Bipartisan Bingo
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The aftermath of Election Day 2000 saw a lot of heated rhetoric, sometimes known as "spin." The same facts, seen from diametrically opposed viewpoints seemed to inhabit separate - but parallel - universes depending on whether a Republican or a Democrat is describing said facts. But, as both Vice President Gore and President-elect Bush said after the Supreme Court ended the election, now is the time to put party differences aside, and unite in an orgy of bipartisan cooperation. So, in this spirit of national unity, I have created a new game - Bipartisan Bingo. If you know the spin, you know how to win!

To play, copy the Bipartisan Bingo Card below (or print out this page). Then use pennies, dimes, bingo chips, or leftover chad to mark the phrase that best completes the questions below. (Or use the Shockwave version (requires Shockwave 8 player)to play on screen.) Approach it with the right bipartisan spirit, and you too, can win with spin!

  1. Hand counting ballots is...?

  2. George W. Bush...?

  3. The reason counties using punch card voting machines have so many undervotes is...?

  4. The real winners of this election are...?

  5. When Katherine Harris refused to accept Palm Beach County's 90-minute late hand-count tally, she was acting in her capacity as...?

  6. The Supreme Court Decision was...?

  7. The protest outside the Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board headquarters was an example of...?

  8. The Florida Legislature called a special session in order to...?

  9. Gore contested the certified results in Florida because...?

B   I   P   A   R   T   I   S   A   N
B I N G 0
purely
partisan
dimpled chad every vote should be counted Jeb Bush chad
buildup
butterfly ballots stole the election Sec'y of State sound
legal
reasoning		 equal protection
he's a sore loser be Bush's insurance policy the all-news networks Bush's campaign co-chair free speech
Tom DeLay the only way to know who won do their Consti-
tutional duty		 stupid people do it wrong Supreme Court stay
won the
election		 the two party system a rented riot Article II a way to
create
votes
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