Word: patting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Florida absentee ballots are opened in the presence of Warren ("Probity") Christopher and James ("Integrity") Baker III. After throwing out ballots in which people have voted twice or for Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader or Goofy, Bush's Florida lead increases from 327 to 328. Bush declares it "a sign from the Almighty" and says he will take office on Jan. 20, "by force, if necessary, though I'm hopeful that won't be necessary...
Jesse Jackson reassures ballot-challenged Palm Beach Gore supporters who have managed to vote for Pat Buchanan that they should "stand up and be proud." He performs an auto-da-fe in front of the residence of Theresa LePore, the Palm Beach supervisor of elections, a Democrat. LePore flees the country, complicating efforts to validate the vote in Palm Beach County...
...that the ballot had confused them, he assumed they had not paid enough attention. But at lunch later with friends, Fladell says, he broke into a cold sweat when he heard them describe the correct punch hole for Gore-Lieberman. Fladell realized that he too had inadvertently voted for Pat Buchanan, a man who has had, to put it mildly, some problems with Jewish voters. "A ballot is supposed to lead me to my vote," says Fladell, who is now a plaintiff in one of several lawsuits seeking to invalidate the Palm Beach vote. "This one led me away...
Consider those goofy "butterfly ballots" in Palm Beach County. That was a mess, but not a plot. If you're going to rig the vote in a Democratic stronghold, you don't draw attention to the crime by shifting the tally to some right-wing drooler. Even Pat Buchanan was surprised to learn he had racked up votes in condominium precincts made up almost entirely of retired Jews. I suppose it's possible that they loved his position against free trade and have forgiven him for questioning the extent of the Nazis' responsibility for the Holocaust, but I doubt...
...state of things: Broward County is still counting, and has reportedly turned up 21 more votes for Gore than for Bush. Palm Beach County, having got its last pat on the back from the Florida Supremes Thursday, has just begun. Miami-Dade County, under heavy pressure from the Democrats, is set Friday to reconsider its decision not to undergo a hand count. And Republican stronghold Collier County, which merely found 25 ballots lying around and wants to slip them into the total, is still wondering whether Harris will have any use for them...