Reply #67: I'm sure Gore wishes he had never chosen him. [View All]

[DemBones DemBones]

It was Joe, as I already said somewhere in this thread, who decided on live national tv that the Gore campaign would not challenge any military votes.

Excuse me? Military personnel have to abide by the same rules as anyone else who votes an absentee ballot. But in 2000, thanks to Holy Joe trying to look like an uber- patriot, improper military votes were counted.

I grew up in the military and never heard of military officers telling their subrdinates to vote for Bush, as they were said to have done in 2000, even encouraging those registered to vote in Florida to send in ballots after the election was over. The military is not supposed to get involved in politics but all the rules are considered optional by many Republicans. "Rules? Rules don't apply to us/.