I wonder what the BFEE would have done if they lost Bush v. Gore.

[MikeG]

They don't know the meaning of the words "It's over".

[tanyev]

1. I don't think that would have happened.

They were prepared to fight the outcome that was, and they were prepared to fight if the electoral had gone for Gore and the popular for Bush. Who knows how many other contingency plans were lined up waiting to go?

[Technowitch]

2. Ah, Grasshoper, but they wouldn't have

See, if they'd lost the SCOTUS case (which wasn't going to happen), they'd have had their Repug majorities in the House and Senate disqualify the Florida electors.

That done, neither candidate would've had the necessary electoral college majority.

Which would've put the whole thing back in the House of Reps for the vote.

And given their majority, they'd have picked Shrub.

Alternative scenario: Floriday legislature (also controlled by Repugs) declares the election results invalid. Under existing law, they pick a slate of electors, and Jeb signs off. Shrub gets the office again.

Next question?

[1monster]

4. Tom Feeney, who was then the Speaker for the Florida House, stated

unequivocally that, should a recount show that Gore had in fact won the electoral votes of Florida, the Republican controlled State Legislature would have disavowed the recount and certified the electoral votes for GWB.

He stated that since the Constitution of the United States left the means of determining how electoral votes were distributed to the State Legislature, then they were perfectly justified in overriding the expressed wishes of the people of Florida.

There was no way the Bush campaign was going to lose that election. It was at least eight years in the planning to make sure that they won, by hook or by crook.

[rock]

5. That is absolutely correct

I remember at the time thinking, "how could any American vote for the Repukes from Florida?" I now know the answer, they wouldn't.

[Walt Starr]

3. They were prepared to do violence

Seriously, there would have been a violent coup had they lost.

[damntexdem]

6. We already know:

because they did lose the election, and we know what they did to get the Felonious Five to select them in Bush v. Gore. In short, they would have done whatever they needed to do to perform a coup de etat.