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Today, December 1, 2000 the Bush Campaign got it's chance to argue it's case in front of The United States Supreme Court that the Florida State Supreme Court over stepped it's authority in usurping the statutory power of both the Secretary of State and the State Legislature. Opinions were widely varied, though easily gathered from both Democrat and Republican talking heads alike. We shall all just have to await their ruling and written decision, hopefully sometime very soon.
For what it is worth, yesterday, November 30th, GOP Wisconsin State Representitive Mark Gurdrum, of a state which does not have automatic recounts, insinuated Democrat hanky panky was fully in play within his state. Besides his, " question of the outcome ( a slim Gore victory ) ", but also questioned the integrity or honesty of Julietta Henry, of a local election commission. Gurdrum described illegal votes and the buying of votes, though Henry sung for her soup, " We don't see any information that would imply these things happened on election day ". Huh? I guess sworn affidavits and depositions are just so much toilet paper to this DIRTYcRAT!
On the Fox News Channel show, Hannity and Eyebrow, a normally viciously political partisan, ex-senator from Arizona, Dennis Deconcini thought Al Gore should give it up and concede for the good of the country, saying, "In politics there always is another day ". He seems to think that Gore will be sealing his political fate in a negative manner if he continues to rob Bush of his transition time in moving into the White House. Deconcini said, " There has been a certification under the law; though I disagree with it ". It was difficult for him to finish, " It was hard for me to ask Al Gore to throw the towel in ".
On December 1, 2000 the Supreme Court entertained the lawyers: Ted Olson, from the Bush Campaign for thirty-five minutes; Joe Klock, representing the Florida Secretary of State, for ten minutes; Paul Hancock from the Attorney General for ten minutes ( funny, it should have been he, Butterworth, who represented Secretary Harris; I guess a DIRTYcRAT couldn't bring himself to follow the law when it hurt his Boy Gore? ); and Laurence Tribe from the Gore Campaign for thirty-five minutes.
The proceedings were not allowed to turn into a CIRCUS MAXIMUS, as the Supremes would not permit video cameras in the court room. They did allow an audi tape to be made and all the usual suspect networks were to play it live with subtitles. Legislators and the public alike were allowed to sit in, though the legislators didn't have to wait outside in line for twenty-four hours in the bitter cold weather.
The media grabbed folks as they came from the building, before the proceedings had ended; they may or may not have been given accurate readings of what transpired inside. They, a nameless MSNBC so-called reporter, talked to Brad Sherman, Democrat from Sherman Oaks, Czechslofornia. He was as biased as any DIRTYcRAT could be during the Clinton impeachment and I wasn't surprized to hear the DNC RAT MANTRA of " Disenfranchisement ", parroted like so much pabulum!
Though this may well be the COUP DE GRACE in the future, they was no COUP DE MAIN, COUP DE MAITRE nor COUP DE THEATRE. Here are a few COUP DE'OIEL:
I thought Ted Olson and Joe Klock articulated themselves and their positions well, in the face of hard questioning by some of the Justices.
Paul Hancock, Gore Campaign and lawyer for the Florida Attorney General, argues that the so-called Florida law to, " recieve and count overseas absentee ballots up to ten days after the election date was a rule, not a law "? So much for Gore and Lieberman wanting to count all the votes, including those of the military!
Justice Anton Scalia asked about prior laws concerning, " hanging chads and pregnant chads ". Hancock fumbled and seemed to contend that if the Florida Supreme Court changed the law, it was no change at all?
Laurence Tribe called the shinanigans in Florida, " a photo finish ". I would agree that it is a razor thin margin of victory for Bush, but what the Democrats are doing in Florida is nothing short of election theft, be it by blatantly illegal means or quasi-illegal partisan politcal court proceedings. I found it hard to believe that Tribe could argue that changing a firm deadline was not changing the statute, but he did so with this rhetorical question, " Is a change extending a deadline...a signficant change "?
