As we move into overtime the game is getting more and more vicious. Both sides are escalating their attacks, while trying to appear above reproach and Presidential . Both Gore and Bush are using every means possible to stop their opponent and grab final victory. It is quite amusing to watch as each side constructs their arguments, presents them to the American public and hopes that it will bring them final victory. Gore goes to court seeking to ensure a hand recount that he feels will get him the necessary votes to overtake Bush.
Pundits enter the game on one side or the other with their expert analysis.
Most of them sound like a bunch of school kids screaming at each other over who is playing dirtier while they sit in a huge mud hole throwing rocks at each other. The one thing that is obvious here is the voting process in Florida is a mess. That is not to say that it isn t a mess elsewhere, but the events of the past week have made it exceptionally clear that it is a mess there. We are at the start of the 21 st Century and in most of this country, the most technologically advanced in the world, we rely on poorly designed, paper ballots for elections. Paper ballots go back as long as people have had elections, and they are more susceptible to fraud than probably any other voting method.