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Tommy_Carcetti

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9. You know they will, though, right?

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 03:39 PM

Oct 2012

Bush lost the popular vote and the Republicans acted as if he had won in a landslide. Remember those pictures they kept posting showing the red counties versus the blue counties, which would evidence a land slide if acres of empty land voted as opposed to actual human beings?

So yes, if President Obama loses the popular vote but wins the electoral vote, absolutely be prepared for much bitching and moaning from the Republicans as to how he wasn't actually elected. Which is why we need President Obama to win the popular and electoral vote.

(Of course if he does that, I'm sure some will then claim voter fraud or how the President "stole" the election, or something else lame like that. There's just no winning with these folks.)

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What If [View all] viguy007 Oct 2012 OP

Bush lost the popular vote and they had no problems with it so they can't bitch now. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #1

Ohhhhh... Yeah... Reminding them of their... Whiskeytide Oct 2012 #5

You know they will, though, right? Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2012 #9

Ha ha. NOW we know why SCOTUS said Bush v. Gore was NOT to be taken as precedent. Bucky Oct 2012 #12

Bribing electors? madaboutharry Oct 2012 #2

CNN reported on it a few days ago . . . fleur-de-lisa Oct 2012 #6

What if A-Schwarzenegger Oct 2012 #3

So that's what the... Whiskeytide Oct 2012 #7

Now that would be real interesting viguy007 Oct 2012 #8

Well, you can only hope. A-Schwarzenegger Oct 2012 #13

It's my understanding that electors are more partisan than we are. sadbear Oct 2012 #4

Those are two "what ifs" you got. In the 1st Romney wins. In the second Obama wins. Bucky Oct 2012 #10

Bob beckel tried this in 2000 dems_rightnow Oct 2012 #11