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To: bduet

Olbermann is wrong (not surprisingly). All that matters is the vote of the Electoral College. When a president runs, he isn't actually running - a slate of electors expected to vote for the candidate (if he wins the popular vote) is whom is chosen to go to Washington to vote in the Electoral College.

Concession speeches do not matter but neither do wacky conspiracy theories. All that matters is who votes in the EC in December. As long as Bush demonstrates through the secretary of each state that he has more votes than any other candidate, his slate goes to Washington and represents that state's voters.

Remember Bob Beckel's gambit in 2000 of trying to "flip" Bush electors. Kerry could try to do the same thing. The concession is only a courtesy call to say that one's active campaign for the office has ended.


119 posted on 11/09/2004 3:40:29 AM PST by Tall_Texan (Let's REALLY Split The Country! (http://righteverytime3.blogspot.com))
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To: Tall_Texan
In 2000 the dems chose the popular vote as their "moral" authority to challenge the "legitimacy" of Bush's election..That dog won't hunt this time.
120 posted on 11/09/2004 3:44:18 AM PST by MEG33 ( Congratulations President Bush!..Thank you God. Four More Years!)
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To: Tall_Texan

I'd like to see the "sexiest" talking head talk without his hairpiece on that head. Then let's see how sexy Olberman is to viewers, and all the liberal women. Mu guess is that the sexiest newscaster vote is the one that needs a recount, not the Bush/Kerry election. Hahaha.


121 posted on 11/09/2004 3:47:50 AM PST by flaglady47
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