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Jazz,
Perhaps the reason the media is viewing this as such a crisis has something to do with the fact that everyone in the US who has any stake in this election, and anyone who had anything to do with either the design or the execution of the election has decided to file a lawsuit. I've stopped trying to keep up with it all, but haven't Gush and Bore both threatened to sue each other and the Florida Board of Elections, and the people of Palm Beach for not being able to vote properly? Haven't the People of Palm Beach filed suit against Buchanan for having his button above Gore's? Hasn't a significant percentage of the population of Florida filed suit against the poor woman who designed the ill-fated ballot? Hasn't tsuwm shown us that the British Monarchy plans to take legal action against the United States as a whole for their indecision. Isn't there a Constitutional Amendment being discussed to remove the Electoral College because it's such a poor way of picking a president. (however unlikely that is to succeed)
I heard someone say that when they run the ballots through the machines 5 times they get 5 different answers. Maybe they think they can do it by hand better. Maybe they're just having fun being in the spotlight.
As for McCain, I certainly know that I'd have been much happier to have McCain than Bush for a President. (is this the first time I've agreed with you about anything on this subject?)
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happier to have McCain than Bush...
McCain frittered away his chances. Maybe Bush will grow on you?
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anticommentarisationismI think Jackie would find greater orectic impulse in anticomentatarisationism... ![](/board/images/icons/wink.gif)
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orectic Well, at first I thought this might be a gutter word. When I looked it up, I got a reference to agriculture. Now, agriculture generally involves dirt; and, gutters carry dirt; and, candidates sling mud at each other; so I guess this is a very appropriate word, mav! Jackie would find greater orectic impulse in anticomentatarisationismYup--I swore I wouldn't post in this thread. NOW look what you made me do! Maybe I'm a common tater after all.
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taterDown this way, taters grow as an early crop in the soil. Reckon you're a sweet tater, down in the south? ![](/board/images/icons/smile.gif) But blame tsuwm for soiling your political reputatatatation!
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>McCain frittered away his chances. Maybe Bush will grow on you?
Are we suggesting that McCain has had his chips?
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>Maybe Bush will grow on you?<
and maybe moss and mold will grow on me, but i would like that at all either!
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xara,
Actually, I was referring to the foreign treatment of the election the morning after. I saw clips on November 8 of various foreign news casts in which they were declaring this a crisis and breakdown of the American system. And this was before all of the lawsuits. What insanity!
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I saw clips on November 8 of various foreign news casts in which they were declaring this a crisis and breakdown of the American system.It might be worth remembering that you saw clips, no doubt carefully selected and edited. Since commercial TV news has to make an impact quickly, the clips chosen would be designed to give as shocking a picture as possible, playing upon the xenophobia for which the US is renowned. Speaking from here, it certainly seems that the general reaction outside the US is much closer to bemused amusement than to any sense of crisis. The way US news organisations tripped over themselves in their indecent haste to proclaim a winner, only to be forced to spend the next few days scraping egg off their dials, probably contributed to the entertainment value for the rest of us. ![](/board/images/icons/smile.gif)
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I’d have to agree with MaxQ on this one. Most people I know don’t think America is in a crisis. I’d say the general feeling here is that it should be got and done with already.
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