geeze, indeed.

the fact of the matter is that the republicans were never concerned with a "fair" way of recounting the vote they didnt want them recounted period. A recount was required under florida law and when that was done Gore had the legal right to request a manual recount which the Republicans then fought tooth and nail. To suggest that the Recount will go in Gores favour because there are more democrats doing the recount ignores the fact that in each group doing a recount there are both democrat and republican observers.

There is fairly clear evidence that Gore received the popular vote in florida (the disproportionate Jewish vote for Buchanan in Palm Beach), the number of black voters who were denied the right to vote because Katherine Harris hired a private firm to clean up voters lists that incorrectly listed people as 'felons' thus disenfranchising them. (see article below)

It is total hypocrisy of the Republicans to suggest that the Democrats are now trying to change the rules after the game so to speak when they had no problem illegally altering absentee ballots.

(now we'll see whether the supreme court decides whether your vote counts)

petr

Also, here is a link for the story on how Katherine Harris sought to eliminate black voters from Florida's voting rolls: http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/04/voter_file/index.html