Posted on 01/06/2005 7:06:55 AM PST by EA_Man
I think it's very funny how people fall all over themselves in an effort to be oppressed by the country that was founded by the evil white man.
Since they're advocating a direct violation of Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution (states guaranteed a Republican form of government), I'm proposing that impeachment hearings begin immediately on these two idiots. [Maybe if we just gave them some Happy Meals with the inflatable "Dave the Barbarian" Viking helmet and sword they would just shut up and go away!]
The Senate accounts for regionalism in the legislative branch. That alone would leave the executive and judicial solely in the hands of densely populated areas (given their "blue" propensity, areas populated by the dense). The electoral college puts some regional, small state influence into the election of the president, and thus the appointment of the judiciary.
I have a counter-proposal for Boxer and Chafee: let's return to state legislatures electing senators!
It would take the 37 states that have 10 or less Electoral Votes to pass an Amendment that would disenfranchise themselves. Also while I am not a Constitutional scholar, maybe if Ann C. is trolling she could confirm this, but since the Electoral College is set in the Articles, are they not sacrosanct?
This idea will be DOA in Congress...MUD
Getting Kalifornia voters NOT to vote for Boxer and FINKstein is like getting Hannibal Lecter not to chow down on errant census takers!
2/3's of the house and senate. 75% of the states.
"It is an irony of the 21st century that presidential elections in an era of the Internet and internationl jet travel are decided by the Electoral College, a system established by men -- no women were allowed to vote -- who communicated by quill pen and horseback mail and traveled by clipper ship."
This has to be one of the dumbest sentences ever written. The right to free press, the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, the right to assemble, the right to due process of law, freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, and all of the other rights we cherish were recognized in a document "established by men -- no women were allowed to vote -- who communicated by quill pen and horseback mail and traveled by clipper ship." Without the rights guaranteed to him by these politically incorrect and technologically backward men, this Scott McKay person would be bludgeoned with his own keyboard, and forbidden from ever inflicting his ignorance on others. As it is, all we can do is marvel at his stupidity.
Ironic how the Dims don't seem to understand the principles of the whole thing that actually allowed them to have a minority-view say in things...
Gotta love the logic - or lack of it. Abolishing the electoral college will result in politicians flocking to Rhode Island to garner votes. :-)
. . . rather than in the cemetaries of Chicago, like they should be!
TS
Don't worry - its going nowhere. This is more about throwing mud on the legitimacy of Bush's win than it is an effort to amend the Constitution. Its all about politics.
Go back to sleep, Lincoln.
Make the other 48 states do what Nebraska and Maine do. That'll really wake up the "Blue" States when certain districts realize that their vote would count!
No kidding....
Who is this idiot Scott McKay quoting here? Or is he taking it upon himself to be wrong?
The representative method of voting for federal offices was established from the very beginning solely because the smaller colonies feared not having a significant voice in the new federal government. It had nothing to do with the founding fathers 'not trusting' the citizens, slow communications, or women not being allowed to vote. It didn't evolve into a benefit for smaller states, it was designed that way. Sheesh, nothing like showing your ignorance as a reporter.
Oh, and maybe someone should tell the good Senator Chafee that reducing the impact of his state's one million or so citizens is not exactly going to make them more appealing to babysitting visits from presidential candidates. Sorry, sir, you are still going to have to do your own campaigning.
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