be punished to the fullest extent of the law, and ethics complaints should be filed against the Members of Congress who employ them.
Here's the mirrorered version:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?p...Dec5¬Found=true
Miami 'Riot' Squad: Where Are They Now?
By Al Kamen
Monday, January 24, 2005; Page A13
As we begin the second Bush administration, let's take a moment to reflect upon one of the most historic episodes of the 2000 battle for the White House -- the now-legendary "Brooks Brothers Riot" at the Miami-Dade County polling headquarters.
This was when dozens of "local protesters," actually mostly Republican House aides from Washington, chanted "Stop the fraud!" and "Let us in!" when the local election board tried to move the re-counting from an open conference room to a smaller space.
With help from their GOP colleagues and others, we identified some of these Republican heroes of yore in a photo of the event.
Some of those pictured have gone on to other things, including stints at the White House. For example, Matt Schlapp, No. 6, a former House aide and then a Bush campaign aide, has risen to be White House political director. Garry Malphrus, No. 2 in the photo, a former staff director of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on criminal justice, is now deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. And Rory Cooper, No. 3, who was at the National Republican Congressional Committee, later worked at the White House Homeland Security Council and was seen last week working for the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
Here's what some of the others went on to do:
No. 1. Tom Pyle, who had worked for Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), went private sector a few months later, getting a job as director of federal affairs for Koch Industries.
No. 7. Roger Morse, another House aide, moved on to the law and lobbying firm Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds. "I was also privileged to lead a team of Republicans to Florida to help in the recount fight," he told a legal trade magazine in a 2003 interview.
No. 8. Duane Gibson, an aide on the House Resources Committee, was a solo lobbyist and formerly with the Greenberg Traurig lobby operation. He is now with the Livingston Group as a consultant.
No. 9. Chuck Royal was and still is a legislative assistant to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), a former House member.
No. 10. Layna McConkey Peltier, who had been a Senate and House aide and was at Steelman Health Strategies during the effort, is now at Capital Health Group.
(We couldn't find No. 4, Kevin Smith, a former GOP House aide who later worked with Voter.com, or No. 5, Steven Brophy, a former GOP Senate aide and then at consulting firm KPMG. If you know what they are doing these days, please e-mail shackelford@washpost.comso we can update our records.)
Sources say the "rioters" proudly note their participation on résumés and in interviews. But while the original hardy band of demonstrators numbered barely a couple of dozen, the numbers apparently have grown with the legend.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...-2005Jan23.html
By Al Kamen
Monday, January 24, 2005; Page A13
As we begin the second Bush administration, let's take a moment to reflect upon one of the most historic episodes of the 2000 battle for the White House -- the now-legendary "Brooks Brothers Riot" at the Miami-Dade County polling headquarters.
This was when dozens of "local protesters," actually mostly Republican House aides from Washington, chanted "Stop the fraud!" and "Let us in!" when the local election board tried to move the re-counting from an open conference room to a smaller space.
With help from their GOP colleagues and others, we identified some of these Republican heroes of yore in a photo of the event.
Some of those pictured have gone on to other things, including stints at the White House. For example, Matt Schlapp, No. 6, a former House aide and then a Bush campaign aide, has risen to be White House political director. Garry Malphrus, No. 2 in the photo, a former staff director of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on criminal justice, is now deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. And Rory Cooper, No. 3, who was at the National Republican Congressional Committee, later worked at the White House Homeland Security Council and was seen last week working for the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
Here's what some of the others went on to do:
No. 1. Tom Pyle, who had worked for Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), went private sector a few months later, getting a job as director of federal affairs for Koch Industries.
No. 7. Roger Morse, another House aide, moved on to the law and lobbying firm Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds. "I was also privileged to lead a team of Republicans to Florida to help in the recount fight," he told a legal trade magazine in a 2003 interview.
No. 8. Duane Gibson, an aide on the House Resources Committee, was a solo lobbyist and formerly with the Greenberg Traurig lobby operation. He is now with the Livingston Group as a consultant.
No. 9. Chuck Royal was and still is a legislative assistant to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), a former House member.
No. 10. Layna McConkey Peltier, who had been a Senate and House aide and was at Steelman Health Strategies during the effort, is now at Capital Health Group.
(We couldn't find No. 4, Kevin Smith, a former GOP House aide who later worked with Voter.com, or No. 5, Steven Brophy, a former GOP Senate aide and then at consulting firm KPMG. If you know what they are doing these days, please e-mail shackelford@washpost.comso we can update our records.)
