Hopeful said:
Despite Bush and Gore having the SupremE Court decide the presIdency, the fact remains that even though Gore won the popular vote, he only won it by 60,000 or so votes which is trivial compared to the 60-70,000,000 people who voted.
Basically this nation was divided almost 50-50 on Gore and Bush..
So it's OK that the one who gets the most votes isn't the winner, because it's such a small percentage?
Just think of all the races I actually won, since the .125 seconds I lost by was so insignificant when compared to the 20 minute race! Where can I get my trophy?
Here's my real question. If Bush had the most votes, would it matter to you then? Cuz if you argue that it doesn't matter now, then argue that it does in November, we're all gonna call you a filthy flip-flopper, and there's nothing worse than that. JK, really.
With the right staff, you could probably even get away with risking American's lives to invade another country without sufficient evidence of necessity, just by using misguided faith, misdirection, and misinformation. As long as you never take responsibility for the organization you run, I guess you could get away with anything. But still, I think you'd have to at least fire someone if you get caught.
Judging from most posted sentiments, I'm confident someone will fire someone this year. I wonder who will do it first, Bush or the voters.
You don't really think Dubya being too dumb to read CIA materials is a valid excuse, even in the minds of your opponents, do you? If he's too dumb, then he should resign. Whether he's smart or not, he is ACCOUNTABLE - or at least supposed to be. The reason the president is not automatically endowed with the powers of commander in chief is to avoid the situation where a president would use such formidable power for something other than the country's best interests. If you want a King, this is NOT the country for you. If you want the rest of the world to be scared of you, I ask you, "What are you so scared of?". If you want a president to be elected and to serve the country above self, then you not only accept but encourage scrutiny, to prevent misuse, or worse, atrocity.
Since there are only 285 Million Americans, and 6 billion humans on the planet, then I guess your argument supports the world view of America over the domestic view as well. So what do you think the rest of the world thinks of US? I mean, we are less than 5% of the population of the world, so we're relatively insignificant, right? If you feel ready to abandon your argument of the majority, however significant, then let me call you a
FILTHY FILTHY FLIP-FLOPPER!
Just kidding - its not so bad. Education allows for growth and reflection, and especially changing your mind.
And seriously, most democrats wouldn't feel so cheated by the 2000 election if the selected winner was doing a better job with things. If you're actually doing better than you were 3 years ago, and you're not a government contractor, please let me know of this lucrative field you're in, so my friends and I might find jobs.
Someone else posted about all that Bush has done for us...
Anyone got a list?
I was doing great in 2000, then got laid off in 2001. We had a balanced budget with a surplus, and planes had not been crashing into large buildings nor had we been in so many unpopular international incidents. And frankly, if you can't handle the stigma of a presidential BJ, but you can handle sending troops to fight and die, then you need to reexamine your priorities, seriously.
Maybe I'm a hippie. Make love, not war.