Re: ARE AMERICANS STUPID????

"Al Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 07:38:41 -0500, "creekchub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >
> >"Pete nospam Zakel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Eric Johnson
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >> >Poor Al Gore. His father was only a wealthy Senator. Why did he
not
> >win?
> >>
> >> Primarily because of fiasco in Florida.  Al SHOULD have won.  But
the
> >voting
> >> irregularities in Florida combined with the machinations of the US
> >Supreme
> >> Court handed Dubya the election.
> >>
> >> Isn't it strange that the governor of Florida happened to be
Dubya's
> >brother?
> >>
> >> In any case, I accept that Dubya is president, at least until the
> >inauguration
> >> in 2005.
> >>
> >> And note that I also believe that had the recounts been allowed to
> >continue,
> >> Dubya still would have gotten Florida's EC votes.  But had the
> >balloting
> >> irregularities not occured (voters thrown off the roles for having
the
> >same
> >> name and/or address of a known felon, and voters turned away from
> >polling
> >> places in heavily democratic districts, etc.), I believe Algore
would
> >have
> >> won Florida by a margin as slight as the margin Dubya won by.
> >>
> >> And, just to put my 2 cents in, I don't think Dubya is stupid.  I
> >don't think
> >> he's the smartest president we have, but he's definitely over
average
> >> intelligence.  I just wish he would pronounce "nu-klee-er"
> >correctly...
> >>
> >> I also wish he had not been lying when he said he thought medical
> >marijuana
> >> should be left up to the states...
>
> Of course he was still governor of one of them when he did say that -
> and one that still doesn't have medical marijuana laws.
>
> But power corrupts, and what he really meant was that it should be
left
> to the states - as long as they make the right decision or as long as
> I'm only Governor.
>
> But it was really just a dodge to avoid controversial issues - he said
a
> lot of things should be left to the states.
>
> But after all, he also said that before we realized that pot smokers
> funded the 9/11 attacks.
>

The difference between democracy and republicanism is money.

> >>
> >
> >Wish in one hand and shit in the other and what do you get?
> >
> >A handful of shit.
> >
>
> every once in a while you hit the nail right on the head.
>
> >voodoo disease 666
> >
> >Death to the christian military.
>
> Yeah, yeah, I know.
>
> >
> >
> >> -Pete Zakel
> >>  ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> >>
> >> "SOFTWARE -- formal evening attire for female computer analysts."
> >
>