Sources say the "rioters" proudly note their participation on résumés and in interviews. But while the original hardy band of demonstrators numbered barely a couple of dozen, the numbers apparently have grown with the legend.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...-2005Jan23.html
The Republican Thug Operatives That Stopped The Vote Re-Count After The 2000 Election
1. Tom Pyle, policy analyst, office of House Majority Whip Tom DeLay R-Tex.).
2. Garry Malphrus, majority chief counsel and staff director, House Judiciary subcommittee on criminal justice.
3. Rory Cooper, political division staff member at the National Republican Congressional Committee.
4. Kevin Smith, former House Republican conference analyst and more recently of Voter.com.
5. Steven Brophy, former aide to Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.), now working at the consulting firm KPMG.
6. Matt Schlapp, former chief of staff for Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), now on the Bush campaign staff in Austin.
7. Roger Morse, aide to Rep. Van Hilleary (R-Tenn.).
8. Duane Gibson, aide to Chairman Don Young (R-Alaska) of the House Resources Committee.
9. Chuck Royal, legislative assistant to Rep. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.).
10. Layna McConkey, former legislative assistant to former Rep. Jim Ross Lightfoot (R-Iowa), now at Steelman Health Strategies.
Where Are They Now?
washingtonpost.com Monday, January 24, 2005
As we begin the second Bush administration, let's take a moment to reflect upon one of the most historic episodes of the 2000 battle for the White House -- the "Brooks Brothers Riot" at the Miami-Dade County polling headquarters.
This was when supposedly "local protesters," who were in actuality paid Republican House aides from Washington illegally stormed the local election board and caused the illegal stopping of the Florida re-count effort.
With help from their GOP colleagues and others, we identified some of these paid Republicans in a photo of the event.
Most of those pictured above have been rewarded by the Bush administration with some given positions at the White House.
No. 6. Matt Schlapp, has risen to be White House political director.
No. 2. Garry Malphrus, is now deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.
No. 3. Rory Cooper, later worked at the White House Homeland Security Council and was seen last week working for the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
No. 1. Tom Pyle, went private sector a few months later, getting a job as director of federal affairs for Koch Industries.
No. 7. Roger Morse, moved on to the law and lobbying firm Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds.
"I was also privileged to lead a team of Republicans to Florida to help in the recount fight,"
he told a legal trade magazine in a 2003 interview.
No. 8. Duane Gibson, was a solo lobbyist and with the Greenberg Traurig lobby operation.
He is now with the Livingston Group as a consultant
No. 9. Chuck Royal was and still is a legislative assistant to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), a former House member.
No. 10. Layna McConkey Peltier, is now at Capital Health Group.
(We couldn't find No. 4, Kevin Smith, a former GOP House aide who later worked with Voter.com, or
No. 5, Steven Brophy, a former GOP Senate aide and then at consulting firm KPMG.)
Sources say that in true Republican form, the paid "rioters" proudly note their illegal participation on résumés and in interviews. But while the original band of paid Republican demonstrators numbered barely a dozen, the numbers apparently have grown in republican fashion with the legend.
1. Tom Pyle, policy analyst, office of House Majority Whip Tom DeLay R-Tex.).
2. Garry Malphrus, majority chief counsel and staff director, House Judiciary subcommittee on criminal justice.
3. Rory Cooper, political division staff member at the National Republican Congressional Committee.
4. Kevin Smith, former House Republican conference analyst and more recently of Voter.com.
5. Steven Brophy, former aide to Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.), now working at the consulting firm KPMG.
6. Matt Schlapp, former chief of staff for Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), now on the Bush campaign staff in Austin.
7. Roger Morse, aide to Rep. Van Hilleary (R-Tenn.).
8. Duane Gibson, aide to Chairman Don Young (R-Alaska) of the House Resources Committee.
9. Chuck Royal, legislative assistant to Rep. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.).
10. Layna McConkey, former legislative assistant to former Rep. Jim Ross Lightfoot (R-Iowa), now at Steelman Health Strategies.
Where Are They Now?
washingtonpost.com Monday, January 24, 2005
As we begin the second Bush administration, let's take a moment to reflect upon one of the most historic episodes of the 2000 battle for the White House -- the "Brooks Brothers Riot" at the Miami-Dade County polling headquarters.
This was when supposedly "local protesters," who were in actuality paid Republican House aides from Washington illegally stormed the local election board and caused the illegal stopping of the Florida re-count effort.
With help from their GOP colleagues and others, we identified some of these paid Republicans in a photo of the event.
Most of those pictured above have been rewarded by the Bush administration with some given positions at the White House.
No. 6. Matt Schlapp, has risen to be White House political director.
No. 2. Garry Malphrus, is now deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.
No. 3. Rory Cooper, later worked at the White House Homeland Security Council and was seen last week working for the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
No. 1. Tom Pyle, went private sector a few months later, getting a job as director of federal affairs for Koch Industries.
No. 7. Roger Morse, moved on to the law and lobbying firm Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds.
"I was also privileged to lead a team of Republicans to Florida to help in the recount fight,"
he told a legal trade magazine in a 2003 interview.
