President Bush WON the first count in Florida. He WON the first recount. He WON the second recount. He WON the third recount. He even WON the attempts by the left wing press (NY Times, et al) to go in and hand count all the ballots. (Imagine their disappointment when they got the results of their counts..."Oh no.... he DID win! arrrghhhhhhh.... there goes our headlines..... make sure we bury this story on page 34, ok?")
If you knew anything about the US Constitution, you would know the Supreme Court did not select President Bush. They merely did not go along with the democrat's plan to selectively recount in a very small fraction of the counties of Florida, hoping to change the election results.
If the result would not have been certified via the statewide popular vote - it would have gone to the Florida legislature for final determination. The legislature would have voted for President Bush. Period. End of Story. But, it didn't get that far. The state certified the vote properly after the legal recount process was completed.
Take a look at the county by county map of the US and you will see how overwhelmingly Bush beat gore. If you don't like the Electoral College system of electing our President, please use your Congressional Representatives to propose an Ammendment. If you don't know the President is not selected by popular vote - if you don't know what the Electoral College is.... please read the US Constitution and lose your ignorance.
County by county 2000 election results
Counties won by Gore: 677
Counties won by Bush: 2,434
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Population of counties won by Gore: 127 million
Population of counties won by Bush: 143 million
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Square miles of country won by Gore: 580,000
Square miles of country won by Bush: 2,427,000
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States won by Gore: 21
States won by Bush: 29
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Average Murder per 100,000
residents in counties won by Gore: 13.2
Average Murder per 100,000
residents in counties won by Bush: 2.1
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