Gore not becoming President: whose fault?

[Samantha]

30. Tennessee was a little Florida when it came to vote fraud

Karl Rove had planned to make sure Gore lost Tennessee as an acute national embarrassment. That vote was pretty close, as I remember, but there were many complaints from voters on election day who experienced the same type of problems as voters in Florida. Three of the complaints were eventually picked up and pursued by Uncle Sam (DOJ) along with about 18 cases from Florida.

The one case I distinctly remember was an African-American minister who reached the front of the line and was told he did not have the proper id. He had voted for years with no problem. He angrily responded that if he was not allowed to vote, he was not moving from the line and would be calling a lawyer on the spot. They allowed him to complete a provisional ballot.

But many African-Americans complained about having to stand in line way too long, having too few voting machines, voting places moved at the last moment without public announcement - you know the drill.

We will never know who truly won Tennessee had all of the votes genuinely been allowed to be cast, just as some people say we will never know who truly won Florida. I take exception to that second part of the sentence - I think there is no question Gore won Florida, and there is additionally no question the final word on the subject rested with the highest court in Florida, not the Supreme Court.

Sam