Yes, Bush's margin was smaller with every recount because Gore's operatives were successful with that "dimpled, hanging, swinging" chad nonsense.
Bush won on election day and on two separate official recounts. Bush won In state court. Gore won in appeals court. Bush won in supreme court. Running to the next higher court was a tactic that Gore's team initiated and were outdone by Bush's. Don't cry when you lose the game that you started.
The controversy about the 2000 election isn't about popular vote totals. It's about the election results in Florida.
This is the abridged version of events.
1. Bush won the initial count but the margin was so slim, an automatic recount was triggered by Florida law.
2. Bush won the recount but buy a slimmer margin.
3. Al Gore's campaign requested another recount and Florida agreed.
4. Bush won that recount, but by an even slimmer margin.
5. The Gore campaign requested another recount.
6. The state of Florida refused because the results of three counts of the vote confirmed that Bush won.
7, The Gore campaign files suit to force recount, which a low court orders.
8. Florida and the Bush campaign appeal and the Supreme Court agrees to hear the case immediately.
9. Supreme Court rules that the lower court didn't have the authority to force Florida to recount again.
10. Florida certifies Bush as the winner, Bush gets the electoral votes and wins the election.
11. Whiny little crybabies all over the world don't like that their guy lost and invent a false narrative about Bush being selected rather than elected.
12. Idiots who are too lazy to look into the events for themselves repeat this false narrative.
The votes in Florida were later counted again by journalists who confirmed that Bush won.
In FOUR separate counts of the votes cast in Florida it was confirmed that Bush won. Get over it.
When someone uses "assault weapon", I roll my eyes and when someone uses "assault weapon" and "assault rifle" interchangeably, I grit my teeth.
I want to pull my hair out when some idiot says something like "You don't need an AR-15 or AK-47 to hunt deer, they are high powered killing machines unlike grandpa's deer rifle." but is blissfully unaware they these are unarguably less powerful than a hunting rifle. When some dumb ass uses the term "magazine clip" or prefixes any legitimate term with "assault" to make it sound scary, it makes me want to slap him or her.
You're right. Go along to get along Republicans' days are numbered. The only real questions remaining about Republicans are how they will vote on abortion and guns. The new Republicans are more split on those issues than the old ones.
Paula Jones alleged that when he was her boss, Bill Clinton exposed his penis to her and requested oral sex.
Bill Clinton, of course, denied this. Not only did he not request oral sex from Paula Jones, but he never requested oral sex from any subordinate. He never engaged in oral sex with any subordinate... Or so he claimed.
Paula Jones's legal team caught wind of a rumor about Clinton and a certain intern. They passed this information along to Ken Starr. Ken Starr discovered that, yes Bill Clinton had engaged in a sexual relationship with a subordinate and had lied about it under oath while seeking to avoid civil liability in a sexual harassment case.
Not only did he lie under oath, he suggested to other people that if they all told the same untrue story, it would look better to the investigators. That is why he was impeached.
When someone is accused of seeking oral sex from a subordinate, how in the fuck is it not related if he engaged in oral sex with another subordinate?
I've been called an Uncle Tom. I've been accused of harboring self hatred. I've been accused of "trying to be white" and thinking that I am white.
These accusations are hurled either by people who are losers or who need others to be losers and look to them for guidance.
Living in a low crime neighborhood and sending my children to a decent school means far more to me than the approval of people who want to see me fail more than they want to see themselves succeed.
Ghetto black people and white trash are surprisingly similar. We've seen a migration from the inner cities to low income suburbia of people with that mindset.
The biggest difference is that the white trash celebrate when someone makes it out of the cycle of poverty.
Comedians make jokes about it and I've seen it with my own eyes. Guys get more love and admiration when they get out of prison than they do for finishing college.
People throw parties when their friends and relatives get out of prison and don't care when their friends and relatives further their educations.
The day I graduated with my M.S., I went out to celebrate with a beer. I wore my cap and robe to the bar. I got a bunch of strange looks, like seeing someone who graduated from college was unimaginable. One man, apparently a thug, came up to me and asked what degree I had just gotten. I told him that I just got a Master of Science in Information Security and Assurance. He grabbed me, embraced me, told me he was proud and that we needed more educated men in our community.
