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Thread #74691   Message #1306121
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
24-Oct-04 - 08:32 PM
Thread Name: BS: Pre-Election Post-election thoughts
Subject: RE: BS: Pre-Election Post-election thoughts
Bigot isn't the right term really. - "obstinate and intolerant adherent of a creed or view".

What's involved is not bigotry as such - it is a choice to see winning as more important than protecting the rule of law.

There can be circumstances when that is justifiable, but in essence it means consenting to overthrowing the existing constitutional settlement. It is analogous to a coup d'etat. Which is essentially what happened when the Suoprme Court stopped the count last time. (And that applies just as much if in fact it could be demonstrated that completing the count would have resulted in a Bush victory.)