THE GORE CAMPAIGN HAS BETTER LAWYERS. THIS IS BEGINNING TO LOOK MORE AND MORE LIKE A DIRTYcRAT COUP DE' TAT VIA LITIGATION! Make no bones about it; though this RAT JUNTA IS MADE UP OF CROOKED LAWYERS, IT IS JUST AS HARMFUL AND VICIOUS AS IS WOULD BE IF MADE UP OF ARMED SECRET POLICE.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor thought, " The Florida deadline was quite clear ".
Justice Anton Scalia thought, " The Secretary ( Harris ) has the right to receive ( tabulations ), not is required to recieve ".
Justice David Souter thought, " An unconstitutional interpretation ( of Florida law? ) should be avoided ".
Justice Stephen Breyer opined, " The court ( Florida Supreme Court? ) can't say the Judicial Branch selects the electors when the Florida State Constitution says the Legislature ".
With Tribe beginning to get on the defensive personally, Justice Scalia went further, " They ( the Florida Supreme Court ) had to use the state constitution to over ride the firm date ". Justice John Stevens clarified, " Their decision relies upon an Illinois decision "?
I CONTEND THAT THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RELIED UPON FALSE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE GORE CAMPAIGN IN MAKING IT'S ORIGINAL RULING TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE!
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg repeated twice that I can remember, " We read a decision in the most favorable light to the court ". Justice Scalia wanted Tribe to show him one sentence that showed the Florida court relied on voters rights to change the statute, while Justice Breyer wondered, " What is the November 26th date "? Tribe responded with some double talk, ending in, " draw arbitrary lines ". Justice Kennedy wasn't buying that bill of goods, asking, " Was this a new enactment "? Tribe reponded, " No. It is a reconstruction ". Whoa, man; like let's ask this guy what the meaning of the word IS is! He began to word parse and quibbled about the word MAY in the statute. One member of the court didn't let him get away with the non-answer, firmly pointing out, " That is not a date "!
THEY GOTTA' GET SOME NEW TALKING HEADS, AS THIS IS NOT THE GORE CAMPAIGN LOVEFEST BEING DESCRIBED OUTSIDE THE COURT ROOM ON THE MEDIA!
Ending ( his ) Tribe's time, Justice Ginsburg finished with a question presumably targetting the legislature appointing the electors and the Supreme Court interfering with the process, " Does the Florida legislature have the right to cut out judicial review "? Ofcourse Tribe answered, " No "!
Ted Olson got the four minutes he reserved off his initial time and reinterated that the Florida Supreme Court reapportioned the time for the protest period from the contest period, limiting it, claiming, " In doing so the Florida Court is in conflict with Article Two ( of the United States Constitution ) ".
I think it all boils down to the Supremes not touching this unless Bush has his pocket picked once again by the FLORIDA THIEVES GUILD LAWYERS! The question may be mute, depending on whether or not the Florida claim jumpers ( hoppers ) can keep their paws in their pouches and their mouths shut!
GOP Senator John Ashcroft, who conceded to a Democrat corpse on election night instead of going to court unlike the RATS, described the case as, " Did the Florida Supreme Court improperly change the rules after the vote "? He clarified further with, " usurp the power of the legislature ". He wanted everyone to know, " This case does not set aside that George Bush is the winner of the vote in Florida ".
Like a good little DIRTYcRAT ATTACK DOG, putting any connection to the truth out of her head and lying for her Boy Gore, Representitive Maxine Waters lied about the GOP filling in voter identification numbers on absentee ballot applications and continued the BIG DIRTYcRAT LIE, " They put the voter identification numbers on the ballots "? What the heck is a lying partisan hack job like her doing being given any media airtime anyhow? Remember the complete disrespect and total disregard for thr truth this piece of work had during impeachment? I knew you would!
It is really sad that the Democrats are trying to steal our rightful election using mobs of crooked lawyers and ballot box stuffing techniques designed and refined by the organized crime, corrupt labor union, liberal lackies from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. It should not surprize anyone that the extremely questionable state statute or case, relied upon by the GORE GESTAPO and the Florida Kangaroo Court, was from a case in the state of Illinois!
- Bongo ( Rat on your rodent buddies? )
Updated ( 12-1-2000 )
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