It's still an uphill battle but it's not yet a lost cause.
We're talking in layman's terms here. An engineer may use a more specific term, but when you tell anyone with a inkling of how an engine runs that it is knocking, piston slapping isn't the first term to come to mind.
Exactly. No one thinks of "piston slap" when you tell them your engine is "knocking". When you say that your engine is "knocking", everyone thinks of abnormal combustion because that's what it is. For some reason, you're getting pre-ignition. The knock sensors in modern engines adjust air-fuel mixtures because knock is all about combustion.
John Kerry chooses to call himself a Catholic. If he's going to take public stances that are in opposition to the doctrine of that organization, it's only natural that the group can voice their disagreement.
Perhaps it's because you're Canadian that you don't understand. Obama is the President but that only puts him in control of one third of our government. The legislative is a separate and co-equal branch.
So despite the fact that Obama won the Presidential election, the Republicans in the House and Senate also won their respective elections. I sent my Senator and Representative to oppose the vast majority of Obama's agenda. They were being obedient to those of us who sent them to Washington.
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Yes, Bush's margin was smaller with every recount because Gore's operatives were successful with that "dimpled, hanging, swinging" chad nonsense.
Bush won on election day and on two separate official recounts. Bush won In state court. Gore won in appeals court. Bush won in supreme court. Running to the next higher court was a tactic that Gore's team initiated and were outdone by Bush's. Don't cry when you lose the game that you started.
LK
The controversy about the 2000 election isn't about popular vote totals. It's about the election results in Florida.
This is the abridged version of events.
1. Bush won the initial count but the margin was so slim, an automatic recount was triggered by Florida law.
2. Bush won the recount but buy a slimmer margin.
3. Al Gore's campaign requested another recount and Florida agreed.
4. Bush won that recount, but by an even slimmer margin.
5. The Gore campaign requested another recount.
6. The state of Florida refused because the results of three counts of the vote confirmed that Bush won.
7, The Gore campaign files suit to force recount, which a low court orders.
8. Florida and the Bush campaign appeal and the Supreme Court agrees to hear the case immediately.
9. Supreme Court rules that the lower court didn't have the authority to force Florida to recount again.
10. Florida certifies Bush as the winner, Bush gets the electoral votes and wins the election.
11. Whiny little crybabies all over the world don't like that their guy lost and invent a false narrative about Bush being selected rather than elected.
12. Idiots who are too lazy to look into the events for themselves repeat this false narrative.
The votes in Florida were later counted again by journalists who confirmed that Bush won.
In FOUR separate counts of the votes cast in Florida it was confirmed that Bush won. Get over it.
LK
Almost.
When someone uses "assault weapon", I roll my eyes and when someone uses "assault weapon" and "assault rifle" interchangeably, I grit my teeth.
I want to pull my hair out when some idiot says something like "You don't need an AR-15 or AK-47 to hunt deer, they are high powered killing machines unlike grandpa's deer rifle." but is blissfully unaware they these are unarguably less powerful than a hunting rifle. When some dumb ass uses the term "magazine clip" or prefixes any legitimate term with "assault" to make it sound scary, it makes me want to slap him or her.
LK
You know that angry "What the fuck?" bubbling up in the back of your mind?
That's how gun enthusiasts feel when news people start making nonsensical claims about guns.
When some dumb ass says "military style" or "assault magazine clip" or someone ridiculous nonsense, we feel the way you do watching this story.
LK
Hi, New guy
I suggest that you Google for Jon Katz
LK
What makes you think that you have any idea of what my interests are?
LK
Masterfully trolled. If you had dialed it back just a little, it would have worked.
LK
You're right. Go along to get along Republicans' days are numbered. The only real questions remaining about Republicans are how they will vote on abortion and guns. The new Republicans are more split on those issues than the old ones.
LK
$300,000 in will buy a McMansion out in the suburbs of Pittsburgh.
LK
Paula Jones alleged that when he was her boss, Bill Clinton exposed his penis to her and requested oral sex.
