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The clear message...
Dec. 13th, 2000 05:20 amThere would appear to be a at least one significant difference between the candidates in this post-election period.
Bush has been very, very quiet.
Gore appears intent on being as divisive as necessary to gain what he has sought. His supporters seem sometimes to be literally reading from the same scripts when making their arguments that, reduced to a common denominator, amount to blaming anyone who doesn't agree with them as partisan.
Well, he that smelt it, dealt it, as we used to say in grade school.
It is, perhaps, to be expected when partisans place the blame on events not turning out their way on the partisan motives of perceived enemies, although it can be argued that using public relations as a method to scorch the political earth is not really a good idea for the nation. However, it is another thing entirely for the media to report such sour grapes as fact, and provide accompanying spin.
I couldn't help but notice that, when the Floriduh Supreme Court voted 5-4 to do the recount, little if any mention was made of the fact that the decision was split, nor was any hint dropped to the effect that the Floriduh Supremes might be a teensy-weensy bit partisan in their decision.
When the U.S. Supreme Court votes 5-4 to put the election out of its misery, declaring, "the recount process, in its features here described, is inconsistent with the minimum procedures necessary to protect the fundamental right of each voter," all of a sudden the word "split" starts churning out of mouths of talking heads on TV when talking about the decision, and folks start focusing on Justice Stevens dissenting comment, where he says "Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law."
Someone ought to perhaps tell Justice Stevens that, well, it's not as if that confidence was that high to begin with, when you consider the past few decades of history. But that's fodder for a different post.
Cheers...
Bush has been very, very quiet.
Gore appears intent on being as divisive as necessary to gain what he has sought. His supporters seem sometimes to be literally reading from the same scripts when making their arguments that, reduced to a common denominator, amount to blaming anyone who doesn't agree with them as partisan.
Well, he that smelt it, dealt it, as we used to say in grade school.
It is, perhaps, to be expected when partisans place the blame on events not turning out their way on the partisan motives of perceived enemies, although it can be argued that using public relations as a method to scorch the political earth is not really a good idea for the nation. However, it is another thing entirely for the media to report such sour grapes as fact, and provide accompanying spin.
I couldn't help but notice that, when the Floriduh Supreme Court voted 5-4 to do the recount, little if any mention was made of the fact that the decision was split, nor was any hint dropped to the effect that the Floriduh Supremes might be a teensy-weensy bit partisan in their decision.
When the U.S. Supreme Court votes 5-4 to put the election out of its misery, declaring, "the recount process, in its features here described, is inconsistent with the minimum procedures necessary to protect the fundamental right of each voter," all of a sudden the word "split" starts churning out of mouths of talking heads on TV when talking about the decision, and folks start focusing on Justice Stevens dissenting comment, where he says "Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law."
Someone ought to perhaps tell Justice Stevens that, well, it's not as if that confidence was that high to begin with, when you consider the past few decades of history. But that's fodder for a different post.
Cheers...
