"Palm Beach County" Say....isn't that where all those retired bozo's from the NE states moved to in swarms? Aren't they all lifetime party line Democrats that don't have any problems spending other people's money?

IMHO they got the elected officials they so justly deserve.

Bill, can somebody just get Palm Beach County to secede? This is just getting ridiculous.

I usually enjoy your posts, but this one seems way off base.

Regarding the 30-day delay - when you file a suit, you don't just walk into a courthouse and announce "I'm suing John Doe!". You have to file pleadings, and it helps if they are well written and researched. 30 days is a reasonable time for that.

Second, that link about his past only shows that he dated some nutjob. There's a lot of that going around, so I wouldn't throw stones. She illegally taped him and then tried to extort money from him - do you really think that is ok, even in Florida? Doesn't sound like baseless accusation, since there should be evidence to back such claims. On top of that, she was on probation for vandalizing another ex's car. Yeah, sure, she's the victim here. You need to get your BS detector checked out if you're siding with her.

Finally, it sound like you're blaming him because that crack Florida voting system has screwed up again. I know it's a huge expense, but it's not this guy's fault they can't find their collective asses with both hands.

I enjoy most of your posts, but this one seems off-base.

ABC writes-

"Regarding the 30-day delay - when you file a suit, you don't just walk into a courthouse and announce "I'm suing John Doe!"."

Really? How long did it take for both sides to file suits after the 2000 Presidential election?

As for the crack Florida voting system, we know its flaws. Are you supposing it was wrong in 2000? Wennet lost when all ballots were counted and is a sore loser and a deserving knucklehead winner.

"Really? How long did it take for both sides to file suits after the 2000 Presidential election?"

15, 20 minutes? Maybe 12 hours, max...

Is it possible to prefile suits yet not activate them until a particular situation occurs?

I stand by what I said.

This is not a presidential election and this guy doesn't have 1000 lawyers clamoring to help him file his suit in 10 minutes. Likewise, he does not have such a team making preparations for every such contingency. I had begun comparing this to Gore in my first post but erased it because it's apples to oranges.

Assuming he waited for the final results, it probably took him time to decide to sue, and then he has to build a persuasive case. If he's doing it himself, or even if he hired a firm, 30 days is not that long. It would do him no good if he did a half-ass job to speed things up but failed to make a credible claim resulting in the case being thrown out.

I'm sorry, I agree with a lot of your awards, but sometimes it seems that you are really stretching for someone to dink with the knucklehead award. You should have gone after the elections people here - they screwed up, and then screwed up the recount, and then they decided to not follow the law and try again and again, leaving this guy an opening for this suit.

While maybe a sore loser, this election sounds shady enough that, if I were him, I'd question the results. He is well within his rights to sue over the breach of the law. If it's just sour grapes, this will be tossed out quickly and will not cost over a million dollars. If he has a case, let justice be served. Unfortunately, if Bush-Gore didn't force a fix of the Florida elections system, nothing will.