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This still freaks me out.
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAUcyfKESts

    Evidence
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    :lol:
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    i'm scared that was a history turning moment. God i hope i'm wrong.
  • AndySlashAndySlash Posts: 3,263
    internets
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    the gore bush debates were classic. al gore with his constant sighing and talk of lock boxes. and bush. well bush just not knowing anything about anything.
  • Pepe SilviaPepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrXXa1_o ... re=related
    don't compete; coexist

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    when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
    i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
  • weenieweenie Posts: 1,623
    Thanks for these guys. I haven't had a good laugh at Bush in a while! Poor guy, can't live on his ranch bc the Feds were afraid someone would kill him. So he moved to a posh Dallas suburb and someone tries to kill him. He just didn't take himself seriously enough! :lol:
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  • whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
    CH156378 wrote:
    the gore bush debates were classic. al gore with his constant sighing and talk of lock boxes. and bush. well bush just not knowing anything about anything.

    How did he win.....twice? How?
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,165
    whygohome wrote:
    CH156378 wrote:
    the gore bush debates were classic. al gore with his constant sighing and talk of lock boxes. and bush. well bush just not knowing anything about anything.

    How did he win.....twice? How?
    Easy answer. Al Gore and John Kerry were his opponents.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
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  • whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
    Jason P wrote:
    whygohome wrote:
    CH156378 wrote:
    the gore bush debates were classic. al gore with his constant sighing and talk of lock boxes. and bush. well bush just not knowing anything about anything.

    How did he win.....twice? How?
    Easy answer. Al Gore and John Kerry were his opponents.

    But...but......
  • weenieweenie Posts: 1,623
    whygohome wrote:
    CH156378 wrote:
    the gore bush debates were classic. al gore with his constant sighing and talk of lock boxes. and bush. well bush just not knowing anything about anything.

    How did he win.....twice? How?


    Ever hear of hanging chads.........
    Florida GAVE it to him the first time.
    The second time was dumb, and I do mean dumb luck.
    ~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
    Mohandas K. Gandhi

    ~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
    Henry David Thoreau
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNzA9LfM ... ure=relmfu
  • Pepe SilviaPepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    weenie wrote:
    whygohome wrote:
    CH156378 wrote:
    the gore bush debates were classic. al gore with his constant sighing and talk of lock boxes. and bush. well bush just not knowing anything about anything.

    How did he win.....twice? How?


    Ever hear of hanging chads.........
    Florida GAVE it to him the first time.
    The second time was dumb, and I do mean dumb luck.


    actually, the 1st time was because of the supreme court. florida law said there HAD to be a recount but the republicans went to court to overrule state law....then a year or so later when the democrats went to court to try and block the california governor recall the republicans cried that you can't use the judicial system to overrule state law.....go figure
    don't compete; coexist

    what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?

    "I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama

    when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
    i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
  • weenieweenie Posts: 1,623
    weenie wrote:
    Ever hear of hanging chads.........
    Florida GAVE it to him the first time.
    The second time was dumb, and I do mean dumb luck.
    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    actually, the 1st time was because of the supreme court. florida law said there HAD to be a recount but the republicans went to court to overrule state law....then a year or so later when the democrats went to court to try and block the california governor recall the republicans cried that you can't use the judicial system to overrule state law.....go figure

    weenie wrote:
    Katherine Harris, State's Attorney General, had ordered that a recount of the votes from Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties occur due to "irregularities". At the time, my mother lived in a huge senior citizens development in Broward county. All of their votes were "lost" somewhere between the community facility for the development, and the post office. (the seniors cast absentee ballots so they wouldn't have to stand in line at the polls). The use of butterfly votes in Palm Beach County brought about the hanging chad challenge. With the recount from Dade and Broward, and the count of absentee ballots that could be located, Ms. Harris declared Bush a winner over Gore by 937 votes. Palm Beach did not meet the deadline due to problems determing which candidate the "chad" represented, and reported their results too late to be included in the initial count. When hose results were eventually included, supposedly the lead for Bush changed to 537 votes.

    The legal challenge to the recount became a moot point. The REAL issue was the fact that no true winner could ever be determined due to the poor manner through which votes were cast, and counted, in some counties - creating the worst debacle known in American history regarding the election of this country's leader. People were actually guessing at which candidate was chosen on butterfly votes.

