{"article":{"id":4868,"heading":"COUP WATCH: W's Coup d'Etat -- From The Consortium","author":"Robert Parry \/ The Consortium","created":"2000-12-14 14:28:17","modified":"2013-11-10 23:36:44","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:36:44","article":"<p>COUP WATCH: W's Coup d'Etat -- From The Consortium <br><br> By Robert Parry <br><br> Let it be remembered that Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the loser across the United States by a third of a million votes, &ldquo;won&rdquo; the presidency through two key acts of raw power. <br><br> Bush's campaign sponsored a violent demonstration by Republican activists as ballots were about to be counted on Nov. 22. He then enlisted partisan Republicans on the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent a statewide recount in Florida before a Dec. 12 deadline. <br><br> ========================== <br>  <br> For the full story, click the link below.  (Robert Parry was the AP reporter who first broke the Iran-Contra story, a full 15 months before the rest of the Washington press corps picked up on it.)<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.consortiumnews.com\/121300a.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court blocking Florida recounts short-circuits democracy and reveals the nation's highest court to be the ultimate partisan weapon.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2000\/12\/4868.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}