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Article #2330Re: Haven't we had enough
From: Thomas Baker
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 00:00
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Rick Bowen <Rick_Bowen@oxy.com> wrote: >Artie_Turner wrote: >> >> Ernie Englehart wrote: >> >> > It's time to do away with the electoral college and elect the President >> > based on popular vote. Then the power to elect will be placed back into >> > the hands of the voters, who could write in the man that they REALLY want >> > to be their President. >> >> Just for the record, Einstein, no President has ever been elected by the >> electoral college that didn't win the majority of the popular vote. >Uh, Einstein, Slick got 43%. Majority = 51% or above. >Rick Has anyone ever heard of Rutherford B. Hayes? He lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote. Thomas Baker bakert@kcii.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e1e4,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid10e1e4,public X-Google-Thread: f6e0e,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidf6e0e,public X-Google-Thread: fab07,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidfab07,public X-Google-Thread: 115d61,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid115d61,public X-Google-Thread: 100eae,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid100eae,public X-Google-Thread: f7d58,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidf7d58,public X-Google-Thread: 1083f1,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid1083f1,public X-Google-Thread: 105e42,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid105e42,public From: (Thomas Baker) Subject: Re: Haven't we had enough Date: 1996/10/31 Message-ID: <a1f7cc$7be.6b@MAXWELL> X-Deja-AN: 193683166 references: <54eqfm$332@news.internetmci.com> <326c2602.75398733@news.edge.net> <32752b79.3566390@news.xroads.com> <54ltas$7ie@News.IDT.NET> <3276383C.31AE@shell.liberty.com> <3276BEE7.2A2A@conknet.com> <5580t5$2boa$1@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net> <3277CA41.3E74@agcs.com> <3277D62A.48BC@agcs.com> <3277DD88.48AF@aud.alcatel.com> <3278B28F.41DD@oxy.com> newsgroups: ak.general,alabama.general,aol.neighborhood.az.phoenix.general,aol.neighborhood.il.chicago.general,aol.neighborhood.in.indianapolis.general,aol.neighborhood.ny.general,aol.neighborhood.ny.new-york.general,atl.general,austin.general,az.general,ba.general,ca.general,co.cos.general,co.fort-collins.general,co.general,compuserve.general,dc.general,delaware.general,dfw.general,fl.general,houston.general,il.general,kc.general,ky.general,la.general,lex.general,md.general,memphis.general,miami.general,mn.general,nashville.general,nc.general,ne.general,neworleans.general,nh.general,niagara.general,nj.general,nm.general,nv.general,ny.general,nyc.general,oh.general,ok.general,ok.tulsa.general,or.general,pa.general