Comments on: Franken-Gate Continues http://www.politicalbyline.com/2009/07/01/franken-gate-continues/ Right of Center, Not Stuck on Stupid Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:14:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Pat S. http://www.politicalbyline.com/2009/07/01/franken-gate-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-5089 Pat S. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:04:59 +0000 http://www.politicalbyline.com/?p=10651#comment-5089 Hey Pat (great name), thanks for the link. You can call it sour grapes if you want, but what bothered liberals and all the other people angry about 2000 was just what you said: the Supreme Court ruled (in a 5-4 decision along ideological lines, hardly unanimous) that there wasn't time for a Florida recount, which seems preposterous when you think about the importance of the office. The world's most powerful position doesn't merit an extra effort to count the determining votes? There's the obvious complicating follow-up question that asks if one state has a recount, then should the entire country, but in reality there was never a chance to ask that. In a way it's good that the Franken court process was more drawn out because it spotlighted each and every aspect of what would and wouldn't get counted. The 2000 election decision, on the other hand, just meant that there would be no recount at all. I think that's a simplistic solution to a very important need. Hey Pat (great name), thanks for the link. You can call it sour grapes if you want, but what bothered liberals and all the other people angry about 2000 was just what you said: the Supreme Court ruled (in a 5-4 decision along ideological lines, hardly unanimous) that there wasn’t time for a Florida recount, which seems preposterous when you think about the importance of the office. The world’s most powerful position doesn’t merit an extra effort to count the determining votes? There’s the obvious complicating follow-up question that asks if one state has a recount, then should the entire country, but in reality there was never a chance to ask that.

In a way it’s good that the Franken court process was more drawn out because it spotlighted each and every aspect of what would and wouldn’t get counted. The 2000 election decision, on the other hand, just meant that there would be no recount at all. I think that’s a simplistic solution to a very important need.

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