Quote Originally Posted by PenGuin1362 View Post
Incorrect. At the time of the Bush/Gore election I was not old enough to vote, I had no say in the matter. And like I said, maybe I don't agree with everything but I'm quite happy where I am. Anyone else is more then welcome to leave. And if you all really want to start pointing fingers, then the whole blame for the turmoil in the middle east can be traced back to the stupidity of the British/French at the end of WWI.
I was referring to you as in the American public as a whole. If you really didn't want him in power, you could have done something about it anyway. Something like finding like-minded individuals and holding a protest to a major government decision.
Quote Originally Posted by ExAm View Post
A, I wasn't old enough to vote, and B, there are a whole lot of stupid, ignorant, gullible assholes out there, they're the ones who voted Bush. I would be willing to bet that not one person here voted or would have voted Bush in the first place. Adding to that the fact that the Bush campaign had a shitload of connections, and the fact that they stole votes, your point is further crushed. You can't always blame the populace for the fact that a certain elected official is in office.
Why can't I blame the populace?
...1 a: government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections