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WE'LL HAIL THE NEW CHIEF WHEN WE'RE READY

Speaking for those of us who have not been cutting out recent Tribune editorials on the Florida mess and happily affixing them to the fridge with magnets in the shape of little elephants, let me say this: George W. Bush will be the president of the United States. But we will not be badgered, belittled or soothed into accepting him, uniting behind him, granting him legitimacy or respecting Tuesday's ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, no matter how many contemptuous, argumentative e-mails we get or how many political leaders, ours and theirs, suggest that we take the high road. We're mad as hell. Just like U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we pointedly decline to affix "respectfully" to our dissenting view--that powerful partisans abused their authority and discretion in order to make sure that possibly decisive ballots were not examined and counted (the name as published has been corrected in this text). http://chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/zorn/