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 Xlea321
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 If Bush wins this time... 
#3091365 - 09/04/04 01:04 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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Does Al Gore get to become President?
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: Xlea321]
#3091373 - 09/04/04 01:06 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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How much wood can a wood chuck chuck...
Edited by retread (09/04/04 02:54 PM)
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: Xlea321]
#3091415 - 09/04/04 01:19 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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probably doesn't belong in this forum.
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: retread]
#3091443 - 09/04/04 01:27 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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that is a clear flame--moderator? cmon.
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: Xlea321]
#3091513 - 09/04/04 01:48 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hmmmm. I shall ponder this one long time.
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: Xlea321]
#3091621 - 09/04/04 02:16 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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Bush won the last time.
Fair and square.
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: Tao]
#3091661 - 09/04/04 02:34 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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That isn't a flame at all. I was simply asking a question.
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: retread]
#3093098 - 09/04/04 09:41 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yes in a "democracy" we consider the majority rules...
the majority being: 50,456,169
and the minority being: 50,996,116
yeah that's fair... no wait... I guess Bush did win... by -539947 votes
to me that's alot of people, but that's just me...
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: thieverycorp]
#3093202 - 09/04/04 10:00 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
thieverycorp said:
Yes in a "democracy" we consider the majority rules...
the majority being: 50,456,169
and the minority being: 50,996,116
yeah that's fair... no wait... I guess Bush did win... by -539947 votes
to me that's alot of people, but that's just me...
We're not a democracy for VERY good reason. Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding on whats for dinner. We are supposed to be a constitutionally-limited republic.
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: Ancalagon]
#3093208 - 09/04/04 10:01 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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yeah let's argue semantics, you know what I meant...
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: Ancalagon]
#3093211 - 09/04/04 10:02 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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Constitutional Republic owns Democracy 
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: thieverycorp]
#3093213 - 09/04/04 10:02 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
thieverycorp said:
yeah let's argue semantics, you know what I meant...
You're talking about majority rules. That is specifically a trait of democracy.
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: Ancalagon]
#3093220 - 09/04/04 10:04 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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You say tomato, I say tomato...
wait, that doesn't work in this format...
nevermind
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: thieverycorp]
#3093304 - 09/04/04 10:27 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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It doesn't even come close to working this time. The electoral system is set up in this nation as Ancalagon said. The constitution limits this with the electoral college. Thats just how it is. He was totally correct and you were totally wrong.
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: retread]
#3093358 - 09/04/04 10:37 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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If Al Gore won fair and square, he would have won the electoral college, which he did not, and therefor he did not win fair and square. As he was not granted the office, nothing went on illegal.
That whole escapade just was a huge example of how democrats really don't either understand or care how our country is set up to operate if it doesn't suit their desires.
If you think Gore should have won Florida, take issue with the goddamned idiots who couldn't correctly fill out a simple and straightforward ballot. Which has caused MILLIONS to be thrown at electronic voting machines that are MORE error-prone and do NOT leave a paper trail to recount. If you punch the wrong hole in a ballot, it's your fault, but a computer screen can be mis-configured.
Honestly that very incident will keep me from voting democrat. Bunch of dimwits.
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: Mushmonkey]
#3093484 - 09/04/04 11:14 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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Most of the shadyness of that fiasco was with Jeb.
I'm pretty sure he rigged the election.
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: Xlea321]
#3093622 - 09/04/04 11:58 PM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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nope, he didn't even run 
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: Mushmonkey]
#3093774 - 09/05/04 01:07 AM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Mushmonkey said:
If you think Gore should have won Florida, take issue with the goddamned idiots who couldn't correctly fill out a simple and straightforward ballot.
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: Ancalagon]
#3093805 - 09/05/04 01:23 AM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Ancalagon said:
We're not a democracy for VERY good reason. Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding on whats for dinner. We are supposed to be a constitutionally-limited republic.
Damn straight. I wonder if they were thinking of Socrates when they came up with electoral system.
If it wasn't for the electoral college rural areas (most of the US landmass) would have no say at all in Presidential elections.
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Xlea321
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Re: If Bush wins this time... [Re: retread]
#3094203 - 09/05/04 05:43 AM (19 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
How much wood can a wood chuck chuck...
Edited by retread (09/04/04 02:54 PM)
What's this? Did Tao put water between your legs? You post a flame and arn't even man enough to let it stand?
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