Quote Originally Posted by flyingimam
on individual basis u cant blame everyone, many were opposed to it and made their fullest efforts to make their voice heard and things changed, thats why i blame the system and this includes their blind supporters
oh god.. get over it

Bush had 47.87% of the popular vote in 2000
Gore had 48.38% of the popular vote in 2000
Nader had 2.74% of the popular vote in 2000

The republican party got 271 electoral votes
The democrat party got 266 electoral votes..

Even if you take away the 25 electoral votes from florida it doesn't change the fact that... get this.. wait for it

THE RACE WAS A FRIGGIN CLOSE RACE

You're saying no one voted for him.. well apparently almost the same amount of people for Bush that voted for Gore.

Keep in mind we are a republic, we were never founded as a democracy. And as such we have representatives whose votes count more than the popular vote. There have been 4 other times in history where a president won the electoral college but did not win the popular vote.

I supposed these were all conspiracy also?

Get over it, it's not like Gore was winning by a landslide. I don't particularly care for Bush but I'm not out there crying either; he won the way the system was setup for a person to win.. through the electoral college.

And you're pushing your own bias and agenda onto other people by saying

on individual basis u cant blame everyone, many were opposed to it and made their fullest efforts to make their voice heard and things changed, thats why i blame the system and this includes their blind supporters
Apparently nearly 50% of the people were for Bush.. as were nearly 50% for Gore.

If you want to blame someone.. then blame our founding fathers who gave us our freedom.

When you are thinking about what type of person you are voting for president.. you should really be thinking about what type of person you are going to vote into your state government.. you should think about what senators you want to vote for.. what representatives you want to vote for. These are the things that you should consider.

Vote like minded people into office on those levels and you will have people that will vote for the candidate you wish as well.

Voting is more than just voting at the presidential level.

Here is a good article on the election process. I feel that the majority of people who complain that Bush "stole" the election don't really understand it.

Does my vote count? Understanding the electoral college