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| Fla. Lawmaker Says 2000 Election 'Stolen' | |
| 2004-07-16 | |
| Think the passions from the 2000 presidential election have cooled? Certainly not in the House, which voted Thursday to strike a Florida representative's words from the record after she said Republicans "stole" that closely fought contest. The verbal battle broke out after Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Ind., proposed a measure barring any federal official from requesting that the United Nations formally observe the U.S. elections on Nov. 2. His proposal was approved 243-161 as an amendment to a $19.4 billion foreign aid bill, with 33 Democrats joining all 210 voting Republicans in voting "yes." "We welcome America to observe the integrity of our electoral process and we do not ask, though, for the United Nations to come as monitors at our polling stations," Buyer said. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., and several other House Democrats have made that suggestion. They argue that some black voters were disenfranchised in 2000 and problems could occur again this fall."I come from Florida, where you and others participated in what I call the United States coup d'etat. We need to make sure it doesn't happen again," Brown said. "Over and over again after the election when you stole the election, you came back here and said, 'Get over it.' No, we're not going to get over it. And we want verification from the world." At that point, Buyer demanded that Brown's words be "taken down," or removed the debate's permanent record. The House's presiding officer, Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, ruled that Brown's words violated a House rule. "Members should not accuse other members of committing a crime such as, quote, stealing, end quote, an election," Thornberry said. When Brown objected to his ruling, the Republican-run House voted 219-187 along party lines to strike her words.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #11 Oh, jeez, get over it already! And get a freakin' CLUE. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-07-16 6:37:08 PM |
| #10 I'm not sure how the UN could possible get enough people to moniter all of the polls throughout the US even if they wanted to. |
| Posted by: Yank 2004-07-16 4:40:02 PM |
| #9 this is just disgusting..like florida was the lynchpin of the election.. had Gore won florida he still would not had enough electoral votes to win the preseidency...now if Gore won florida as well as his home state (which he lost ..lolol) he would be president... get off this bandwagon |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-07-16 11:53:02 AM |
| #8 Hey Doc, You know Kerry and his buddies are already preparing to sue of it doesn't go their way (after all Edwards is a trial lawyer... I dont think he could help himself...). |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-07-16 9:22:03 AM |
| #7 The Doctor, I would support that bill! And I was damn sick of it by Day #2 of the recount! |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-07-16 9:09:38 AM |
| #6 I'd like to submit a bill to Congress that makes it legal and in fact mandatory to punch anyone who mentions this again. It's almost time for the next election, and they still haven't given up. They'll probably be complaining about it ten years from now, and I was sick of it on day two of Bush's presidency. |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-07-16 9:02:54 AM |
| #5 You mean Corrine is not old, gray and in a nursing home now? |
| Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American 2004-07-16 8:49:48 AM |
| #4 The amazing thing about Ms Brown is not that she is so blatently and overtly stupid, and holds a seat in the US House. Not surprising at all. There are lots of morons on both sides of the aisle and I've always believed that most come form heavily gerrymandered districts that push said district's electoral majority so far to one side that moderates (i.e., "the sane") don't stand a chance. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2004-07-16 3:26:13 AM |
| #3 We all know how well the UN is doing in Arab Africa, much less Black Africa. This idiot thinks we should give the UN oversight in US elections? How is this not treasonous? |
| Posted by: Asedwich 2004-07-16 1:28:23 AM |
| #2 This particular mental affliction, the coup d'etat syndrome, is a signal trait of those with only a loose grasp upon reality. Whether to be gentle with them (in hopes of thier coming to their senses), or smack 'em about the head and shoulders for being asshats (it has been almost 4 phreakin' years) is a decision best taken in calm sober moments. *meditating... actual elapsed time 1:00* Whack 'em. Too stupid to live category. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-16 12:59:41 AM |
| #1 The amazing thing about Ms Brown is not that she is so blatently and overtly stupid, and holds a seat in the US House. What is amazing is that she has convinced 1000s of voters who are obviously more stupid than she is to vote for her both in the primary and general elections. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2004-07-16 12:53:52 AM |