Impeach Bush?

[Pipian]

@Trot_to_Trotsky

Personally, I think they’re both whores, and I could try and dig up a link for that recount thing, but I’m lazy, and I really don’t care enough to try and find it.

I know it was the Washington Post, and I know they recounted the whole state, not just the counties in question.

So did the Tribute/USA Today/CNN consortium. The recounted all the over and under votes.

[Trot_to_Trotsky]

Ok, what about this: if it’s this close, and there’s this much contention about it, shouldn’t we take the time to determine just who our president is?

The logistics of voting shouldn’t stand in the way of the presidency, and yet, it did, and still does.

Nobody cares, of course, because everyone in this country is politically apathetic.

[crazy-fool]

As much as your country’s politics are full of stupidity, be thankful it’s not full of media spin.

Media spin where the Labour party leak out that one of it’s cabinet ministers is partially brain dead when she doesn’t agree with the Prime Minister. Or media spin which results in a man taking his own life when he’s wrongly blamed for the recent Gulf war.

[psx-dude]

@King_of_the_world

Pipian, Bush ‘ownz’ the media, of course they were on his side.

I mean, he’s got the mad Exxon money, and Gore was an ecologist. Who do you think gets the (media) whores?

he ownz the media? is that why a CNN reporter cried when Gore lost? Is that why CNN and MSNBC always run articles against the things bush does? Is that why newsweek only runs opinions against bush and always make fun of the way he talks?

[Pipian]

@Trot_to_Trotsky

Ok, what about this: if it’s this close, and there’s this much contention about it, shouldn’t we take the time to determine just who our president is?

Except for one thing: We couldn’t do it more than we already had.

Three reasons:

1. We didn’t have the time to go over votes 5, 10, or 20 times.
2. No standards of how to count votes (dimples? hanging? marked? one? two? three corners off?)
3. No matter how you call it, it was statistically too close to call. Though logic says that there was a winner or they tied, there were too many variables (among which were dead voters, felon voters, vote disenfranchisement, calling the state too soon, butterfly ballot, etc.) that affected the vote and thus made it simply impossible to OFFICIALLY declare a winner with an exact count of votes.

[psx-dude]

@Trot_to_Trotsky

The electoral college and the supreme court are the two least democratic things in this democracy…but not that I’m complaining. It’s just how things go.

Now, when someone wins something fairly, he should be given his due. Gore won the state of Florida in terms of popular votes. This means that the electoral votes of the state should have gone to him. This means that he should be the president of the United States.

Just because he said: ok, time to get the country moving again, and turned over the decision to the Supreme Court, doesn’t mean that the man shouldn’t be president…

The Electoral College was created because back in the day, it would have taken too much time, so the president would be brought into office the next year. If you want to make it popular vote go and try to get that amendment added to the constitution, that’s the only way, bitching won’t do shit.

The supreme court is not democratic? It’s a judicial power that makes sure laws aren’t going against the constitution, which the democracy at that time voted for.

Blah

[Trot_to_Trotsky]

Democratic, by the people.

Nobody elects a supreme court justice, they’re simply appointed by the president at his whimsy.

That’s all I meant. I know their function.

[Pipian]

@Trot_to_Trotsky

Democratic, by the people.

Nobody elects a supreme court justice, they’re simply appointed by the president at his whimsy.

That’s all I meant. I know their function.

Aside from the required Senate approval, yes.

[LeonMcNichols]

Here’s one you all can stuff in that Hooka you all pow wowing around. Ross perot For president again and have gore as his running mate. Take that in the Hooka and smoke it.

[King_of_the_world]

@Pipian

Except for one thing: We couldn’t do it more than we already had.

Three reasons:

1. We didn’t have the time to go over votes 5, 10, or 20 times.
2. No standards of how to count votes (dimples? hanging? marked? one? two? three corners off?)
3. No matter how you call it, it was statistically too close to call. Though logic says that there was a winner or they tied, there were too many variables (among which were dead voters, felon voters, vote disenfranchisement, calling the state too soon, butterfly ballot, etc.) that affected the vote and thus made it simply impossible to OFFICIALLY declare a winner with an exact count of votes.

Don’t forget that whole Florida Fiasco.

Hmm. It’s almost like some blockbuster film!

[Pipian]

@LeonMcNichols

Here’s one you all can stuff in that Hooka you all pow wowing around. Ross perot For president again and have gore as his running mate. Take that in the Hooka and smoke it.

I’m not sure I want to. You’ve obviously been using it a lot to get that idea in your head…

[LeonMcNichols]

We could always get bozo the clown to run for next yrs Pres, canidate and maybe if we can talk him into Ronald McDonald could be his running mate? :rolleyes:

[Pipian]

MADDOX FOR PRESIDENT!

[King_of_the_world]

Vote for the Awful party in 2004!

[psx-dude]

@LeonMcNichols

We could always get bozo the clown to run for next yrs Pres, canidate and maybe if we can talk him into Ronald McDonald could be his running mate? :rolleyes:

hordes Bozo the Clown film reel

[LeonMcNichols]

… Gimme that Chris… How did you get into my film Vault ? :lol: