Miss Ann, I was using that as an analogy to describe something else. Not the violence at the recount. I condemned the violence and probably minimized the violence but it was there. The Miami-Dade canvassers were all democrats. They were aware that there was not enough time to do a complete recount, so decided to only recount a select number of ballots that were perceived to favor Gore. The canvassers decided to move to a smaller room and restrict observers presence. Also decided to keep the press/media at least 25 feet away from the proceeding. That is the factual summary of the event. Yes, the protestors were paid by the Bush Recount Committee, I admitted that. The Bush people were very unhappy that the democrats were, in their opinion, attempting to do a recount in secret. If republicans did something similar, democrats, rightfully, would probably do the same. This was after a complete recount had already been done in that county. Bush still had more votes than Gore