-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thursday 24 August 2006 07:59, Ron Johnson wrote: >> Paul Johnson wrote: >>> On Wednesday 23 August 2006 23:13, Mihira Fernando wrote: >>>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>>>> Technically, yes. That's how the Constitution designed it. >>>>> >>>>> Practically, though, no. >>>>> >>>>> Citizens, dead people, and illegal immigrants vote for Electors who >>>>> are pledged to vote for a specific candidate. >>>> So if the Electors suddenly decide to vote for candidate A while being >>>> pledged to vote for candidate B (maybe because their bank balance >>>> suddenly got increased by ,say, 10 mil dollars), then what happens ? >>>> does Candidate B become the president ? Has the people got no say in >>>> this ? >>> Something similar to this happened due to pilot error in Florida in 2000 >>> and by probable act of sabotage on Diebold's part in Ohio in 2004. >>> Candidate B becomes president, people have no say. >> Don't be stupid. The Florida problem was that little old ladies >> could not figure our how to use a paper ballot. > > Take your own advice: Don't be stupid. Realize that what you said is in > perfect agreement with what I said.
Vote-buying != Voter-stupidity - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE7mazS9HxQb37XmcRAi8EAJ0QbHdewlJMq8NN8lonLYYHznlGQwCeJ7ZF oACXAeFjr5wrlZjCFeyGrTI= =fPxq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]