Obama Was Selected, Not Elected

"I just hope that when the Republicans finally get around to nominating a woman for president, they'll treat her fairly and not elbow her out the way the Democrats did." The Republicans nominate a WOMAN??? Are you KIDDING!! Annie

Why don't you think republicans would nominate a woman Annie? There are plenty of female republicans, and plenty of female politicians who are republicans. There's even a fair chance that McCain may choose a woman as his running mate.

First of all, Hillary Clinton did not win the popular vote. Her math (and apparently, yours as well) ignores the fact that there is no actual popular vote count in the caucuses. How many votes did Obama win in caucus states? We don't know exactly, and we don't know how many exactly she received either. Then there is the matter of Michigan. He wasn't even on the ballot there, so how is it legitimate to count popular vote there when she ran, essentially, unopposed? She's playing the numbers to work them to favor herself. And can we not forget that the winner is not determined by the popular vote? It never has been in this country so why are we griping and whining about it now? If it is so flawed and so "undemocratic" then there should be more of an effort to do away with the whole delegate and electoral systems. Our forefathers had it right, though, when they came up with the electoral system. Think about a minute: it is the most effective way to prevent the minority from being dominated by the majority. States with tiny populations like Wyoming and Vermont wouldn't have any say whatsoever with states like California, Texas, and New York with their huge populations being able to dominate the politics of the nation. Having a popular vote election has a very significant downside.

Math has nothing to do with it. It was something that was said on various sources of news, such as AP, CNN, Reuters, various newspapers. Try posting without personal attacks. I will be keeping a close eye on you.

Those states with the tiny populations you mentioned are RED states and will probably support the Republican candidate. The votes that nominated Obama came from Democratic minorities in states that will not give a single electoral vote to Obama in the fall. In the meantime, the states that have enough of a Democratic electorate to elect a president were bypassed and the battleground states of Florida and Michigan were ignored. The Dems have allowed a few small Republican states to name their candidate and disregarded the Democratic states that csan elect their candidate. It's a grave miscalculation or that they are likely to pay the price in November.

Actually, Bush was ELECTED because the popular vote is NOT what elects our president, which is the way our Constitution has been from the very beginning. Bush WON with the electoral votes, which are the votes that actually elect the president. As to the recounts, there were what, 4 or 5 recounts until the court finally put an end to the foolishness? If it had been up to the stupid democrats, we would STILL be recounting the votes, even after Bush having been re-elected for a SECOND TERM... and I love how much that frosts the democrats. On top of that, Gore had even conceded and recanted after he found out how close the votes were.... But I am willing to bet you don't remember that either.

All the votes in Florida were counted Annie. I know you and your ilk will never get over losing the 2000 election. There was a full count that showed Bush winning by about 1700 votes. There was then a mandatory recount that showed him winning by about 500 votes. Then Al Gore demanded recounts in the 5 counties with the most democrats and that cut Bush's lead to around 300 votes. Those were the votes that were 100% based on, and in line with Florida law. The election should have ended right there. Instead, he demanded ANOTHER full, statewide recount. That recount happened in many counties, but that was when the supreme court stepped in and said it was time to stop recounting the votes because the ballots in most counties involved many punch cards which were losing their integrity because many chads whether hanging swinging, or poked were falling out of the cards and it was becoming more difficult with each recount to determine who the votes were actually for. Just for the record a newspaper, I believe the Miami Herald, did their own full, independent recount that still showed Bush winning the election. Sorry if the plethora of recounts wasn't enough for you. You obviously didn't follow the Florida election closely enough to realize that the law was followed to the T and it was Al Gore who was trying to rewrite the rules to get himself elected. He also ignored the fact that the democrat loaded counties were throwing out absentee ballots sent by military personnel overseas because they weren't postmarked. Apparently he didn't want every vote to count, just the ones for him. Also just to educate you on the current election, Hillary Clinton was not the only one on the Michigan ballot. There were at least 3 other candidates on that ballot who also received votes. Obama just wanted to kiss the DNC's a$$ so he removed his name from the ballot, showing exactly how he little he cares about the citizens of Michigan.

No ties to past scandals? Have you heard about Reverend Wright? I know he's a new scandal to some, but there are videos of him preaching his racism years ago. I still can't believe how many democrats were so nasty to her just because she didn't give up immediately after Obama took the lead. God forbid a presidential candidate not be a quitter in a close race.