A funny thing happened on the way to the coronation...

[CheekyBird]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Yes, you are correct. In terms of the letter of the law they were entitled to ask for those ballots to be disqualified. But considering all that our military troops do for the country, to try to disqualify their votes on a technicality is pretty low, especially when Gore and Lieberman kept on saying that they simply wanted all the ballots counted. That was their talking point. They kept saying that all they wanted was for everyone's votes to be counted. In reality, they only wanted more ballots to be counted if those ballots were ballots that were likely to help them. They only wanted recounts in precincts that tend to vote democrat. Since military troops lean republican, they didn't want those votes counted if there was any legal way to keep those votes from being counted.

What I am detecting is a wish to perpetuate the false narrative that liberals hate the military. Look, Gore/Lieberman had the right to fight their case in the manner they wished. The law was on their side. "Considering all that our military troops do for the country" is an EMOTIONAL response. EVERY vote should have been counted, and ballots that violated established standards for certification should have been thrown out. Full stop.