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[telemann.livejournal.com]

Here's a fact: military ballots from overseas with no postmark or past the deadline were allowed to be counted. Team Gore fought that until Joe Liberman went on a Sunday news program and said he believed such votes should be counted. The Bush team manipulated this as a huge wedge issue claiming Gore didn't value military service and was trying to stop the voting process and really didn't believe in every vote being counted, citing Florida law in every instance.

Had Gore NOT caved in, none of the following recount issues would have mattered: Gore would have won with OFFICAL mandatory machine recount that took place immediately after the election.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

You're just stating an opinion and a "what if" that you don't know for sure would go your way.

No, you are quite wrong, this isn't opinion- this is a historical fact: the addition of questionable military overseas ballots gave Bush a technical lead.

Although Mr. Bush appeared to hold a fluctuating lead throughout the 36 days of recounts, Florida Department of State's Web site shows that without the overseas absentee ballots counted after Election Day, Mr. Gore would have won Florida by 202 votes, and thus the White House. But no one knew that until the 36 days were over; by then, it was a historical footnote.