James Davis wrote:
> Right now about 30% of Americans are very happy with President Bush,
> who was elected by a 51% majority.
incorrect, Gore won the election by the "majority" of the american
public, only in how the electoral college is setup did, bush sneak in.
> While I personally believe he's a
> moron, there is no rule that says it's undemocratic for a president to
> only please 30% of the population.
duh! but it's unprecedented to have such a poor performing president in
american history.
> There could be some time in the
> future where angering 70% of the population is the right thing to do.
> If you had to please the majority of people, then we wouldn't even
> elect presidents. We would just vote on issues and the majority vote
> would decide what to do.
>
> It would be unfair to the 30% of Americans who like Bush to impeach
> him unless he has done something illegal. He won the vote, so he is
> the president. Besides, he doesn't have any power to do anything that
> 70% of Congress disagrees with. If his actions are so bad, they can
> be democratically overridden by others.
>
> You can't just do away with the rules of democracy because they are
> giving you the results you want. |