Stew and all,

Many on this list are not surprised at the Supreme Court decision.
Anyone who reads American history knows the reactionary role the court
has played in all periods except the New Deal, and that was to save
capitalism. 


Remember that the Supreme Court supported a law back in the 30s that
prevented workers from striking without the permission of their
employer.


What this election does do is give us an opportunity to educate people
about the American system and how it works, i.e. who gets the
advantages. 


I do not think people are outraged ... nor will the system be changed.
The interests, on both sides, are too entrenched. 


As soon as the battle opens over the Bush legislative agenda, it's time
to pull out the facts of the election and remind Repubs that they are
illegitimate. The Demos traditionally roll over in such a situation...
will they again?


This could be a time to educate people and fight some fights,
especially the American voter's love of making the rich wealthier with
new tax cuts, the destruction of the environment, the relaxing of gun
laws, the support for execution...


best, Don Monkerud

Santa Cruz 



>A coup is a coup is a coup. Do you really think Bush won the vote in
Florida 

>and his lawyers were just passionately devoted to abstract legal
principles? 

>Do you really think there wasn't a systematic effort made to
disqualify 

>eligible Black voters? Do you really think those old Jewish voters who
asked 

>for help and were turned down by officials - were turned down in the
name of 

>a love for rules ?- if so why were rule breaking Republicans allowed
to 

>repair Republican requests for absentee ballots elsewhere? Do you
think Bush 

>doesn't kind of feel bad that he lost the national election by 320,000
votes?

>And do you think that the five Republicans on the Supreme Court - two
with 

>direct ties to the Bush campaign did not know who buttered their
bread? 

>   Some stuff like this did happen in the 19th century - but as for
1960 - if 

>the Chicago political machine really determined the outcome of the
election - 

>why didn't Nixon complain? Please don't tell me it was because of his


>selfless patriotism -- Stew Albert