(The song which is playing is called "Lying Eyes" by the Eagles.  The music will run for about 5 minutes.  The photograph is of Judge Robert Rosenberg.)

The Lessons from Bush vs. Gore...

The American people have spoken; we just don't know quite what they said. - William J. Clinton, right after election on 8th Nov. 2000

No system is perfect, but one of the virtues of a democracy is that its defects are visible to all, and can be corrected if there is the will. - Harry S. Truman

We are not final because we are infallible; but we are infallible because we are final. - Anonymous Supreme Court Justice

And Finally...

1.  What is unusual about the first and last letters of the name Bush, and the second and last letters of the name Gore?

     ....B H O E   and these letters also....C D I K X?

2.  What is unusual about second and last letters of Bush's name, and only the second letter of Gore's name?

    ....U H O       and these letters also....I M T V W X?

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The Answers...

1.  These letters can be flipped up or down and still look the same.

. . . . . . . . . . . B  H  O  E...
. . . . . . . . . . . --------------->> rotated around this horizontal axis
. . . . . . . . . . . B  H  O  E

2.  These letters can be rotated around a vertical axis and still look the same, or its mirror image is the same as the original image.

. . . . . . . . . . . U | U  where the line in the middle is the vertical axis
. . . . . . . . . . . H | H
. . . . . . . . . . . V | V
. . . . . . . . . . . T | T
 

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