Sorrty - typing error in that penultimate paragraph! It should read:

"I'm not being sarcastic here - it can be argued that what matters is to get the whole thing out of the way without a fuss, even if the person "elected" actually got fewer votes. (Well, of course, Bush did get quite a lot fewer votes than Gore overall - but I mean votes where it counts, for electoral college purposes, since it's the system you've still got.)