The Florida Problem, Part II

After receiving a number of emails regarding my comments on my prior Florida article, I would like to clear up the point of my writing it.

I was having an emotional reaction to what I was watching from the many Florida speakers and, of course, Jesse Jackson's attempt at a possible unfriendly demonstration against Florida voting procedures.

Apparently I upset many good Floridians who resented my rather unflattering words about their voter base. Good!

As I stated in my article, I had been aware of the registration, voting and counting procedures in Florida (and many other states) for several years. This problem had been well known by the voters and thereby should have been fixed. I heard many saying that the previous governor was not agreeable to changes, but Florida now has a new Republican Governor who should have stepped in and arranged an honest procedure and count. He should have fixed the problem for any candidate of any party who wanted a fair and honest election. I also made the assumption that Florida had a strong Republican group who could have at least questioned these procedures that have shadowed the elections for years. I guess, I was wrong!

This is not a partisan problem but a legal procedural problem.

When I watched Senator McConnell from Kentucky make a statement that the Senate would be looking into the Florida problem, I nearly came unglued. If the Federal Government takes over our elections, even in a tiny way, we are doomed to the kind of democracy that will destroy the core of our Constitutional Republic.

I have been asked to retract my last sentence "All of Florida should be ashamed of themselves" and I will be delighted to do so the minute I read that the Florida voters were able to repair their system.

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