The Accidental President

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Why GW is the "Accidental President"

"...the review of 171,908 ballots also reveals that voting mistakes by thousands of Democratic voters — errors that legally disqualified their ballots — probably cost former vice president Al Gore 15,000 to 25,000 votes. That's enough to have decisively won Florida and the White House. Gore's best chance to win was lost before the ballots were counted, the study shows. Voters' confusion with ballot instruction and design and voting machines appears to have changed the course of U.S. history." - "Florida voter errors cost Gore the election" USA TODAY

No matter how you slice it, the fact remains that the man who currently occupies the White House resides there due to an accident. Voters in Palm Beach County, Florida, because of a simple printing error, had problems understanding the ballot. That lead them to make mistakes and punch the hole for a candidate they did not intend to support.

Yes, I know all the jokes about how elderly people in Florida can manage 5 bingo cards, smoke a cigarette, drink beer and not mess up.

Still, no matter how you feel about the election, whether you support Al Gore or George W. Bush, you have to admit, Bush is only in the White House accidently.

Thus, he is, and always will be, the Accidental President. I do believe that this is the first time in the history of the United States of America that a man is in the White House accidently.