But in Massachusetts, Romney, Baker, Patrick, Kennedy,
Kerry, and that sellout Brown, NEVER let the people
vote. They are disgusting.
Carpetbaggers: "We've fooled them all!"
Posted on 07/31/2010 2:34:58 PM PDT by betty boop
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate has enacted a bill that would give the state's Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.
The bill enacted by the Senate 28-9 Tuesday is part of a nationwide effort to secure the agreement of enough states so the winner of the national popular vote would be guaranteed to win the presidency.
The bill will now be sent to Gov. Deval Patrick, who has said in the past he supports the bill.
(Excerpt) Read more at masslive.com ...
I wrote to my state senator, James B. Eldridge, and asked him: "If we can't trust you to keep faith with your own freely sworn oath (or affirmation) to uphold and defend the federal Constitution, then what can we trust you with?"
I await the senator's reply....
This "nationwide effort" of a cabal of states evidently thinks it can overturn Article II, Section 1, clause 2–4 of the federal constitution without the bother of having to go the Article V Amendment route — which the Constitution clearly requires for such sweeping changes in our basic rule of law.
This is totally sick-making....
FYI
I don’t believe they can do that - a law cannot violate the constitution and the college is constitutional.
Course look who did it. Mass should be ashamed.
Another step towards democracy.
A state can do whatever it wants with in-state elections, but it shouldn’t be able to change the federal election process without an appropriate amendment to the U.S. Constititution.
Waiting for Holder to sue them for pre-empting Federal law.
Massachusetts legislators (and governor, and Supreme Judicial Court) have no shame, edcoil. I say that with great sorrow in my heart — once upon a time, Boston was called "the cradle of Liberty." Today, Beacon Hill is run by a pack of feckless thugs.... There is no liberty left in Massachusetts that Gov. Patrick and his gang will not try to expunge sooner or later.
But in Massachusetts, Romney, Baker, Patrick, Kennedy,
Kerry, and that sellout Brown, NEVER let the people
vote. They are disgusting.
Carpetbaggers: "We've fooled them all!"
THX THX.
DREADFUL.
They are not the only one. The cabal is just trying to rack up enough states to equal 270 electoral votes, and they may well get there. If they do so,the electoral college is kaput unless the SC voids such laws. All we know is that it will be 5 to 4 one way or the other.
LOLOL omega4179!
I'm not holding my breath for that....
If I am reading this right, would 1980,84, and 88 presidental elections under this law sent their electoral votes to a pubbie candidate?
James Taranto in the WSJ Best of the Web took the whole National Public Vote scheme apart and summarized it thusly: would Massachusetts really compel their electors to vote for Sara Palin in 2012?
You have a second Obama term.... Then maybe after that he could get himself elected for life.... If they can bust the Electoral College, then why not just ignore the two-term constitutional limit on the president? Or maybe the same cabal of states will simply decide that limit is no longer relevant....
The Man Who Would Be King
Republic(monarchy)—[b]democracy[/b]——socialism——communism.
Mob rule is part and parcel of marxism.
There are dozens of such scenarios that would shake them to the ground.
Unintended consequences and all of that
I was thinking the same thing. I completely understand and agree with the unconstitutionality of what they’ve done and the future implications for other states and our country. But when a Republican wins the national popular vote, then the MA delegates gets assigned to the Republican party even if their state popular votes went Democrat?
So if I’ve gleened enough information from articles, they really don’t care about their own populace of MA for whom they were elected to serve, but they want to be some shining star of unconstitutionality for the country leading the way for the country to be forced into popular vote.
Kind of reminds me of them leading the way on healthcare
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