On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:43:04 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:59:10 -0400, Warp wrote:
> 
>> > Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> >> For Chrissake, man, the first time W was elected, it was 9 people
>> >> who decided
>> > 
>> >   No it wasn't. Millions of people voted.
> 
>> And the votes didn't matter.
> 
>   The president was not elected by 9 people. He was elected by millions
> of people. Millions of people voted for him. Without those millions of
> votes he would not be a president.
> 
>   Of course the votes matter.
> 
>>  The race was close
> 
>   Which wouldn't have happened without the millions of votes. Hence the
> votes mattered.
> 
>   Or are you telling me that if nobody had voted for Bush he would have
> been elected by those 9 people anyways? Don't be ridiculous.

You seem to be avoiding my point.  Those 9 people ultimately decided to 
overrule the process.  By doing so, they crowned King George, and the 
"will of the people" be damned.

Jim

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