What bothers me the most is the media’s lack of analysis which they are so prone to do when either circumcising a Democrat or, although more rarely, a Republican. They take every facet, real and imagined, of the person’s life and put it out as the truth even though it may only exist in their own, warped, politically biased little minds.

Take these statements made by G. Bush, presidential wannabe, concerning the recent ruling by the Florida State Supreme Court. "Make no mistake," said Bush, "The court rewrote the laws. It changed the rules and did so after the election was over." This was in regards to the court’s ruling that the recount would continue in an effort to "safeguard the right of each voter to express his or her will." Bush denounced the decision as being improper and unfair.

Bush, as usual, shows his lack of understanding of our constitutional Republic without criticism concerning his statements by the media. The President of the United States takes an oath to defend the Constitution of the united States of America. It is of prime importance that laws made by Congress are enforced properly, and that any enforced laws fall into the realm of being constitutionally and jurisdictionally applied to the 50 States.

Whether the jurisdiction be only the District of Columbia and other specified geographic areas the federal government has jurisdiction over - or the 50 States - the role of the Executive Office is to assure proper enforcement. This clearly must mean the President must know jurisdiction and enforce it properly or he violates his oath of office.

When a candidate denounces a decision by a State court as being improper and unfair, then he potentially denounces the Constitution of the United States of America. The Constitution lists clearly and simply the duties of the federal government and leaves the rest of lawful legislation to the States which are, in reality, sovereign nations united in common front.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled that each voter’s voice must be heard and it did not rewrite Florida's rules. This clearly is in the realm of the State’s jurisdiction and not in the jurisdiction of the federal government since the Constitution leaves the legislation of the Electoral vote up to each State.

How is that a problem for Bush and his camp? Is not the desire of all in government to assure the people of their rights and privileges as designated in the Constitution of this union of States?

Furthermore, if Bush is certain that he won the State, then would not he welcome the manual count which is the most accurate means of counting votes and the least to be manipulated providing proper safeguards are taken to prevent any further fraud. Or, have I been misled by dozens of articles supporting the accuracy of manual counts over machine counts?

If it were me and I were that certain I had won fairly, I would push for the manual count even if it took a month, six months, or a year to get it accurate. After all, it is for the highest, most prestigious position in the world (at least in the eyes of America). I would welcome it because the right of the voters to be counted must be observed. Besides, if it did take a year, it would just mean we are all a year older. And we would be that, anyway, so why create a problem with time that doesn’t even lawfully exist?

Of course, if it were me, I would not knock the Supreme Court of any State. The court did its job properly and ordered a recount. The only disagreement I might find with the court is the time limit. As alluded to above, accuracy at times denotes a necessity of latitude with time - who has not heard "Haste makes waste"?

What Bush apparently does not realize is States have supremacy over the federal government except in those matters specifically given as areas of governing to be controlled by the federal government. As mentioned above, determining the Electoral College representatives, and, hence, the candidate of choice under perfect conditions, is left to the States in Article II, Clause 3 of the Constitution. That removes any lawful considerations by any other than the State’s legislated election laws.

Thus, what Bush has done is denounce the Constitution of the united States of America. He has spoken as if the federal government has control over State governments and, hence, over the people in regards to getting their votes counted. He also has acted in a manner that clearly shows he - GET THIS - WILL NOT DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , the document that directed the Florida Supreme Court to its decision.

Being as I am, a free thinker not bound by editorial or publishers, I must ask - "Why does Bush behave so? What is it he fears? Does the man know something that he does not want others to know?"

I recall a phone conversation that was reported on and then faded from public view, a conversation between Dubya and Florida’s counterpart to Dubya, Jeb Bush. In a state that is decidedly Democrat controlled and a certainty to majorally vote Democrat, suddenly all reversed and Bush was declared the winner, including in counties which were known to be dominated by Democrats and voting over-whelmingly Democratic.

Did the Bush family pull some "under-the-table" maneuver Republicans are somewhat infamous for (such as sneaking provisions into bills which circumvent the 4th, 5th, 13th, and 14th Amendments)? I don’t know - but it sure seems as if Bush protests too much. And I suspect any person who protests too much instead of supporting a constitutionally valid ruling by a State.

Not only is there the well publicized Miami-Dade confusion and recount, there is the case of Seminole County. Two GOPers set up shop in the election supervisor’s office and salvaged 4,700 invalid absentee-ballot applications. The supervisor of elections, Sandy Goard, allowed this. She is to stand trial according to the Orlando Sentinel, Rene Stutzman reporting, on this next Wednesday (November 29).

Also, according to Stutzman, "The presidential election could hang in the balance." Voter Harry Jacobs is suing Goard and other members of the canvassing board to throw out the absentee ballots.

There seems to be obvious fraud since Dan Weidner, a Jacksonville lawyer specializing in election law, stated "They will throw out votes that are the result of obvious fraud ..." What the GOPers did do is write in voter ID numbers which is not legal. It is voter fraud as admitted to by Goard when she insisted she was not part of the voter fraud scheme.

