Bill Shatzer <bshatzer@no-spam> wrote:
> Thus giving Gore a plurality but NOT a majority.
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> The defenders of our appointed president never tire of carping about this
> little detail.
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> Which doesn't obviate the fact that dubya was appointed and not
> elected.
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> Generally, we suppose that appointed presidents are mostly found
> in Botswanaland and similar African locales which decline to Just
> Count All The Votes.
>
> Not so.
>
> Peace and justice,
Ah, yes...thank you. In neglecting to count anything but the Bush/Gore
votes I fell into his semantic trap.
None of his weasel-wording, however, changes the fact that the person
who got over 1/2 million more votes lost the election. Even third-world
republics aren't usually that blatant about it...
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Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 12:23:21 GMT
On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 01:15:08 -0700, Bill Shatzer wrote:
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> On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, alohacyberian wrote:
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>> Too bad you don't understand the laws of the United States, particularly
>> those regarding the Electoral College. The popular vote counts are
>> meaningless in the United States and always have been,
>
> I don't suppose Robert Mugawbe might have said it any better.
>
> "Vote counts are meaningless"!
>
> What counts is "eine Folk, eine Reich, eine Fuhrer"?
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>> the Electoral College
>> picks the winner in presidential elections.
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> And, the USSC picks the electoral college winner.
>
> Previous to 2000, we used to let the actual -voters- make that
> selection.
>
>> Don't blame Bush for the
>> Electoral College system -
Seeking to learn informations on american government system.
Is colleges that elects available for graduate student to study at ?f
it was instituted before he or his father was
>> born. If you don't like it, stop wasting your energy on Bush-bashing and
>> start working to eliminate the Electoral College.
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> I've no problem with the -system-. But, I've a problem with just
> -how- the Florida electors were selected the last time around.
>
> Perhaps next time, we might select 'em by Just Counting All The
> Votes rather than having the USSC annoint 'em?
>
> It is the traditional way, after all.
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> Peace and justice,