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[Flashback] Hillary Calls For End To Electoral College
CBS ^ | November 10, 2000

Posted on 10/19/2016 10:20:15 PM PDT by silent_jonny

Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton began a victory tour of upstate New York Friday by calling for elimination of the Electoral College.

At an airport news conference, the first lady said she would support legislation seeking a constitutional amendment providing for the direct election of the president.

At the moment, Americans are waiting to see who wins Florida's 25 electoral votes and thus becomes the next president. Vice President Al Gore leads Republican George W. Bush in the popular vote nationwide.

"We are a very different country than we were 200 years ago," Clinton said. "I believe strongly that in a democracy, we should respect the will of the people and to me, that means it's time to do away with the Electoral College and move to the popular election of our president."

The first lady also said that because of the closeness of this year's presidential election, "I hope no one is ever in doubt again about whether their vote counts."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2000; floridarecount; hillaryclinton; soreloserman
Remember this?

Hillary didn't accept the legitimacy of the 2000 election--to the point she wanted to alter the constitution of the United States just because she didn't get the result she wanted.

Oh but Trump is "horrific" for even suggesting this election's results may be questionable.

1 posted on 10/19/2016 10:20:15 PM PDT by silent_jonny
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To: silent_jonny

I still think GW would have won the popular since they called that election early and they quit counting absentees in some states.


2 posted on 10/19/2016 10:24:59 PM PDT by crz
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To: silent_jonny

Why would she care if she is wins in the right states? Hmmmm.


3 posted on 10/19/2016 10:44:53 PM PDT by teletech
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To: silent_jonny

Good catch.

Be prime meat for an early morning Tweet by Trump


4 posted on 10/19/2016 10:56:25 PM PDT by digger48 (Deplorables Unite)
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To: silent_jonny

2000’s election announced a Gore “popular vote victory” of 0.51% (half a percentage point). We’d still be counting national recounts over that one.


5 posted on 10/20/2016 3:44:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (A rigged debate is a rigged election. More was made of the "Twenty-One" gameshow scandal.)
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OK, I will accept the end to Electoral College by 1st Implemmenting Voter ID


6 posted on 10/20/2016 4:11:48 AM PDT by KavMan
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