"Dave" wrote in message

IOW, yea, even if (as the post-election study showed) an honest count would
have given Bush the election, Gore was deprived of that honest count so he
and all who voted for him are poor innocent victims wronged by evildoers.


I believe the study result was that a recount of the two counties might have
given it to Bush, but a statewide recount would have given to Gore.

This is without taking into account things like the "butterfly ballots." I
spoke to a number of folks who said they intended to vote for Gore but fear they
voted for Buchanan! In fact, this alone swung the vote for Bush, since the Gore
"overvotes" outnumbered the Bush "overvotes" 4 to 1.