SUPREME COURT ELECTS THE PRESIDENT! Orchestrates "Velvet Legal Coup" "However, even as I accept and will abide by the decision, I also -- with every bone in my body and every ounce of moral strength in my soul -- strongly and vigorously disagree with it. In third world countries when democratically cast votes are not counted, or the person who most likely lost wins in a highly questionable manner, we usually refer to that as a coup d'etat -- the overthrow of a government, usually by a small group of persons. All legal votes in Florida were not counted. If they had been counted, there is at least a strong possibility that Vice President Gore would have received the most votes in Florida as he did in the country -- which is why the Bush people did not want the votes counted. Even more important than partisan politics, the votes should have been counted in the name of democracy in order to give the maximum amount of credibility and legitimacy to the eventual winner. What we have just witnessed is a Supreme Court that was used as a willing tool of the Bush campaign.