Reply #10: Wrong

[chesley]

first, there was no official hand state-wide recounts. Newspaper recounts are bullshit. Second, even most of thoses gave bush more votes. If I recall correctly, only one, using the most liberal standards gave Gore a victory. I may be wrong about this, but I think not. These all took place long after GWB took the oath of office. There never was an established way to count the votes. That sorta means, in my opinion, that the Republican chosen way wuld have as much weight as a Democrats or a Greens or Pat Buchanan's. But in the end, THERE IS NO PRESIDENT GORE. The facts on the ground (or in the White House) trump both you opinion & mine.

If there had been no court challenge to the Florida election results, there would still be a President Bush. So challenging the results was a no-lose proposition for the Democrats. When the US Supreme Court stopped the recount, the Dems had lost nothing that they had before the issue went to court. So why all the angst? There is still 2004, the world hasn't ended.