[geeks] POWER5!!!!

[Dave McGuire]

On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 11:29 PM, Lionel Peterson 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...

   Do you think the laws governing who gets put into power in this 
country will ever change, methods or not?

        -Dave

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