What a dumbass. From the WashTimes:
Only three days ago, Terry McAuliffe, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, professed to be confident of a Florida blowout for his party. “There are lines already, huge lines, people, a record vote coming out in Florida,” he told NBC’s Tim Russert. “We are going to win Florida, which is going to set us up, Tim, very nicely for 2004.”
The threats and boasts, widely echoed by other Democrats, came to naught.
I’ll say. Not only did Jeb win, the lovely and intelligent Katherine Harris won her Congressional race. Sounds to me like all those huge lines and record vote were to tell the Democrats a big “fuck you”. Although I’ll agree with him on one point; as far as I’m concerned, the Dems are set up very nicely for 2004…to go down in flames.
However I don’t agree with this analysis:
“Over time, the raw feelings of the Florida recount receded, and people took a second look at George W. Bush and liked what they saw,” said Ralph Reed, chairman of the state GOP in Georgia, where Republicans celebrated Rep. Saxby Chambliss’ defeat of Sen. Max Cleland, the Democratic incumbent.
I think Floridians were simply incensed that Gore and the Democrats made them look like morons in 2000, and I don’t think the raw feelings of the recount receded at all, especially from talking to people I know in Florida. The problem is that the revenge the Dems smelled in the air was aimed squarely at them for causing the whole problem in the first place. The butterfly ballot designed and approved by Democrats; Democrats putting an undue burden on the state with selective recounts; Democrats dissing Katherine Harris for following the law of the state in certifying the election; Dems trying to get military ballots thrown out; a Democratic FL Supreme Court trying to overturn the will of the people. I think Floridians saw through the BS served up by the Dems and realized that it wasn’t the GOP that was trying to disenfranchise them; it was the Dems.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.