Ravenwood - 11/15/02 10:55 AM
No, this isn't something from the wayback machine. Algore is still speaking about the 2000 election, and apparently he is still bitter.
"I believe that if everyone in Florida who tried to vote had had his or her vote counted properly, that I would have won," says Algore in an interview with Washington Post Magazine. "I strongly disagreed with the Supreme Court decision and the way in which they interpreted and applied the law. But I respect the rule of law, so it is what it is."
Algore figures if you repeat something enough times, it becomes the truth. The fact of the matter is that the SCOTUS simply said that Florida must apply the law equally to all counties. They are not permitted to single out heavily democratic areas and apply different standards to divine more votes. Since the decision didn't go their way, lefties have repeatedly called for the resignation, and impeachment of some of the Justices. To back up their claims they repeatedly utter half truths and falsehoods.
The Washington Post does their part by calling it a "5-4 Supreme Court decision that put Bush in the White House." For the record, the SCOTUS decision was 7-2 in agreement that Florida's recount process violated Constitutional equal protection and due process guarantees. The 5-4 decision simply set the deadline for recounts at midnight of that day, effectively terminating the process.
The point of agreement of the seven justices would have placed Bush in the White House. The only disagreement was over the remedy -- whether to stop the recounts now or wait until the certification deadline. It was pretty darn clear the Florida Supremes had overstepped their bounds in overriding election law, which became a Constitutional issue since the state legislatures alone are given the constitutional responsibility of setting election law.
In any case, it was a close enough election to where there were going to be whiners either way. The recent midterm elections, however, should remove the myth of the absent mandate.
Posted by: Owen Courrèges at November 15, 2002 1:19 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
