[Rhodes22-list] Bashing Bush is fun.

[Herb Parsons]

I was deliberately vague in my use of the term "votes", simply because the functionality of how the popular vote affects the electoral vote which then affects the presidential election was not the pont. My statement, as posted, was 100% correct.

Herb Parsons

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>>> "David Bradley" <dwbrad at gmail.com> 7/11/2007 9:43 PM >>>
Maybe I read Herb's note wrong...  I'll let him 'splain.

For what it's worth, although I think the last election was a farce, I
thought the issues had more to do with Florida election and Supreme Court
irregularities.  It seems to me that the electoral college still plays a
useful role in reminding people about the states part of United States of
America, and is a safeguard of the role of the states in our system of
government.

Dave


On 7/11/07, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Robert,
>
> You know better.  Everyone knew the rules.  If you don't like them, lobby
> to
> get them changed.  I have mixed emotions about the Electoral College, but
> that is the current game.  If the election were based on the popular vote,
> candidates like Bush would spend more time in big states like California
> mining for total votes (as opposed to electoral votes).
>
> David,
>
> What makes you think Herb is opposed to a woman President?  I'm certainly
> not, I'd vote for Condi in a heartbeat.  There are a gazillion reasons not
> to like Hillary.  Her gender is the least among them.
>
> Brad
>
> On 7/11/07, Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
> >
> > Herb - that was MY point.  Review your exact words.
> > I know it's a Texas tradition to shoot from the hip,
> > but I expected more from you, even in the heat of a
> > diatribe.
> >
> > Gore got more popular votes.  The electoral college
> > is an artifact of our republican (small "S") framers'
> > thinking, and allows politicians of all stripes to
> > "game" the system.
> >
> > I didn't have a "civics" class.  I read the Federalist
> > Papers in their uncut form during several years of
> > American History classes.
> >
> > Now knock off the personal attacks.  They do not help
> > your arguments -- they weaken them.
> >
> > /Robert
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Herb Parsons wrote:
> > >
> > > Another one who didn't pay attention in civics class. Gore didn't get
> > more votes. It's the electoral college that counts.
> > >
> > > When you lost at little league games, I bet it was the ref's fault
> too,
> > right?
> > >
> > > Herb Parsons
> > >
> > > S/V O'Jure
> > >   1976 O'Day 25
> > >   Lake Grapevine, N TX
> > >
> > > S/V Reve de Papa
> > >   1971 Coronado 35
> > >   Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast
> > >
> > > >>> Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> 7/11/2007 8:06 PM >>>
> > > Herb Parsons wrote:
> > > > Rummy,
> > > > You didn't pay attention in civics class... you get to go to
> > > > polls and vote. After all the votes are in, the man who gets
> > > > the most votes becomes the President of the United States...
> > >
> > > So we have Gore as our president?
> > >
> > > Stalin said: "Those who cast the votes decide nothing.
> > > Those who count the votes decide everything."
> > >
> > > In case you dispute the quote, see:
> > >    http://www.votefraud.org/josef_stalin_vote_fraud_page.htm 
> > >
> > > If you remember the vote, fear for our democracy...
> > >
> > > /Robert
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