{"article":{"id":4691,"heading":"COUP WATCH:  Mob Rule Wins for W -- From The Consortium","author":"Robert Parry, The Consortium","created":"2000-11-25 13:10:18","modified":"2000-11-29 04:38:51","last_modified":"Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:38:51","article":"<p>The Consortium <br><br> Mob Rule Wins for W <br><br> A premeditated mob assault on the Dade County election board appears to have guaranteed Texas Gov. George W. Bush's ascension to the presidency.  <br><br> New evidence shows that Miami Republicans, working with Cuban-American extremists, organized the storming of the Dade County offices on Wednesday, an action that intimidated the election board into canceling the crucial recount of 10,750 disputed ballots. <br><br> That decision virtually assures that Vice President Al Gore's gains in Broward and Palm Beach counties will fall short of overtaking Bush's 930-vote lead. That, in turn, means Bush likely will be declared the victor on Sunday night and pressure will build on Gore to concede. <br><br> The full story about the victory of the strong-armed tactics can be found at Consortiumnews.com by clicking the link below.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.consortiumnews.com\/112400a.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"A premeditated mob assault on the Dade County election board appears to have guaranteed Texas Gov. George W. Bush's ascension to the presidency.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2000\/11\/4691.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":4715,"heading":"They give Mob Rule a bad name.","article":"Those little riots were planned and incited by the Republicans.  They create these spectacles to induce panic and to unsettle people.\r\n\r\n","author":"johnk","parent_id":4691,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-11-29 04:38:51","modified":"2000-11-29 05:00:00","fileurl":""}]}