Flint,

You can argue until you're blue in the face that the Democrats would be scurrying about trying to protect their complicity and crimes had it gone the other way, but that is a poor argument indeed. Wrong is wrong, no matter which party commits the wrong. And in this case, the GOP engaged in fraud and the deliberate disenfranchisement of thousands of voters, hardly a tiny margin. The GOP engaged in illegal and fradulent actions, not the Democrats, and they should stand accountable for their wrongs.

There are several Republicans who found the irregularities in Florida disturbing, and the USSC ruling shocking. You see, unlike you, they have a developed sense of right and wrong, and their party affiliation or personal beliefs do not wipe out any apprehension of criminal conduct when it occurs. They did not try to justify their party's wrongs, nor did they betray their own nation for the sake of personal political gain.

Try it someday, Flint. It's called "having a conscience." You and Maria and your other GOP friends on this board appear to have abandoned any sense of conscience about Florida and any sense of overarching principles about what it means to live in a democracy.

-- And have betrayed your nation (in@process.com), March 16, 2001