Al Gore, please JUST GIVE UP!

[Athanasius]

The electoral college should stay. In my reading of the Constitution, I see a consistent pattern of states first, then overall nation. For instance, the Constitution itself says that all powers not specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution should revert to the states. Without an electoral college insuring that smaller states would get a voice, there would have been no union in the first place.

By a "states first" count, Bush won significantly more states than Gore. By "an overall national count", Gore won by roughly .002. Under current "official" votes, Bush is winning Florida by roughly .000155. Both margins are miniscule. Florida's margin is absurdly close.

A "pure" democracy would only insure the tyranny of the majority, even if that majority was .000155.

Moonbeam, I'm surprised at your blatant attempts to seize the "higher evolutionary ground." You are usually the voice of tolerance. I assume that your post simply represents your usual ironic wit and sarcasm

 

[chess9]

Red:

Now that you're a bird, does that mean you're "all flocked up"?

Nice post. And funny.

 

[MrPALCO]

<< Most Americans feel the popular vote should decide the election. >>



&quot;Feelings&quot; are an unreliable source and are subject to corruption, by the Outlaw.

I thank God for the Wisdom of the Founding Fathers of this Nation, we have been given the Constitution from which all governmental actions stem.

 

[NFS4]

The saga continues...and he STILL won't back down

 

[sweetrobin]

He is just shooting himself in the foot and he dont even know it ...

 

[PCAddict]

Apparently more Demoflunkies are flying to Florida tomorrow to support him in his legal efforts.

 

[SuperTool]

Gore will not concede, saying:


<< Go call you a lawyer, file you a lawsuit
I'll smile in the courtroom and buy you a wardrobe
I'm tired of all you (of all you)..
I don't mean to be mean but that's all I can be is just me
>>

 

[Pretender]

Comparing eminem to al gore....interesting.

 

[judgejudy]

Who wins, wins... BUT LET ALL THE VOTES BE COUNTED!!!!!
Bush keeps trying to disenfranchise the people of Florida, when in fact,
he signed into Texas law, the same hand count procedure that was going
on in Florida. What an idiot

 

[Capn]

They *supposedly* use different ballot types in texas. So it's like comparing apples and organges. Anyways, neither side wants all the votes counted, no ones hands are clean in this ordeal. How Al Gore and Lieberman can go on about their only goal is getting every vote counted is beyond me. If that was truly what he wanted he would've requested recounts in all of florida.

 

[Moonbeam]

Yes Athanasius, I'm having some fun. There is no use telling a person they are biased regardless of which side of an issue they are on. Since I see most of the hostility and blindness comming from the right on this board, in the interest of balance, and due to natural inclinations, I find it easy and potentially instructive to demonstrate absurd extremism from that side. The advantage to this is that those who can see how absurd my stands are have a chance, by reflection, to see themselves. You will surely have noted that good sense goes completely unnoticed, here, by those who need it most. I addressed what I really think here, a few posts from the end.