23rd July 2004, 6:01 PM
Quote:but it'd probably be the better system.
Maybe. The Electoral College has done pretty well considering we've only had two, maybe three, situations where a candidate became president without the popular vote.
Quote:the Supreme Court going against all logic and fairness to elect the person they preferred
Normally I'd let that slide, but I've heard it so often that I'm just not going to anymore. The Supreme Court voted to STOP THE RECOUNT. That made Bush the winner because every single time they recounted the votes Bush was still the winner. But Democrats wanted the votes to be counted for as many times as it took for Gore, somehow, to wind up with more votes which, according to an independent count taken after the election was over, would not have happened. And anyway, Florida LAW states that ballet recounts MUST be complete by December 12, which they were. And on that day Bush had the most votes. Plain and simple.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.