Bush Hating

[laughinghatter]

Why do so many liberals hate Bush? I don't mean disagree with his policies, I mean hate him like he killed their father and raped their sister. I really want to know, I'm not trying to troll or start a flame-war, I just know there are several leftward leaning people who read my journal, and maybe they understand, because I sure don't

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[beatrice_otter]

Yeah, but the thing about the Florida election recount is twofold: one, you have to remember that a vote has to be extremely close for that kind of thing to happen. I mean, if either candidate has a clear majority (i.e. more than a couple of percentage points), it's just not going to work. If the number of people who wanted Gore were significantly larger (significantly when compared with the total number of voters in the United States), the mess in Florida would have been irrelelvant. So it's not a matter of someone winning the election who has no claim to it. This is the political equivalent of having a horse race decided in a photo-finish by which one got there nose under the wire a hair earlier. Which means that both horses were really close. You don't see people going around after a race like that saying that the horse that won is a horrible horse that doesn't deserve anything and badmouthing him.

Second, the Democrats were the ones proposing alternative methods of counting the vote/legal appeals that were unconstitutional under Florida's state constitution. So accusing the Republicans underhanded dealings is kind of, um, backwards. Yes, things need to be tightened up and scrutinized. Significantly. Any two year old could tell you that. But trying to change the laws to suit your candidate in the middle of a close election .... that's cheating. No matter which side you're on.