RE: Republican Lies (re: Sore/Loserman 2000)

["Scott Weikert" <scott@alphageek.com>]

I've always found the electoral college system to be flawed... why should one candidate or the other get ALL the votes for a
particular state when they may barely get a real majority? I'd prefer seeing state votes divvied up by district... it'd be more
accurate. Or (perish the thought!) go with a popular vote system...!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reuben Bruchez [mailto:reuben@mindspring.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 11:18 AM
> To: mob@shorty.com
> Subject: Re: Republican Lies (re: Sore/Loserman 2000)
>
>
> What's trully wonky is that the real electoral college election still hasn't
> occured yet.  I wouldn't be very surprised if the electoral college in
> Florida decides to split according to Congressional districts, with the two
> outstanding votes being split evenly between Gore and Bush.  That way, all
> this recount crap can be ignored, since the four districts in question were
> Gore districts to begin with.
>
> Reuben Bruchez
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Levien de Braal" <levien@cc.gatech.edu>
> To: <mob@shorty.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 12:59 PM
> Subject: Republican Lies (re: Sore/Loserman 2000)
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Robbie Honerkamp <robbie@shorty.com> wrote:
> > >"I will take no legal action to contest the result"
> > > -Al Gore
> > >http://www.algorelost.com/
> >
> > Thank you for blindly and brainlessly forwarding the Republican spin. Not
> > that the Democrats aren't spinning, but you're not cheerleading them right
> > now. What vice-president Al Gore said was that IF THE RECOUNT WAS HELD he
> > would accept the result whatever they were and not take legal action
> against
> > them. And those who have been paying actual attention to the proceedings
> > know that of the four counties that were supposed to do a recount only two
> > were actually completed, the 99.9 (do the math) completed result of
> another
> > county was disregarded, and the fourth county dropped the ball completely
> > after they were mobbed by Republicans trying to obstruct/stop the count.
> > Exactly in accordance with his prior statements, Al Gore is contesting the
> > 'results' of this embarassment of an election. It's clear to me Bush is
> > trying to bully his way into the White House, damn the uncounted votes.
> >
> > Levien
> > --
> > "Do you hear the people sing, Lost in the valley of the night?
> >  It is the music of a people, Who are climbing to the light.
> >  For the wretched of the earth, There is a flame that never dies.
> >  Even the darkest night will end, And the sun will rise." -- Les
> Miserables
>