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Originally posted by kellynap43
reply to post by captainnotsoobvious
NO president has been reelected when unemployment is 9.0% plus
That is a fact. Deal with it.
Originally posted by kalisdad
Originally posted by Misterlondon
how can anyone be to "blame"? i thought the majority of voters decide who wins and becomes president... surely if the blame lies with anyone its the American public?
thats the scam of it though...
the American public doesn't decide who becomes president...
learn about electoral college before blaming the public voters
In 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected president despite not winning either the popular vote or the electoral vote. Andrew Jackson was the winner in both categories. Jackson received 38,000 more popular votes than Adams, and beat him in the electoral vote 99 to 84. Despite his victories, Jackson didn’t reach the majority 131 votes needed in the Electoral College to be declared president. In fact, neither candidate did. The decision went to the House of Representatives, which voted Adams into the White House.
In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes won the election (by a margin of one electoral vote), but he lost the popular vote by more than 250,000 ballots to Samuel J. Tilden.
In 1888, Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes to Grover Cleveland’s 168, winning the presidency. But Harrison lost the popular vote by more than 90,000 votes.
In 2000, George W. Bush was declared the winner of the general election and became the 43rd president, but he didn’t win the popular vote either. Al Gore holds that distinction, garnering about 540,000 more votes than Bush. However, Bush won the electoral vote, 271 to 266.
www.factcheck.org...edit on 28-9-2011 by kalisdad because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by pirhanna
Originally posted by Misterlondon
how can anyone be to "blame"? i thought the majority of voters decide who wins and becomes president... surely if the blame lies with anyone its the American public?
Ahh, so naive!
The American public doesn't decide,
they decide what they are told to.
Sorry to pick on you, but I couldn't pass up an opportunity to make a serious point.
Originally posted by Smack
Ron Paul is the only candidate that can beat Obama. If the Republicans do not nominate Ron Paul, Obama will win. It will also mean the end of the Republican party. If the people of this country don't wake up, it is going to be a very painful time for everyone. I will have no compassion or forgiveness for those who turn away from reality and usher in a new dark age.
Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by Smack
The end of parties has been tossed about for quite awhile. But it never happens.
They just go back, rethinks things..maybe rebranding, retooling the message.
And...BAM!
I'm Baaaaack!
Usually takes a decade though.
Originally posted by MrXYZ
reply to post by captainnotsoobvious
Obama will win because of the lack of viable GOP candidates...they are all demonstrably clueless when it comes to the economy, Bachmann especially.
Originally posted by Greensage
I still do not think there will be another American Pope, I mean President! I have said this in the past that Obama was the last and I still feel this way.
A cataclysmic event will force our Leaders into exile and I am all but certain I know where they will reside!