Arduous ballot review winds up today (YAWN !!)

St. Petersburg Times ^ | November 11, 2001 | Eric Deggans

[Brandonmark]

When will this nonsense end!

[Brandonmark]

Wonder if this will end it.....or will they find yet another way to question the fact that George W. Bush IS the President of the United States?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The only "lingering curiosity" exists on the part of leftist newspaper editors who set up this monstrosity. They had the Algore story written but the facts just got in the way.

[Brandonmark]

So true!

They can't deal with reality, so they are trying to create fiction as their own form of news!

[dawn53]

"Think of it this way: 175,000 ballots in Florida were tossed out in a controversial election decided by a razor-thin margin," said Neil Brown, managing editor of the St. Petersburg Times. "If we (the press) don't look at the ballots, who will?"

If the discarded ballots are so important why didn't they count the ballots that were tossed in the 49 other states.

By the way, the St. Pete Times is a liberal, leftist rag.

[reformed_democrat]

When will this nonsense end!

When the ivory-tower-dwelling media goons finally succeed in driving away the last of their readers by attacking the President during wartime.

Get set for a huge influx of newbies :)

[EllaMinnow]

Back in the days when I was a daily reader of this leftist rag, Eric Deggans, the writer of this piece, was the TV critic.
No doubt he was promoted in the name of diversity.
BTW - he was a lousy TV critic, too.

[shortstop]

If you will notice, all the sponsors of this witch hunt are the left-leaning towers of journalism, with the exception of the Wall Street Journal (Editorial Page only). I'll believe the results of this study only when George W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Free Republic and my barber tells me it's true.

[SamAdams76]

When will this nonsense end!

It ended for me on January 20, 2001, when the new president of the United States was sworn in.

[Brandonmark]

NORC, citing a confidentiality agreement....insisted the coding work was not tainted by ideological bias

Yeh right!

[Brandonmark]

It ended for me on January 20, 2001, when the new president of the United States was sworn in.

As it did for me and most Americans....at high noon when George W. Bush said, "I do solemly swear..."

[Wait4Truth]

It is not surprising that there is not one conservative paper involved here. These are the leftists of the leftists. My question is, what are we going to do about this as the news breaks in all newspapers and on CNN tonight and tomorrow? IMO, we cannot just sit here and complain on FR. It seems to me that there should be some sort of action by Bush warriors. To do nothing would be a sin - it is already a sin that they would do this to a President leading a war against those that killed our citizens on our homeland soil. There must be a response.

[Brandonmark]

solemly

ooops....make that solemnly

[Nora]

Good article. You might want to take a look at the poynter lead in stuff, too:

• Ethical Catch-22
• Recounting the Election

[Brandonmark]

I would anticipate that if the results are what they want you can anticipate a hue and cry from the folks at www.actionagenda.com: Action Leftists

On the other hand, if they are not what they want, they will be calling for more recounts.

I suspect that the White House or the RNC will not have any comment.

[Nick Danger]

When the ivory-tower-dwelling media goons finally succeed in driving away the last of their readers by attacking the President during wartime.

All the "concerns" expressed in this article have to do with the story's possible effect on Bush. The one comment about possible effects on the media claims that "it cuts both ways."

Have these guys read a poll recently? Are they so wrapped up in their little circles of liberal friends that they have no clue how the public is going to react to a media attack on the President of the United States when we have troops in action overseas?

This will look like the media is undermining Bush in front of the whole world, at a time when 90-some per cent of the American people are in High Patriotism mode. I know the New York-Washington media axis is out of touch with everyday Americans, but if they do this, it will one of the last things they do.

Memo to Brit Hume: You are about to become America's highest-rated news anchor. You have built it, and here they come.

[Wait4Truth]

Do you suggest that we follow the White House and RNC and remain silent or should we bury the offending papers and CNN in phone calls and emails? Just looking for some direction since I am filled with anger at this moment. We know the results (in their estimation) will show that gore won. If they did not think he had, there would not be all of this plotting and secrecy and quiet glee and anticipation.

[Brandonmark]

Of course The Poynter Institute owns the St. Petersburg Times and will try to justify this waste of time.

BTW, I found at least one statement on Poynter's site of interest:"Researchers were required to pass eye exams.

My question is....were they required to pass objectivity exams, since this entire exercise in trying to determining voter intent is in the mind's eye of the beholder!

[Brandonmark]

Notice that they are releasing their data on Veterans Day while our country is at war. I find this potentially a treasonous act of trying to undermine our commander-in-chief and those who wear and have worn the uniform when we least need it!

[PhiKapMom]

This won't end it -- am convinced that it will go on until 2004 as long as the clintons control any portion of the DNC, RATS.com, and UndergroundRATS.com. Bet you will find their fingerprints all over this recount effort especially since one of the people involved was writing for RATS.com -- the site I consider to be the mouthpiece of ms. clinton!