rumguy
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Mon Feb-09-04 08:25 PM
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Need help combatting the Gore tried to throw out the military votes meme |
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I honestly don't know much about this - but what's the story on this argument that Gore tried to block military votes...
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Catch22Dem
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Mon Feb-09-04 08:27 PM
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But it was because they were postmarked late. Look, I was in the military living overseas for a full four years. I KNOW FOR A FACT that you get plenty of time to get those in the mail, and they SHOULD have been tossed.
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Mon Feb-09-04 08:29 PM
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He tried to get the ones thrown out that were coming in late, were not properly signed, etc...
You know, the phony last minute ones that were overwhelmingly for Bush...
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Mon Feb-09-04 08:33 PM
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3. many were postmarked after the deadline is what I remember |
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I thought and still think that a state would have rules that would have to be followed.
I was told that sometimes military on ships, etc, might have difficulty getting vote mailed with ok postmark.
I thought and still think that if this is a real problem states would have some means of handling this.
Apparently not, and the loudest screamers 24/7 (bushco) caused the democrats to decide the only way to shut them up was to give in.
TWO-YEAR-OLD TEMPER TANTRUMS WIN!!!!!!!!!
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Mon Feb-09-04 08:37 PM
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is that REPUBLICANS were challenging military votes, too, but only in counties that strongly supported Gore.
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Mon Feb-09-04 09:25 PM
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5. Gore didn't like ballots with NO postmarks being counted |
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but he was over-ruled by Lieberman. Big whoop. Rules mean nothing to Republicans.
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Mon Feb-09-04 09:54 PM
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Katherine "Bush-Whore" Harris had a stack of them on her desk to write dates in for because the military absentee votes don't get a postmark since they aren't charged for. I think it had something to do with hand-picking the valid ones out of the pile and "validating" them for inclusion.
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