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A Minority President - George W. Bush "lost the popular vote." So did JFK ~ John Fund
Opinion Journal ^ | November 20, 2003 | John Fund

Posted on 11/19/2003 11:51:56 PM PST by Elle Bee

Edited on 04/23/2004 12:06:09 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Momentous historical events have a way of putting political spats in perspective. The bitter debate over whether George W. Bush actually won Florida largely ended after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. By the time media recounts, which found that Mr. Bush's victory was indeed legitimate, were released, they seemed like an afterthought.


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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Illinois; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: elections; electoralcollage; georgewbush; jfk; johnfund; popularvote; recount
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1 posted on 11/19/2003 11:51:57 PM PST by Elle Bee
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To: Elle Bee
Nixon could have contested the election, but didn't because, in spite of his enormous personal ambition, he loved America and put the good of the nation first. He was a class act.

Imagine that: Nixon had more character than Gore!
2 posted on 11/19/2003 11:58:28 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (I'm a racist, you're a racist, we're all racists, hey!)
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To: Jeff Chandler
and more than Bubber .... he resigned ... Bubber would have burned the tapes on the White House lawn and gone inside to knock down a couple of interns

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3 posted on 11/20/2003 12:00:41 AM PST by Elle Bee
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To: Elle Bee
and more than Bubber

That goes without saying.

4 posted on 11/20/2003 12:08:01 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (I'm a racist, you're a racist, we're all racists, hey!)
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To: Elle Bee
If clinton were Nixon, John Dean would have shot himself in Marcy Park.
5 posted on 11/20/2003 12:10:33 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (I'm a racist, you're a racist, we're all racists, hey!)
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To: Elle Bee
btt
6 posted on 11/20/2003 4:12:25 AM PST by GailA (Millington Rally for America after action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/872519/posts)
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To: Elle Bee
I believe that if Nixon had won the 1960 election under the exact same fraudelant conditions as JFK, if Nixon sent the first troops to Vietnam, (I believe he wouldn't), Nixon would be pilloried worse than he is now.
7 posted on 11/20/2003 4:24:22 AM PST by tkathy (The islamofascists and the democrats are trying to destroy this country)
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