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To: zonder who wrote (3496)9/10/2003 7:04:34 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
..Hafez Assad's 98% vote was actually not as odd as western media seemed to think

Did Assad have opposition?

<..someone who wins 54% of the vote in an election should get 100% of the power..

Though due to the separation of powers, no one actually has 100% of the power. Even when the same party has both the Presidency and a majority of both houses of Congress, that party doesn't get to exercise 100% of power. Examples would be Clinton's failure to get his health plan passed and Bush's failure to get his recent judicial nominees ratified by the Senate.
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