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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bigsablepoint who wrote (64060)	11/8/2000 1:07:59 PM
From: SecularBull	Respond to of 769667

Zoltan, that is exactly the kind of post not worthy of a response: Message 14755905 No point in wallowing around in the mud. LoF

To: bigsablepoint who wrote (64060)	11/8/2000 1:10:13 PM
From: Nichols	Respond to of 769667

You better get used to this: PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH.

To: bigsablepoint who wrote (64060)	11/8/2000 1:12:05 PM
From: U Up U Down	Respond to of 769667

This fellow named Walter Dellinger, who worked in the Clinton-Gore Justice Department — a professor at Duke — wrote an article and gave it to us all Tuesday, saying, “Hey, guys. If someone wins the Electoral College, they are the president. Don’t you dare say they’re not legitimate,” because he assumed it might happen to Gore, because that was his strategy in the last week — go to those states. Now you live by it. You wrote it, you’ve got to live by it. Just because it’s the other guy, it’s the Constitution, let’s stand by it. msnbc.com

To: bigsablepoint who wrote (64060)	11/8/2000 1:12:09 PM
From: willcousa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Another tribute to the brilliance of Gore! He put out a position paper supporting the electoral college system when he thought that Bush would win the popular vote and Gore the electoral vote.

To: bigsablepoint who wrote (64060)	11/8/2000 1:19:08 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

"As tough as the 2000 election has been, governing afterward could prove even tougher. After the closest election in more than a century, neither party will be able to claim any mandate from the people for sweeping changes. Financial fallout Financial markets expressed their preference for divided government, and it looks like they'll get the next best thing: weak government. Financial instruments trading overnight reflected traders' acceptance that the uncertain result would be OK, whichever way the final trees fell. Stock futures, currencies and U.S. treasurys were little changed in foreign and overnight markets. "If there is great ebullience because of something that happens, I would be wary of that and not get too caught up in it," said Michael Holland of Holland & Co. Listen to the full interview. "We think Mr. Bush will find it very difficult to push through his whole plan," said Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics. Bush's "ability to reach across the partisan divide will be tested to the full, and quickly." Shepherdson made his comments before the Florida vote narrowed again. The financial markets closed mixed Tuesday as investors awaited the results, unwilling to commit funds to any stock or stock group without knowing who will be the next president or which party will have a majority in the House and Senate. One big winner in the campaign: the polling community, which consistently said the race was a dead heat. Analysts who forecast the electoral votes were also dead-on, for the most part.".........CBS marketwatch

To: bigsablepoint who wrote (64060)	11/8/2000 1:46:26 PM
From: Trio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

So why didn't Clinton step aside when he didn't win the popular vote in '92'?? Ummm what was it 42%? That's why there is an electoral college, so stop this nonsense about Bush conceding based on Pop vote.

To: bigsablepoint who wrote (64060)	11/8/2000 1:57:11 PM
From: 91fxrs	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

When Gore was was asked what if the candidate wins the popular vote but loses the electorate. Gore said something like "I don't think that will happen, but if it does we have a Constitution which should be respected" GORE's own mouth said this but I'm sure he never expected to be in this situation.