With that said, most people probably wish that those who still believe Gore won Florida will now get in line with the majority of the nation. The House of Representatives and the Senate met on Jan. 6 for a joint session of Congress in order to certify the vote of the Electoral College with Gore presiding as the President of the session. I wanted to see Gore declare Bush the winner of the presidential election despite the previous two years of campaigning and mud slinging. Instead, I saw the Congressional Black Caucus deliver one of the most beautiful yet disheartening political and social commentaries that I have ever seen on Capitol Hill. In this election 92 percent of the African-Americans voted for Al Gore.
Recounts provide no justice when there are voters whose ballots never made it into the tally.
Until a federal, local or congressional investigation uncovers the absolute truth about what took place in states like Florida on Nov. 8, dissenters have every right to object to Bush s victory. In Arthur Miller s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen s tale, An Enemy of The People, a Dr. Stockmann reminds the townspeople, The majority is never right until it does right. The majority did not do right on Jan. 6. Not one Senator stepped forward to sign the numerous point of orders brought before the body asking for a debate on the certification. The race card is often times brought up in unwanted or unwarranted circumstances, but despite the 39 black members in the House of Representatives there is not a single African-American Senator.