Sorry Adam I just don't like people who don't respect people enough to call them by their real name. As much as I didn't like Clinton, I didn't go around calling him Cunton, some such name of that sort.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cantrell, Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 4:57 PM Subject: RE: CRUISE OF A LIFETIME > No, it's just a really old/tired debate that has already been beat to death. > Some people feel he was appointed, some people think it was absolutely fair > and square. Since the govt. isn't really going to do anything about it, most > people are willing to just wait to vote dumbya out of the office instead of > sitting around for 4 years being unproductive. All I was asking is what > position would you feel more honorable in - holding the popular vote and not > being president; or having your brother's state create mass amounts of > scandal/accidents/chads/bullshit which in turn resulted in the court > appointing you president? > > By court decision (4 people sitting in a room twiddling their balls, > wondering how their decision will affect them), yes, Dumbya is our > president. You win. > > By recount (in a state where the highest elected official happens to be his > brother, with months/years preparation before the actual recounts), yes, > Dumbya is our president. You win. > > How does all of this not make Dumbya a complete ass hat for wanting to wage > war, cutting Education, and increasing defense spending in a time where the > world couldn't possibly be in a better position for global peace? > > Adam. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Ousterhout [mailto:andy@;omygoodness.com] > > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 4:41 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: CRUISE OF A LIFETIME > > > > > > Beth, > > > > I agree with you. I find it interesting the resounding silence of the > > "Stolen Election" camp when asked to discuss the facts. This > > camp seems > > much more comfortable name calling then truly discussing the issues. > > > > Andy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: BethF [mailto:dawg@;alaska.com] > > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:51 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: CRUISE OF A LIFETIME > > > > > > > Would one of you from the "GW is a court appointed > > president" team please > > > discuss all of the recounts that have been performed? How > > many would have > > > swayed the election if the Supreme Court hadn't interfered. > > Again, I > > don't > > > remember seeing a single one. So if you can't show a > > recount that supports > > > your view and there are recounts that support Bush won with > > and without > > the > > > Supremes, are you just avoiding reality? > > > > > > Its not a matter of saying that Bush didnt' win the electoral vote, he > > clearly did - its a matter of whether the electoral college > > is relevant and > > fair. At the time of the creation of the electoral college > > it was created > > because the "common man" supposedly didn't have the smarts to vote for > > himself so he voted for someone smarter than him to do it. > > I personally > > find that notion offensive & outdated and would prefer to > > see the president > > elected solely on the basis of the public vote. > > > > Does anyone know if there were any other times a president was elected > > without winning the popular vote? > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
