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Re: Is Ukraine more democratic than the United States?

 
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Old 03-01.-2005, 09:48 AM   #1
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Agincourt wrote:
> In 2000 the United States supreme court ruled, along partisan lines,
> that a vote recount of unread ballots, in a state governed by Bush's
> brother, should cease. This granted the Presidency to George W Bush.


Chief justices are apointed for life, and once appointed beholden to nobody.
#the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court acted entirely properly.



>
> There are no such allegations of corruption in the United States'
> election of 2000. However, there is a widely held belief that legal
> gerrymandering by both sides in the bipartisan election was
> commonplace. Furthermore, in the contested state, inferior equipment
> was on hand at polling stations in poorer areas. The result was that
> the less advantaged, more likely to vote for the Democrats, were more
> likely to have their ballots unread.


Watch out, the Black Helicopters are chasing you.

Gaz


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Old 03-01.-2005, 11:48 AM   #2
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:07:21 +0000, Agincourt
<agincourt.dont@spam.agincourt.net> wrote:

>On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 23:48:29 -0000, "Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote:
>
>>Agincourt wrote:
>>> In 2000 the United States supreme court ruled, along partisan lines,
>>> that a vote recount of unread ballots, in a state governed by Bush's
>>> brother, should cease. This granted the Presidency to George W Bush.

>>
>>Chief justices are apointed for life, and once appointed beholden to nobody.

>
>
>That's as may be. They still ruled on partisan lines.
>


That statement is unsupportable.



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Old 03-01.-2005, 01:21 PM   #3
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 02:40:56 +0000, Agincourt
<agincourt.dont@spam.agincourt.net> wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 01:48:45 GMT, RTO Trainer
><bill.white@us.HOOAH.army.mil> wrote:
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>
>>>That's as may be. They still ruled on partisan lines.
>>>

>>
>>That statement is unsupportable.

>
>
>Consider the unsupportable supported.


Forget the papers. Go look at the decisions in question, the actual
court documents.



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Old 03-01.-2005, 07:36 PM   #4
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 09:10:22 +0000, Agincourt
<agincourt.dont@spam.agincourt.net> wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 03:21:20 GMT, RTO Trainer
><bill.white@us.HOOAH.army.mil> wrote:
>
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>>>Consider the unsupportable supported.

>>
>>Forget the papers. Go look at the decisions in question, the actual
>>court documents.

>
>
>What are you saying: That the 5-4 vote was not a conservative-liberal
>split?


I thought that was pretty clear. Go look it up. You'll never beleive
me if I just tell you and you may learn something.

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