[summer]

The attempted spin in the subject Washington Post article is interesting, in that one sentence in the article, by a Gore supporter, now claims that Al Gore actually opposed this airport all along, but, gosh, golly, gee whiz, he didn't want to say anything about his position to FL voters. IMO, that spin is a crock of you-know-what that rhymes with "hit."

BTW, this Washington Post article is all over the Dem sites today. But "today" is a little late!. Where was the WP when this news was discussed way back when by NPR, New Miami Times, FREE REPUBLIC, and Dick Morris??

ROTFLAO!!!!!!!!!!

PS Why do you think the WP came out with this news now? Is it to announce to supporters of Al Gore to forget Al Gore for 2004, because, in fact, Gore LOST Florida in 2000 (and, it's pointless to keep blaming that on Jeb, anymore, folks)?

[Real Cynic No More]

Summer:

Keep up the excellent work!

rcnm

[pt17]

A thanks to summer bump. It will be interesting to see where this goes.

[Miss Marple]

You always bring a fresh aproach to analysis, with a special emphasis on Florida. Thank you for tying all these stories together and putting an interesting theory out there for why the WP is now emphasizing this.

Thanks for all your hard work, summer!

[BigWaveBetty]

Norris McDonald, a District of Columbia activist, said he warned Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile that Gore was losing environmentalists to Nader over such issues as Homestead.

"She said they should go [expletive] themselves," McDonald recalled. Brazile said that she did not recall the exchange but that she did tell the White House that Homestead was causing heartburn in South Florida.

I guess when you tell every other person you come in contact with "to go [expletive] themselves" it's hard to remember what you said to who.

Ole Donna is a regular on Wolf Blizter's sunday show. I wonder if Wolfie will ask her about this one. :-)

[yoe]

BUMP!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

AP is still telling the world that the recount was only a partial recount (Bush/Harris Blast Mary Frances Berry) even though our Florida state constitution mandates that ALL counties recount after a close election...and AP itself printed up a handy chart (which I keep and find very helpful) showing original Nov. 7th tallies and post-confirmation tallies for each county after each county recounted. Not all counties recounted more than once, much to the dismay of those following the Dem. "Recount Primer"...that convenient text on stealing close elections by demanding recounts so ballots can be manipulated until enough votes are created...i.e. Palm Beach County. (^:

[JulieRNR21]

Fabulous find & analysis! BUMPing FL Freepers to see this....finally WP tells us all why Gore lost Florida!

Somebody ping Mary Francis Berry, James Carvile, Paul Bigaga & Terry McAwful....LOL

[IVote2]

"PS Why do you think the WP came out with this news now? Is it to announce to supporters of Al Gore to forget Al Gore for 2004, because, in fact, Gore LOST Florida in 2000 (and, it's pointless to keep blaming that on Jeb, anymore, folks)?"

Aw... the sweet smell of political seek and destroy a potential opponent.

Hillary is running, get out of her way or else!

[Nick Danger]

[bandleader]

When are these"people"(I'm not certain as to what They are)?going to get IT???AlGORE LOST BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WIN HIS(HOME?)STATE,A Room AT THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL IN DC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Judge Who]

Gore: 50,996,116

Bush: 50,456,169

[MeekOneGOP]

Sore-Loserman bump!

[Gumlegs]

It's only June 23, and already summer is hot, hot, HOT!!

[Angelique]

ROTFLAO!!!!!!!!!! I do recall when you spoke about that.

[Friedrich Hayek]

You honestly think Gore lost the US Presidency because of an arcane argument over an airport location? That's the most laughable thing I've ever heard.

Those of us who peruse FR on a daily basis are news junkies, but 95% of the electorate are not. The average voter had no idea that there was an airport controversy, and more importantly, they had no idea which side of the argument Al Gore stood on.

(For the record, I'm a news junkie and I never heard of this airport till today.)

There were millions of votes cast in Florida, and every voter had a different reason for casting his vote.

You don't suppose Gore's position on the Elian Gonzalez debacle, or taxes, or Social Security, or gun control, or National Defense had anything to do with his defeat do you?

[Lancey Howard]

summer, your passion is contagious.

BUMP for great freeping.

[summer]

Correcton:

New Miami Times = The Miami New Times (and, you can see this article as it's linked in my post #49)

[Tribune7]

Thanks for the ping, summer.

[dalebert]

Thanks for the ping. Just what is the agenda of the press in this country? Why do they have an agenda at all? Is it the job of the press to withold truth, embelish it, and at times lie to put forth their own agenda or politics? Or are they just simply for sale?