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...Remarkably, this concluded the Gore team's testimony, and as soon as they'd officially rested their case, GOP attorney Fred Bartlit sprung from his seat to request a directed (or immediate) verdict on the grounds the Dems had no case. Judge Sauls "respectfully" denied the motion and Bartlit demurred, calling his first witness: Judge Charles Burton of the Palm Beach canvassing board...
...Happily for the Democrats, while Burton managed to score a few points for Bush's cause of discrediting the admittedly erratic recount process in Palm Beach ("There's bound to be some opinion involved in situations like this," Burton remarked ruefully during Bartlit's direct) those doubts may be enough to plant a lingering question in Judge Sauls' mind. If all Palm Beach County needed was a set of guidelines to ensure "a fair and accurate" count, could Sauls be just the guy to set such parameters...
...Myth" No. 2: That Miami-Dade would have conducted a manual recount "if it wasn't for a Republican mob." Litigation specialist Fred Bartlit in charge...
...line: Miami-Dade stopped counting because of time constraints, not lack of crowd restraint. Bartlit quoted an independent Miami-Dade canvassing board member describing the GOP crowds - there merely to protest the closed-to-the-press proceedings, Bartlit said - as "noisy and peaceful." Lieberman and other Democrats' charges of thuggery, Bartlit said, were "designed to heat up the situation." Bartlit's job is to cool...
...Myth" No. 4: That the found Bush votes in Nassau County - one of the three targets of the Gore contest - are somehow illegal. Daryl Bristow, Bartlit's partner, in charge...
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