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Sun Sep-12-04 05:35 PM
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| C-SPAN2 NOW - Book tv panel on the 2000 election. Host - Danny Schechter. |
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(The News Dissector.)
Featuring a whole SLEW of books about Florida, the (non) recounts, and the Supremely Horseshit Court.
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Sun Sep-12-04 05:40 PM
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| 1. First up - Dennis Loy Johnson, author of "The Big Chill", about the |
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unreported MASS demonstrations at w's inauguration.
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Sun Sep-12-04 05:42 PM
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| Cold, chilly day. Heavy crowd suppression. Everyday people SCREAMING |
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at the media. Huge police/military presence.
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Sun Sep-12-04 05:42 PM
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Edited on Sun Sep-12-04 05:46 PM by Jim Sagle
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Sun Sep-12-04 05:45 PM
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| 3. Next up, Renata Adler . author of "Irreparable Harm", about the Court's |
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decision. Mentions how there was no reason for it since w would've been given the presidency by the Florida lege even if Gore HAD won the recounts.
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Sun Sep-12-04 05:48 PM
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| 4. Finally Mark Danner, author of "The Road to Illegitimacy" . |
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Edited on Sun Sep-12-04 05:50 PM by Jim Sagle
The title says it all: our "leaders" now have no legitimacy.
Mentions how installing w through the Florida lege would've been OK because that's what the Consitution prescribes.
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Sun Sep-12-04 05:57 PM
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| 5. Adler mentions how the major media scarcely covered it. |
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A consortium was formed instead.
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