================================================ Subject: Re: This is not Creed discussion anymore...... From: "Kevin L. Brown" To: Date: Thu 16 Aug 2001 21:36:26 -0700 ================================================ If he hadn't become President, the south wouldn't have seceded. And yes slaves would've been freed. The movement was already underway and had already happened in other countries about the same time. They had already ceased importing more. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gina Kovach" To: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 2:01 PM Subject: Re: This is not Creed discussion anymore...... > Nice going, Kevin!! > > Doesn't anyone here know that Abraham Lincoln, in fact, only had 40% of > the popular vote, but because he won the electoral votes WHERE IT > COUNTED, he won the election. > > Now had he not won, think about how the Untied States could be today. For > one thing, there might not even BE a United States because President > Lincoln is the one who kept our country from becoming two, even if during > the Civil War there WERE temporarily two countries--the Union and the > Confederacy. Also, had he not become president, would have there ever > been an Emancipation Proclamation? Would slavery still exist had it not > been for him?? Of course, since there would be two countries, the Union > and the Confederacy, I would imagine that the South would allow slavery > and the North would not. But still, isn't it strange to think about how > different history could be without using the Electoral College? > > --->|Gina|<--- > e-mail me > "Carry on my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done, lay your > weary head to rest, don't you cry no more..."--Kansas > > > On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:24:06 -0700 "Kevin L. Brown" > writes: > > You do realize you can lose the popular election, win fewer states > > and STILL win the electoral college, right? > > > > Because it seems everyone is equating "winning the electoral > > college" with "winning the most states". > > > > It's not a one to one mapping. > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp