Election 2000: Why Gore Has the Right to Fight

It's not about changing the rules. What he has wanted all along is one fair recount

Who is being unreasonable here? Who is being stubborn and irresponsible? Who is putting victory at all costs ahead of the will of the people and the good of the country? Whose selfish ambition is trampling the rule of law? Who is causing bitterness and alienation that will linger long after the last chad of Election 2000 is swept away? Is it Al Gore? Or George W. Bush? This is a dispute that the Bush side is winning on a simple but effective strategy of decibels and repetition. But consider what is not in dispute.

It is indisputable that on Election...

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