MetaFilter posts tagged with Election2000 and GOP

owillis — Sat, 14 Jul 2001 21:44:56 -0800

NYTimes: "How Bush Took Florida: Mining the Overseas Absentee Vote" "Their goal was simple: to count the maximum number of overseas ballots in counties won by Mr. Bush, particularly those with a high concentration of military voters, while seeking to disqualify overseas ballots in counties won by Vice President Al Gore.

A six-month investigation by The New York Times of this chapter in the closest presidential election in American history shows that the Republican effort had a decided impact. Under intense pressure from the Republicans, Florida officials accepted hundreds of overseas absentee ballots that failed to comply with state election laws. "

black8 — Tue, 09 Jan 2001 20:49:31 -0800

Winning isn't enough, it seems. GOP targets Florida Supreme Court Justices...

palegirl — Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:01:47 -0800

a GOP group is airing pro-Nader ads in critical battleground states in which he is threatening a gore victory.
that is all.

Doug — Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:12:14 -0800

Where Are The Hollywood Conservative? Does a liberal cabal of Hollywood executives destroy the careers of conservative performers? Or, is the conservative philosophy (opposed to change, antiquated morals...) just too boring for artists and performers?