On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:47:23 -0600, Mueen Nawaz wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:44:59 -0500, Warp wrote:
>>>   If that's so, then why was he elected a second time?
>> 
>> Both times Bush was elected it was controversial.  I'm still angry with
> 
> 	That's skirting about the point. Even if he technically lost both
> elections, the fact remains that it would have been a very near loss.
> 
> 	Roughly half of the voters voted for him.

...or voted against the other guy.  In US elections, many people aren't 
voting for someone so much as voting against the other candidate likely 
to win.

Jim

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