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Moonwatcher

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Thu Jan-06-05 09:41 AM
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asterisks

Since the 2000 election forever attached an asterisk to 43, he was trying to do everything in his power to win re-election to erase that asterisk.

Should Ohio's electoral votes be tossed, even if he is elected by both houses, he will have TWO asterisks next to his number.

And they can never be erased.

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LiberalEsto

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Thu Jan-06-05 09:51 AM
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1. perhaps these should be called

ASS-terisks

:evilgrin:

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rkc3

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Thu Jan-06-05 10:00 AM
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2. Yes, I regret that I have but one asterisk for my country.

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NewYorkerfromMass

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Thu Jan-06-05 10:04 AM
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3. This would be one HUGE ass asterisk

Tossing Ohio's 20 electoral votes puts the shrub down to 266 EV's total- he still beats Kerry's total but would be the first president with less than 270 EV's since..... Benjamin Harrison in 1888!

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Verve

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Thu Jan-06-05 10:09 AM
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4. Ohhh! I like that fact! Let's remember to cram it down the media's

throats. I'm so sick of all the "mandate" facts they're throwing out.

" Bush received the most votes of any president in history.":puke:

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NewYorkerfromMass

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Thu Jan-06-05 10:16 AM
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6. Harrison also lost the popular vote in 1888

More intersting facts..... http://lwvma.org/whoreallyelectspresident.shtml

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hootinholler

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Thu Jan-06-05 10:22 AM
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7. OMG My mind is in the gutter today!

Edited on Thu Jan-06-05 10:23 AM by hootinholler

I read the above URL as whore ally elects president!

Imagine my confusion when the League of Women Voters site pops up :D

-Hoot

On Edit: This is no dis on the LWV!

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Verve

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Thu Jan-06-05 10:54 AM
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10. ROTFLMAO!

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NewYorkerfromMass

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Thu Jan-06-05 11:20 AM
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11. Your reading is factually correct

in regards to Justice Antonin Scalia.

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FreeCajun

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Thu Jan-06-05 10:09 AM
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5. How come he gets an * when he never risked his ass? n/t

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El Vengedor

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Thu Jan-06-05 10:23 AM
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8. Let's be realistic

Ohio's votes are not going to be tossed. All that will happen will be that the House and Senate will debate for two hours and then vote on the objection. The objection will fail because the votes are just not there to sustain it.

The only thing of interest will be how many Democrats vote to sustain the objection.

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FreeCajun

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Thu Jan-06-05 10:29 AM
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9. *.* has taken on a whole new meaning, btw...

I program on WinXP platforms and when I use * to denote (any combination of characters before or after "X") I get the willies.

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