"an old friend" wrote in message
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Grümwîtch thë Ünflãppåblê wrote:
"Bill Sohl" wrote in message
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: That majority is a very thin one.
:

A thinner majority was decided your so-called "leader of the free world".

quite incorrect and shows the poster alas does not
understand the US constitution

Like Bush or not, he like every president but a couple (Ford, T
Rosevent ) was elected by the Electorial college

the people vote for these slates of electors

a Presdient could in theory be elected with as few
as one quater of the cast votes if those voters
were to correct places in the country

Yup, in Bush W's first elction to the presidency
he actually lost the "popular" vote nationwide
by (I think) about 1/2 million votes...BUT, he
won the electoral college vote.

Even Bill Clinton in one of his presidential races did not
recieve a majority of the popular vote...although
he clearly had more votes than either Bush Sr or
the 3rd party candidate.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK