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in article , Galen Hekhuis at
wrote on 11/19/04 9:03 PM:

On 19 Nov 2004 17:23:43 -0800, (Tinkerntom) wrote:

It is the core, that is important, and yet the Dems still don't get
it. It was said for months before the election that they were lacking
core issues.... But who wasn't listening then? Are you listening now?
Can you accept what I say just because I say it, or because it is true
fact, the Dems lost!!

Sorry to use this post in particular, but it kind of touched on something
that seemingly most people are not aware of. I know many pundits and
newscasters say so, but according to the US Constitution (which I think is
rather binding in this case) the election is NOT over. To be sure, many of
the ballots have been cast and counted for the popular vote, but the
election is not over until early January, I think it is the 6th when the VP
(Cheney) reports the results of the electoral college or something like
that. As far as votes that remain to be counted, among those that remain
are the absentee ballots from the troops overseas. I find it to be
somewhat ironic that many of those who urge that folks "support the troops"
are frequently among those who seemingly do not care that the military
absentee votes are considered to be insignificant. The most common reason
I hear for such disenfranchisement is that it "wouldn't change the outcome
anyway." The hell it wouldn't! It might well add to Bush's tally, and
make a serious increase in the mandate he claims. On the other hand, it
would be rather telling if the troops in the field overwhelmingly didn't
vote for Bush. Either way, we won't ever know anything about it unless
people insist that their votes, along with every American's vote, is
counted. If our troops are dying overseas for (among other things) the
right to vote, the very least we can do here is insist that their votes be
counted. One thing we can do at home as Americans to ensure that troops
(fighting for freedom -- remember?) will not have died in vain is to insist
on free and fair elections here.

Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA
Guns don't kill people, religions do

It doesn't matter, once Fox News declares the winner, it's all over.