From:   michrog@mail.com

Subject:   Check out this Village Voice article
 

Michelle K

Check out this article at
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0046/ladd3.shtml

Abortion Foes Join Florida Legal Fray
by Donna Ladd
Big-Time Lawyer Files Suit in Federal Court

WEST PALM BEACH, NOVEMBER 15 If you have any doubt
that the 2000 presidential election is a referendum on
abortion rights, think again. The 11th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals this afternoon agreed to hear appeals
of two federal cases arguing that ballot recounts in
Florida should be prohibited. One we've heard a lot
about: the appeal of the Bush campaign's failed effort
to have a federal judge quash recount efforts in four
Florida counties.

The other is more stealthy: National anti-abortion
forces have gathered to try to stop the recount, which
threatens to hand defeat to their anointed candidate,
Republican George W. Bush. On Monday, James Bopp Jr.,
general counsel of the staunchly anti-abortion James
Madison Center for Free Speech in Washington, D.C.,
and Terre Haute, Indiana, filed a federal lawsuit on
behalf of three Florida citizens, asking for an end to
retallies. The plaintiffs are Robert C. Touchston,
Diana Touchston, and Deborah Shepperd of Brevard
County.

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From:   rocket211@yahoo.com

Subject:        Couple points

Bartcop...

Longtime reader, first time contributor....

If George Bush is so deadset against recounts by hand,
then why is he thinking of asking for hand recounts in
New Mexico, Iowa and Wisconsin?

Also, dittoheads and repubs all over the land kept
saying that the vote has been tabulated three times
and Gore lost all three.  They are considering the
confirmation of the original count as the third count.

That sounds like fuzzy math.  With that logic we
should award NFL teams a touchdown every time they
show a replay of one during the game.  1+1 recount = 3!  Ha ha.

Begala & Conoson rule!

Rocket

ha ha

Rocket, good one.
 

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From:   alan.lees@dailymail.co.uk

Subject:        Slightly-adapted lawyer joke

A man died and was sent to hell for his sins.
As he was being taken to his place of torment, an eternity of being
skinned alive and put in a barrel of salt, he passed a side room where
Karl Rove was being lavishly entertained by a beautiful, scantily-clad,
voluptuous blonde who pandered to his every whim.

'That's unfair!' the dead man said to his devilish escort.
'Why should I be flayed and salted for all eternity while
 Karl Rove will spend the hereafter with that gorgeous babe?'

Beelzebub prodded the man with his pitchfork.
'Silence,' he snarled. 'Who are you to question her punishment?'
 

ha ha

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From:   mpicco@jps.net
Subject:      West Wing quote from 11/15/00 episode

Speaking about the Republicans:

"You people want to reduce the size of government
  so it's just small enough to fit in our bedrooms."

Great line!!
 

That's where I heard that!
My rendition was close.

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From:   Withheld
Subject:    Congrats

Just read the 'changes'.  I hope it works for you;
it's fine with me--whatever it takes!

Congrats on the PO box; I'll be sending something
soon.  Remember, by your own (correct) admission, it's
only whoring when you do something for money that you
WOULDN'T do WITHOUT  the money.  You're not whoring
(not yet, anyway); you've just had your price too low.

Also, I heard a good analogy on the FL balloting (machine count v. hand job)
from Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air yesterday:

Dollar bill changers.

Even though it's a machine, sometimes it erroneously rejects a
real bill that a person would accept without a second thought.

Keep fighting; I'll send ammo!

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From:   young@erim-int.com
Subject:        Re: Kit Harris

Ok.  Now, suppose she puts her balls on the line and
stands firm with her refusal to accept the latest recounts.

Further suppose the hand recounts continue unabated.

Finally suppose the general returns mirror the
(Were they plucked plums?  I don't know.  *You* tell *me*.)
1% already counted and Mr. Gore gains a 1-2K vote advantage.

What will happen?  Is it possible that Kit will say,
"Sure, the Vice President won on paper, but technically the Governor won,
so I declare that FL's 25 votes go for my butt buddy?"
Who besides El Pigbo, Sean and Ollie the Convicted Felon would accept that?

Would Dub the Dauphin accept the mandate of the people
or would he magnificently gratuitously conclude?  And
if he didn't suggest that the FL 25 cast their lots
for Mr. Gore, how could he ever hope to govern?

Anyway, I sure hope they continue with the court approved hand counts
even against the wishes of the FOX-fair Sec'y of State.

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From:   richp@proviseo.com
Subject:    Katherine Harris' email address

Hi!

Why not include Katherine Harris' email address on
your web site? Then we can all tell her what we think
of her in an email!  I've already sent her two!!

Here it is......
 
secretary@mail.dos.state.fl.us

Keep up the good work!!!!!

Rich Pearson

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