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Originally posted by Professor:
Last night, while driving to a hick town, I saw a truck sporting that South Carolina flag and marked on the truck window was "Gore Give Up!" As I continued to drive, I gave much thought to the hand written message. Sadly, I think the time has come. Gore fought a good fight but I think he should concede at this point.
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Professor, I hope you don't really believe that. First, why would any candidate give up in the midst of all this controversy. Consider the amount and the nature of the controversy. First, the governor's brother is in charge of the key state. Second, many analysts thought it may come down to the state of Florida's electoral votes. The Secretary of State had within her power to organize this election months before it ocurred, but didn't(or did she?). In planning it, SOMEONE should've ran a test on the ballots they planned to use. Had they done so, they would've discovered such POSSIBLE problems IN ADVANCE; then, it could've been avoided with a differently designed ballot. Thirdly, the Department of Justice had received complaints about people being impeded from voting, in addition to ballots being lost, stolen, or strayed; and yet they DID NOTHING. Since the Secretary of State is a republican(as well as the governor), that seems to suggest a CONFLICT OF INTEREST; therfore the Department of Justice should have launched an investigation, and referred it to the Florida Supreme Court, or the U.S. Supreme Court.
Whenever you have the precinct workers complaining that they themselves had to choose who THEY BELIEVED was registered, and stating this on C-Span, that is reason enough to revisit the idea of doing it all over again in Florida. The people complaining are from ALL walks of life, yet all are Americans.
To give up would confirm what so many Americans believe today; that their vote DOESN'T COUNT ANYWAY.