Et tu, NewsMax?
Et tu, NewsMax? One expects left-wing spin from left wing media; but, we hope for more accuracy from NewsMax, "White House: Al Gore is a Hypocrite:"
"'If Al Gore is going to be the voice of the Democrats on national security matters, we welcome it,' White House press secretary Scott McClellan said in a swipe at the Democrat, who lost the 2000 election to Bush only after the Supreme Court intervened."
President Bush won the count, the re-count, and the second re-count. The Supreme Court of the United States referred the case back to the Florida Supreme Court for reconsideration, only after the Florida Court ruled for Al Gore's plea, to allow an extension of time to re-re-count in violation of explicit state law. Although Palm Beach County's second re-count was not completed in time for the certification, they continued to count, with the result that Al Gore would have lost in any event. Subsequent independent audited counts failed to find enough votes for Gore to win.
The only thing accomplished by the unwarranted re-counts, was to delay the initiation of hiring and organizing of President Bush's cabinet and advisors. Therefore, it had to be largely accomplished while he performed the duties of president, rather than in advance, as is the usual case.
It could be argued that, in conjunction with the deterioration of intelligence gathering and security operations in the Clinton administration, this delay in organization may have contributed to the inability to prevent the 9/11 attack.
"'If Al Gore is going to be the voice of the Democrats on national security matters, we welcome it,' White House press secretary Scott McClellan said in a swipe at the Democrat, who lost the 2000 election to Bush only after the Supreme Court intervened."
President Bush won the count, the re-count, and the second re-count. The Supreme Court of the United States referred the case back to the Florida Supreme Court for reconsideration, only after the Florida Court ruled for Al Gore's plea, to allow an extension of time to re-re-count in violation of explicit state law. Although Palm Beach County's second re-count was not completed in time for the certification, they continued to count, with the result that Al Gore would have lost in any event. Subsequent independent audited counts failed to find enough votes for Gore to win.
The only thing accomplished by the unwarranted re-counts, was to delay the initiation of hiring and organizing of President Bush's cabinet and advisors. Therefore, it had to be largely accomplished while he performed the duties of president, rather than in advance, as is the usual case.
It could be argued that, in conjunction with the deterioration of intelligence gathering and security operations in the Clinton administration, this delay in organization may have contributed to the inability to prevent the 9/11 attack.
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Note that both the ABC News and the CBS News websites ran the same piece, without the appended misleading comment, "only after the Supreme Court intervened." The additional comment, reinforcing a common misconception, was apparently included in the original Associated Press dispatch.
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17.1.06
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