Rev. Jackson hints legal challenge to Fla vote

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Rev. Jackson hints legal challenge to Fla vote
Wednesday, 8 November 2000 15:25 (ET)

http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=135220


Rev. Jackson hints legal challenge to Fla vote
By PAUL SINGER

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 8 (UPI) - Rev. Jesse Jackson Wednesday called for a
thorough investigation of the voting process in Florida and suggested black
leaders may initiate legal action to challenge "patterns of irregularities"
that appeared to interfere with a full accounting of African-American
voters.

Jackson was on his way to Florida to meet African-American leaders to
consider their legal options. He said a legal challenge may be necessary.

Jackson told reporters outside the Loews Hotel where he and the rest of
Vice President Gore's party is staying that black leaders are demanding a
recount by hand, not by machine, and a thorough investigation into reported
"acts of irregularity and/or intimidation."

"Some people were complaining that they pulled down the lever for Gore but
it came up for Buchanan. That was one inconsistency," Jackson said. "There
were other cases of people standing on long lines and they were told that
there are no more ballots. Others standing in long lines were told that the
polls were closed."

These "patterns of irregularities" appeared "particularly in the African
American community," Jackson alleged.

"This is a replay of Selma, Alabama all over again," Jackson argued,
referring to the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s. "This issue
is about disenfranchised people having their vote count ... who want to make
a statement in our democracy. Because of these irregularities, their
statement has not been recorded and the election is not over until their
statement is recorded."

Asked whether it is likely that the black leaders will file a legal
challenge to the state vote, Jackson said, "I'm inclined to say so because
we were violated with our rights to vote," but he added, "I do not know if
the state Democratic Party deems it necessary to take legal action ... but
certainly they will be advised that if there is any resistance to a fair
count there must be legal action."

Jackson called for the "full cooperation of the governor" -- Jeb Bush,
brother of Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush -- "because it
is on his watch. It does not suggest that he did anything illegal, but it is
on his watch and therefore he must assume the responsibility to encourage
the process" of investigating all complaints.

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"Pulled the lever"?

Give me a break1 the contraversy is with the ballot type where you punch holes with a pin.
There's no lever to pull! If someone says thier ballot was mismarked by the "lever" they didn't see the inside of a voting booth.



[This message has been edited by Meiji_man (edited November 08, 2000).]
 
yup, let's not put the ballots through those racist computers, they don't count Af-Am votes. :rolleyes:

The ballot in question was pre-approved by a Democrat. Basically, if you can read, you can follow the --> and punch the correct hole in the paper. Perhaps the illiterate are a new special interst group fo rthe Dems.

gimme a break.

This to me is a good sign for Bush - the legal challenges, spin, and obfuscation machine would only start turning when he is clearly in the lead.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>"Some people were complaining that they pulled down the lever for Gore but
it came up for Buchanan. That was one inconsistency," Jackson said. "There
were other cases of people standing on long lines and they were told that
there are no more ballots. Others standing in long lines were told that the
polls were closed."[/quote]

Jackson is not only full of it. He is woefully uninformed as well. Florida doesn't have levers to pull. You punch out holes in your ballot.

The people in question claim that they mistakenly voted for Buchanan. In order to do this, you would have to punch the holes in your ballot, not notice the error - take the ballot to the ballot box, drop it in and THEN remember the error.

Florida law is clear that once you drop your ballot in the box, you lose any right to change that ballot. Jackson is just engaging in some typical whining and engaging in the only style of politics he knows.
 
I can't figure out if we'd hear more of his crap if Gore was elected or if Bush was eleceted. Either way, I wish he'd just shut the hell up and be done with it. I mean, I would say something like that -- but it would be a racist comment seeing that I'm white.

I wanna know who called good 'ole Rev. Jackson and asked him to stand up and blurt off all this crap. If the Dems can't just suck it up to the fact that they've lost (slightly, but in a big way) this election.. they need to leave the bed-wetters at home! :mad:

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Who cares what Jesse Babbling Jackson thinks, does, or says? He's the sort who would say that all laws are racist, including the law of gravity.
 
I don't know who does a bigger disservice to Jesus Christ. Jesse Jackson, or the West Virginia Snake Waver Church?

Regards,
MP
 
At least the Snake Wavers keep to themselves and down go around making the rest of us miserable. Dr King must be rocking in his resting place. He warned against the not finding racism in everything, against becoming dependent on the government and on the importance of pulling yourself up by your own boot straps.

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Aaah yes the goof reverend, brother, pastor, doctor, deacon, jackson.

This guy is a leech on our nation, sucking freedom away from all people!

