Reply #47: Stop trying to drag the 2000 election into this.

[chimpy the poopthrower]

It's cheap. Besides, if you want to play that game, you are the one making arguments that sound closer to the republicans - i.e. the rules should be ignored in the interest of "fairness". Military votes arriving after the legal deadline and not validated or postmarked should be counted in the interest of "fairness." Fairness to me means playing by the rules unless there is something inherently wrong with the rules. South Korea had a chance to protest, and they missed it. It's no different from a football coach missing a chance to protest an official's call and have a play reviewed. That's part of the game too, and the reason for it is so that you can't start complaining about the outcome long after everyone thinks it's settled. The South Korean's missed a deadline plain and simple. That was their error. There is no reason for Hamm to give his medal back.

EDIT: Oops! 2000 election, not 200! :)