Re: Republican Lies

[Robbie Honerkamp <robbie@shorty.com>]

Thus spake Levien de Braal (levien@cc.gatech.edu):

> Well, there is a history for referring to someone as 'President Elect' well
> before the electoral college election. It has been a formality for so long
> anyway. I do think it's awfully presumptious and arrogant for Bush to declare
> victory and calling on Gore to do "what's best for the country". 

So, Bush is being presumptious by saying he's won because he only won the
last three ballot counts. And he's being arrogant by refraining from referring
to himself as the President Elect until this mess gets sorted out.

> In this
> case that's just an euphemism for letting Bush get away with what he's doing.

Meanwhile, Gore is a shining example of responsibility by demanding that
the votes be recounted until he likes the outcome, and if that can't happen
he'll sue until he gets what he wants.

It's an interesting world you live in.. :-)
 
> Isn't partisanship great? :-)

Yep. It's a shame that we're stuck with only two of them.

Robbie