>>Shortly after the election in 2000, I was sitting in a bar at Chicago's O'Hare Airport watching the news about the election. There was someone sitting next to me, who happened to be from Buffalo, NY.
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>>The "talking head" was talking about the possible re-count in Florida. To myself, I said, "I don't care who wins, just as long as they get it right." The man sitting next to me said, "I agree."
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>>The problem is that we don't know if they got "...it right". I don't know if the election was "stolen" and neither does anyone else. That's the problem.
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>Florida certainly was a mess. But I never found any evidence to support the case that Bush stole it. Kathyrn Harris certainly was suspect with her immediate certification of the election, but I have trouble believing the US Supreme Court would disregard the law to help Bush.

Chris,

I've never indicated that I believe that Florida was "stolen".

First, the Supreme Court's decision was based on the Constitution which says the result of the Electoral College vote must be completed by Dec. 16th (or 18th, I'm not quite sure which) and that there was insufficient time to do the recount.

Now the Constitution was written back in a day where such information took days to be transferred. Now, and in 2000, it happens almost instantly. Would any harm have been done if the court had said, "Get it right"? No, the recount would have certainly been completed well before mid-January.

Second, the Florida Supreme Court basically agreed with this in ordering the recount Remember, BTW, who's brother is the governor of Florida.

Bottom line, we didn't know who won and still don't.