ESPN.com: 2000 Presidential Election Should be Overturned

You know, it's one thing when liberal bloggers and folks with absolutely no understanding of civics claim that George W. Bush stole the 2000 presidential election from Nobel Laureate Al Gore.

And, of course, one expects this type of drivel from leftist publications like The Nation, and clueless shills such as Keith Olbermann.

But, one really isn't prepared to see such nonsense at the nation's leading sports website, ESPN.com (emphasis added, h/t NBer AggieSpirit):

On Saturday night, the Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat will replay the final 51.9 seconds of their Dec. 19 overtime game.

The Hawks believed they won that game 117-111, but commissioner David Stern overturned the result because Atlanta's stat crew incorrectly disqualified Miami's Shaquille O'Neal after his fifth foul.

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Nevertheless, this got us to thinking that as long as we're fixing one injustice, we might just want to keep rewriting various moments in history.

Sandwiched between a number of disappointing moments in mostly sporting events was the following (emphasis theirs):

The 2000 U.S. presidential election: The former owner of the Texas Rangers won, courtesy of the Supreme Court, and then was re-elected. If you need to ask why we need a do-over on this one, you've just returned from being abducted by aliens. Welcome home.

Good grief!