1. George W. Bush has been working for several years with many of the people
(including minorities & women) that he is selecting for top positions. He is
not suddenly going on a quest for minorities and women to select in order to make the
government "look like America," to quote Bill Clinton in 1992. Bush appears to
be proving what many people have always known:
Good people come in all shapes, sizes and colors --- there is no need
to lower standards just to serve political correctness by including unqualified minorities
and women. Some of the best and brightest exist in all groups --- it just takes a leader
who wants the best because they are the best, not because they satisfy a quota. |
Agree
Disagree
I haven't thought about it |
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2.
With respect to future elections, the same standards for reading and accepting a ballot to
determine that it does or does not contain a valid vote must be applied to all ballots for
all voters in a given election. The universe of voters in the presidential election
is all voters in all 50 states.
As an example, counting selective ballots in Florida and applying new
standards of acceptance after the 2000 presidential election removes all other voters in
Florida and the other 49 states from the election for president. Therefore, the
manual recounts in Florida violate the U. S. Constitution's guarantee of equal
protection. Selective
manual
recounts would disenfranchise voters in 49 states and all but the voters in Florida's
manually recounted counties whose votes were recounted using changed standards. |
Agree
Disagree |
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3.
Of the two following statements, which one is correct?
A. Some pundits say that Gore's challenges of the Florida election results
is working to undermine the legitimacy of a Bush presidency. B. Gore's challenges of the Florida election results has
validated the Bush presidencies because the election has been tested and confirmed through
the entire court system. |
I agree
with A
I
agree with B |
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4. The U. S. Civil War officially started with the canon fired
upon Fort Sumter in April of 1861. Fighting over the issues of slavery,
self-governance, economic self-determination and states' rights had been ongoing for over
20 years.
Some people believe that the election of 2000 marks the official beginning of Civil War II
in the United States. The explanation is that fighting over civil and individual
rights, race relations, taxation and the caliber of our culture has been ongoing for 30
years, but people felt guarded by and trusted the justice system for its competence,
fairness and high wisdom. However, people lost confidence in the justice system
after observing Gore push election results into the courts and seeing the justice system
flounder and stutter. Over 30 years people were becoming less respectful of the law
in general, but use of the upper echelon of the court system exposed the justice system's
frailty and inability to handle the contest with coherence and consistency.
The assault using the justice system is analogous to the canon fired upon Fort
Sumter. The result, as
in 1861, is to have all factions emerge to defend their own beliefs openly with malice
--- overt anger, bickering and hostility between colleagues, coworkers, strangers and
employers -- but not military in nature. |
I don't understand
I agree with the premise
I disagree with the premise |
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| 5.
The Florida court battle contesting the 2000 election was potentially the most destructive
event for the USA since the Civil War because it divides from within and tests foundations
and institutions that took over 220 years to build. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 6.
In the years following September 11, 2001, who would you want as president to wage the War
Against Terrorism? |
Bush
H. Clinton
Gore
Kerry
Other: |
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| 7.
As of today, how do you feel about the 2000 presidential election? |
Gore
won
Bush
won |
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| 8. I am: |
Female
Male |
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| 9. My age group is: |
Under 20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70 & older |