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Couple of things, Barb.
Supreme Court COUP? Is it really the case that you and your side are going to go all the way to 2004 with this delusion. Because if so, I am sure glad. No one is going to unelect any President on the basis of this sort of resentment. American pragmatism has functioned flawlessly in every election I am aware of in this regard anyway -- people vote on the basis of what they expect to happen, not what did happen.
As for specifics, the Supreme Court overruled the Florida Supreme Court, which had overruled just about every other court and agency. SEVEN, not five, Supremes found Fla's court in violation of equal protection. Two of them thought another week would be fine for recounting votes YET again. The others wisely (in light of the months-long recounts that were conducted) concluded time had run out. If you think you can spin this into a COUP, you have been watching too many reruns of the second year of "24," where fans referred to that bizarre plot as the Koo-koo Coup. Be my guest. W will laugh all the way to the Electoral College Ball.
Then there's that bit of yours about an "illegal holocaust against Iraq." Do you have any idea how absurd you sound? Can you even imagine what most Iraqis would say to you if they heard you utter such absurdities? Here, read this account by Johann Hari (NOT a conservative) on what her Iraqi friends have told her about their incredibly positive and hopeful attitudes (as long as your side does not muck things up for them).
http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=235
Read it. Seriously. And try to imagine these people talking to you about the "illegal holocaust" against them. By the way, what exactly would a legal holocaust be?
I really can't go on with this, because believe it or not your hyperbole only intensifies from these two items on. All I can say is, that I am at least with you all the way if you think ABC should be made to pay for those WMDs it has. Go girl.
Supreme Court COUP? Is it really the case that you and your side are going to go all the way to 2004 with this delusion. Because if so, I am sure glad. No one is going to unelect any President on the basis of this sort of resentment. American pragmatism has functioned flawlessly in every election I am aware of in this regard anyway -- people vote on the basis of what they expect to happen, not what did happen.
As for specifics, the Supreme Court overruled the Florida Supreme Court, which had overruled just about every other court and agency. SEVEN, not five, Supremes found Fla's court in violation of equal protection. Two of them thought another week would be fine for recounting votes YET again. The others wisely (in light of the months-long recounts that were conducted) concluded time had run out. If you think you can spin this into a COUP, you have been watching too many reruns of the second year of "24," where fans referred to that bizarre plot as the Koo-koo Coup. Be my guest. W will laugh all the way to the Electoral College Ball.
Then there's that bit of yours about an "illegal holocaust against Iraq." Do you have any idea how absurd you sound? Can you even imagine what most Iraqis would say to you if they heard you utter such absurdities? Here, read this account by Johann Hari (NOT a conservative) on what her Iraqi friends have told her about their incredibly positive and hopeful attitudes (as long as your side does not muck things up for them).
http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=235
Read it. Seriously. And try to imagine these people talking to you about the "illegal holocaust" against them. By the way, what exactly would a legal holocaust be?
I really can't go on with this, because believe it or not your hyperbole only intensifies from these two items on. All I can say is, that I am at least with you all the way if you think ABC should be made to pay for those WMDs it has. Go girl.
Return to The End of the Republic?
by Elia Markell on September 19, 2003 at 2:55 PM