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2016 Postmortem

CBHagman

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8. I've always been astonished that the media was so lax about the 2000 vote in Florida...

Reply to Hawaii Hiker (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:03 PM

Jun 2015

...and by that I mean that minute-by-minute coverage of the legal battles took precedence over, for instance, focusing on the shocking spectacle of multiple standards for counting ballots, the open attempts to suppress or stop ballot counting, and the failure of Scalia and Thomas to recuse themselves from Bush v. Gore when they had, respectively, sons and a wife working for the Bushes.

And I've always thought the press would not have let it pass if some other political family had just happened to control the state which secured the scion's "win" in a contested election.

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Jeb Bush was central figure in enabling George to steal 2000 election [View all] Hawaii Hiker Jun 2015 OP

He was using his own personal server at home during that time as well. onecaliberal Jun 2015 #1

And they will do it again, murielm99 Jun 2015 #2

There is no doubt in my mind that if Jeb hadn't worked so hard to suppress voters mnhtnbb Jun 2015 #3

Yep! I remember it well. The whole thing STUNK to high heavens! Left coast liberal Jun 2015 #4

A point for the voters to remember if he becomes the GOP candidate rock Jun 2015 #5

Among the many things I recall about Jebbie.So while DUers waste energy slamming fellow Democrats... Hekate Jun 2015 #6

Not even entirely competent Moral Compass Jun 2015 #7

I've always been astonished that the media was so lax about the 2000 vote in Florida... CBHagman Jun 2015 #8

Media ran scared NHDEMFORLIFE Jun 2015 #12

All bushes are bad Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2015 #9

Yeah and he's already wotking behind the scenes to steal the vote for himself in 2016. craigmatic Jun 2015 #10

I think Bush could potentially steal multiple states if he is the nominee davidpdx Jun 2015 #11