isn't it chilling to think if Gore won in 2000

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Merf

Who's to say if Florida knew how to count ballots? Or who's to say what would have happened if Dubya's brother wasn't the governor of your state?

Whose to say what would have happened if Al Snore had been a decent human being and asked for a manual recount of the entire state instead of just those counties he thought he would do better in. I get that Florida had problems and Jeb Bush and crewe were no saints. But, Gore shot himself in the foot with his calculated decision to recount only some instead of all votes. I submit recounting all votes under the same standard instead of a few counties all under a diff standard was the fairer thing to do but Gore chose not to do that - hence the USSC decision or at least a part of it. Although I do not think the USSC should have taken the case, I cannot fault their reasoning that because all votes were not being counted under the same standard it was unfair. In the end, Gore has himself to blame. Note: this does not exonerate Jeb and crewe for their bad acts. It just means Gore was not lilly white in his innocence.