Comments on: Gore Defends Mansion's Power Consumption

Conservative Group Says Ex-Vice President Isn't "Walking The Walk" Of An Environmentalist

[pakaal]

"would be nice if he at least lead by example, or even practiced what he preaches (a little bit)."

thgdriver, can you read? Let me dumb it down for ya, Gore offsets 100% of his utility use. Try reading the story before you comment on it.

[s_link90]

haha we still have people crying about gore losing.
gore is a crybaby and is probaby still counting chads in his off time.
nice job the dems did in november and its gotta hurt to not be able to get a non-binding resolution to pass.
baawaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa lol.
whata team, here we have john {our troops are stupid and they are terrorists} kerry and john{our troops are cold blooded killers} murtha and last but not least, nancy {i have had 15 face lifts} pelosi.
lol nice little team of great americans .
by the way, did any of the democrats realize, that if god forbid anything would happen to president bush and VP cheney that ,that would leave "mrs facelifts" in charge?
and yet another brilliant democratic move.
america is watching you filthy democrats,,,,,.

[tonyfacade]

I'd be very surprised if Nashville Electric gave out supposedly confidential useage info to anyone but the billing party. I would be unhappy if my info were made available to anyone without my permission.

[scott4261]

Actually, Gore won! Your guy STOLE that election. Pure and simple. And now the Republicans are falling on their swords for your failed president. The Republicans are dead in the water for 2008 and you can take that to the bank!

[thgdriver]

Scott4261

I got it, I got it the first time!!! Your man did not win in 2000 and you are still whining over six years later. Gore lost!!!! Toooooo Baaaaaddddd. It's history! Can we move on???

The Electoral College is going to stay in spite of your WHINING and or Al "Loser Hypocrite" Gore.

[scott4261]

cott4261

I explained the other day how the college works. When a candidate wins the majority of votes in a state that states electoral votes go to that candidate. It still works out majority rule but it keeps the rights of a state whole.


we live in a Republic. Say the pledge of allegiance to yourself or out loud I think you will finally get it.
Posted by thgdriver at 09:27 PM


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thgdriver,

As you can see, I've thought this through and I believe I have a valid point. I get it.

[thgdriver]

now you want him to reinvent the entire power infrastructure!
Posted by kclaytor at 10:03 PM : Feb 28, 2007

Na, would be nice if he at least lead by example, or even practiced what he preaches (a little bit).

[scott4261]

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The Electoral College needs to be abolished. Until that happens, Americans will always be selecting "the lesser of two evils" because the "winner take all" Electoral College lends itself to a two party system.

The closest we came to an Electoral College anomaly was in 1992, when millionaire Ross Perot ran an independent campaign with his own money and nearly captured the electoral votes from Maine and a couple of other states. He didn't garner any electoral votes in the end, but he came d a m n close! The other anomaly was when Teddy Roosevelt, after having already served as the Republican president, ran on the progressive Bull Moose Party ticket in 1912. He didn't garner any electoral votes, either. But it is interesting to note that he ran against his hand picked Republican successor, William Howard Taft, and Democrat Woodrow Wilson, after an attempt to move the Republican party in a more progressive direction. The resulting split of the Republican vote denied Taft a second term and handed Wilson the first of two terms as president.

[scott4261]

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The Electoral College has outlived its usefulness. It was put in place so that the elite would not lose power in close elections (or for a power grab in close elections, as we found out in 2000). There is no reason why, in the 21st century, a man who wins an election (as Al Gore clearly did by 500,000 votes in 2000) should not be president.

Interestingly, a conservative made that argument to me prior the 2000 election, when the Republicans all thought the election was going to end with a popular vote for George W. Bush and an Electoral College victory for Gore. It's funny how the argument was turned on its head when the opposite happened!

[thgdriver]

frankbowers sez.

"I hope they realize their kids will be killed for the oil over there".

I am not sure that is why we are there, but if it was, I have to believe, by you post, that you live your life without the use of any oil, otherwise your nothing more then a hypocrite Gore would be proud to have in his club. Whats the mailing address at your cave, I'll send you some candles?