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Originally Posted by stevo
I always felt the one who concedes defeat and doesn't drag the country through the mud with a recount and accusations of fraud is the good american. kind of like nixon conceding defeat in '62. Unlike gore in 2000. but thats just my partisan stance...
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first off, smooth, thanks for the consideration..seriously
honestly, i don't think it's a lot of logistics to consider, as the republicans have been around for a while and i'm sure they can form a long term plan of 2 yrs or more....not that i think it was done, but it would definitely be easy for the republicans and diebold CEO to do without even breaking a sweat. Like i said, best done in paranoia, though, as i don't really believe they did it. Time will tell
Stevo: while it can be nobler to concede instead of draw out, etc......cmon, the gore thing in 2000 was a VERY special case and something that almost any politician would have done. IE, close race, some questionable actions in a state where the opponent's brother is governor and father's friends are deciding your fate...yeah, i'd call that sticking up for something you believed in and something you'd do when faced with what, on the surface, appears to be questionable. I respect that more than just "ok, you win" when there was more than enough evidence to suggest a further investigation.
But that's just me.
I also feel as if it was a waste of time to impeach a president for firing someone he hired and for lying about getting a bj that is none of the country's business...
again, that's just me