Thumbing their noses at the U.S. Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Florida, in a 4 to 3 decision, issued yesterday, at 4:01PM, one minute after the New York Stock Markets closed for the week, ordered the 67 counties in Florida to manually determine if there was an identifiable vote for Gore or Bush on each of somewhere around 60,000 'undervoted ballots' statewide. This ruling overturned the decision of N. Sanders Sauls who immediately recused himself from the issue (realizing he was dealing with four partisan Gore goons) resulting in Leon County Judge Terry Lewis becoming the organizer and overseer of this county wide Gore Rally.
You're probably asking yourself, "Damn Merval! Where does the money come from?" to pay Team Gore's David Boies, the Nosferatu looking lawyer's $7000 per day legal fees?  Well, both campaigns have intricate fund raising efforts to vacuum money from the wallets of the true believers into the Coach brand briefcases of these so many bronzing barristers. And, in yet another reflection of this election, we witness a most fair and ethical means to gather up these funds and also a shady and a "prone to mischief" method to grab up similar contributions. While the G.W.Bush campaign limits contributions to $5,000 per individual, for there are no limits in fund raising to pay legal bills (imagine that!) we see Team Gore accepts contributions of any size. And while G.W.Bush is just a good-old-dirt-clod-kicking country boy from Texas, all Bush donors and donation amounts will be available for instant viewing on the Internet. Versus Team Gore, whose namesake invented the same, who screams from a high pulpit for new strict campaign finance reforms, but yet will now shred the envelopes and stash these contributions exactly the way William Jefferson Clinton taught him. How many times have we heard the refrain, "If Bush was in the same situation as Gore he'd do the same thing?" Well, here we have the "same situation." Enough said?
Bush attorney's lost yesterday in the Atlanta Federal court appeal because they could not prove 'irreparable harm' caused by the recounts in Florida. The reason Bush couldn't prove irreparable harm, is that even after the rigged recounts, where three Oujia Boards were burnt up divining votes for Gore, Bush was still certified as the winner. In the Seminole County court case, where voter ID numbers were left off of applications for ballots and later filled in by Republican workers, Judge Nikki Clark is wrapping up today. And in the the Martin County trial, where some applications for ballots were mailed out with incorrect voter ID numbers (how hard does someone have to look to dig up this stuff?!) Judge Terry Lewis resumes hearings today. Election scholars MW has conferred with assure me that the rights of the voter to get his vote counted will trump any non-fraudulent activities involved in receiving his ballot. In the Seminole county case, you've heard that Team Gore shill Harry Jacobs, who donated $50,000 to the Gore campaign, claim (that although only 2,000 Republican applications for absentee ballots were involved) that all 25,000 absentee ballots must be thrown out. Seems like old Harry isn't too concerned about counting every vote when he wants more than twice as many votes thrown out than were ever in question in Miami-Dade!
Gore defenders, like members of a Christmas caroling group walking from interview to interview are all singing the same FOIA Song. The words are, "What if students from some university, under the Freedom of Information Act, request to hand recount the ballots in Miami, and they discover that Gore actually won the election?" Number one, if the George W. Bush administration drags out responses to FOIA requests one half as long as the current White House occupants, Bill Clinton will be on a strict Viagra regimen before a single ballot is turned over. Number two, George W. Bush will have been installed as our 43rd President, what possible purpose could this FOIA recount serve? Number three, what criteria would they use to indicate a vote for president? Remember that Palm Beach County, using their ten year old definition, that a chad must be hanging by two or less corners to be considered a vote, discovered only three additional votes for Al Gore, Jr. after days of counting. It wasn't until they were forced to adopt the 'pregnant/dimpled' chad (shown upper left above) as an indication of a vote, did Al Gore, Jr. pick up any appreciable number of votes. New vote totals by a group of college students with an obvious agenda, for why would Republican's participate?, would not be accepted by any reasonable individuals, and could have absolutely no effect on the outcome. But leave it to the Democrats to respond to certain defeat with a two fisted massive masturbatory effort.
Your Mr.Wonderful is checking with Mr.Drudge on this one. Stand by !
