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Spot Pole - Is Gore Just a Bad Loser? I can't decide. To a certain extend, I can see his point. But if I were cynical, I would say that he is just going to go on wanting re-counts until he gets the results he wants. Perhaps there really are (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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you must be watching BBC (big buncha crap). Vice-Presidents who run for President of the USA and fail don't get a second chance, so if Gore loses he won't be back. But I don't blame him at all for using whatever resources he has available to him to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I like it. I've seen the version you get in the US (BBC World?), and it is pretty poor as it copies the repetitive CNN world service. Because of the way BBC is it just reports the news. It does not really hype up non-news when there is no news (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not quite yet no. Actually I think Bush is out of bounds at the moment in going to court to seek an injunction to stop the manual recounts. I think he would be better off picking 4 predominantly Republican county's in Florida and asking for a (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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John DiRienzo wrote in message ... (...) he (...) Well this just isn't accurate. You only have to go back to the 1960 race to find a case that proves this wrong. Vice President Richard M. Nixon lost to John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election, buy he (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have do agree. Bush should sit back and try to look cool. (...) Yes, but is he not inciting other to take action as individuals? I'm sure I heard that. (...) That's fair comment. I agree with you about Clinton. As an outsider looking in, I (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've heard Gore called a tree before, but never a pole. Or maybe you mean Pole as in Polish? I see a few of those right now! At least, I think they're Polish. Could be Hungarians. (...) Nah--there's a moment when even his allies will desert (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey, it passed the spell checker - so it must be right :-\ (...) Yes. But is the point of doing it by hand is to find the votes not puched out right. I suppose one could argue they are spoiled. (...) Fair enough. Is there not also rumours of (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip? (...) Well thats a good point. While I don't think that Gore will file a lawsuit in say Palm Beach over the validity of the ballot I would expect people from his campaign are probably encouraging private citizens to file suit and giving (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I was talking about just this over the weekend. I this the ballot may well have been OK if it was expected. However, if it was not expected to be in that form it could have jarred some voters a little. We had the same problem in our 1st PR (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Spot Poll: Bad Loser - Bush or Gore?
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(...) Ummmmm, he won the popular vote and the electoral college is not yet decided, so I can't really answer that. (...) He gets to have a recount. I don't care if they recount every county by hand - it's okay with me. I'd rather they decide to do (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A good quote I recieved by e-mail today: "You mean to tell me that those old ladies in Palm Beach can play 15 bingo cards simultaneously - but can't punch a ballot?" james (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) Under New Mexico law, if the candidates end up tied, the winner could be determined by having the two men sit for a hand of poker -- with the state going to the winner. New Mexico statute requires that in case of a tie, "the determination as (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I'm pretty sure that in the UK a coin is tossed in the event of a tie. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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