Bart: You make some excellent points and I'm with you all the way until you get to the conspiracy theory. I think 19,000 dumbos simply screwed up their ballots, and when their man didn't win, they decided to protest in hopes of being able to vote again.

The disappointed are looking to any possible avenue to keep this thing brewing. I've seen the ballot in question. We used to use that same ballot in Arizona, but have gone to the same type Wyoming evidently uses. The folks who voted for Buchanan but did not intend to, were just careless. Arrows are very easy to see, and an arrow pointed to each name on the ballot. Carelessness should not be rewarded by allowing those folks another shot at it. If Gore had won handily, you never would have heard the word Butterfly Ballot, in my opinion.

Guest Uncle: I read your whole post, and appreciate where you are coming from. Just a suggestion, though, you will stand a much better chance of folks reading long posts if you break it up into paragraphs. It's much easier to read that way.

Best, DougR