[isthisnickcool]

He did win the popular vote. But the difference in height between Bush and Kerry will be more apparent. That's exactly what I am afraid of when Bush stands side by side to Kerry in the debates. This height issue could play a major factor in the election.

The "he won the popular vote" comment has always seemed so strange to me. One, it does not matter. And because it's common knowledge that people react to the media reports as voting happens around the country. In many states Bush was the clear winner many people did not vote once they knew the outcome. So, the 500k "popular vote" difference is really meaningless because it's, well, meaningless.

So, Kerry will look like Lurch next to Bush? That won't hurt. He will also look like one ugly man next to Bush.

[PhiKapMom]

Don't you get suspect of posters that use the fact that Gore won the popular vote when it made no difference. If it was all about popular vote, Pres Bush would have campaigned hard in TX, OK, KS to bring out all the Republican voters. Voters in our states didn't bother to vote because they knew he was going to win big.

I will take Pres Bush standing next to Lurch any day -- Kerry is flat out ugly while Pres Bush is good looking.

[David1]

I just hope you're right and that I will be totally wrong over this height issue.

[Stu Cohen]

He did win the popular vote.

I'm unconvinced of this. If you account for voter fraud, and assign 1 vote to every 1 U.S. Citizen, this probably wasn't the case.

The illegal vote in LA County alone is a well known phenomenon, and could probably account for a good 100,000 of those 500,000 votes alone.