Word: handed
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...subjectivity would be public-relations problem for Bush if the Supreme Court hadn't already relieved him of that soft spot in his normally well-forged message. Let them make sense of it all. In taking the case Friday, the Supremes brushed off Bush's flimsiest complaint, that non-hand-counted counties were somehow being deprived of their rights when it was his campaign that decided not to include them in the first place. And now Bush is free to drill for votes in promising places right along with Gore - if he wins in the Supreme Court, he'll happily...
...bigger p.r. problem for the Republicans right now may be their good soldiers, who are already catching Democratic flak for reportedly strong-arming a timid Miami-Dade canvassing board into quitting its hand count on Wednesday. The board did not see fit to mention any thuggery in their official explanation, but when a brick gets thrown through the window of the Broward County Democratic party office with a note attached reading "We will not tolerate any illegal government," that is not the art of sweet democratic suasion...
...appeal of court decisions that went against them in the Florida high court and the Atlanta federal court, Bush's legal team are making a two-track argument. First, they are claiming that selective hand recounts are unconstitutional on fairness grounds. Second - and this is the shiny new legal bauble - that the Florida Supreme Court overstepped its judicial bounds by doing the Florida legislature...
...Lieberman came out in front of the vice-presidential residence Friday to soften the p.r. ground for the battle, holding a press conference to accuse Republican supporters, via "orchestrated demonstrations" in Miami-Dade on Wednesday, of intimidating the canvassing board into dropping its hand count. Expect Gore's post-certification trump card to be well cared for all weekend...
...believe if there is a fair and accurate count of the votes in Florida, we will prevail," Bush said. But if the current hand counts go on, "there will be no fair and accurate result." The implication is familiar: Florida already counted, twice, and Bush already won, twice. But time, politics and an activist court are fast putting those victories in the rear-view mirror. Where does that leave Bush...