On Jul 7, 8:42 pm, none wrote:
> 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.
Perhaps you remember the 2004 election where he did indeed get 51% of
the popular vote.
GG
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