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Old 03-07-2008, 06:51 AM   #29
pearl
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Originally Posted by Marilyn
Do you realize that if Ralph Nader had not run in 2000, Bush would not have become president. Nader pulled enough of the votes from Al Gore in Florida that had he not run, there would have been no need for a recount. It's amazing in a country so large how little things can have such a great effect.
yes! i used to hear back then "george bush won by one vote." meaning the supreme court vote of 5-4.
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