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  • Electors are not all legally bound to vote for Obama

    12/02/2008 3:35:56 PM PST · by Polarik · 31 replies · 1,666+ views
    The Greater Evil ^ | 12/02/08 | Polarik
    From the US National Archives and Records Administration website explaining the State laws on how Electors may vote: The Supreme Court has held that the Constitution does not require that electors be completely free to act as they choose and therefore, political parties may extract pledges from electors to vote for the parties' nominees. Although some State laws provide that so-called "faithless electors" may be subject to fines or may be disqualified for casting an invalid vote and be replaced by a substitute elector, the Court has not specifically ruled on the question of whether pledges and penalties for failure...
  • Pat Robertson on Hannity and Colmes: God Told Me Who Will Win White House

    01/06/2008 6:40:43 PM PST · by Mr. Brightside · 28 replies · 453+ views
    (Looking for transcript. But here is what I heard.) Pat Robertson told Sean Hannity that God told him who win the presidency this year. Pat says he's 'pretty sure' it was God but was 'a little shaky' about it. Robertson also says he hopes he heard wrong.
  • What if Al Gore had been president? (Guaranteed hurl!)

    09/08/2007 7:17:25 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 51 replies · 1,143+ views
    The Bowling Green News ^ | September 7, 2007 | Jason Jones
    Declined rate of death caused by firearms, universal health care, and increased environmental awareness. Now those all sound like significant positives as opposed to unaffordable health care, high mortality rates in instances where guns are involved and a society of environmental incontinence - all three of which we struggle with today. William J. Cromie of the Harvard University Gazette reports that more than 30,000 people are killed, and another 65,000 are injured in incidents involving firearms each year. The number of people killed alone could fill the entire Doyt L. Perry Stadium as well as the Ice Arena here the...