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Think we should scrap the electoral college? Here’s why that’s a bad idea.
AEI ^ | 15 Sep 2020 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 09/18/2020 2:12:48 PM PDT by Rummyfan

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To: oldtech

Although I always find this a fun, interesting topic, it could never find 38 states to ratify it. I can always find at least 13 states to block it. Let’s go back to the time when we always said, “These United States...” and not “The United States”. A bad after-effect that came out of the Civil War. That and the gradual weakening of the Tenth Amendment into jello pudding....


21 posted on 09/18/2020 3:15:09 PM PDT by Nabber
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22 posted on 09/18/2020 3:28:48 PM PDT by null and void (It WON'T be a Biden presidency, the Dems do NOT need him. They just need the office. ~ Blueflag)
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To: Rummyfan

Jonah Goldberg just can’t get his head out of his posterior.


23 posted on 09/18/2020 3:41:32 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: CatOwner

They didn’t need that to get rid of the natural born citizen requirement, just the cooperation of the GOP.


24 posted on 09/18/2020 3:44:56 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: null and void
The Liberal agenda supports a Kakistocracy, (kak•is•toc•ra•cy) which is government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.

They later exchanged that support for an Ineptocracy, (in-ep-toc’ra-cy) which is a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

25 posted on 09/18/2020 3:54:23 PM PDT by MosesKnows
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To: Rummyfan

The electoral college proved its worth by preventing states like California and New York from stealing the election with voter fraud.


26 posted on 09/18/2020 3:56:25 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: Rummyfan

Jonah Goldberg


27 posted on 09/18/2020 3:56:31 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Junk Silver
The first purpose of the EC was to elect men of the caliber of George Washington.

http://articlevblog.com/2016/07/donald-trump-the-echo-of-our-framers-uncorrupted-president/

28 posted on 09/18/2020 5:59:34 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Rummyfan

Hillary Clinton wan the popular vote , but how much of that can be attributed to California alone?


We know the answer to that: All of it.


29 posted on 09/18/2020 8:24:16 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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...and if the election is a toss-up do we have to recount the entire country?


30 posted on 09/19/2020 12:33:59 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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