Thursday, Team Gore is going in front of the Florida Supreme Court to argue that they should hear his case (to hand recount 14,000 votes) that was crushed Monday by N. Sanders Sauls. The probability of Gore winning, if these justices even agree to hear his case, is given as low. If Gore loses, most, except Gore himself, say it's all over. Bush attorney's are at the Atlanta Court of Appeals with the argument that since not all the millions of votes cast in the Florida State Presidential election were hand counted, it is a violation of the 14th Amendment to accept any hand counts and the vote count must now revert back to the second machine re-count totals. If Bush wins, that would also quash virtually all hopes of Team Gore. Judge Nikki Ann Clark of the Circuit Court for the Second Circuit and Leon County Florida will hear one of two court cases, one from Seminole and one from Martin counties, both of which involve instances of where ballot workers hand wrote in voter identification numbers on applications for absentee ballots. The case from Seminole County involves, I understand, both Republican and Democratic workers writing in the voter ID numbers and the case from Martin County involves, only Republican's writing in the ID numbers, because the Democrat absentee ballot applications correctly included the ID numbers. These cases have been brought to the Leon County Second Circuit Court by wealthy Gore backers who have been in close communication with Al Gore Jr., hisself. Both are an attempt to disallow all absentee ballots in these counties Bush won, which would give Team Gore the victory in Florida. The Gore/Lieberman mantra of "All the votes must be counted" is ringing pretty hollow now that his operatives (with his knowledge and encouragement) are attempting to get 14,000 plus votes not counted! Law Professor, Paul Bender of the Arizona State University College of Law, states that since there is apparently no means to identify which voters received their absentee ballot due to these write in campaigns, it would be extremely doubtful if the votes of over 14,000 citizens would be thrown out over the question of improperly filled in absentee ballot applications.
After being bitch-slapped by the U.S.Supreme Court, the Florida Supreme Court yesterday was exposed as either a bunch of robed dolts or simply your typically incredibly partisan Democrats. I believe that these esteemed and well tanned judges have demonstrated that they are such Democratic disciples that they did instantly and unanimously mandate illegalities upon the citizens of the Sunshine State in the sole hope that Democrat Al Gore, Jr., might capture the Florida Electoral vote. On this coming Thursday's appeal to the Florida Supreme Court, by Al Gore, Jr., of the ruling by Circuit Judge N. Sanders Sauls that found no evidence that the Team Gore rabidly requested recounts are necessary, the Florida Supremes have already precipitously reached their verdict. It was contained in Judge N. Sanders Sauls December 4th, 2000 ruling: As the state's chief legal officer, I feel a duty to warn that if the final certified total for balloting in the state of Florida includes figures generated from this two-tier system of differing behavior by official canvassing boards, the state will incur a legal jeopardy under both the United States and state constitutions. This legal jeopardy could potentially lead Florida to having all of its votes, in effect, disqualified, and this state being barred from the Electoral College's selection of a president.As in this season's song, Do you see what I see? Well do you? Do you see how if the Florida Supreme Court mandates a ". . . two-tier system of differing behavior . . ." that this could potentially ". . . lead Florida to . . . being barred from the Electoral College's selection of a president." And the Electoral College absent Florida's votes, would place Al Gore, Jr. behind the desk of the President of the United States.
More horseshit from liberals. Let's look at the definition of the word steal. From Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, we read:Let's take a look at how this election has unwound, especially in Florida, since the votes cast in the Sunshine State will determine the exact name of the 43rd President of these United States. Governor Bush won on the first count. Governor Bush won the mandatory second machine recount. And Governor Bush won, any f##king way you add 'em up, all the hand recounts. Hand recounts, where the votes were unmethodically tallied, as Governor Cuomo stated, by conjuring up "All that there is present to the eye and mind." Now what the hell does that mean? So, we must agree, unless you are a moronic imbecile, that Governor Bush won the Presidential vote count in Florida three times straight. That fact cannot be denied. "Steal: to take without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force." Damn does this exactly describe Team Gore's effort? "to take ... secretly": didn't the Miami-Dade canvassing board attempt to move their counting operation to a closed off room on a higher floor in an attempt to secretly hand recount their ballots? "to take ... by force": and now hasn't Team Gore forced the Florida Secretary of State to extend the certification date? And didn't Team Gore attempt to force the Miami-Dade County Canvassing board to complete a manual hand recount? Exactly who is trying to steal this election Mr. Gore?
Hey!, I had to work a 'King Saul' analogy in there, didn't I? Judge Sauls is the Circuit Judge in Leon County, Florida who was hearing the Team Gore appeal to immediately mandate a hand recount of the million or so ballots in Dade, Palm Beach and Nassau counties. Judge Sauls determined that Team Gore failed to prove or show any evidence of illegality, gross negligence, dishonesty, coercion, or fraud. I'm told by former Arizona Attorney General, Grant Woods, that the manner in which Judge Sauls issued his ruling, will make it virtually impossible to win on the already announced appeal to the Florida Supreme Court. Even if Team Gore wins on appeal, it appears there would not be time to complete the recount. Here is a slice from Judge N. Sanders Sauls' ruling: In this case, there is no credible statistical evidence and no other competent substantial evidence to establish by a preponderance a reasonable probability that the results of the statewide election in the state of Florida would be different from the result which has been certified by the state elections canvassing commission.Speaking of more Team Gore whacked out ravings, may I address the 10,750 'uncounted' or 'disputed' ballots? These ballots have been machine counted twice. How else would anyone know there were 10,750 of them? Team Gore refers to these ballots as 'uncounted' ballots, purposely giving the impression that these ballots have registered no votes for any Senator, Congressman or proposition. While the truth is, these ballots are instances of 'undercounts' where the punch card reader cannot register a vote for any of the five (5) listed Presidential candidates.
