You are the one woh needs a brush up.

Posted By: sm on 2008-11-29
In Reply to: You need to brush up on your civics/history.......... sm - m

When the electoral college "overturns" the popular vote, it happens because the delcared victor has won the states with the most electoral votes....the way Obama has done with a WAY more than ample margin of 192 PROJECTED electoral votes. There were 3 times this happened, not 4 as you claim(did you read your own article?). The 4th time was when the electoral votes were tied and the House of Represenatives decided the election (1824). In the other 3 instances, the widest margin of difference between the popular votes was 3.1% (in the 1876 election)...less than half the 6.8% margin Obama holds over McCain. The popular vote margin of difference in 1888 was only 0.8% and in 2000, even less at 0.5% (with considerable help from a little fraud and voter suppression here and there).

So the answer to the other poster's question would be NO, in history the election has never been overturned by the electoral college with this wide of a margin....NOT EVEN CLOSE. That would make her premise valid....you'd be grasping at straws. Suck it up. Obama is our next president.

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let it die - vinnie
- Dangerous............ sm - m
- I don't agree - gourdpainter
  - but GP - vinnie
    - The problem is s/m - gourdpainter
      - One way to make the topic go away - GhostMom
      - "Regular readers have read and hopefully examined all offered verification for themselves.." - m
        Please be advised - gourdpainter
        Whatever, GP, ...... sm - m
        Again whatever - gourdpainter
        But they are "credible" as you stated above. sm - m
        I'd love to continue to argue with you - gourdpainter
        Starting at the community level......... sm - m
- I am questioning that 75% - dnh
  - Make that 6.8%. - nm
    - Certainly not a "landslide" - see message
      - Who do you think you are kidding? - This stupidity has been "out there"....sm
        So, if he is outright lying about the BC, that is okay - ? What else could he be covering up?nm
        The bottom line is that he's not lying about it. It's just - your desperate wishful thinking. nm
        you do know the electoral vote has not occurred?? - dnh
        Has anyone ever in history won by this - sm
        You need to brush up on your civics/history.......... sm - m
        You are the one woh needs a brush up. - sm
        Margin or no......... sm - m
        There is nothing up in the air - sm
    - still a far cry from 75%....nm - dnh
      - 75% accounts for the former McC supports - sm
  - There are also those more level-headed Obama opponents - who genuinely embraced....sm
    - The "level-headed" people here voted for McCain. - .nm
      - Many still not embracing Obama because he - seems to be hiding something.nm
    - Let's have some "credible" source...... sm - m
      - What are you trying to say here? - You seroiusly think that....sm
        No............. sm - m
        Not changing the subject. - Just asking the same of you. sm
        Well, let's see s/m - gourdpainter
        Most folks will say that.......... sm - m

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YOU, whoever your are, should brush up on your history!..nm
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Better brush up on your French, Sirpercy.

Tit-for-tat. Tsk, Tsk. Time to brush the teeth.
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You need to brush up on your civics/history.......... sm
And for the record about 5% is not a large margin.

The electoral college has overturned the popular vote 4 times in history and some of the "politicking" that went on in those days rivals what we have today.

http://www.america.gov/st/elections08-english/2008/September/20080905143744ebyessedo0.8026239.html

My, we sure are painting all conservatives with a broad brush...
I have criticized Bush on numerous thing, including this pandering to the Mexicans in regard to our border control. Please don't assume every conservative is just a lock step mindless zombie. Lots of people say that about liberals, but I disagree with that too. There are a million shades of gray, across both sides of the political aisle.

Don't paint all Dems with the same brush. There are extremistis...sm
in every party, repubs and dems alike. This is a sick joke, not worthy of anyone with any intelligence.

He should have been clearin' brush in Crawford, doggone it!
You betcha!

I wonder if he'll be allowed to take the famous brush!!

With respect to "the brush," didn't...
...he say recently (I'm paraphrasing here) that he'll still have the brush, but since he's no longer governor, the brush will be smaller. LOL!

You know how you hate it when conservatives paint libs with the same brush? sm
We don't like it either.

Oops, meant "not clueless." Perhaps I'm not clueless but need to brush up on
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