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Originally Posted by El Blanco
Besides, several independant sources did recount the votes afterward and found that it wouldn't have made a difference.
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And vice versa. I think Bush did steal the election, but I likewise believe that it was Al Gore's to lose. He could've done a lot of things, he could've persued an expansive recount more promptly, he could've challenged the Supreme Court decision, heck, maybe he could've won his home state, but I digress....
It annoys me that people chastize Bush for stealing something, but don't get on Gore's case for backing down. Now he gets to bitch about it and use it as a pun on SNL and stupid talk shows, but that doesn't do a damn thing.
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2) Minorities were prevented from voting by state troopers Yes. But, the only real live people who I have seen who claimed to have actually been prevented from voting by the police were unnaturalized immigrants from Haiti. They were prevented from voting because they weren't citizens.
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And people who were convicted of crimes in the year, uh, what, 2008...? The list of voters who were banned from voting was filled with fraudulent information, and it was also filled with minorities.
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3) The Electoral College is not democratic 220+ years of this system and people just now beef about it? I learned about it in the 6 grade and bitched about, so I don't see why this sort of thing shocked people. Its not the first time a president lost the popular vote but won the Electoral.
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I agree, quit bitching. If you want to change it, fight for it.
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When Alexander Hamilton pushed for the Electoral College, he did it on the grounds that the average person did not have the competance to choose the POTUS. And, honestly, we really haven't proven him wrong.
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AMEN.
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