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Subject: Re: Bush wins Florida and becomes new president. Yeah!!

Author: Jason Williamson

Date: 10:40:29 11/28/00

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On November 27, 2000 at 22:24:45, Chessfun wrote:

>On November 27, 2000 at 20:55:40, Jason Williamson wrote:
>
>>On November 27, 2000 at 06:19:51, Chessfun wrote:
>>
>>>On November 27, 2000 at 01:50:52, Jason Williamson wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 27, 2000 at 01:24:29, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Miguel,
>>>>>
>>>>>Read my second post!
>>>>>
>>>>>The only thing that matters now is if the Clinton Administration will do
>>>>>something stupid again i.e. obstructionism.
>>>>>
>>>>>You live in a constitutional Republic, not in an anarchistic chaotic democracy.
>>>>>The constitution allows and prescribes "electors".  The electors will vote in
>>>>>Florida and since the election has gone in favor of G.W. Bush all 25 electoral
>>>>>votes will go to Bush.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have thought in the past that the "electoral college" was archaic and unfair
>>>>>but now I am not so sure any more.  You can see what would happen if the 350,000
>>>>>votes out of almost 100,000,000 for Gore and Bush were contested and a "fair and
>>>>>accurate" handcount and re-handcount and re-handcount and litigation in all 50
>>>>>states would go on for years.
>>>>>
>>>>>Bush is the winner,
>>>>>
>>>>>Tim Frohlick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Tim Frohlick ,  an ex-Canadian who rather dislikes Chretien and his cronies.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>I am voting NDP tomorrow.  :)
>>>>
>>>>JW
>>>
>>>
>>>I thought you were in the West?
>>>If your lucky the NDP might get 10 seats.
>>>
>>>Sarah.
>>
>>Possibly, but thats not why I am voting for them.  hehe, Libby Davis publicly
>>supports chess as a sport.  :)
>>
>>JW
>
>
>Well looks like they're fighting to get 12 and at least hold party status.
>
>Sarah.

Its amazing how the PC got 12% of the popular vote, yet finished with so few
seats.  HEHE.  BC is now total red neck country with the CA taking almost all
the seats here.  The NDP I voted for got in :P.

Oh, and I am glad the BQ lost so many seats.  :)  Keep the country together!

JW



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