    The selection process was as ludicrous as the presidency itself.
    ~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
    Mohandas K. Gandhi

    ~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
    Henry David Thoreau
  • Pepe SilviaPepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    weenie wrote:
    weenie wrote:
    Ever hear of hanging chads.........
    Florida GAVE it to him the first time.
    The second time was dumb, and I do mean dumb luck.
    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    actually, the 1st time was because of the supreme court. florida law said there HAD to be a recount but the republicans went to court to overrule state law....then a year or so later when the democrats went to court to try and block the california governor recall the republicans cried that you can't use the judicial system to overrule state law.....go figure

    weenie wrote:
    Katherine Harris, State's Attorney General, had ordered that a recount of the votes from Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties occur due to "irregularities". At the time, my mother lived in a huge senior citizens development in Broward county. All of their votes were "lost" somewhere between the community facility for the development, and the post office. (the seniors cast absentee ballots so they wouldn't have to stand in line at the polls). The use of butterfly votes in Palm Beach County brought about the hanging chad challenge. With the recount from Dade and Broward, and the count of absentee ballots that could be located, Ms. Harris declared Bush a winner over Gore by 937 votes. Palm Beach did not meet the deadline due to problems determing which candidate the "chad" represented, and reported their results too late to be included in the initial count. When hose results were eventually included, supposedly the lead for Bush changed to 537 votes.

    The legal challenge to the recount became a moot point. The REAL issue was the fact that no true winner could ever be determined due to the poor manner through which votes were cast, and counted, in some counties - creating the worst debacle known in American history regarding the election of this country's leader. People were actually guessing at which candidate was chosen on butterfly votes.

    The selection process was as ludicrous as the presidency itself.


    i agree, but florida law says if an election is decided by a certain amount, i think it was <0.5%?, there must be a statewide recount. there's just far too much shit that went on in florida from chads to selective recounts, to people doing their best to sabotage it to people being denied their right to vote....

    i remember when it was all going on and so many called gore a crybaby, why the hell shouldn't we be absolutely certain???
    don't compete; coexist

    what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?

    "I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama

    when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
    i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,310
    i agree, but florida law says if an election is decided by a certain amount, i think it was <0.5%?, there must be a statewide recount. there's just far too much shit that went on in florida from chads to selective recounts, to people doing their best to sabotage it to people being denied their right to vote....

    i remember when it was all going on and so many called gore a crybaby, why the hell shouldn't we be absolutely certain???[/quote]
    That was one of the many frustrating parts of this. The press declared bush the winner of Florida, so then it looked like Gore was a whiner and "Sore Loserman". If you've noticed, it looks like the press has been slower to call states since then. They also wait to call states until polls are closed on the West coast. It was a perfect intro for Bush and the following 8 year debacle. I think the history books will do a good job on this situation as well as Bush's f-ups.
  • weenieweenie Posts: 1,623
    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    actually, the 1st time was because of the supreme court. florida law said there HAD to be a recount but the republicans went to court to overrule state law....then a year or so later when the democrats went to court to try and block the california governor recall the republicans cried that you can't use the judicial system to overrule state law.....go figure

    weenie wrote:
    Katherine Harris, State's Attorney General, had ordered that a recount of the votes from Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties occur due to "irregularities". At the time, my mother lived in a huge senior citizens development in Broward county. All of their votes were "lost" somewhere between the community facility for the development, and the post office. (the seniors cast absentee ballots so they wouldn't have to stand in line at the polls). The use of butterfly votes in Palm Beach County brought about the hanging chad challenge. With the recount from Dade and Broward, and the count of absentee ballots that could be located, Ms. Harris declared Bush a winner over Gore by 937 votes. Palm Beach did not meet the deadline due to problems determing which candidate the "chad" represented, and reported their results too late to be included in the initial count. When hose results were eventually included, supposedly the lead for Bush changed to 537 votes.

    The legal challenge to the recount became a moot point. The REAL issue was the fact that no true winner could ever be determined due to the poor manner through which votes were cast, and counted, in some counties - creating the worst debacle known in American history regarding the election of this country's leader. People were actually guessing at which candidate was chosen on butterfly votes.

    The selection process was as ludicrous as the presidency itself.
    [/quote]


    i agree, but florida law says if an election is decided by a certain amount, i think it was <0.5%?, there must be a statewide recount. there's just far too much shit that went on in florida from chads to selective recounts, to people doing their best to sabotage it to people being denied their right to vote....

    i remember when it was all going on and so many called gore a crybaby, why the hell shouldn't we be absolutely certain???[/quote]


    I agree, it really set a precedent for a lot of shenanigans to be allowed to go on with one of our most important rights. The thing that scared me is that no one seemed to mind all the flakey activity affecting votes. The right to vote is the basis of a democracy. It was the beginning of many actions that made a mockery of our constitutional rights.
    ~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
    Mohandas K. Gandhi

    ~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
    Henry David Thoreau
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffbFvKl ... E4EB19FEF5

    Watch Bush check his watch right at the begining, then it gets real weird.
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