Holy fuck!
Am I getting whooshed here?
Bush was elected, by your own post, by 50,459,624 47.87%
of the voting public.
If you didn’t vote, you’re not part of the voting public, right?
And Qazzz], you’re an idiot. (Didn’t all the idiots vote for Gore?)
Do I need to say it?
That last comment was, of course, sarcasm.
Smoke , the voting public is defined by uselectionsatals.org (and many others) as being those people who are of voting age, and are allowed to vote, whether or not they are registered.
But then I’m sure you know this.
Here ya go then:
Bush got votes from 24.13% of Americans who were legally entitled to vote.
Clear enough for you?
I get sick of hearing that “50% of the country voted for Bush.” No they did not.
Nuff said.
And before I get jumped on, I’m totally disregarding for a moment the Court, the electoral college, etc… I was just dealing with what I saw as some strange math going on up there.
Actually, I didn’t- but what made you so sure that I did?
But roughly 50% of those that could be bothered to vote did vote for him too? I’m just not sure of what you’re getting at, here? The other roughly 50% that voted for Gore- if it had gone the other way, would you be just as sick of hearing people claim that 50% of the country voted for him?
I really don’t see how it matters to factor in people that could’ve voted but didn’t.
Of course, I concede your math based on the definition of voting public that you linked to.
Yeah, it’s a disgusting remark. I had to take a short breather after reading this post so that I wouldn’t spew hot vitriol everywhere.
For those attacking Qazzz’s post: Yeah, that one remark was pretty idiotic. But I probably would’ve said something similar if I posted right after I saw it. People say stupid things when they’re angry, it’s as simple as that.
Qazzz must be angry a lot, then.
Good point, and since reading it I realized that I don’t really even know of Qazzz all that much, so: I’m sorry for immediately calling you an idiot.
Funny, I had forgotten already what the original OP was, having only had the OP’s closing remark in mind.
That said: the people in the OP are quite disgusting.
FUCK OFF!!
We’re the Animal’s Front for Liberation!
“Albatros!”
Where’s the Front for Liberation of Animals?
I came here to post about this. Looks like Qazzz beat me. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
He’s sitting over there.
Splitter!
For one thing, there’s no “none of the above” option on the ballot.
This is the quote in question. Note that there are no qualifiers.
This is the correction-- with qualifiers.
Now, if InTheField wanted to be really anal, he could have done away with all qualifiers-- just like the completely inaccurate original post and say “. . .the less than 20% of the country that voted for Bush. . .” and be completely correct.
So, let’s get it straight: 50% of the country did not vote for Bush. Period.
Fuck.
Qazzz suggests that Bush voters (no qualifier) “are the people whose sons end up allowing kids like Matt Shepard to die hung up on a fence.”
And I catch more flack for simply being careless with my “the 50% of the country that voted for Bush” phrase.
Let me re-phrase it.
**I don’t know who should be more offended by your idiotic OP, people from Montana, the nearly 50% of the voters that voted for Bush, or just anybody who read it. Go fuck yourself. **
Everybody happy now? Great. Lets get back to piling on the toolbag dipshit that thinks all Bush voters are homophobes.
Actually, the documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt chronicles the lives of 5 people (a mixture of gay & straight) who died of AIDS, and the legacy they left behind in their families, partners, and their contribution to the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
It’s a fantastic, very moving film, one that gay and straight people would benefit from watching. But I suspect that’s not the kind of reality programming the MFC has in mind…
So write someone in.
And like I said, I have no problem with InTheField’s terminology, now that it is clearly defined. (I was honestly not aware that "voting public " was commonly defined that way)
So Bush was not voted for by 50% of the country. Neither was Gore. Who was the last president to have a clear mandate?
Well, I got you.
I’m not sure why InTheField chose to get snarky with the both of us while letting the OP’s nasty comment stand, though.