In article ,
G. Morgan wrote:

Oren wrote:

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:53:29 -0500, G. Morgan
wrote:

Oren wrote:

Um, no. U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 1, addresses
qualifications to be eligible. Nothing about deserving.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article...Constitution#S
ection_1:_President_and_Vice_President

Pass all those requirements with the votes, and you deserve the title.
Its quite simple.


I think you are confusing "qualifications" with executive /
legislative branch powers once elected.

Nope, meet the guidelines set out by it and get elected (of course),
then you have earned and 'deserve' the title.

If you want to examine where the Constitution failed us, let's revisit
the 2000 Presidential election.
Nonsense, it went exactly as the Constitution said it was supposed
to, the winner of the ELECTORAL college. Never in the entire 200+ years
of the US's existence has the Presidential election ever been about the
popular vote.




Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore

Popular vote 50,456,002 50,999,897
Percentage 47.9% 48.4%

Of the votes counted. The margin of error of voting sytems in the
country general runs around 3-5% (the California Supremes when they let
the Ahnold election go through had a fascinating discussion of the error
built into the various voting systems if you are interested enough to go
looking for it). You really can't say anyone won the popular vote.



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