[arderkrag]

Gore would have been President because Bush would have had X amount less votes to beat him with.

Which would have only hurt Bush, not magically changed them into votes for Gore. Moreover, this analogy makes the mistake that those votes were bush's to lose - no candidate automatically deserves your vote just to beat the competition.

[Scythian]

no candidate automatically deserves your vote just to beat the competition.

I'll be back to remind you of these words after Obama's 5th year in office, assuming that is, we still have "at will" internet access and the FR exists ...