John Nichols: Bolton worked to stop Florida recount

[MadisonProgressive]

"I'm with the Bush-Cheney team, and I'm here to stop the count."

Those were the words John Bolton yelled as he burst into a Tallahassee library on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, where local election workers were recounting ballots cast in Florida's disputed presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore.

Bolton was one of the pack of lawyers for the Republican presidential ticket who repeatedly sought to shut down recounts of the ballots from Florida counties before those counts revealed that Gore had actually won the state's electoral votes and the presidency.

The Dec. 9 intervention was Bolton's last and most significant blow against the democratic process.

http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion//index.php?ntid=36007&ntpid=10

Note: Although this is more of an opinion piece, it contains what to me is new information on John Scum-sucking Bolton, so I hope it can be here in breaking news as it is very timely information.

[whistle]

1. No wonder Dubya owes him!

:spray:

[Lars39]

2. SoCalDem made the connection a few days ago.

She posted the pic where he was eying a hanging chad.
I wonder if John Nichols reads DU? :)

[stillcool]

3. Scott Ritter has an article at....

http://www.guerrillanews.com/headlines/2167/Scott_Ritte...

which has lots of info on this guy, and is a great read.

[struggle4progress]

4. kick

[daleo]

5. Will the circle be unbroken?

By and by Shrub, by and by?