Re: Send a Message to "Big Oil"

> Yep, Adams was the first VP after losing to Wa****ngton, then Jefferson
> was the 2nd VP after losing to Adams, then became the 3rd President
> after beating Adams the 2nd time around.
>
> History is fun. Amazing how little the average American knows,

So wouldn't Adams have been 7th VP? After all, Wa****ngton himself
congratulated Hanson on being the first President.

> > The twelfth amendment was necessary because the "brilliant" idea was a
> > complete and utter failure.
>
> Good thing they passed it, otherwise we might not have this properly
> oiled and working electoral system in place.

Both good comments. I honestly didn't know it was done that way
originally.
But perhaps the two-parties-and-two-parties-only system wasn't as
entrenched
then? Back to the drawing board.

miker