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Politics : Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James H who wrote (3695)	12/11/2000 9:00:17 AM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 3887

A mandate naturally derives only from the voters with the will to vote. While there is certainly a margin for error in any election, it is usually not significant, as the contests are generally decided by a fairly wide margin. It may be possible to debate the mandate given in any election, but there is no doubt that in all elections within living memory, the winner has prevailed by a wide enough margin to leave little doubt about what the voting public wanted. That is not the case here. Finally, to blame Nader for Gore's poor showing seems to be the ultimate hypocrisy. I wouldn't necessarily call Gore's showing poor. He won the popular vote, and if he does eventually lose the election he will certainly have the best showing of any loser in recent memory. Without going into the merits or demerits of third parties, it seems a reasonable and factual observation to point out that if Nader had not run, Gore would have won. Finally, these were two of the poorest excuses for politicians I have had to choose from in my lifetime. Here we are in total agreement.