Not over till the fat lady sings

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In a message dated 11/8/2000 7:25:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,

skinbags writes:

 

<< Regardless of the American constitution nobody should rule without a

mandate from the people. One man, one vote, who gets the most votes wins. I

thought that was democracy. >>

This is not a democracy, I never tire of informing people; it is a

democratic republic. Democracy is "mob rule" which is not a wise format for

governments of any kind.

Mr. Clinton gained Presidency with 43% of the people's vote, by the way.

Not my vote, either!

Mr. Gore touted that he was the inventor of the Internet. Maybe the

American people owe him the most powerful position in the Western world on

account of that accomplishment, and Mr. Gates should continue be hounded by

the administration whose 2nd highest office is currently occupied by Mr. Al

Gol, er, I mean, Al Gore!

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Dear Andrew,

 

> I have just learned that Al Gore actually has won more of the vote than

George Bush. I have no real idea how the system works over there but Bush

has his brother in charge of Florida so if there has been a bit of

skullduggery or misleading ballot forms I wouldn't be surprised. I wonder

how Bush can say he has a mandate from the people with less votes.

 

I hope your mailbox isn't stuffed in comments from the American voters but I

felt compelled to comment on a few points of yours.

I read your posts with delight especially the mars/venus thread. :-)

Our elections are decided on a State by State basis and not on a Federal

system as the founding fathers saw us as a federation of states where the

power is held on the state level. If you look at it that way Bush has won 29

states and Gore has won 20 states with 2 states still undetermined , Florida

b/c it is still too close to call and Oregon b/c their voting is down by

mail. Because some states or much larger and heavier populated some states

are allowed more votes in the electoral college. The number of votes per

state is equal to the number of congressional representatives plus the

number of senators, which is always 2 per state. It is a confusing system

,but it's written into our constitution so it can't be changed w/o a

constitutional amendment.

 

As far as the ballot confusion it is only one county in Florida that there

is some confusion. Palm Beach County, where most wealthy New Yorker go to

live in their retirement. B/c most Palm Beach residents are elderly and

visually impaired. They wanted to make the print bigger and b/c there were

many party canditates to fit on one form they had double rows of candidates

names and a single hole to punch in the middle, if one was elderly and

visually impaired there may have been some confusion as to which hole to

punch, but OTOH all ballots are published and approved publically

beforehand.

In PB county Buchanan, the one some may have mistakenly voted for, only

received 3400 votes. So even if all these votes were in error

unless the final recount comes out to less than a 3400 differential this is

a mure point.

 

If you are interested, I've been getting the polling data from www.cnn.com .

They have all the votes tallied state by state and county by county.

 

Hope you don't mind my comments.

Best Wishes,

Karen

 

 

 

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> I feel better today as I was simply looking at the charts of Bush and Gore

in a two horse race and if Gore got more votes then Vedic astrology is not

incorrect. I was looking in particular at positions of planets from the Moon

showing the minds of the masses and in reality, the masses did favour Gore.

The system to select President of course works differently and I should of

cast a chart for America but I don't know the details.

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> Somebody has mentioned lagna lord in the 12th house and its results. I

have lagna lord Saturn in the 12th house with Ketu in Capricorn. This makes

me far more comfortable with foreigners and in foreign countries than with

my own people. Ancient texts have said it shows somebody who wanders in

foreign countries which in my case is very accurate. Mentally speaking I

feel this is a bad position with lagna lord in a hidden house of self

undoing. It can give spiritual interests and an interest in foreign

religions, cultures and people. In some cases it can show what was once

termed a "secret sinner" but I'm at the stage of life where I think every

planet is a benefic in some way as the badly placed planets give us the

adversity that builds experience and character.

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> Too many well placed planets is not good in the long run as real wisdom

only comes through hardship. Saturn in particular makes you come up the hard

way with struggle. If we truly believe the system of Vedic astrology you

only get what you deserve anyway.

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> Yesterday our news service jumped the gun and declared Bush a winner. I

then thought he must have got more votes so was confused and dissapointed as

I was certain Gore would get more support from the people. It was only early

this morning that I learned that Gore had actually won the popular vote.

Regardless of the American constitution nobody should rule without a mandate

from the people. One man, one vote, who gets the most votes wins. I thought

that was democracy.

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> I had a few long debates with my old Pundit as to the transit of Rahu over

Bush's Sun against Gores powerful transits. We both agreed in the end that

Gore must get more of the people on his side and should go on the record as

predicting this. The Pundit says this Rahu transit although in general is

good, it is somewhat artificial and will boost somebody up like a balloon

inflating that will burst eventually.

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[Guest guest]

Sorry list, my political comments were meant to be a private mail to

Andrew. Sorry!

I try to keep the non-astrological stuff off-list. MY mistake.

 

Karen