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electoral vote for GOP President
Texas Electors Not Required To Follow Popular Vote
As long as he's breathing, Peter Wrench says he'll cast his electoral vote for GOP President Bush. But as one of the state's 34 Republican electors, Wrench could vote for Democrat John Kerry even if Texas voters back Bush. Texas is one of 22 states that doesn't require members of its electoral college to vote in alignment with the results of the election. The 538 member electoral college gathers on December 13th to select the nation's next president based on the election. Wrench says he and other Republican electors signed pledges promising their vote to Bush if he wins the Texas vote. The Texas Democratic Party has its own set of 34 electors. Each state's number of electors is equal to the total number of the state's delegation. For Texas, that's 32 US House members and two senators.
By Peter Wrench
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Before voting even began in Phil
Before voting even began in Philadelphia -- poll watchers found nearly 2000 votes already planted on machines scattered throughout the city... One incident occurred at the SALVATION ARMY, 2601 N. 11th St., Philadelphia, Pa: Ward 37, division 8... pollwatchers uncovered 4 machines with planted votes; one with over 200 and one with nearly 500... A second location, 1901 W. Girard Ave., Berean Institute, Philadelphia, Pa, had 300+ votes already on 2 machines at start of day... INCIDENT: 292 votes on machine at start of day; WARD/DIVISION: 7/7: ADDRESS: 122 W. Erie Ave., Roberto Clemente School, Philadelphia, Pa.; INCIDENT: 456 votes on machine at start of day; WARD/DIVISION: 12/3; ADDRESS: 5657 Chew Ave., storefront, Philadelphia, Pa... A gun was purposely made visible to scare poll watchers at Ward 30, division 11, at 905 S. 20th St., Grand Court. Police were called and surrounded the location... Developing...
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By Watch Them Liberals Close
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voter locations
Heres what I had-
Precinct 1 JOHN HANCOCK ?– BUILDING #1 POND STREET BY SUNSET LAKE
Precinct 2 TOWN HALL
WASHINGTON STREET AT CENTRAL AVENUE
Precinct 3 HOLLIS SCHOOL
WASHINGTON STREET AT WEBSTER ROAD
Precinct 4 MARY FLAHERTY SCHOOL
LAKESIDE DRIVE AT BRAINTREE DAM
Precinct 5 SAINT THOMAS MORE ?– LOWER CHURCH
ELM STREET AT ADAMS AND MIDDLE STREET
Precinct 6 ROSS SCHOOL
HAYWARD STREET AT COMMERCIAL STREET
Precinct 7 THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY ?– WATSON BRANCH
QUINCY AVENUE
Precinct 8 EAST MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL
AT THE END OF RIVER STREET OFF MIDDLE STREET
Precinct 9 MORRISON SCHOOL
AT #268 LIBERTY STREET
Precinct 10 LIBERTY SCHOOL
PROCTOR ROAD
Precinct 11 SOUTH MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL
AT THE INTERSECTION OF LIBERTY & PEACH STREETS
Precinct 12 HIGHLANDS SCHOOL
WILDWOOD AVENUE AT BRADFORD ROAD
By Bill
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Such Disastrous Consequences For
Will the Americans follow the example of the Athenians, who elected Alcibiades commander in chief in 407, after he had jumped ship to go over to the Spartan side in 414, by electing Kerry Commander in Chief in 2004? And will they do so on the grounds the they should turn away from the large war in Iraq and go after the smaller target of al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden hiding out in the hills along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, much as Alcibiades had convinced the Athenians in 415 to turn away from the Spartans and go after the easier target, the Syracusans, with such disastrous consequences for Athens?
Finally, consider the long range results. The Athenians lost the Peloponnesian War, in no small part owing to the actions of Alcibiades. If Kerry is like Alcibiades, I would not wager on the Americans winning the War on Terror under his command. And what subsequently happened to Athens, beyond losing the Peloponnesian War, which was bad enough? Losers in war often take revenge where they can. But Alcibiades had died in the same year they lost the war - 404. In 399, the Athenians turned against Alcibiades?’s teacher Socrates, accusing him of corrupting the youth of Athens, and they were thinking of Alcibiades when they put forward this charge.
After all, somebody had to pay for Alcibiades?’s depredations, and he couldn?’t since he was already dead. Who better to pay the price than the man who taught Alcibiades how to make the weaker argument appear the better in leading the Athenians hither and yon during their lost war?
Athenian democracy then killed Socrates, the man history has most closely connected with that democracy; and in so doing it killed itself. It killed itself in significant part because it had been duped by Alcibiades, a man history has evaluated, in the words of one leading scholar, this way: ?“Perhaps the most gifted Athenian of his generation, Alcibiades possessed great charm and brilliant political and military abilities but was absolutely unscrupulous.?”
Sound familiar?
By the Syracusans
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