John Bolton vs. Democracy (his role in Floridagate from The Nation)

[AlGore-08.com]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2281&ncid=742&e=5&u=/thenation/20050413/cm_thenation/12320

by John Nichols

"Im with the Bush-Cheney team, and I'm here to stop the count."

Those were the words John Bolton yelled as he burst into a Tallahassee library on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, where local election workers were recounting ballots cast in Florida's disputed presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore.

Bolton was one of the pack of lawyers for the Republican presidential ticket who repeatedly sought to shut down recounts of the ballots from Florida counties before those counts revealed that Gore had actually won the state's electoral votes and the presidency.

The December 9 intervention was Bolton's last and most significant blow against the democratic process.

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[Zenlitened]

1. One bright spot: This is MAJOR untold story of 2000...

... the way these jerks masqueraded as ordinary citizens in a spontaneous protest. Maybe the episode will be rescued from the Memory Hole, finally.

[Democrats_win]

2. Didn't know this. Mr. Kiss-up, kick down is no friend of Americans