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Gore Dealt Double Defeat in Florida
(But I'm sure the
"Free Press" has some cheerleading still left in it for him - tha
malcontent)
By LINDA DEUTSCH (Direct descendent of Joseph
Stalin)
.c The Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Dec. 1) - The Florida Supreme Court and a state court judge dealt Al Gore's lawyers a double defeat Friday in their bid to force an immediate hand recount of thousands of disputed ballots.
In yet another ruling announced later in the day, the state high court unanimously refused to orders.
Gore, who has filed an unprecedented legal challenge to George W. Bush's certified 537-vote victory in Florida, was not formally involved in the butterfly ballot case, although an order for a new vote would have thrown the contested election into turmoil.
(And for the Defense, Algore-ligula
Caesar will be represented by: The "Free Press"! - tha malcontent)
The vice president's lawyers came up empty on two other rulings handed down Friday that spurned his bid to force an immediate manual recount of 14,000 contested ballots in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.
(That's because somebody sat them
down and explained the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to them! - tha
malcontent)
In an emergency hearing, Circuit Judge N. Sanders Sauls refused for the third time in less than a week to order a manual recount of disputed ballots, at least until he hears arguments beginning Saturday.
The Florida Supreme Court, which was implored to intervene, refused without comment. Waters said merely that the petition was ''dismissed without prejudice,'' meaning it could be filed again.
(Keep in mind Sheep, the Florida
Supreme Court is six DemocRATS and one Liberal Independent... the "Free
Press" is afraid that if they give you too much information about DemocRATS,
you might hurt yourself! - tha malcontent)
''There can be no ruling until there is evidence taken,'' said Sauls, setting the stage for an historic weekend trial on Gore's contest.
Gore's lead attorney David Boies said, ''On one hand we're disappointed the Supreme Court didn't take this up immediately. On the other hand we understand it would have been a very unusual step.''
(Please see www.associalisticpress.com/disbar
for more on Mr. Boies! - tha malcontent)
Ironically, it was complaints about the design of the butterfly ballot in Palm Beach County that Gore's aides first cited more than three weeks ago when the election controversy flared. Democrats said that because of a confusing design, some voters who intended to cast ballots for Gore wound up inadvertently voting for Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan. That point of contention slowly receded into the background, however, so much so that Gore did not include it in his formal election challenge.
(The "Free Press" and the
DemocRATS sure like to call their constituency base STUPID, don't they?
This gives them an opportunity to not only wipe their ass with Welfare, but now
they want to THINK for them too! - tha malcontent)
Bush was certified the winner of Florida by 537 votes last Sunday by Secretary of State Katherine Harris. Gore swiftly filed legal papers challenging her edict, and the case was assigned to
Sauls.
(Edictator Katherine the
munster-Cruella De Vil Harris not only stole this election but she molested many
black children in the process while force feeding the elderly dog food and
keeping MAXFACTOR's stocks on a high note! - tha malcontent)
While the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington heard arguments on weighty constitutional issues, Sauls grappled with more mundane legal questions - subpoenas for documents, motions by outside parties to intervene - and made clear he hopes the trial can be wrapped up in a single day.
The Democrats contend, among other things, that Bush's attorneys are ''threatening to make a mockery'' of the proceedings before Sauls in Gore's lawsuit contesting the Florida outcome.
(The Bush camp is "threatening
to make a mockery"? This AP writer and these attorneys are almost guaranteed
to be Baby-boomers... black is white.... up is down... is is ain't! - tha
malcontent)
They reacted in particular to a Republican proposed witness list of more than 90 people including the governors of New York and New Jersey and former presidential candidate Bob Dole.
The Democrats noted they planned to call only two witnesses.
Sauls said each side can call only one expert witness.
The judge also ordered the impounding of an additional 1.2 million ballots in Volusia, Broward and Pinellas counties. The Bush campaign had asked that they be brought to Tallahassee, but agreed that the impounding would suffice. Bush spokesman Scott McClellan said, ''We believe there were a number of illegal votes for Gore in those counties.''
While legal motions were under way Friday, a truck convoy carried more than a half million ballots from Miami-Dade County to Tallahassee. Whether Sauls would allow a recount of those ballots and another batch delivered by Palm Beach County was still in dispute.
(That "Ryder" truck was
an odd mix of "O.J." and the Oklahoma City bombing all in one sick
little twisted subversion of the Constitution! - tha malcontent)
With at least 42 election suits pending statewide, more litigation sprouted by the hour. Among the issues added to the mix:
(I believe we were using the word
"mockery" earlier... - tha malcontent)
- Democrats sued the Martin County canvassing board asking to throw out all the county's 9,773 absentee ballots because Republicans were allowed to add voter identification numbers to ballot applications. A hearing was scheduled. Bush received 6,294 absentee votes in the county, compared with 3,479 for Gore, or a difference of 2,815 votes.
- A similar incident in Seminole County also resulted in a Democratic lawsuit, which contends election officials violated a state law that says only the voter, an immediate family member or a guardian can fill out an absentee ballot application. That suit seeks to throw out all 15,000 absentee ballots cast in the county. A trial is scheduled for next week.
- The Republicans sought dismissal of the lawsuit before Sauls saying Gore's lawyers filed their challenge after the 10-day deadline required by state law. The Republicans also claimed Gore's challenge was baseless because the real election wasn't between the Texas governor and the vice president but between the separate groups of 25 Florida electors.
(Let's see... the title of this
piece of "journalistic" tripe was:
"Gore Dealt Double Defeat in Florida"...
see how easy the "Free Press walks you away from the bad news on their boy
Algore-ligula Caesar! - tha malcontent)
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