Re: An Act to Amend the Act of Settlement (1701)

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010, Stan Brown wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:41:30 -0400, Claude Latremouille wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010, wm.king4@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
To which might be added that, owing to that assination of four
presidents, the resignation of one, and the death in office of a
couple more, the U.S. has been governed for significant periods of its
history by Presidents of NO ONE's choosing.
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Hmmm, are you not forgetting that the vice-president is
elected in the same manner as the president, namely by
the electoral college.

You're right as a matter of law, but wrong as a matter of practical
politics.
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You might wish to tell this to... Al Gore! :-(
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Claude Latrémouille
June 13, 2010

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