I have been following this story from the UK about the debacle in Florida with the gubernatorial Primary election.

What a disgrace.

I think the candidates there have shown good grace after enduring yet another farce.

Rigged in 2000 now super rigged in 2002 why cant they get things right down in Florida?



Last edited by M31 at Today at 9:33 pm

I live in Florida, and besides the people here not paying much attention to details, I would hardly call the elections rigged. I know that it is a popular urban myth, and if it was true there would certainly be an uproar from the people in our great DEMOCRACY. It is not possible to RIG a national election in the US. We still run the show. It was Al Bores HUGH strategic mistake that cost him the election. He did not even win his own state of Tennessee. As for this last one, Janet Reno is the worst there is. In addition to not defending our constitution like she swore in her oath (instead she defended the Liar in Chief), She has the burnt blood of WACO on her hands, not to mention sending that poor little boy Elian back to Castro.

Zo

moved to chit chat as asked by M31.

I'm sure that many people agree with your point of view, but there may be just as many who view those 2 issues in a completely different light. For myself, I believe David Koresh wanted to commit mass suicide/murder and I also think Elian belongs with his father. I try to view each event on it's own merits and without a partisant slant. Some people just determine thier view on an issue by whether a Democrat or Republican in in office. I am not that simple-minded. I view ALL leadership with a healthy dose of skepticism and look at things from many angles. Not just my own party's view.

I'm also not going to sit here and slam our current President, even though I have serious doubts about his short-sighted foreign policy. I also think we are sitting by and waving our civil liberties bye-bye with some of Ashcroft's proposed changes. But I am a patient man and time will tell us all if Bush's coming decisions will be correct. Hopefully, if he decides to go after Iraq, he will do a MUCH better job of it than his father did! Because this time, I think we're going to suffer many more casualties. And so are the Brits, unfortunately.

But that's what great about America. We can openly criticize our leadership and have no fear of punishment as in other countries (aka Iraq).

As for Florida, we just need one standard ballot across the whole country instead of the hundreds of types we have now.

And since only about 50% of Americans even bother to vote once every four years, a lot of people can't complain shit about the leadership that results from that apathy and lack of responsibility.



Last edited by MinnesotaKid at Today at 10:14 pm

i think we need to throw florida outta the union...seriously.
its not like they're votes are getting accounted for :D.
:P

Wow wee seems as though I have sturred everyone from the Seventh Day Adventists to the armed militias with this one.

I thought that it was a bit more simple than that i.e. spending $35 million on machines that couldn't be switched on? Voters being sent home as there wasn't an alternative manual way to vote? or sent to the wrong polling station?

Jeb Bush called it "shameful"

LOL

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glad to se *SOMEONE* realized it was a joke....

i got a nice PM all sayin i was 'ignorant' ..

@jessica

at least this floridian knows how to read. My private pm to you was meant to keep personal feelings off the board. I never called you ignorant, just your remark (it was)

Z

OK now only nice remarks below this post.......