Re: So, What IS a Fascist, anyway? Answer: nothing but a favorite swearword of leftists.

"Jonathan Ball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Tempest wrote:
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> > usual suspect wrote:
> >
> >>Rat & Swan wrote:
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> >>>But, in fact, that is very much what he is, although he doesn't see it
> >>>himself (as you say, "fascist" has become a dirty word).  He took
> >>>power by legal means, but without winning an election.
> >>
> >>He won the election.
> >
> >
> > Since when is being appointed by the Supreme Court winning an election?
>
> He wasn't appointed by the Supreme Court.  The Supreme
> Court does not have power under the Constitution to
> appoint the president, and they didn't attempt to do
> so; nor did they do anything that could be construed as
> appointing the president.
>
> Under the U.S. Constitution, the president is elected
> by the electors from the several states who comprise
> the Electoral College.  You can read the results of the
> sitting of the Electoral College for the 2000 election
> here:
> http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/votes_2000.html
>
> As you can plainly see, the Bush/Cheney ticket
> prevailed in the Electoral College, 271 to 266.
>
> President Bush was duly elected.
>
> What on earth gave you the idea he was appointed by the
> Supreme Court?
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Because that's what he's been told, over and over.  Repeated often enough,
the mentally challenged begin to believe these things.  Just like veganism
'saves' animals.


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