Bill Clinton, of course, denied this. Not only did he not request oral sex from Paula Jones, but he never requested oral sex from any subordinate. He never engaged in oral sex with any subordinate... Or so he claimed.
Paula Jones's legal team caught wind of a rumor about Clinton and a certain intern. They passed this information along to Ken Starr. Ken Starr discovered that, yes Bill Clinton had engaged in a sexual relationship with a subordinate and had lied about it under oath while seeking to avoid civil liability in a sexual harassment case.
Not only did he lie under oath, he suggested to other people that if they all told the same untrue story, it would look better to the investigators. That is why he was impeached.
When someone is accused of seeking oral sex from a subordinate, how in the fuck is it not related if he engaged in oral sex with another subordinate?
LK
You must not pay attention to American politics. Feinstein has been working tirelessly against the 2nd amendment for over thirty years.
LK
Shooting someone for assaulting you often is.
We call it that here too.
LK
I'm, happily, from the north.
Your attempt to juxtapose gay rights with civil rights is offensive.
I'm all for equality for everyone. Just argue your position on its own merits.
LK
Why do you think your kids would care?
Homophobia is well on the way to being consigned to the dustbin of history where it belongs.
See the 'race mixing' protests of 50 years ago for an example.
Please stop with the "gay is the new black" assertions. They're offensive.
LK
I've been called an Uncle Tom. I've been accused of harboring self hatred. I've been accused of "trying to be white" and thinking that I am white.
These accusations are hurled either by people who are losers or who need others to be losers and look to them for guidance.
Living in a low crime neighborhood and sending my children to a decent school means far more to me than the approval of people who want to see me fail more than they want to see themselves succeed.
LK
I've seen it from close up.
Ghetto black people and white trash are surprisingly similar. We've seen a migration from the inner cities to low income suburbia of people with that mindset.
The biggest difference is that the white trash celebrate when someone makes it out of the cycle of poverty.
Comedians make jokes about it and I've seen it with my own eyes. Guys get more love and admiration when they get out of prison than they do for finishing college.
People throw parties when their friends and relatives get out of prison and don't care when their friends and relatives further their educations.
The day I graduated with my M.S., I went out to celebrate with a beer. I wore my cap and robe to the bar. I got a bunch of strange looks, like seeing someone who graduated from college was unimaginable. One man, apparently a thug, came up to me and asked what degree I had just gotten. I told him that I just got a Master of Science in Information Security and Assurance. He grabbed me, embraced me, told me he was proud and that we needed more educated men in our community.
It's still an uphill battle but it's not yet a lost cause.
LK
Did you forget to call the devs Waaacist?
If by "devs" you mean "devils".
LK
Yes. That's exactly what I mean.
Then, like now, the Democrats use scaremongering about black men being violent to frighten people into restricting gun rights.
LK
You are woefully unaware of the history of self defense by black people in the rural south.
LK
We're talking in layman's terms here. An engineer may use a more specific term, but when you tell anyone with a inkling of how an engine runs that it is knocking, piston slapping isn't the first term to come to mind.
Exactly. No one thinks of "piston slap" when you tell them your engine is "knocking". When you say that your engine is "knocking", everyone thinks of abnormal combustion because that's what it is. For some reason, you're getting pre-ignition. The knock sensors in modern engines adjust air-fuel mixtures because knock is all about combustion.
LK
John Kerry chooses to call himself a Catholic. If he's going to take public stances that are in opposition to the doctrine of that organization, it's only natural that the group can voice their disagreement.
Excommunication is the church's prerogative.
LK
That's exactly it.
When their guys win, it's because of popular support but when they lose they want to blame gerrymandering.
LK
Perhaps it's because you're Canadian that you don't understand. Obama is the President but that only puts him in control of one third of our government. The legislative is a separate and co-equal branch.
So despite the fact that Obama won the Presidential election, the Republicans in the House and Senate also won their respective elections. I sent my Senator and Representative to oppose the vast majority of Obama's agenda. They were being obedient to those of us who sent them to Washington.
LK
Memory is not serving you.
The Democrats had enough seats in the House to pass it without any Republican support.
LK