Seattle Times falsely claims Ford to be the "only unelected President"...

[BlooInBloo]

... sigh.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003496298_webfordobit26.html?syndication=rss

[illinoisprogressive]

1. Like everyone else, they are trying to forget 2000

Aren't we all???????

[MonkeyFunk]

2. well

he's the only President who wasn't elected to either the Presidency or the Vice-Presidency.

As for 2000, Bush was, whether we like it or not, properly elected by the Electoral College

[fujiyama]

3. Technically "selected" perhaps by the EC

but properly, is not the method by which he attained those votes.

[lynne]

4. George Washington wasn't elected by "the people" -

- but by the Electoral College.

[htuttle]

5. The same is true of ALL the presidents

[lynne]

6. The difference with Washington and Ford is that no election took place -

[Hubert Flottz]

7. Bush won fair and square, in the United States Supreme Court...

and was sElected 5 to four!

Rutherford B Hayes was sElected by congress.

Disputed election of 1876

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DISPUTED ELECTION OF 1876

What was the popular vote count?

Tilden (Democrat) 4,288,546
Hayes (Republican) 4,034,311

What was the final electoral vote count?

Tilden (Democrat) 184
Hayes (Republican) 185*

*185 electoral votes were necessary for victory

What was the initial electoral count?

Tilden 184
Hayes 165

Disputed 20 Florida (4), Louisiana (8), Oregon*(1), South Carolina (7) SNIP...


http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/president/display.asp?id=511&subj=president