Word: chadness
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...camera is unfailing in reducing whatever it observes. Nearly everyone in this constantly televised drama has been diminished: the Florida Supreme Court, the state legislature, the lawyers, the candidates. Why, after 24/7 TV coverage of chad counting by microscope and horoscope, even the belief in the very process of counting votes has been irreparably damaged...
...when, in balancing a work life with a home life, work too often wins. "If you got a break for a minute on a Sunday, you'd look out and see all these families together," says Jason, 29, who came after Harry Jr., 30, and before Chad, 24. "It was hard to deal with sometimes, because we never got a chance to do that. We worked side by side, but that wasn't the same as being together as a family." The four Sutton men begged Mom to slow down, maybe close Je's two days a week instead...
...charities, and if someone knocked at the back door hungry and penniless, she couldn't say no. To the very end, that was Diane. "We were at home that night, and she had trouble breathing," Harry says, eyes glistening. "She started coughing, and next thing, she was unconscious." Chad performed CPR on his mother, 58, who had no history of serious illness. Harry called 911 and kept pleading with his wife, who was having a heart attack. "You just can't leave me like this!" They were close to retirement, the house nearly paid for, the boys self-sufficient. Harry...
...butterfly ballot flew away with the presidency this year, and it is well nigh time for election procedure to enter the 21st century along with the rest of the country. The signs of the time demand attention: The word "chad" has replaced "confetti" as the popular term for "small piece of paper" and thousands of votes, in counties from Palm Beach in Florida to Cook County in Illinois, were discarded due to appropriately labeled "voting irregularities" and double punching...
...that why Bush's lawyers have fought hand counts of undervotes so doggedly? Yes, but they have valid reasons for opposing the counts - chiefly that there is no single standard for them. They also say handling the ballots "spoliates" them, a lawyerly way of saying counters can push chads through accidentally. Bush lawyer Phil Beck wanted Lewis to rule that only a chad with a stylus imprint could count, not one pushed through, say, by a finger. Lewis dismissed that request for now, but in the end his decision may not matter...