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Posted by ernieba1 on 05-08-2001 03:10 PM:

In election 2000, who did you vote for? If I was voting age, I'd have voted for Gore, as unentertaining as that might have been.

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Posted by Toby on 05-08-2001 04:02 PM:

Have you heard of Harry Browne?

Posted by VTL on 05-08-2001 04:40 PM:

Isn't this topic pretty untimely?

Posted by Gameboy70 on 05-08-2001 05:36 PM:

I voted for "Nadar" (spelled "Nader"; "Buchanon" is spelled "Buchanan").

Posted by ernieba1 on 05-08-2001 06:33 PM:

It's not really untimely. The was another post critsizing Dubuya, so I wondered what most of Visor Central thought.

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Posted by ernieba1 on 05-08-2001 06:34 PM:

Suddenly, me fail English seems possible.

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Posted by foo fighter on 05-08-2001 06:50 PM:

I voted for Abraham Lincoln! He would be rolling over in his grave if he knew what slick Willy did in his bed!

Seriously, I didn't like either candidate. That's what surprised me about the public outcry of support for their choice. The day before the vote...no one cared. The day after, the entire population of North America is on the verge of tearing itself apart over two screwballs who aren't worth a second look.

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Posted by bblue on 05-08-2001 06:58 PM:

I voted for Gush... I mean Bore.... wait... what was the question?

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Posted by David Harville on 05-08-2001 10:09 PM:

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Originally posted by foo fighter
Seriously, I didn't like either candidate.

There were quite a few options not named "Bush" or "Gore." Too bad that too few people knew that.

Posted by recordond on 05-08-2001 10:20 PM:

I'm also not old enough to vote but in this poll my vote went to Gore. It seems that VC is comprised of mostly Bush supporters but why is this topic being introduced into VC anyway?

Posted by ernieba1 on 05-08-2001 11:01 PM:

See http://discussion.visorcentral.com/...;threadid=14086

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Posted by recordond on 05-09-2001 02:54 AM:

I saw that thread about two weeks ago and totally forgot about it, sorry.

Posted by homer on 05-09-2001 04:19 AM:

Why did Nader voters sicken you, ernie?

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Posted by yaz320 on 05-09-2001 05:04 AM:

Guess who I voted for?

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Posted by ernieba1 on 05-09-2001 03:44 PM:

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Originally posted by homer
Why did Nader voters sicken you, ernie?

A vote for Nader is a vote for Bush. I wanted Gore to win. Gore did win. . . Don't get me started. I'm not even voting age. . .

Also ernieba1 was supposed to be pig latin for bernie. I just forgot to put in the Y. Just setting it staight.

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Posted by VTL on 05-09-2001 04:10 PM:

Gore did not win. Get over it.

Posted by homer on 05-09-2001 04:20 PM:

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A vote for Nader is a vote for Bush. I wanted Gore to win. Gore did win. . . Don't get me started. I'm not even voting age. . .

No. A vote for a particular candidate is a vote for that particular candidate. A vote for mickey mouse is a vote for mickey mouse.

If people would realize that, we wouldn't be stuck with two dominating parties.

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Gore did not win. Get over it.

Gore won the popular vote...he got more votes. However, that is not how we declare a winner in this country, so while he won the election, he did not win the presidency.

We rip on Bush right now (some of it he deserves, some of it not) but I actually think we'd be saying the some of the same things had Gore been elected.

I know a lot of people that voted for Bush who have since regretted doing so. I think this past election has shown a light on the problem with voting strictly down party lines.

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Posted by Toby on 05-09-2001 04:34 PM:

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Originally posted by homer
Gore won the popular vote...he got more votes.

The popular vote is meaningless in U.S. Presidential elections. If people would realize that, we wouldn't be stuck with lots of whining.

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However, that is not how we declare a winner in this country, so while he won the election, he did not win the presidency.

No, he did not even win the election. If he'd have won the election, he'd be POTUS. Again, the popular vote means nothing WRT U.S. Presidential elections. If some state decided to hold an arm-wrestling match to determine which electors they wanted, that'd be just fine.

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We rip on Bush right now (some of it he deserves, some of it not) but I actually think we'd be saying the some of the same things had Gore been elected.

I know I would be. They were both extremely poor choices for President, and, if one looks at them with a critical eye, not really much different. The only difference seems to be the rhetoric.

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I know a lot of people that voted for Bush who have since regretted doing so.

Ditto for Algore.

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I think this past election has shown a light on the problem with voting strictly down party lines.

If people didn't know that lesson prior to the election, I doubt if they received enlightenment after the fact.

Posted by homer on 05-09-2001 04:45 PM:

Toby:

I was going to rebut your comments, but I think you said the same thing I did.

But, to clarify:

Gore DID win the election. The election is when all of the people of this country cast a vote for the president. He won that. He won the election.

AFTER the election, the Electoral College meets to submit their choice for predident. Bush won that.

Gore won the election. Bush won the electoral college.

I do realize that the election is not what directly decides the presidency.

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Posted by broache on 05-09-2001 04:45 PM:

If you look at the voting map, it sure looks like Bush won by a TON. I know that it is really a representation of land area votes, but Bush won the heartland of America, which I truly feel represents what most people think. My biggest concern over Algore was that he was a liar. Some things cannot be tolerated...Also, his position on the environment is baseless. There is absolutely no basis for it in fact. Mostly based on worst case, what if scenarios.

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