Letters to the Editor

 

To the Editor,

Some people think that the truth is whatever they want it to be without regard for any facts. The facts are that George W. Bush and the Republicans did not "steal" the 2000 Presidential election.

The facts are that it was the Democrats who made a furious effort to try to steal the election for Al Gore. The facts are that it was the Democrats who tried to change the rules for the election after the ballots had already been cast. The facts are that it was the Democrats who mounted a phony campaign of "Count all the ballots" and then a wealthy Democrat spent a large amount of money from his own personal fortune to try to get the Florida court to invalidate legitimate absentee ballots from people who were serving in the armed forces overseas because those legitimate ballots were thought to be favorable to George W. Bush.

The facts are that the great furor over counting ballots was in heavily Democratic Counties where the elections were entirely under the control of officials who were all Democrats. The facts are that the infamous "butterfly ballots" were created under the control of officials who were all Democrats and those ballots were approved for use by officials who were all Democrats.

The Supreme Court of the United States did not "appoint" George W. Bush to be President. The Supreme Court simply applied the existing laws of the most magnificent Nation the World has ever known.

It was the Democrats of the Florida Supreme Court who tried to steal the election for Al Gore by changing the election rules after the election. The United States Supreme Court very properly did not allow the Florida Supreme Court to get away with its attempted illegal action.

David W. Knudsen, Gray,