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Subject:	Re: "I speak better English than this villain Bush"
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:28:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes: > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeroen de Haan writes: > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Costello writes: > > > From the David Letterman show > > > 6. "Do you know of any job openings for a lying weasel?" > > > > US elections anytime soon? > > Sorry--we prefer to appoint our Presidents. > > Dave! Dave is correct, can anyone guess the president who was selected and not elected? I will give you some hints: - He is a Republican - The actions of his administration did much to divide this nation - He was characterized by the media as a bumbling fool If you guessed Gerald Ford, you were absolutely correct, After Spiro Agnew stepped down as Vice President, Gerald Ford was selected and appointed as the new VP. Then with Richard Nixon’s resignation Ford became president after never having been on a national ballot, and his pardon of Nixon enraged many in this country. Did you guess George W. Bush? If so, let me help clear you up on a common misunderstanding. Very truncated version of the 2000 national elections * Nationwide electronic count #1 - Bush wins * Florida statewide electronic recount – Bush wins * Hand recount in three select counties that were close – Bush wins * More extensive hand recount in those same three counties – Unknown because luckily the secretary of state finally stepped in and ended the insanity, Florida supreme court tried to stop her from doing her job, but again luckily the US supreme court told the Florida state court that they had no right to do that. * News media pours over these now infamous ballots and their hanging chads – Bush still wins Apologies to all who really wanted AlGore to win, but there never was a scenario where that might happen, even if these unprecedented county recounts were allowed to continue. Time to move on. Scott

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		Re: "I speak better English than this villain Bush"
(...) He was more portrayed as an uncoordinated klutz than a bumbling fool by the media (you needed to be in a bunker when he was playing golf, for example). I believe it was LBJ that saddled him with the infamous tag line of : "He can't walk and (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: "I speak better English than this villain Bush"
(...) Sorry--we prefer to appoint our Presidents. Dave! (21 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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