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Why Americans Will NEVER "Get Over It" Dear Tucker; You wanted to know. I'll be glad to tell you. As if you didn't already know. As if your mother never told you the difference between right and wrong. I'm assuming you've heard of the book Stupid White Men by Michael Moore... out 20 weeks, on the New York Times Best Seller List... But just in case you haven't... The votes in Florida were all recounted. Turns out, Gore lost in the counties where he wanted a recount. It was in the counties they didn't ask to re-count, the more Republican areas, that put Gore over the top. Hidden votes in the most unexpected places. But even after all the chads were not the issue.... the fact that fraudulent votes that appeared after the original count and signed, mailed or otherwise sent after the election was over... and then declare that Democrats are trying to throw away the votes of military men?... that's sinking pretty low. Gore's desire to do the right thing... end it as quickly as possible by only recounting a few counties... was his mistake, but it wouldn't have made any difference. The fix was in. That's why the Supreme Court should be impeached for failing to uphold the Constitution. There are specific constitutional provisions for the sole purpose of the just, and elongated. resolution of a race such as this. Dick Cheney would have been President until all the votes were counted if had gone past January. But there was absolutely no constitutional deadline for the results. (It's true... read the constitution) The Supreme court has givent his administration to do whatever it pleases... and the example is set... and that's why everyone's walking arounf lying and making critical personal remarks instead of dealing with the facts. It's like seeing a bunch of grown men running around in diapers, cigars hanging from their mouths, yelling "You can'y get me, you can't get me." The woman who made the infamous butterfly ballot? They said she was a Democrat, which she was... though she had just recently switched from Republican. If butterfly ballots had been legal, which they weren't, they are difficult to figure out. Florida educated me to the fact that I cast votes on butterfly ballots in 2 prior presidential elections, and my votes didn't count. A Republican won. Another Bush, once, as I now recall. I couldn't tell for sure what I was punching, so I wrote in the candidate's name, feeling confident they would be certain of my intent. Good thing John Anderson didn't need my vote after all. Tucker, if you were sueing someone and the jury said you won a settlement, but the judge said to award the settlement would be bad for the guy you were sueing, so the case was dismissed... you'd probably be bothered. After all, it's money. And you deserve it. Legally. The fact that this was about the Presidency of the United States apparently trivializes the injustice. It's not whether you win, it's how you play the game. How naive and stupid, right Tucker? The very idea of playing by the rules must truly scare you. If you didn't cheat, you might not win. If you tell the truth, you'll look foolish. Let's see, was the American way truth and justice, or break the law and plunder the victims because the only thing that matters is winning? I mean, the great Republican leaders have provided ample examples over the years that it's better to burglarize, set-up plausible deniability for treasonous arms sales to our enemies, open subsidiaries in foreign countries to cover doing business with enemies on which embargoes have been placed (that's real patriotism, eh, Mr. Cheney?) Or, like Rumsfeld, the guy who decided not to create a disinformation office... how about buying the largest newpapers and radio stations in the largest U.S. markets so you can control the news that people read and hear? Is that the New World Order George SR spoke of so fondly? I guess I should just give up my Christian upbringing, the golden rule, to fit in with a bunch of crooks. I should turn my head and ignore it to be cool, or because it's easier to give in and share the spoils than to stand up for justice and equality. I should witness a crime and become an accomplice by not doing anything about it, right Tucker? We Americans have all been made accomplices, duped, disrespected and brutalized. And we don't like it. Besides, it's confusing. Can you impeach someone who wasn't elected, or do you just arrest him? Do you just pop Al Gore into the mountain of messes Bush has made without the running info on terrorism and other sensitive matters... and then, being Republican, wait 2 years and blame it all on him. Maybe you could take the house in the next election and impeach Al Gore for .... being honest. It would at least be consistent. We're hostages. What's most pathetic is that the Republican citizens in the street followed the example of their leaders.... by retorting the only possible answer you can give to a situation when you're wrong and you know it... get over it... an immature, adolescent response typically attributed to playground bullies, not statesmen or adults. I bet you think the Palestinians and Jews should just get over it too. We could have started a civil war, and been justified. According to the info I get from overseas, people there would have applauded that we battled