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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Vendit™ who wrote (1821)	11/11/2000 3:46:06 PM
From: John	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

Interesting tidbits: I went through and counted the number of counties and independent municipalities in "heavily" Democratic California that voted for Bush or Gore, and found this... 37 counties cast a majority of votes for Bush 21 counties, including the city of LA, voted for Gore It's too bad that every county in America doesn't get one vote. Well, from my perspective anyway. Also interesting: Chautauqua County in New York, new "home" to Bill and Hillary voted 54% for Rick Lazio. Heh. You can confirm my numbers at CNN.com John

To: Vendit™ who wrote (1821)	11/11/2000 4:03:41 PM
From: John	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

Hi Vendit, I'm not sure I follow you. > It would seem that Bush supporters would strongly disagree with the Buchanan supporters. < I never said or even implied that Bush and Buchanan supporters were like minded. Buchanan's original support base was extremely far right, whereas Bush's support base is considered moderately right wing. As far as the magazine article you referenced, of course Bush must consider African-American figures for his staff and cabinet. As America becomes less and less white, and far more ethnically diverse, so must the Republican party change. They don't care about the color or the sexual orientation of their supporters any longer. They simply want a campaign contribution regardless of who is writing the check. Very, very soon, as religion continues to become less prominent in America and Christians become a minority, the Republicans will realize they can draw more support from the pro-choice crowd instead of the pro-life crowd and they will drop pro-life from the party plank. It's all about money, my friend. It's not about you or I. I am a conservative, but the Republican party doesn't speak for me or represent me. I support them because they are electable and they are closer to my views than the others. It's really that simple. I hope I didn't insult or offend you as that was not my intention. I'm just exercising my right to free speech, before that too is taken away. Regards, John