To those who thought at one time FR could be a force in conservative politics, he was an abomination.
To those who thought FR was an entertainment vending machine, he was the jewel in Jim’s tiara.
Looks like the vending machine won.
But, when you've worked for the USPS Consumer Advocate for a couple of years there's no insult on Earth you have not heard delivered to you with a heartfelt resolve.
Oh, yeah, and they used to threaten to kill me or cut off necessary body parts.
But, yeah, I do remember him ~ and there was a time when FR was "alone" so the then "gleam in the eye" Tea Party wasn't on the scene Still, there are things you can do with direct action right on the internet.
I remember the time George W. Bush was in the fight of his life as the evil forces of the Algore were bearing down on him well aware that the polls demonstrated that the Florida results were incredibly tight and the victory might depend on a few thousand, or maybe just a few hundred votes.
Remember when the Democrats were getting local vote counting operations to cease counting absentee ballots from our troops overseas because they did not carry a postmark as required by Florida law.
So, let's see what was I doing ~ well I can't tell you yet, but there are some guys who lurk here who can.
Not that I'd do anything against the law, but when the Dems became so public with their flying teams of terror lawyers swooping down on Florida voting registrar offices on this one little issue, it gave me time to examine the issues and prepare (in my mind) a "ruling" that would result in those votes being counted.
The law is straightforward. The State of Florida doesn't run the post office. The post office doesn't run the State of Florida. However, postmarks are a strictly federal issue and its up to the post office to decide whether or not they are needed on a particular piece of mail. Absentee ballots from troops abroad were carried free of postage, ergo, no need for a postmark.
Federal law regarding the post office trumps state law every single time.
Bush would have won easily ~ just as the Supreme Court said later.
Without FR and its capability of communicating with activists to find out WHO might ought to know what the correct information was, "W" could have easily lost to another evil Algore trick.
Instead, "W" won.
A+Bert is still here, but under a different name.