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Gonzales' steps down!

Discussion in 'Alley of Lingering Sighs' started by Ragusa, Aug 27, 2007.

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  1. Aldeth the Foppish Idiot

    Aldeth the Foppish Idiot Armed with My Mallet O' Thinking Veteran

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    I agree with what you are saying in principle - that there are a lot of non-voters and so the number of people who voted for Bush is less than half the country. However, you seem to imply that only 15% of the voting public voted for him in the last election. Since he received more votes than Kerry, it would suggest that we had fewer than 30% of the voting age public turn out to vote. I know the voting record in the U.S. is terrible, but is it really that bad? Less than 1/3?

    I'm with Drew and Chandos here. At worst, Reno's screw ups were a result of incompetence. In most of the events sited, it's more like a bad call was made - a mistake. There were no "mistakes" being made with Gonzalez. He was doing what he did deliberately, and knew what the outcome of his actions would be.
     
    Aldeth the Foppish Idiot, Sep 6, 2007
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  2. Drew

    Drew Arrogant, contemptible, and obnoxious Adored Veteran

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    Yeah, the turnout I implied is about 34% too low. 64% of all eligible voters voted in 2004.
     
    Drew, Sep 6, 2007
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