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To: Mr.Smorch

Very fun post of Gore ! However, the 2000 US Election saga was resolved peacefully through legal institutions, like the US Supreme Court. We may argue whether it was right to get the Courts involved in the elections, but the end result that the crisis was resolved in civilized manner.

I doubt that the same will go in Mexico. We share the continent, but not a political culture and institutions.


9 posted on 07/06/2006 7:32:59 AM PDT by sergey1973
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To: sergey1973

Sergey you're completely right. I'm just wondering what the impact of our own 2000 election will have on those countries who find themselves in the same closely contested election. Will the defeated candidate pull a gore, and try and bluster his way to power with a coterie of lawyers and political hired guns, or will he rise above it all, as Richard Nixon did in the 1960 race. Nixon could have been a whimpering cry baby, like gore, and appealed his loss to the courts, but Nixon refused saying it would be bad for the country and its institutions to challenge the results in the courts. Even the black prince showed a bit of chivalry on this one. One can only hope that Obrador will show the courage and consider his country before his own self-interest. Given he's a leftist/socialist/howard dean type, I'm sure he'll choose the low road, showing once again what a classless bunch the left is.


18 posted on 07/06/2006 7:43:46 AM PDT by AdvisorB (When the smoke clears in hamistan, count the ears and divide by 2.)
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