1) Um, in the US system the College *does* trump the popular vote.
2) Actually yes, future-foresight was required, and from the bunch that are able to rig an election like this in 2000 but failed to do little things like, I don't know, faking evidence of WMDs in Iraq when this would be a very obvious similar example of such a track record.
3) As you've already explained the circumstances where this comes about requires unrealistic foresight on the part of a buncha palookas who failed to show it at any other time.
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Date: 17/5/12 03:47 (UTC)2) Actually yes, future-foresight was required, and from the bunch that are able to rig an election like this in 2000 but failed to do little things like, I don't know, faking evidence of WMDs in Iraq when this would be a very obvious similar example of such a track record.
3) As you've already explained the circumstances where this comes about requires unrealistic foresight on the part of a buncha palookas who failed to show it at any other time.