for justice. They believe that's what we stand for more than ourselves. Instead, the BBC makes remarks like "Washington DC, home of the best politicians money can buy". Is that the America you're proud of? Is that how you want the world to know us? What we did was try to count the votes. But the Republicans in those big black suv's came in and started a riot... while MSNBC broke away and stated "And to think, only in America can something like this occur without a drop of blood lost. Only in America." He seemed proud of it. (Thank you Brian Williams for perpetuating the lie and setting the standard for good citizenship. Now we know why you're replacing Tom Brokaw. You propagandize better. More in line with Republican thinking) The rest of the world must have uttered... cool, it can only happen in America. Can't happen in our tyrannical, dictatorial 3rd world totalitarian nations anymore. Americans were shocked, still are. They gave up hope. They're in denial. If Bush calls that a victory, then I'd have to assume he beats his dog to show affection. Americans walk around the streets talking amongst themselves, acknowledging that a crime took place, and acting like they really should get over it, because they are ostracized by more immature remarks and White House lies... but they just can't let it go. They can't. The promise of America was broken by a man who also promised to bring honor to the White House. And just like this web site, Tucker, it was never intended to be a site about the election of 2000 and finding some way to procure justice in the matter. I just couldn't get over it. I just couldn't. I refuse to. I was working in the ngo world to end poverty. When Bush went to Florida on May 20, 2002 and challenged Fidel Castro to "listen to the voices of the people and count their votes".. that was the last straw. If that wasn't bad enough, 3 of the Venezuelans responsible for the Venezuelan coup now live in Florida, presumably awaiting Condoleeza's nod that America has succeeded in overthrowing the current Democracy in Venezuela, and is ready to receive them. Hasn't the Bush family made fools of Floridians enough? The hell of it is, Tucker, I didn't vote in the 2000 election... a mistake I will never make again. I was in Md... Gore was a sure win.there. But I do know some black voters who had registration cards in their hands whose names mysteriously disappeared from the list of voters, and were not allowed to vote. Nothing is certain anymore. Take nothing for granted. Except the probability of more of the same. And another ludicrous terror alert timed perfectly to shift focus from the truth. So, when the feds haul me away as an enemy combatant or a threat to national security for finally understanding the words "freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose"... and taking a bold stand, I'll do so knowing I will take massive character assassinations, probably receive threats... the whole 9 yards. All for standing up for the truth. Is that really the America you love? Is that justice? Is that Republicanism, and am I really supposed to like it? Or is it as repulsive as it sounds? When friends tell me I should fear for my life (and they do), it provides me with a barometer of how oppressed Americans really do feel... But all I can really say to them, and you is this: When I was a boy of 7, I began reading the biographies of all the founding fathers... and my own father kept preaching over and over and over about the need to protect Democracy, and to never allow a government like Hitler's to exist in the world again. That the German people, my heritage, acquiesced to Hitler out of fear of ridicule, alienation and criminalization, just like America today. And they dutifully committed horrendous acts. What I remember from those books most is "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death". I take it very seriously. Maybe you're too young too appreciate what you have, and respect it with truth. The election wasn't about you, it wasn't about me, it wasn't about Al Gore, it wasn't about George Bush... It was about America and Democracy, and leadership for the world. No matter how loud you yell, how many you criticize, how you use your power to cut off those who speak the truth, the truth is the truth. And all you can say is get over it. It is the Republicans who need to get over it. And if they can, maybe Democracy can be restored in America by swearing in our real President. Iv'e supported every president I never voted for... and I have voted many times... it was the will of the people... so I got over it. I trust the people of America to make correct choices, when they are informed. Not propagandized. Mr. Bush, who ran on the phrase "Trust the People" has shown us his true demanor.... and he doesn't trust us or anyone else. But I will never get over it. I will never forget it. And I will never sit back and watch it happen again. In Texas, a jury convicted Andrea Yates of murder, despite the fact that she was clearly and severely mentally ill. I won't really disagrere with the conviction itself. But, the jury said that despite her insanity, she knew the difference between right and wrong. Am I wrong to expect more from my leaders, or are they insane, and therefore not responsible for their crimes?
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