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Alan Minyard writes:
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:14:51 +0100, guy wastiaux wrote: BUFDRVR wrote: If you are not going to help in Iraq, we will be forced to remove our troops and support in the Balkans in order to ease our burden in Iraq. Are you the one in charge ? He speaks for the majority of the American public, and we ARE in charge. You're not. You've delegated said responsibility to politicians and the President (who was not elected by a majority, but thats another issue we don't go into here Øystein -- Roy Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. |
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Leslie Swartz wrote:
: "President Bush was not elected by the majority" is the ignorant statement. : President Bush's win was well within the margin of error for the vote tally. : Now if you had said "President Bush may or may not have received the most : votes" it would have been an accurate statement. : Steve Swartz : (current balloting systems in use in the U.S., assuming everything goes : perfectly, have a 3% or so margin of error. Add dirty tricks and whatnot, : andthe margin of error is closer to 15%) Well I suspect that the real problem with the statement was that the statement ignores the fact that a vote majority isn't necessary under US election laws. Only a majority of electoral college votes matters. --- Gregg "Improvise, adapt, overcome." Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Phone: (617) 496-1558 |
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Alan Minyard writes:
Ignorant fool. PLONK Al Minyard Ignorant? Whyfor? For actually knowing how the US election system works, and that it's not a national popular vote, but a slightly more complex system with the electorial college and such? Øystein -- Roy Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. |
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"President Bush was not elected by the majority" is the ignorant statement.
President Bush's win was well within the margin of error for the vote tally. Now if you had said "President Bush may or may not have received the most votes" it would have been an accurate statement. Steve Swartz (current balloting systems in use in the U.S., assuming everything goes perfectly, have a 3% or so margin of error. Add dirty tricks and whatnot, andthe margin of error is closer to 15%) "Øystein Tvedten" wrote in message ... Alan Minyard writes: Ignorant fool. PLONK Al Minyard Ignorant? Whyfor? For actually knowing how the US election system works, and that it's not a national popular vote, but a slightly more complex system with the electorial college and such? Øystein -- Roy Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. |
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The poster was well aware of the fact- however, since the united states
stopped following it's own constitution over 100 years ago a minor detail like how the president is selected doesn't really matter much, now does it? Steve Swartz "Gregg Germain" wrote in message ... Leslie Swartz wrote: : "President Bush was not elected by the majority" is the ignorant statement. : President Bush's win was well within the margin of error for the vote tally. : Now if you had said "President Bush may or may not have received the most : votes" it would have been an accurate statement. : Steve Swartz : (current balloting systems in use in the U.S., assuming everything goes : perfectly, have a 3% or so margin of error. Add dirty tricks and whatnot, : andthe margin of error is closer to 15%) Well I suspect that the real problem with the statement was that the statement ignores the fact that a vote majority isn't necessary under US election laws. Only a majority of electoral college votes matters. --- Gregg "Improvise, adapt, overcome." Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Phone: (617) 496-1558 |
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