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Al Gore calls for an end to the Electoral College (just go away Al)
The Hill ^
| 8/31/2012
| Mario Trujillo
Posted on 08/31/2012 7:56:54 PM PDT by Kolath
Former vice president Al Gore is calling for an end to the Electoral College — the system that cost him the presidency in 2000.
Gore said that many voters who live outside the dozen or so battleground states are cheated by the system that allocates delegates from the state level on a winner-take-all basis. He called for presidential elections to be determined by the popular vote.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 2000; ec; gore; soreloserman; vote
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posted on
08/31/2012 7:57:05 PM PDT
by
Kolath
To: Kolath
...and he’s way smarter than our founders! :/
To: Kolath
re: “Former vice president Al Gore is calling for an end to the Electoral College”
Here’s an idea - How about calling for an end to Algore?
To: Kolath
Every election this same thing comes up. The Electoral College still works, why get rid of it?
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:01:43 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Given my choices, I will not be voting this time around.)
To: Kolath
Even Tipper stopped listening to him.
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:03:38 PM PDT
by
lurk
To: Kolath
He’s just mad because he wanted to try out for their football team.
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:07:35 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Kolath
I think this calls for blowing the dust off an oldie but goodie....
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:08:13 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Kolath
Imagine Florida 2000 recounts and challenges in every state. At a minimum the Electoral College helps focus the fraud so hopefully it can be detected and fought. Blue states NY and CA would have amazingly high turnouts, totally wiping out any value to small states.
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:10:37 PM PDT
by
LibertyOh
To: Kolath
And I’m sure the electoral college would just love to call for an end to Al Gore.
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:11:47 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
(I need a good stiff drink. How 'bout you?)
To: Kolath
I-Gore..One of the true sociopaths in politics today. Has absolutely no concept of emotion so he awkwardly acts it out and always fails.
10
posted on
08/31/2012 8:12:41 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Someday our schools we will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
To: Kolath
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:13:54 PM PDT
by
DallasDeb
(usafa06mom)
To: bigbob
I am standing...
saluting...
...with great FREEPER remembrances of the day!
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:14:29 PM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The main things are the plain things!)
To: blueunicorn6
I hear the Electorial College has a good defensive line this year
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:16:42 PM PDT
by
GrouchoTex
(...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free....)
To: Emperor Palpatine
Seems they did just that in 2000 (with a little help from SCOTUS)
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:17:56 PM PDT
by
GrouchoTex
(...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free....)
To: Kolath
If I outlive algore I'll make it a point to visit his gravesite once.When I arrive my bladder will be full.When I leave a minute later it will be empty.
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:20:51 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Voter ID Equals "No Representation Without Respiration")
To: Kolath
Gore said that many voters who live outside the dozen or so battleground states are cheated by the system that allocates delegates from the state level on a winner-take-all basis.Unless I'm confused, any state can opt to allocate delegates proportionally or in any other way it sees fit. The Constitution does not require winner-take-all.
Of course, any state that does so immediately becomes a great deal less important in the presidential election. Which is why they don't.
That said, it should be pointed out that the Electoral College functioned as intended only in the first two elections. Ever since its functionality, to the extent it has any, bears absolutely no resemblance to that intended by the Founders.
To: Kolath
Hillary Clinton said the same thing.
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:29:44 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("OF COURSE I TALK TO MYSELF - Sometimes I need an expert opinion")
To: Kolath
He called for presidential elections to be determined by the popular vote.That one sentence alone should dissuade anyone from calling America a democracy.
If America were a democracy instead of a Constitutional Republic then it would already be that way.
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:29:58 PM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: Kolath
FU ManBearPig, you’re yesterday’s news.
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:30:55 PM PDT
by
tx_eggman
(Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
To: Kolath
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posted on
08/31/2012 8:41:51 PM PDT
by
Route395
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