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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 60573">The Recount&nbsp; George W. Bush, meet Edgar A. Poe.&nbsp; &nbsp;BY CLAUDIA ROSETT&nbsp; Thursday, November 30, 2000 12:01 a.m. EST&nbsp; &nbsp;Once I ran, already weary, in a campaign long and dreary Full of things that sounded like they&#039;d all been said before. When we finally got to voting I had hope of voters noting All that baggage Gore was toting, all those whoppers gone before. &nbsp; &nbsp; Surely we had heard it all. Just mark your vote for Bush or Gore &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Make up your mind, and nothing more.&nbsp; &nbsp;Then--can anyone remember?--&#039;twas the seventh of November With each eager network anchor rushing totals to the fore. They declared I was the winner, then, with margins looking thinner I almost lost my vict&#039;ry dinner when I heard back from Al Gore-- Saying he would not concede, not while his foot was in the door &nbsp; &nbsp; Could this recount run forever, this endeavor to be sure? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Quoth the Gore team: &quot;Evermore.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;So began the grand theatrics &#039;midst a mob of geriatrics As we all surveyed the ballots once approved by Ms. LePore With the Democrats decrying deadlines meant for certifying, And my victory denying, saying we must count some more, &nbsp; &nbsp; While the chads were swinging, flying, piling up upon the floor &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Gore insisting, &quot;Count some more!&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;Then the lawyers brought their cases, and the lesson of this race is Keep elections for the voters, and the lawyers please abjure Or amidst the legal baiting and political berating There will be no contemplating that our country matters more &nbsp; &nbsp; Than this endless legal filing till the voters, getting sore, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Start opining, &quot;What a bore.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;Deep into the future peering, waiting for the final hearing Asking where is the authority that can control Al Gore? If the recount doesn&#039;t please him, is there no way to appease him? Does no sense of justice seize him? No alternative to war? &nbsp; &nbsp; On the airwaves comes his answer, he will fight forevermore. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Just no end to all the Gore.&nbsp; &nbsp;And so we&#039;ve gone on, gone on counting, with the lawsuits ever mounting And the numbers ever changing, all to tilt the vote to Gore. &quot;Fuzzy math!,&quot; I cry, despairing, but Al Gore fights on, uncaring Does he plan to to go on daring me to wait until &#039;04? &nbsp; &nbsp; Every time I win the recount, and the markets start to soar &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Gore comes wailing, &quot;Count some more!&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;So I say let&#039;s join the rally, there&#039;s a Tallahassee tally That has ere provided amply what Gore wants us to ignore. He&#039;d rather fuss and stew and bicker while the land grows ever sicker And his count gets ever slicker than the mess it was before. &nbsp; &nbsp; If it really is America we all are voting for &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Then enough of this uproar!&nbsp; &nbsp;In the face of Al Gore&#039;s mission, I&#039;m attempting my transition, Though Bill Clinton has the keys and says he won&#039;t unlock the door Till his veep has finished stealing all those votes he has a feeling Sort of might be found in dealing with these ballot counts galore. &nbsp; &nbsp; It is time to get this over; if it&#039;s left to Mr. Gore &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We will count forevermore!&nbsp; &nbsp;Ms. Rosett is a member of The Wall Street Journal&#039;s editorial board. Her column appears Thursdays on OpinionJournal.com and in The Wall Street Journal Europe as &quot;Letter From America.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 60573"] The Recount George W. Bush, meet Edgar A. Poe. BY CLAUDIA ROSETT Thursday, November 30, 2000 12:01 a.m. EST Once I ran, already weary, in a campaign long and dreary Full of things that sounded like they'd all been said before. When we finally got to voting I had hope of voters noting All that baggage Gore was toting, all those whoppers gone before. Surely we had heard it all. Just mark your vote for Bush or Gore Make up your mind, and nothing more. Then--can anyone remember?--'twas the seventh of November With each eager network anchor rushing totals to the fore. They declared I was the winner, then, with margins looking thinner I almost lost my vict'ry dinner when I heard back from Al Gore-- Saying he would not concede, not while his foot was in the door Could this recount run forever, this endeavor to be sure? Quoth the Gore team: "Evermore." So began the grand theatrics 'midst a mob of geriatrics As we all surveyed the ballots once approved by Ms. LePore With the Democrats decrying deadlines meant for certifying, And my victory denying, saying we must count some more, While the chads were swinging, flying, piling up upon the floor Gore insisting, "Count some more!" Then the lawyers brought their cases, and the lesson of this race is Keep elections for the voters, and the lawyers please abjure Or amidst the legal baiting and political berating There will be no contemplating that our country matters more Than this endless legal filing till the voters, getting sore, Start opining, "What a bore." Deep into the future peering, waiting for the final hearing Asking where is the authority that can control Al Gore? If the recount doesn't please him, is there no way to appease him? Does no sense of justice seize him? No alternative to war? On the airwaves comes his answer, he will fight forevermore. Just no end to all the Gore. And so we've gone on, gone on counting, with the lawsuits ever mounting And the numbers ever changing, all to tilt the vote to Gore. "Fuzzy math!," I cry, despairing, but Al Gore fights on, uncaring Does he plan to to go on daring me to wait until '04? Every time I win the recount, and the markets start to soar Gore comes wailing, "Count some more!" So I say let's join the rally, there's a Tallahassee tally That has ere provided amply what Gore wants us to ignore. He'd rather fuss and stew and bicker while the land grows ever sicker And his count gets ever slicker than the mess it was before. If it really is America we all are voting for Then enough of this uproar! In the face of Al Gore's mission, I'm attempting my transition, Though Bill Clinton has the keys and says he won't unlock the door Till his veep has finished stealing all those votes he has a feeling Sort of might be found in dealing with these ballot counts galore. It is time to get this over; if it's left to Mr. Gore We will count forevermore! Ms. Rosett is a member of The Wall Street Journal's editorial board. Her column appears Thursdays on OpinionJournal.com and in The Wall Street Journal Europe as "Letter From America." [/QUOTE]

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