Posted on 10/27/2004 8:02:21 AM PDT by Timeout
John Kerry recently went goose hunting in Ohio and posed for the cameras in his camouflage coat, a shotgun tucked under his arm. His website sports more pictures of him shooting, talking with veterans, and standing in the pulpit of churches. One picture is creatively cropped to perfectly center the name "Christ" behind Kerry's head.
The battle for the presidency has now settled into rural areas in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Colorado. And, it's all because of the electoral college.
Take a look at the results of the 2000 election and it becomes radically clear that the electoral college that produced the Bush victory is having an important and salutary impact on our political system.
Its the electoral college that keeps the values of traditional America relevant in the 21st century and the electoral college that helps rural America balance the immense cultural, economic, and social power of urban centers.
Abolishing the electoral college would mean transferring near complete political power to metropolitan areas who are already producing the candidates and funding them as well....
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Makes sense. That's what I scream every time I see his yap on tv.
Quite frankly the electoral college is the only system left from the original constitution that gives the States a say in electing Federal officials since the ratification of the 17th Amendment. If the electoral college were abolished, we would no longer be a Federal republic.
LOL! Somehow, I don't think that's what they had in mind.
Again I remember my 7th grade geography teacher explaining the electoral college to us. He hammered it home so effectively that I've never given serious thought to doing away with it. In fact- it may be more important than ever with the shifting demographics of our citizenry.
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