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To: SmithL

I don’t understand why California would do this. Their EVs will almost always go to a Democrat. This makes it possible for a Republican to win them all. It makes no sense, since California is completely dominated by Democrats.


3 posted on 05/19/2011 6:14:01 PM PDT by RightFighter (Now back to my war station.)
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To: RightFighter

We are such dorks here in CA....pathetic.


5 posted on 05/19/2011 6:15:02 PM PDT by glasseye
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To: RightFighter
What they're not saying is that they have a time machine they got on the Internet. They are going to go back to November 2000.


13 posted on 05/19/2011 6:20:25 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.' - Homer Simpson)
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To: RightFighter

Typical lib stepping on their own crank. They just put CA in play for the GOP. There’s no need for the GOP pres candidate in CA, all she or he has to do is do well in the other states and CA’s electoral votes will give the GOP the WH.


15 posted on 05/19/2011 6:22:58 PM PDT by Lou Budvis (Refudiate 0bama '12)
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To: RightFighter

Because it makes it easier for them to get the total needed to cause the other states who have passed the law to activate.


35 posted on 05/19/2011 6:50:07 PM PDT by Ingtar (Together we go broke (from a Pookie18 post))
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To: RightFighter

It makes it so that if California lets illegals vote, by not protecting their ballot boxes, they can overwhelm the popular vote. It won’t help unless they trick enough small states into joining though. Can’t imagine a small state going for this.


47 posted on 05/19/2011 7:50:39 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: RightFighter

No, it doesn’t make sense. Their state could go overwhelmingly Rat (as it has done since 1988) and a Republican would be awarded their EC votes.


48 posted on 05/19/2011 7:56:19 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: RightFighter
It's a move to water down and undermine the electoral college system put in place through the Founders' wisdom. Without the EC, presidential candidates may as well campaign only in major cities. Can you imagine NYC, Chicago, LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland, etc. deciding all future elections? Can you imagine states like Wyoming, Kansas, Utah, Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas becoming irrelevant as far as representation in presidential politics goes?

That's what they want and this move moves us toward that foolish vision.

54 posted on 05/19/2011 8:11:39 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: RightFighter
I don’t understand why California would do this. Their EVs will almost always go to a Democrat. This makes it possible for a Republican to win them all. It makes no sense, since California is completely dominated by Democrats.

Completely agree. This could only benefit the Republican. What a bunch of idiots.

57 posted on 05/19/2011 8:22:56 PM PDT by fwdude (Prosser wins, Goonions lose.)
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To: RightFighter

“I don’t understand why California would do this. Their EVs will almost always go to a Democrat. This makes it possible for a Republican to win them all. It makes no sense, since California is completely dominated by Democrats.”

Cause Democrat and leftist issues are more likely to win in a popular vote presidential election.

Because in a popular vote presidential election presidents don’t need to pay attention to the more rural, they can instead focus on issues that are more uniquely appealing to urban populations. Issues that tend to be large more repressive goverment.

By joining the ranks of States looking to overturn the electoral cottage California makes it more likely other states will join her and eventually this leftist dream will become a piratical reality.

The only good news is its not necessarily a permanent development, sooner or later a state is going to realize how its not being represented and break ranks. The left are hoping by the time that happens the population will be so shocked by the development that they would be willing to pass a Constitutional amendment abolishing the collage.


60 posted on 05/19/2011 8:28:56 PM PDT by Monorprise
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