Where is George Hill when I need him to restate his eloquent words from an earlier post on algore?

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
The county Jackson is bitching about has 15,000 registered reform party voters. the neigboring county they are trying to contrast the vote to has 189. Small wonder there were 3,000 Buchanan votes in one county, and virtually none in the other. Apples and oranges.

BTW, the county commissioner made some comment about how the vote couldn't be accurate because "we don't vote for Nazi's".

Check out http://www.reagan.com for info - I heard about this on the Wednesday show.



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I only want to know one thing here. Did anyone see those "long lines" first hand? I have no doubt that there were long lines mind you, I just want to know WHY there were long lines.
The NAACP used a "bus the vote" program to transport voters. I really wonder how many of those buses were timed to arrive just at closing time and manufacture those long lines and the controversy surrounding them. :(



[This message has been edited by RAE (edited November 09, 2000).]
 
I can't believe he uses the "reverend" title. He's no man of God. He's at one with Satan. Everything is black vs. white. No matter the issue, it's always the black man being suppressed. His babbling grows old real fast.

Funny how he makes a good mint while trying to divide the racial lines.
 
Son, I don't believe that Mr. Jackson has anything but the Best Interests of His People at heart. But he's utterly wrong in the way he goes about trying to advance them.

To quote Minority Mike ( www.lewrockwell.com ), "Does that man have a job?"

Stirrin' up discontent.

L.P.
 
"I don't believe that Mr. Jackson has anything but the Best Interests of His People at heart.... "

I am amazed that anyone can hold that opinion. The so-called "Reverend" Jackson is completely transparent, in my opinion, in his self-serving, divisive politics.

In too many instances he has turned a blind eye to the truth in favor of political expediency and his own selfish interests.

Frankly, we need less ideological icons like Jackson and Hillary in this country. They are a poor substitute for a caring and thoughtful population.

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You folks are taking Jesse all wrong. You should look at it just like the MINSTREL SHOWS of old. A black faced man would get up on stage and do a song and a dance to entertain the audience. That's all Jesse is. A song and dance man. You should be rating Jesse on his performance, not on his song. My .02!
 
Originally posted by MP Freeman:
I don't know who does a bigger disservice to Jesus Christ.
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Amen, MP Freeman...
The Great Dark High Priest Jackson sucks hard...an imbarrassment to all those who count themselves among the intellectually-honest.
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It's official everyone!! Gore has annouced that he will fight the recount of the FL vote in court, and he will demand a hand recount (hmmm, more opportunity for fraud). Here is the link:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001109/ts/election_gore_dc_13.html

TALAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore (news - web sites)'s campaign Thursday said the disputed vote count in a key Florida county needed the ``full attention'' of the courts and requested a hand count of ballots in four counties.

Gore campaign manager William Daley told a news conference that the legal system should run its course in Palm Beach county where more than 19,000 votes were disqualified. Voters said they were confused by the new design of the ballot paper there.

``Because this disenfranchisement of these Floridians is so much larger than the reported gap between Governor Bush and Vice President Gore, we believe this requires the full attention of the courts in Florida and concerned citizens around our country,'' said Daley.

He added that the Gore campaign would also request a hand count of the ballots in four Florida counties, including Palm Beach.

Florida officials were expected to finish recounting 6 million votes later Thursday after the election between Gore and Republican Gov. George W. Bush (news - web sites) became too close to call in Florida. The outcome of the election hinges on the Florida result.


Isn't Lieberman ashamed of this guy? I would be. Not very becoming of the office of Vice President, or President... ooops, sorry I forgot who he works for. My bad.
 
I LOVE Jesse Jackson.

Why?

Because most of our nation feels the same way about him as the rest of you.

Having him come out is like having the OJ Simpson "Dream Team" as your lawyers (Johnny Cochran et al).
The minute you hire these guys, you are automatically GUILTY! Everyone knows it. Guys like Cochran and Jackson are good trouble-rousers, but the minute they come on the scene, the moral fight is over, and the side with them on it is seen as the losers.
Jesse Jackson will whine a lot, but all it will really accomplish is more contempt towards the situation, by most the Americans watching.


Ps-
Seems like they are going to keep recounting them until the numbers come up in their favor.

And, how will the numbers keep mysteriously going up for their side with each recount....hm?????

[This message has been edited by Red Bull (edited November 09, 2000).]
 
It was just a matter of time before he crawled out from under his rock :rolleyes:
A true Leach on Soceity :mad:

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If I were black I would be mightily offended at rabble rousing posers like Jackson 'defending' me and making a good living at it.

He and his kind are an insult to all of us.

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