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1、08ROADTOTHEWHITEHOUSE1complicatedindeedIt'shardenoughforanyofustounderstandthiselection.Imaginetryingtoexplainittosomeonefromaforeigncountry."Hello.HeyEdwardo!Goodtohearfromyou.Yeah,wellit'ssortofhardtoexplainoursystemforelectingapresident.Ofcoursewegettochoosethecandidates.Wellwedon'tactuallych
2、oosethem,thetwopoliticalpartieschoosethem.Atleastafewoftheleadersofthepoliticalpartieschoosethem.Andthenweallvote.True.Wedon'tallvote.That'sright,halfofusvote.Wellifyouwanttobetechnical,fewerthanhalf.Yes.Whogotthemostvotesofall?Well,itdoesn'treallymatter.Thelosergot328,000morevotesthanthemanwhos
3、eemstohavewon.Well,it'sthe1)ElectoralCollege.I'llexplaintheElectoralCollegetoyousoyouunderstanditsomeothertime-justassoonasIunderstandit.No,yoursoncouldn'tgetintotheelectoralcollegenomatterhowgoodhismarksare.Itisn'tlikeHarvard.Whoarethesetwocandidates?Well,onehasbeenVicePresidentforeightyears.He
4、workedverycloselywithourPresident.Yes,thesamePresidentbutdon'tbeunpleasant,Edwardo.Noreasontobringthatup.Hemadesomemistakeswhenhewasyoung.Yes.OK,OK.Sohewasn'tyoung,hewas52.Shewasyoung.Yeah,youheardright.Thepresident'swifeisgoingtobetheSenatorfromNewYorkState.No,sheisn't.You'rerightagain.She'sfro
5、mArkansas.WelltheGovernorofTexassayshe'sthewinner,becausetheSecretaryofStateofFlorida,whichhisbrotherisGovernorof,declaredthathegotseveralhundredmorevotesoutof6million.Yeah,you'reright.ThefatherofbothgovernorswasPresidentoftheUnitedStates.Butpleasedon'tcallitadynasty,Edwardo.Edwardo,Iwanttowatch
6、thenewsnow.AlGoreiscomingontelevisiontosaythatGeorgeW.Bushisn'tthenewPresidentbutheis.Nowlook,that'sit,Edwardo.I'mnottakinganymoreofthisfromyou.Americaisagreatrepublic.Idon'teverwanttoheartheword2)bananaagain!¡±2everydetailcountsTooclosetocall?Ladiesandgentlemen,let'sbeserioushere.It'snotrockets
7、cience.Allyouhavetodoistakealookatthecandidates'teethorthecandidates'height.Comeonthetallestcandidate,withtheexceptionofJimmyCarter,hasalwayswontheWhiteHouse.Advantage?Gore.Asforteeth,thecandidatewiththestraightest,winstheel
