================================================ Subject: Re: This is not Creed discussion anymore...... From: "King_Dovregubben" To: Date: Thu 16 Aug 2001 22:13:57 -0700 ================================================ Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. > -----Original Message----- > From: Creed Discussion List > [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of Kevin L. Brown > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 9:36 PM > To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > Subject: Re: This is not Creed discussion anymore...... > > > 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 > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp