• ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
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    10 months ago

    Also one of those times the electoral college didn't even decide things and the Supreme Court came in to pick the winner of the election

    Of course none of the justices appointed by George HW Bush recused themselves from the case and every one of them ruled in favor of his son, George W Bush and that's not even getting into how governor jeb rigged the Florida results for his brother

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      10 months ago

      the electoral college didn't even decide things and the Supreme Court came in to pick the winner of the election

      SCOTUS deciding to stop the count only mattered because the state was Winner Take All.

      that's not even getting into how governor jeb rigged the Florida results for his brother

      Florida was only the most glaring example. Ohio, Arizona, Georgia, Gore's own home state of Tennessee... There was ratfucking everywhere. But, just like with Nixon in '60, it wasn't just a Republican problem. Gore wasn't willing to open up the can of worms that encompasses how the vote gets counted.