No. 8. Duane Gibson, was a solo lobbyist and with the Greenberg Traurig lobby operation.
He is now with the Livingston Group as a consultant
No. 9. Chuck Royal was and still is a legislative assistant to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), a former House member.
No. 10. Layna McConkey Peltier, is now at Capital Health Group.
(We couldn't find No. 4, Kevin Smith, a former GOP House aide who later worked with Voter.com, or
No. 5, Steven Brophy, a former GOP Senate aide and then at consulting firm KPMG.)
Sources say that in true Republican form, the paid "rioters" proudly note their illegal participation on résumés and in interviews. But while the original band of paid Republican demonstrators numbered barely a dozen, the numbers apparently have grown in republican fashion with the legend.
Floridagate, or "Hey, what's 2.5 million votes between friends?"
The compassionate fascists on the other side keep telling us to "get over" the theft of the 2000 Presidential election. If you're like us at Al-Gore-2004.org, the last thing you will ever do is "get over" being one of over 50 million American citizens who were disenfranchised when Jebbie and Recount Dracula Harris rigged the Florida election so badly that they had to be bailed out by five Neo-Confederates on the Supreme Court who wrote a decision so bogus they had to write into it, in great big neon letters, "oh, by the way, this ruling can't ever be used as a precedent - - for ANYTHING".
"Get over it"?
HEL-LO!! GIMME A BREAK!!!
http://www.geocities.com/goretothecore/floridagate/
The compassionate fascists on the other side keep telling us to "get over" the theft of the 2000 Presidential election. If you're like us at Al-Gore-2004.org, the last thing you will ever do is "get over" being one of over 50 million American citizens who were disenfranchised when Jebbie and Recount Dracula Harris rigged the Florida election so badly that they had to be bailed out by five Neo-Confederates on the Supreme Court who wrote a decision so bogus they had to write into it, in great big neon letters, "oh, by the way, this ruling can't ever be used as a precedent - - for ANYTHING".
"Get over it"?
HEL-LO!! GIMME A BREAK!!!
http://www.geocities.com/goretothecore/floridagate/
Gore Won Florida!
On November 27, Republican Secretary of State Katherine Harris officially certified George W. Bush as the "winner" in Florida by 537 votes.
Since that date, independent investigations by the media have revealed that many illegal votes were counted - while many legal votes were not.
If the votes in Florida had been counted by non-partisan election officials in compliance with the law, Gore would have won Florida.
Unfortunately, George W. Bush, his brother Governor Jeb Bush, Secretary of State Katherine Harris, a partisan Republican majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Republican-owned media did everything in their power to prevent a fair and legal count of the votes.
http://elandslide.org/display.cfm?id=181
On November 27, Republican Secretary of State Katherine Harris officially certified George W. Bush as the "winner" in Florida by 537 votes.
Since that date, independent investigations by the media have revealed that many illegal votes were counted - while many legal votes were not.
If the votes in Florida had been counted by non-partisan election officials in compliance with the law, Gore would have won Florida.
Unfortunately, George W. Bush, his brother Governor Jeb Bush, Secretary of State Katherine Harris, a partisan Republican majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Republican-owned media did everything in their power to prevent a fair and legal count of the votes.
http://elandslide.org/display.cfm?id=181
Al Gore won Florida by over 54,000 votes.
And people by the 10,000s were so sure of who they voted for they voted on the same ballot TWICE by writing Gore's name and punching
Making those ballots uneligible yet it was obvious who they wanted.
Why weren't those counted?
Let alone all the purged people off the ballot.
If the internet had been around in full force in 2000, like it is now, we instantly could have gottten word to Dan Rather and the TV stations then that the rioteers were phony, and it would have shown team Bush for the stinkin' liars they were.
Revenge will be sweet when Al Gore takes his place as the 44th President of these United States, when he indeed IS the 43rd.President.
And people by the 10,000s were so sure of who they voted for they voted on the same ballot TWICE by writing Gore's name and punching
Making those ballots uneligible yet it was obvious who they wanted.
Why weren't those counted?
Let alone all the purged people off the ballot.
If the internet had been around in full force in 2000, like it is now, we instantly could have gottten word to Dan Rather and the TV stations then that the rioteers were phony, and it would have shown team Bush for the stinkin' liars they were.
Revenge will be sweet when Al Gore takes his place as the 44th President of these United States, when he indeed IS the 43rd.President.
Strange...I find Wundermaus' post cool and enlightening...
while I find G4A's totally off-base (Revenge will be sweet
when Al Gore takes his place as the 44th President of these
United States)...it must be me.
while I find G4A's totally off-base (Revenge will be sweet
when Al Gore takes his place as the 44th President of these
United States)...it must be me.
