Board:   [DoveNet] DoveNet General Chat
Subject: Re: I'm Out
From:    Gamgee
Date:    Mon Sep 28, 2026 09:34

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-=> Dumas Walker wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 PF>  Ni> I feel like things have gotten very divisive in the US
 PF>  Ni> since around 2000, when George W. Bush was elected. At the
 PF>  Ni> time, I remember there being a lot of people upset that Al
 PF>  Ni> Gore won the popular vote but George W. Bush won due to
 PF>  Ni> the electoral college.

 PF>  Having a republican-leaning state stop ballot counting because
 PF> the brother of the republican presidential candidate is governor
 PF>was part of it.

 DW> Not what happened.  The US Supreme Court, which contained 0 George W.
 DW> Bush appointees, ultimately made them stop because the state had no
 DW> uniform recount procedures and apparently couldn't assure the USSC that
 DW> they hadany ability to recount them properly.

Exactly correct.

 DW> Funny how Democrats say elections are "secure" when they win but are
 DW> "stolen" when Republicans win.  Been true in every election since 2000
 DW> -- except 2004.  OTOH, I only remember Republicans complaining once
 DW> during that time.

Remember the Number One rule for modern Democrats:

"Rules for thee, but not for me."



.... "I'm a lawyer."  "Honest?"  "No, the regular kind."
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