Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The Chicago Sun-Times blows it big time
Via Paul at Wizbang!:
Michael Barone, February 21:
Jesse Jackson, February 22:
Read the whole things. They're quite good on the question of selective recounts.
Normally, it is the plaigerized who is the aggrieved party. In this case, I think it is going to be the "plaigerist." The Sun-Times is gonna get a lot of letters on this one. Here's the screencap:
Does anybody out there know whether this mistake made it into the hard copy?
Michael Barone, February 21:
Sometimes a decision made in the heat of partisan battle has reverberations for years to come.
One such decision was the one of Al Gore's campaign to selectively challenge the results of the 2000 election in Florida by demanding hand counts of votes cast in three counties -- Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. The latter two produce huge majorities for Democratic candidates, and the election officials in charge of the hand counts were Democrats. In other words, Gore sought new counts only in areas where he was likely to gain votes and would not take the risk of a statewide hand count, where those gains might be offset by others for George W. Bush.
Jesse Jackson, February 22:
Sometimes a decision made in the heat of partisan battle has reverberations for years to come.
One such decision was the one of Al Gore's campaign to selectively challenge the results of the 2000 election in Florida by demanding hand counts of votes cast in three counties -- Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. The latter two produced huge majorities for Democratic candidates, and the election officials in charge of the hand counts were Democrats. In other words, Gore sought new counts only in areas where he was likely to gain votes and would not take the risk of a statewide hand count, where those gains might be offset by others for George W. Bush.
Read the whole things. They're quite good on the question of selective recounts.
Normally, it is the plaigerized who is the aggrieved party. In this case, I think it is going to be the "plaigerist." The Sun-Times is gonna get a lot of letters on this one. Here's the screencap:
Does anybody out there know whether this mistake made it into the hard copy?
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Tue Feb 22, 10:35:00 AM:
The Hard copy credits Barone
Scott