QUOTE(Indianhead @ Apr 2 2006, 12:46 PM)
Strange...I find Wundermaus' post cool and enlightening...
while I find G4A's totally off-base (Revenge will be sweet
when Al Gore takes his place as the 44th President of these
United States)...it must be me.
while I find G4A's totally off-base (Revenge will be sweet
when Al Gore takes his place as the 44th President of these
United States)...it must be me.
As I was the one that posted the topic, and Wundermaus expanded on, this is a little odd.
Seems you are bringing over thoughts from a different thread here.
What is off base? Nothing but that remark.
They stole Gore's major win by lies, deciept and a phony recount.
Had we been here on the internet, things could have been a lot different because it would have been revealed in time to mean something, like immediately, and quite possibly they would have arrested the rioteers, who were doing mischief.
the public would have seen what happened- not one real Bush fan was out there.
it was all phony, just like bush's win.
And when Gore takes his rightful seat in the oval office that he won, all will be corrected, all of it.
But G...Al says he's not running...
so is the support for his candidacy
an exercise in futility?
You're right it's your post...and I'm often
off-base...but hard to pick off.
so is the support for his candidacy
an exercise in futility?
You're right it's your post...and I'm often
off-base...but hard to pick off.
QUOTE(graham4anything @ Apr 2 2006, 10:23 AM)
As I was the one that posted the topic, and Wundermaus expanded on, this is a little odd.
Seems you are bringing over thoughts from a different thread here.
What is off base? Nothing but that remark.
They stole Gore's major win by lies, deciept and a phony recount.
Had we been here on the internet, things could have been a lot different because it would have been revealed in time to mean something, like immediately, and quite possibly they would have arrested the rioteers, who were doing mischief.
the public would have seen what happened- not one real Bush fan was out there.
it was all phony, just like bush's win.
And when Gore takes his rightful seat in the oval office that he won, all will be corrected, all of it.
Seems you are bringing over thoughts from a different thread here.
What is off base? Nothing but that remark.
They stole Gore's major win by lies, deciept and a phony recount.
Had we been here on the internet, things could have been a lot different because it would have been revealed in time to mean something, like immediately, and quite possibly they would have arrested the rioteers, who were doing mischief.
the public would have seen what happened- not one real Bush fan was out there.
it was all phony, just like bush's win.
And when Gore takes his rightful seat in the oval office that he won, all will be corrected, all of it.
Let's just pray (and work like the dickens) that the statues of limitations don't kick in before these thugs (Yeah, you too, Mr. Shrub) are all behind bars. We may have to get the ball rolling in 2006 if we are to make it under the wire...
maybe harris will not be so lucky this time
U.S. SENATE RACE
Campaign staffers abandon Harris
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris, who's trailing behind in polls, said she must replace nearly her entire campaign staff.
BY BETH REINHARD
breinhard@MiamiHerald.com
In what could be the death knell to Katherine Harris's U.S. Senate campaign, all of her key staff members have quit.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/14243117.htm
U.S. SENATE RACE
Campaign staffers abandon Harris
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris, who's trailing behind in polls, said she must replace nearly her entire campaign staff.
BY BETH REINHARD
breinhard@MiamiHerald.com
In what could be the death knell to Katherine Harris's U.S. Senate campaign, all of her key staff members have quit.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/14243117.htm
QUOTE(vet65/69 @ Apr 2 2006, 01:05 PM)
maybe harris will not be so lucky this time
U.S. SENATE RACE
Campaign staffers abandon Harris
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris, who's trailing behind in polls, said she must replace nearly her entire campaign staff.
BY BETH REINHARD
breinhard@MiamiHerald.com
In what could be the death knell to Katherine Harris's U.S. Senate campaign, all of her key staff members have quit.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/14243117.htm
U.S. SENATE RACE
Campaign staffers abandon Harris
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris, who's trailing behind in polls, said she must replace nearly her entire campaign staff.
BY BETH REINHARD
breinhard@MiamiHerald.com
In what could be the death knell to Katherine Harris's U.S. Senate campaign, all of her key staff members have quit.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/14243117.htm
It couldn't happen to a more deserving person.
And, I try to be forgiving...but Katherine Harris?
She has a special place in....(political) Hell.
QUOTE(Indianhead @ Apr 2 2006, 01:33 PM)
But G...Al says he's not running...
so is the support for his candidacy
an exercise in futility?
You're right it's your post...and I'm often
off-base...but hard to pick off.
so is the support for his candidacy
an exercise in futility?
You're right it's your post...and I'm often
off-base...but hard to pick off.
AL DID NOT SAY HE WASN'T RUNNING
If he announced now, he would have to give up control of CURRENT and he has a very important movie and book coming out that need that message to be heard
Then he can announce when the groundswell is so loud it will be deafening
Dream on brother...dream on...
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