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Al Gore stated repeatedly over and over that he wanted all legally cast ballots to be counted in accordance with Florida state law. The Florida Supreme Court agreed with him time and again, and the Bushistas went to their puppets on the federal bench and the Supreme Court to overrule the Florida court on a matter of Florida law. The majority in Bush v. Gore came up with the ludicrous assertion that the Florida ballots had a Fourteenth Amendment right to uniform treatment under the law which trumped the right of the voters of Florida to have their ballots counted. Don't believe me? Read the opinion.
At any rate, the counting of the military ballots briefly became a big cause as the Republican Wurlitzer alleged without proof that the Gore campaign was trying to disenfranchise our brave Amurikind fightin' men and women. Joe Lieberman, without consulting anyone in the campaign, cravenly made a public statement that certainly all military ballots should be counted, and the Republicans used this stupid comment to force the counting of all military ballots, legal and illegal, with or without postmarks or signatures, and further delay the examination and counting of the legally cast ballots.
The military ballot controversy was concocted as a sideshow, pandering to people's prejudices about the perception of Republicans as friends of the military and Democrats as its foes. The delay, compounded by Lieberman's ill-advised statement, kept the issue alive until the Supreme Court could put together its ridiculous ruling and award Florida's electoral votes to George W. Bush by judicial fiat.
Books to read on the subject: None Dare Call It Treason by Vincent Bugliosi (the DA who prosecuted the Manson Family murders) and Too Close to Call by Jeffrey Toobin.
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