General Discussion

I have no doubt that Karl Rove was heavily involved in the Bush/Florida 2000 election theft. It's important to remember that Bush had the media in his hip pocket from day 1 of campaign 2000. The pro Bush media made no effort to hide their bias in favor of Bush. They let Bush get away with lie after lie while they viciously attacked Al Gore under many false pretenses. The only record of the pro Bush media's bias in favor of Bush in campaign 2000 can be found in the archives of the Daily Howler at www.dailyhowler.com.The pro Bush media did not want campaign finance reform because they make so much money from expensive tv, print and online campaign ads, they don't want to pay their fair share of taxes, they don't want women, people of color, working people, etc. to be treated fairly. The pro Bush media was squarely on the side of the Bush anti-democracy behavior during the election dispute and they were clueless concerning Florida election law that clearly required that the uncounted votes be counted. The pro Bush media went so far as to invent vote counting scenarios that didn't exist in Florida election law with their alleged 2001count of the uncounted Florida votes in order to not count all of the uncounted votes and hide the truth that Al Gore got the most votes in Florida and nationally. To this day, the pro Bush media refuses to do a full and fair investigation of Bush/Florida 2000 because they know that it'll uncover the ugly fact that Bush had no business ever occupying the White House. Sadly the progressive media also refuses to fully investigate Bush/Florida 2000 which is even more inexcusable imho.
I fully agree that the SCOTUS Bush vs Gore ruling was totally unconstitutional and anti-democracy. BTW, it's the U.S. House of Representatives that's designated by the U.S. constitution to settle a disputed Presidential election, not the U.S. Senate. The fix was in there too because the GOP controlled the U.S. House. I will also sadly point out that not 1 U.S. Senate democrat could bring themselves to co-sponsor the Congressional Black Caucus's challenge to the fraudulent Florida vote count because too many of them wanted to run for President and they didn't want the competition. I sadly now understand why George Washington hated political parties.
In conclusion, the pro Bush media failed miserably to keep we the people fully and accurately informed. The founders of our country never imagined that the media would be owned by greedy, big corporations who put their own selfish interests ahead of we the people and the preservation of democracy. As I've said previously, the blame for Bush/Florida 2000 belongs squarely with Bush and his election stealers with the pro Bush media helping them at every turn.