[geeks] POWER5!!!!

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 11:12 PM, Eric Dittman wrote:
> > Sure, the Electoral College is a stupid idea in this
> > day and age, but by law it decides the president.
> 
>    Technicality.  If "voting to elect the president" actually
> involved everyone casting votes and having those votes tallied,
> would he still have won?

"If"? What if women never got the vote, would Gore have won then?

"If" can be an interesting discussion, but doesn't change current laws.
Luckily, we have a method for changing our laws - some countries
don't...


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Lionel

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