decision, which was nothing more than judicial overreach, was one of those issues. That their decision would be enforced by the executive branch of the state controlled by the brother of one of the candidates is beyond ridiculous and is the very definition of banana republic. Your characterization of Gore trying to steal the election by counting the actual votes is preposterous, almost as preposterous as Bush supporting the halt in counting of the actual votes. While Dems certainly have a history of perpetrating fraud during elections, Chicago comes to mind, the 2000 election was not exemplary of this! SCOTUS's ruled in a 5-to-4 vote that a statewide recount using varying standards threatened ''irreparable harm'' to Mr. Bush....what about the irreparable harm to Gore. There is also this nugget, "Bush’s legal team appealed to the Supreme Court, asking for the recounts to stop and arguing that Florida was reaching beyond its election authority." Oh the irony!!!