Hagbard Celine said:Actually you're wrong. The electoral college elected Bush president. He won the popular vote the second time. The first time, the winner of the popular vote was unconfirmed and Bush was proclaimed president by judicial fiat.
And I didn't say that anything the public decides is the best choice. I said finally public opinion has gotten some common sense. There's a big difference, so don't put words into my mouth. You're right about popular opinion changing on a whim.
Hey buddy, I call 'em like I see 'em.
I know that it has been a huge surprise for all of you ace college kids with public schooling backgrounds but here in the United States, for numerous reasons, we use the electoral college system of voting for the President. Because of this knowledge I didn't vote for W in the 2000 election. I knew that living in Texas he had the electoral vote, he didn't need mine. I decided to instead vote for the Liberatarian candidate to hopefully send a smaller government message. If I would have known that the decision would be based on a popular vote, Bush would have had mine.
Does it bother you that the Democrats pander to the lowest forms of life to try to buy a vote? Cartons of cigarettes for homeless votes, fried chicken lunches for black votes, MTV ads to get kids that don't know or care about politics to vote and of course the active pursuit by Senators like Clinton and Kennedy to get felons the right to vote from jail. They also try to keep military personnel from getting their votes counted as in the 2000 election. I am sure they are trying to get it legalized for illegal aliens to vote for them also. Why is it that they feel an informed, intelligent base is not who they want? Why are we their worst enemy?
I am actually registered as a Democrat because I liked John F. Kennedy when I was growing up, I have never voted for a Democrat. The democrats never fail too insult my intelligence each day, sometimes multiple times during the course of a day.
I still suggest that if you email the NYTimes your posts from this board, they will hire you immediately, why waste time or money learning anything?