Today the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision has vacated the Florida Supreme Court's ruling to extend vote certification until November 25th. So apparently the disputed vote count now reverts back to November 14th giving Bush a 930 vote lead. In effect what the U.S.Supreme Court has concluded is to state that the Florida Supreme Court's ruling was in error and that they must now explain their basis for extending the Florida vote count certification until November 28th, 2000. Until they provide their legal logic their certification extension deadline has been erased. Florida Judge Sauls, has delayed his ruling on yet another Team Gore lawsuit (requesting a hand recount of around one million votes) until he has had a chance to digest the U.S.Supreme Court's decision.
Yesterday in Judge N.Sanders Sauls court room, Team Gore, attempting to convince Sauls (great name for a judge, eh?) to order a recount in two Florida counties put, I believe, one of the inventors of the controversial Votomatic machines on the stand. (Note, that while Team Gore is brashly broadcasting that Governor Bush is dragging out Sauls court proceeding, a single Gore witness alone was testifying for eight hours!) This designer of the Votomatic was given a 'SAMPLE' ballot and a twenty year old voting machine and easily, simply, cleanly and quickly punched out chad number five! Even though the 'SAMPLE' ballot was measurably thicker than the actual ballots used. Oops! Not quite the "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit" scenario Team Gore imagined.
Shailagh Murray (an Irishman if I've ever heard of one) writing in the December 1, 2000 Wall Street Journal clearly explains how Florida could come to have one set of electors for Gore and one set for Bush. Briefly the situation is this: A state should appoint its slate of presidential electors six days prior to the ". . . the first Monday following the second Wednesday in December . . ." which this year is December 18th. So, the Florida Legislature, in all prudence should appoint its elector's on December 12th or before or they risk all six million of its voters being disenfranchised. According to Mr. Murray's research this group of electors ". . . would have a huge advantage over any electors chosen later." This is because if the Florida courts rule that after the fourth, fifth, six, or seventh recount that the hemp hampered Hal Gore, Jr. has won, the courts may select another set of electors promised to him! Wait, it gets better. Both houses of Congress must agree on which set of Florida electors to accept. In the Republican controlled House, the Bush electors would most likely be chosen, but yet in the Senate with a clean 50/50 split between Republicans and Democrats Al Gore hisself may be called to break the tie. And unless he was in a semi-comatose state of marijuana induced euphoria (notice how every photo op in the last two weeks he's eating?) he would cast the 51st vote for ... Al Gore! Now with the House selecting Florida's Bush electors and the Senate selecting Florida's Gore electors we have another deadlock. This deadlock would be broken by the fact that federal law states, according to Mr. Murray, that the group of electors chosen by the executive branch of the state government of Florida would be cast the only votes that count. In other words, the less than half dozen of Florida (executive branch) judges involved with Team Gore's lawsuits, may decide our next President.
According to law professor, Daniel H. Lowenstein, writing in the November 30th, 2000 WSJ.com 'the' Seminole County lawsuit is frivolous. The problem was with the applications for absentee ballots, not the ballots themselves. These applications were intended to be pre-printed with legally required voter ID numbers. However, due to a software error, approximately 5,000 applications were sent out without the pre-printed VIN. This omission only affected prospective Republican voters and many, assuming, or not even aware of the need to note a "Voter ID Number" on their application, simply filled in the usual blanks and mailed them back in sans said VIN. Sandra Goard, Seminole County's supervisor of elections, allowed Republican workers, without official oversight, to write-in the "Voter ID Number" on the applications, which then being properly filled out, allowed the absentee ballots to be mailed out to the voters. The complainant, Harry Jacobs, a concerned personal injury lawyer (the despicable breed of barrister who has caused the average automobile to rise in cost from $10,000 in 1980 to $30,000 in the year 2000) insists that since the ballots received from these voters obviously cannot be separated out, that all ballots cast in Seminole County, which Bush won, must be tossed out. Of course this proposed solution would make Al Gore, Jr. the winner in Florida state.
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