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the attack on the Electoral College

I feel this is worth repeating each time I see a thread challenging the constitutional Electoral election process.

The 2000 presidential election was unique. Al Gore received more votes than George Bush. George Bush received more Electoral College votes than Al Gore electing George Bush President. Neither received a majority of the popular votes. Al Gore’s attempt to steal the election caused the media to provide far more information than was usual for a presidential election. That additional information is the point of this response.

I spent a large part of my life feeling that the Electoral College was some sort of a mistake. The wisdom and foresight of the Constitution’s framers became apparent with life’s experiences and observations. However, I don’t think the wisdom of the Electoral election process really took a firm grip until I saw the USA Today’s county by county voting map for the 2000 presidential election and then again in 2004. Please review these voting maps before taking a decision on the merits, or lack of, for the Electoral College.

I'm against it. Hence my add to the title ... "I think their still mad about FLA." Them being Dems and Libs who believe that they know more than anyone else, even without wanting to hear the facts.

IMHO, the Electoral College was designed and put into place by the Founding Fathers as not only a buffer between the general population to select a President and to give States some power over the Federal government they joined to create.

This was botched and bastardized by politicians and the 17th Amendment, in 1913, because they (libs calling themselves Progressive I believe) wanted to take away power from the States in the name of the people they serve. Here-to-for Senators were elected/appointed by the State Legislatures and Congresspeople were elected by the general population of the State.

This movement should be stopped as it short circuits the Constitution by saying the States can change the Electoral College process within their own State. I'm not a lawyer but I believe that when they ratified the Constitution the didn't give themselves a "backdoor" to change it. Ratifying it specifically states their method of redress ... Constitutional Amendment.

As I said I'm against this movement, we need an organization with a petition drive to drown them out at the State level. .