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Originally posted by seretogis
Gore would not have done the same, so why do you expect Bush to? Don't hold your enemies up to higher standards than you hold your friends.
If this were a perfect country, the electoral votes would be proportional to the popular vote of each state, instead of an all-or-none system we have today. Don't expect that to ever happen, though, as it would take away some power from the Democrats and Republicans.
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I don't very well care what Gore would or wouldn't have done.
I appreciate the responsese guys, however, I guess they're just not what I'm looking for. As far as the election is concerned, we all know what and how everything happened. To me, such is irrelivant. Let me put it this way: A president wants to do what's best for the people. If the president did not win the popular vote, wouldn't the logical choice be to step down?
The only other side to this was mentioned by Seaver:
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"Or you could view it through the way he may see it.
That it is the honorable thing for him to do what is right (his version of it). And that it is only possible by being president
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Even so, for someone to have this mindset, they must come to the conclution that
despite the people not wanting the official in office, he/she would feel it best to take the spot anyway. Going back to my original post: If Bush understood this, why not say something about it? At the very least it'd help ease the pain of half the country. If Bush addressed the nation after his election and told everyone why he was accepting presidency- for no other reason than the matter of informing us that he realizes half of his citizens hate him, things would be a lot different.