Well, I disagree with the conclusion that he was "appointed", because there was an election. It isn't Bush's fault that the case ended up in court. Gore was the one who went to the courts. As any lawyer will tell you, be careful what you ask for when you go to the courts, because you can never be sure what will happen.
I do agree in some respect with the overall assessment that the outcome of the election was inconclusive. In a race (like Florida 2000) where the difference in the vote was within the stated margin of error of the voting process, there is no way to tell with any certainty who won. So Florida was a draw, as were some other states, I think. If that outcome were realized and there were no Electoral College majority, the House of Representatives would elect the President, as it elected Thomas Jefferson in 1801 when he failed to gain an electoral majority against Aaron Burr. So had there been no majority, Bush would still be President. On 6/14/06, Gruss wrote: > > > Jerry wrote: > > If not, who was elected in 2004? > > > > Bush was elected in 2004, but nobody was elected in 2000; our system > appointed Bush President. Part of that system was an election but > it's outcome was inconclusive. > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209398 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
