The Basics of American Politics, 11th Edition

Rating:
Summary: Inaccuracies Abound
Review: Wasserman's Basics of American Politics, tenth edition is a textbook used across America to teach (indoctrinate) our children in government schools. This paragraph dealt with the hotly contested 2000 vote in Florida. Here's what Wasserman's has to say:

"In late 2000 the Supreme Court halted the counting of votes in Florida's exceedingly close presidential election. By stopping the count the court's Republican majority ensured that the Republican candidate became president. Despite the system of checks and balances, there was no appeal, no check on the results."

Sorry --- wrong.

OK .. once again, let's set the record straight. The U.S. Supreme Court did NOT tell Florida that the votes couldn't be recounted. The Court ruled that if Florida wanted to recount the votes they could not simply single out heavily-Democratic voting districts and precincts for the recount. Florida determined that it didn't have the time to do a complete recount .. so the results were certified.

Now that you know more of the story, does the Wasserman's account seem to be fairly presented? Of course not! An accurate portrayal of the Court's ruling would not serve the left's agenda.

One more thing. The textbook says that there was "no check on the results." This, too, is wrong. Somehow the Wasserman textbook failed to mention that several organizations conducted their own recounts after the election --- full recounts --- and they determined that under any legal method of counting votes in Florida ... Bush won. I guess that's not important enough for a textbook on politics. Especially if that textbook is being used to indoctrinate our children in our government indoctrination centers.

Rating:
Summary: Inaccuracies Abound
Review: Wasserman's Basics of American Politics, tenth edition is a textbook used across America to teach (indoctrinate) our children in government schools. This paragraph dealt with the hotly contested 2000 vote in Florida. Here's what Wasserman's has to say:

"In late 2000 the Supreme Court halted the counting of votes in Florida's exceedingly close presidential election. By stopping the count the court's Republican majority ensured that the Republican candidate became president. Despite the system of checks and balances, there was no appeal, no check on the results."

Sorry --- wrong.

OK .. once again, let's set the record straight. The U.S. Supreme Court did NOT tell Florida that the votes couldn't be recounted. The Court ruled that if Florida wanted to recount the votes they could not simply single out heavily-Democratic voting districts and precincts for the recount. Florida determined that it didn't have the time to do a complete recount .. so the results were certified.

Now that you know more of the story, does the Wasserman's account seem to be fairly presented? Of course not! An accurate portrayal of the Court's ruling would not serve the left's agenda.

One more thing. The textbook says that there was "no check on the results." This, too, is wrong. Somehow the Wasserman textbook failed to mention that several organizations conducted their own recounts after the election --- full recounts --- and they determined that under any legal method of counting votes in Florida ... Bush won. I guess that's not important enough for a textbook on politics. Especially if that textbook is being used to indoctrinate our children in our government indoctrination centers.