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Re: "I speak better English than this villain Bush"
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Tue, 15 Apr 2003 17:07:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Costello writes:
> I will give you some hints:
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> - He is a Republican
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> - The actions of his administration did much to divide this nation
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> - He was characterized by the media as a bumbling fool
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> 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.
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 chew gum at the same time." Though he was elected to the
presidential succession as vice-president by the peoples' representatives,
it was not directly by the people itself (or even through the intermediary
of the Electoral College) so I would probably agree with you and call that
an appointment.
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> 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
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> * Nationwide electronic count #1 - Bush wins
No, Bush lost! Perhaps you mean Bush wins the Electoral College.
> * Florida statewide electronic recount – Bush wins
After much legal manuevering that was ultimately decided by a Daddy's court
appointee.
> * 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.
Five states right's advocates determine that a state court can't determine
it's own state's policy. There's a certain inconsistency to that that
speaks of a political decision, not a legal one (i.e. they appointed Bush
president).
> * News media pours over these now infamous ballots and their hanging chads –
> Bush still wins
It didn't matter because he had already been appointed by the Supreme Court.
Pity he didn't want to trust to accuracy and went the appointment route.
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> 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.
Well, there is a scenario, but it involves Jeb not systematically trying to
disenfranchise as many voters as possible that he thought would be democrats.
-->Bruce<--
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