1) This could easily be remedied by a REVOTE in the counties in question. If any of you have seen the ballots on various sites like Yahoo!, you can understand how someone of age could get confused.
2) Regardless of who "won", Gore by popular vote, Bush by electoral, I am tired of the politicians and the media saying this only PROVES that every vote counts. I disagree. When a candidate is appointed due to Electoral but was not the Popular vote, this just confirms that our votes, while meaning something, mean very little.
I suggest we all write letters to our congressmen, our senators, our governors, etc and DEMAND that the way votes are tallied be changed.
There are three obvious ways to do this, which is best, I am unsure.
1) Individualized voting. Popular votes = win
2) Precinct/County votes. Electoral votes are given by precinct rather than by state.
3) Not giving the ALL the electoral votes to one candidate but rather, break them up by percentage.
Bush pulled so far in this election off of nothing but his name. That is a well known fact.
Gore has a proven track record. Under the Clinton Administration, the economy has done nothing but grow, the unemployment rate has decresed, now lower than it has been in over 50 years, and Gore had to do with ALL of that.
Simple fact: less than 1% of people executed in Texas are white. Fact: A heinous crime committed by a black toward a black or a white in Texas results in execution. The same crime committed by a white to a white or blac results in Prison, not death.
The facts speak for themselves. This is all well documented. In fact, there is a federal investigation going on over this. Bush tries to say he is only following State laws, but Bush just turns away even though the racial facts are so evident.
Fact: Texas has the 7th highest unemployment rate in the US.
Fact: Texas has the 3rd highest incidence of violent crime (So much for the Death Penalty being a deterrent as Bush likes to say).
Fact: Bush was investigated for statutory rape in 1978. Oddly, the investigation was "dropped" before the facts and issues were looked at. Not because of innocence (although he may have been innocent), but rather because of political pressure by Daddy.
Lets look at Gore's record. I clearly hate the fact that his wife was the head of the PMRC in the 80s. So I suspect Gore supports some degree of censorship.
There is no way possible that his plans of SS reform will ever come to fruition. He lied that it is even remotely possible to reform.
Gore has been involved in some shady dealing alone and with the Clintons.
The point though, is NOT who is a better person, but rather, who has a TRACK RECORD OF BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THE ISSUES.
That is clearly Gore.
Do you understand how the Electoral works? Popular vote menas NOTHING. Even though Gore won the popular vote, if Bush wins the Electoral, Bush will be President. This is basic political knowledge. Don't believe me? Ask anyone.
Thanks to Ralph stealing votes, he has thus destroyed the economy by allowing Bush to win. Nader stole votes from Gore and what is a bigger upset is the fact that he never even got the 5% they had hoped for.
With Bush in office, we're one chicken bone away from higher unemployment and a rotten economy.
I can't believe anyone out there would have voted for a guy that looks like the Queen Mother.
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I just want to state a few points.
1) This could easily be remedied by a REVOTE in the counties in question. If any of you have seen the ballots on various sites like Yahoo!, you can understand how someone of age could get confused.
2) Regardless of who "won", Gore by popular vote, Bush by electoral, I am tired of the politicians and the media saying this only PROVES that every vote counts. I disagree. When a candidate is appointed due to Electoral but was not the Popular vote, this just confirms that our votes, while meaning something, mean very little.
I suggest we all write letters to our congressmen, our senators, our governors, etc and DEMAND that the way votes are tallied be changed.
There are three obvious ways to do this, which is best, I am unsure.
1) Individualized voting. Popular votes = win
2) Precinct/County votes. Electoral votes are given by precinct rather than by state. 3) Not giving the ALL the electoral votes to one candidate but rather, break them up by percentage.
Any ideas?
A vote for Bush is a vote for Morons everywhere.
Bush pulled so far in this election off of nothing but his name. That is a well known fact. Gore has a proven track record. Under the Clinton Administration, the economy has done nothing but grow, the unemployment rate has decresed, now lower than it has been in over 50 years, and Gore had to do with ALL of that. Simple fact: less than 1% of people executed in Texas are white. Fact: A heinous crime committed by a black toward a black or a white in Texas results in execution. The same crime committed by a white to a white or blac results in Prison, not death. The facts speak for themselves. This is all well documented. In fact, there is a federal investigation going on over this. Bush tries to say he is only following State laws, but Bush just turns away even though the racial facts are so evident. Fact: Texas has the 7th highest unemployment rate in the US. Fact: Texas has the 3rd highest incidence of violent crime (So much for the Death Penalty being a deterrent as Bush likes to say). Fact: Bush was investigated for statutory rape in 1978. Oddly, the investigation was "dropped" before the facts and issues were looked at. Not because of innocence (although he may have been innocent), but rather because of political pressure by Daddy. Lets look at Gore's record. I clearly hate the fact that his wife was the head of the PMRC in the 80s. So I suspect Gore supports some degree of censorship. There is no way possible that his plans of SS reform will ever come to fruition. He lied that it is even remotely possible to reform. Gore has been involved in some shady dealing alone and with the Clintons. The point though, is NOT who is a better person, but rather, who has a TRACK RECORD OF BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THE ISSUES. That is clearly Gore.
A vote for Bush is a vote for Morons everywhere.
Do you understand how the Electoral works? Popular vote menas NOTHING. Even though Gore won the popular vote, if Bush wins the Electoral, Bush will be President. This is basic political knowledge. Don't believe me? Ask anyone.
A vote for Bush is a vote for Morons everywhere.
Thanks to Ralph stealing votes, he has thus destroyed the economy by allowing Bush to win. Nader stole votes from Gore and what is a bigger upset is the fact that he never even got the 5% they had hoped for. With Bush in office, we're one chicken bone away from higher unemployment and a rotten economy. I can't believe anyone out there would have voted for a guy that looks like the Queen Mother.
A vote for Bush is a vote for Morons everywhere.