George W. Bush illegally stole to 2000 election.

"There clear evidence that 22% of the overseas ballots are illegal under U.S. election laws." If it was as clear as you allege, then George W. Bush would NOT have been president for eight years. If any misconduct beyond speculation occurred, then GWB would not still be the the president. And if it were so impossible for him to win the first time, how did he win in 2004? So lets revisit those days to uncover what had happened. The 2000 presidential election was extremely close by all accounts so that, literally, the country was divided in two in popular votes. Each candidate won approximately 48% of the vote. That's very close. So close in fact that every vote counted, including absentee ballots. What had happened in Florida, aside from their inept balloting system, was that many in the media forgot that Florida is on two time zones, not one. While the majority of Florida runs on Eastern Standard Time (EST), the panhandle, known for its more conservative views, is on Central Standard Time (CST). The media called the election prematurely when all of the votes had not been tallied. The networks were forced to retract the victory for Gore. This perceived abnormality prompted Gore to demand a recount, which they did. While Gore won the popular vote by a narrow margin of about 500 votes, he still lost the electoral college. A firestorm promptly ensued which called the attention of the United States Supreme Court. What was decided, 7 to 2, was that recounting votes was itself unconstitutional. They thus turned it over to the Florida Supreme Court. A lawsuit incurred in Bush v. Gore. But in the final analysis, Bush was declared. "Katherine Harris, a Floridian henchman of Jed Bush, G.W's brother, sent out a memo to all ballot counters saying to include all ballots whether postmarked before the deadline or not. To defend this, they compiled a montage of sob stories with overseas troops saying that they just wanted their vote to count(2)." If I were in Gore's shoes, I would have done the same thing he did and not ceded defeat, since there is some legitimate basis for suspicion. However, there is nothing, beyond anecdotal evidence and suspicion, to suggest that any misconduct was perpetrated, least of all by GWB himself, which is the premise of your debate. About the overseas ballots: It is no mystery that the US military has always been more highly in favor of conservative views. And since they are US citizens who are fighting for all US citizens, you're damn right their vote should count. In fact, I was in the military at that time. They attempted to get us ballots but we were operational at that time and my unit could not get our votes in. Regardless, of those that did, why shouldn't their vote count? Why is that a "sob story?" In closing, my opponent made an audacious claim specifically aimed at President Bush. He then should provide unimpeachable evidence that misconduct has occurred in order to win this debate. As to your sources, I cannot use Michael Moore's movie as a legitimate source because I have not seen the movie. And even supposing that I have, I also don't own it. I therefore cannot reference it since I do not know what specifics it entails.