Plus, even though she is the supervisor of elections and a Republican, she wouldn’t say how the GOPers learned of the problem but did state she agreed the GOP could send in someone to write in the numbers. Hm, seems to me she was part of the scheme since she had knowledge of the intent and allowed her office to be used.

Here is the clincher, of sorts. If the invalid absentee votes, or fraudulent absentee votes, were thrown out, Gore would win the State - and the Presidency.

Adding to this is as of this date as reported in the Orlando Sentinel, it is now possible that many voted twice, once by absentee and once on the day of the vote at the polls. Gerald Richman, an attorney challenging the returns, stated a statistical analysis of returns in Seminole County showed the returns were "grossly abnormal". It seems that the county-wide recount showed an increase of 98 votes for Bush. Of those, 88 came from Precinct 28 of Longwood. In Richman’s opinion, this is a statistical anomaly.

In summary, the Seminole County issue involves a total of 15,000 absentee votes. Of those, 4,700 were completed by GOP personnel, Michael Leech (Republican North Florida field director) and Ryan Mitchell, party volunteer, after being thrown out for incompleteness (as required by law). If these do represent voter fraud, or if others represent voter fraud, then the vote from this county alone would be enough for Gore to be declared the winner in Florida.

If Bush and his followers indeed want the laws obeyed, should not the retrieved absentee ballots completed by partisan personnel be once again thrown out?

Or, if these ballots are allowed, then all ballots nationwide that were discarded for incompleteness should also be retrieved and completed by applicable party personnel. This could NOT be the only area that absentee ballots were found to be incomplete, especially with the high ratio of about one-third (31.33 percent).

Also contributing to suspicions of potential Republican voter fraud is the fact that higher Republican officials, including Jamie Wilson, executive director of the party in Florida, stated he and his staff do not remember who alerted the GOP to the lack of ID numbers on the absentee ballots.

Who is this person trying to kid? Some GOPer knows. Once again, ‘Plausible Deniability’ by the Republican Party rears its head. If you have had any dealings with the federal government concerning its illegal activities, then you know "denying knowledge of" or "conveniently forgetting" and "simply ignoring" (can’t do it is this case since it is in the national news for a change) are the key defenses of government when caught with it pants down, so to speak.

As is the norm with the federal government and its denying any knowledge, a low official, Goard, will be left hanging to take the brunt of the fault in the suit. Althought it is too bad for her, she has admitted she allowed the GOPers to retrieve and change absentee ballots. Let us hope she doesn’t learn just how devious the government and Republican/Democrat politicians in truth are as I am sure she didn't fully realize the position she was placing herself in. If she did know what she was doing, though, the heck with her.

Regardless of the outcome of Seminole County and whether Republican voter fraud occurred or not, here are a few conclusions. First, Americans should want the truth, including the truth from the Republican/Democrat power structure. If voter fraud occurred, then the future leader of this nation should want his position determined by valid voting and State laws determining Electoral votes, not by fraud, legal manipulations of the Constitution, and attempting to invalid State laws.

Both Bush and Gore should be insisting that Florida do a complete investigation into the election which occurred on November 11, 2000. Each county should be investigated as to proper voting, proper absentee ballots, and a manual count made of each county’s votes. This is due to the apparent anomalies that have occurred in more than one precinct in Florida and the fact that allegations must be resolved if any degree of trust is to be placed in the next administration.

Any fraudulent absentee ballots, meaning those which were incomplete, or duplicates, must be thrown out. Direct party employees or volunteers do not have the right to complete ballots because of the ease of committing voter fraud. The ballots are supposed to be handled only by election officials and workers, not by a team which has direct political interest in the outcome.

It doesn’t matter if this takes six months or a year - this country will not quit operating any more than it did during the Republican vendetta against Mr. Clinton, including when the federal government supposedly was broke (Geez, what a crock of hoo ha that was).

The Republicans, including the Bushes and their backers, spent $50 million and over four years trying to destroy a president and doing much to destroy the prestige of the office itself . The party should be willing to allow the same to assure the next president is not fraudulently created with additional distrust of the office created in the American people.

In meeting this end, lawful and legal election of the next administration, the investigation and recount must be done properly and accurately with accusations by one party against the other ceasing. This is a case when it is almost a certainty that both parties have quite probably committed acts that lead to an inaccurate count. Therefore, what difference how long it takes since the Constitution does not specify any time limit in regards to voter fraud or inaccurate counts.

The fact is every publication and news reporting source should be pushing for a correct, fully investigated count in Florida.

The fact is every Republican should be pushing for a correct, fully investigated count in Florida.

The fact is every Democrat should be pushing for a correct, fully investigated count in Florida.

The fact is every citizen in Florida should be pushing for a correct, fully investigated count in Florida, particularly since the Republican and/or Democrat parties seem to have used Florida to produce a most corrupt election. It is not the people in Florida who voted in good faith but the party leaders they back who distorted that good faith into voter fraud. I would want my State’s citizens to be cleared of any wrong-doing.

The fact is every citizen of the other 49 States should be pushing for a correct, fully investigated count in Florida. It is time the Republican/Democrat coalition answer to its corruptness and highly probable election fixing or attempts at this endeavor.

We, the People of this Republic named the united States of America, must not settle for less.