jord
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God Save the Queen wrote:

FEOS wrote:

God Save the Queen wrote:

they dont vote for their head of state or government.
Must be why they're so interested in our elections....I keed, I keed.
no, youre right.  I finally realized the reason so many euros bash the US is because it lets them feel like Americans, even if its just a taste.
Ironic as all you and you're asskissers have been doing for the last month is bash Europe.

Hippo(cuz ur fat)crit.

lulz
FEOS
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jord wrote:

FEOS wrote:

God Save the Queen wrote:

they dont vote for their head of state or government.
Must be why they're so interested in our elections....I keed, I keed.

Regardless, that doesn't make the lack of quality on both sides (that evil two party system) any different.
It's more like 3 party here, the Liberal Democrats are a proper party but with a very small chance of winning any power on a national scale. It's like 40 Labour, 30 Conservative, 15 Lib dem and 15% mixed. As an example. Those aren't real figures.
Kind of like the Libertarian Party over here. Oh damn...that's THREE parties in our wicked two party system. I wonder if there's more?

/derail
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God Save the Queen
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jord wrote:

God Save the Queen wrote:

FEOS wrote:

Must be why they're so interested in our elections....I keed, I keed.
no, youre right.  I finally realized the reason so many euros bash the US is because it lets them feel like Americans, even if its just a taste.
Ironic as all you and you're asskissers have been doing for the last month is bash Europe.

Hippo(cuz ur fat)crit.

lulz
europe sucks donkey balls
jord
Member
+2,382|7097|The North, beyond the wall.

God Save the Queen wrote:

jord wrote:

God Save the Queen wrote:


no, youre right.  I finally realized the reason so many euros bash the US is because it lets them feel like Americans, even if its just a taste.
Ironic as all you and you're asskissers have been doing for the last month is bash Europe.

Hippo(cuz ur fat)crit.

lulz
europe sucks donkey balls
I know, good job my island is off Europe then.

God bless America. For in God, we trust.
God Save the Queen
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may he save our queen
.Sup
be nice
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God Save the Queen wrote:

may he save our queen
Mexico has a queen? lulz
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AussieReaper
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God Save the Queen wrote:

they dont vote for their head of state or government.
Whereas Americans do?

It just doesn't matter if the head of state has won the majority of the popular vote. Or even won the majority of electoral votes. If we are to judge anything from your 2000 election...

So I guess you don't vote for your head of state or government either.
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FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6830|'Murka

TheAussieReaper wrote:

God Save the Queen wrote:

they dont vote for their head of state or government.
Whereas Americans do?

It just doesn't matter if the head of state has won the majority of the popular vote. Or even won the majority of electoral votes. If we are to judge anything from your 2000 election...

So I guess you don't vote for your head of state or government either.
How did the winner of the 2000 election not win the majority of electoral votes?
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
tahadar
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what we need is fuckin' George Galloway as prime minister.
AussieReaper
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FEOS wrote:

How did the winner of the 2000 election not win the majority of electoral votes?

Washington Post, 11/12/01 wrote:

"In all likelihood, George W. Bush still would have won Florida and the presidency last year if either of two limited recounts – one requested by Al Gore, the other ordered by the Florida Supreme Court – had been completed, according to a study commissioned by The Washington Post and other news organizations.

"But if Gore had found a way to trigger a statewide recount of all disputed ballots, or if the courts had required it, the result likely would have been different. An examination of uncounted ballots throughout Florida found enough where voter intent was clear to give Gore the narrowest of margins...."

Associated Press, 11/12/01 wrote:

"A vote-by-vote review of untallied ballots in the 2000 Florida presidential election indicates George W. Bush would have narrowly prevailed in the partial recounts sought by Al Gore (news - web sites), but Gore might have reversed the outcome - by the barest of margins - had he pursued and gained a complete statewide recount. Bush eventually won Florida, and thus the White House, by 537 votes out of more than 6 million cast. But questions about the uncounted votes lingered.

"The new data, compiled by The Associated Press and seven other news organizations, also suggested that Gore followed a legal strategy after Election Day that would have led to defeat even if it had not been rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites). Gore sought a recount of a relatively small portion of the state's disputed ballots while the review indicates his only chance lay in a course he advocated publicly but did not pursue in court - a full statewide recount of all Florida's untallied votes."
Had Florida had a state wide recount, the electoral numbers would have went to Gore.
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FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
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TheAussieReaper wrote:

FEOS wrote:

How did the winner of the 2000 election not win the majority of electoral votes?

Washington Post, 11/12/01 wrote:

"In all likelihood, George W. Bush still would have won Florida and the presidency last year if either of two limited recounts – one requested by Al Gore, the other ordered by the Florida Supreme Court – had been completed, according to a study commissioned by The Washington Post and other news organizations.

"But if Gore had found a way to trigger a statewide recount of all disputed ballots, or if the courts had required it, the result likely would have been different. An examination of uncounted ballots throughout Florida found enough where voter intent was clear to give Gore the narrowest of margins...."

Associated Press, 11/12/01 wrote:

"A vote-by-vote review of untallied ballots in the 2000 Florida presidential election indicates George W. Bush would have narrowly prevailed in the partial recounts sought by Al Gore (news - web sites), but Gore might have reversed the outcome - by the barest of margins - had he pursued and gained a complete statewide recount. Bush eventually won Florida, and thus the White House, by 537 votes out of more than 6 million cast. But questions about the uncounted votes lingered.

"The new data, compiled by The Associated Press and seven other news organizations, also suggested that Gore followed a legal strategy after Election Day that would have led to defeat even if it had not been rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites). Gore sought a recount of a relatively small portion of the state's disputed ballots while the review indicates his only chance lay in a course he advocated publicly but did not pursue in court - a full statewide recount of all Florida's untallied votes."
Had Florida had a state wide recount, the electoral numbers would have went to Gore.
Wow. Certainly a lot of "if" and "would" and "maybe" and "narrowest of margins" there. Pretty conclusive.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
AussieReaper
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FEOS wrote:

Wow. Certainly a lot of "if" and "would" and "maybe" and "narrowest of margins" there. Pretty conclusive.
How much more conclusive do you want? I could have posted more.

http://www.bushwatch.com/gorebush.htm

And the reason there are a lot of ifs, would haves and maybes is because what happened could have taken a number of different paths to lead into a Gore victory that simply didn't happen.
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FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
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BL: Bush won the 2000 election. Period.

You can if-maybe-would've-could've-should've all day long, and it won't change the reality. He won. He won the electoral count by enough to win the election. End of story.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
jord
Member
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tahadar wrote:

what we need is fuckin' George Galloway as prime minister.
No, he's a nobhead.
God Save the Queen
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TheAussieReaper wrote:

God Save the Queen wrote:

they dont vote for their head of state or government.
Whereas Americans do?

It just doesn't matter if the head of state has won the majority of the popular vote. Or even won the majority of electoral votes. If we are to judge anything from your 2000 election...

So I guess you don't vote for your head of state or government either.
tit for tat?  We arent talking about anything else but the stupid british parliament here.

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