Thanks for your reply, Hugh. You're a pretty bright guy; I can tell by your descriptive analysis contained in the term, "crock of shit."Part of intelligence is knowing the appropriate term to use, even if the verbage might not be full of William F. Buckley terms.
Apparently, most of the country agrees with me, not you, since the majority of people voted for Gore, whether you consider a Florida recount or not. But I'm willing to move forward from there.A smart person such as yourself would realize a few things, such as the fact that about half of the country did not vote, so you have no way of ascertaining if most of the country agrees with you. Considering how heavy the black turnout was last November, however, and considering how heavy the urban turnout was last November, I think it is reasonable to conclude that of those who did not vote, those who would have voted Gore were outnumbered by those who would have voted Bush.
However, since polls show that 89 percent of the country now is pretty glad that Bush is the President, I think I am on safe ground saying that more of the country agrees with me now than agrees with you.
As for your unwillingness to move on from Florida, who cares what you think? I am perfectly content with you trying to hold on to that mindless sentiment. It will do you no good, and I encourage you to advocate for your candidates next election based on your Florida opinion.
"Considering how heavy the black turnout was last November, however, and considering how heavy the urban turnout was last November, I think it is reasonable to conclude that of those who did not vote, those who would have voted Gore were outnumbered by those who would have voted Bush."
I'd like to think that you're not completely ignorant of the voting behavior of Americans and simply have the chutzpah (or gall) to assume that you can put over a lie on simple-minded, unsuspecting users of this site. Now let's look at reality: The segment of the population with the highest % of people voting is wealthy whites. They tend to vote Republican. The sectors with the lowest % of active voters are the poor and the young. They tend to vote Democratic. Registered Republicans are much more likely to vote than are Registered Democrats. Guess which way they tend to vote? If everybody voted, there would be no Republican Presidents. Despite those facts, and despite the fact that only half of Americans voted, Gore STILL received more votes than Dubya. Amazing.
You're right about that approval rating for Bush. It is high; it's very similar to the numbers his Dad had shortly after the Gulf War and before his contest with Clinton.