Posted on 04/17/2016 4:07:45 AM PDT by doldrumsforgop
Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Saturday that "we need to make some changes" to the nation's political system — possibly even abolishing the Electoral College — because it's a process "that's disregarding the will of the people."
"One of the reasons that this is the year of the outsiders because people were so tired of the status quo and the rules that were arbitrary, created to advantage one group or another group," Carson, the retired pediatric neurosurgeon, told Uma Pemmaraju on Fox News. "Whatever happened to 'We are the people, the American people?'
"The power has been served," added Carson, who quit the 2016 race last month and has since endorsed Donald Trump. "That's what people are irritated about.
"This makes it extraordinarily clear: It is not about Donald Trump or Ted Cruz or anybody else. It is about the system."
The Electoral College, established by the Founding Fathers via the U.S. Constitution, has long been targeted as an example of circumventing the will of the American people.
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We need the electoral college more now than ever.
What else will prevent our President getting elected by completely uneducated idiots taking handouts and those illegally here?
What a FLAKE!
Did he have a bowl of Stupid for breakfast??? Man - what is that guy smokin’?
How about getting rid of the 17th amendment?
That would go a long way in bring the proper balance back to the government.
er, it’s a republic carson.
Someone who obviously does not understand the importance of such a thing, and, hey, even a Canuck like me understands why the Electoral College is still very much needed. I guess Carson really wants the masses in New York, Chicago, DC, Los Angeles, and San Francisco to choose the president.
The College is critical in our Republic’s checks and balances. Incredible that Dr. Carson is so clueless! Without the College, tyranny is more likely. The founders were very clear about the dangers of straight democracy.
Dr. Carson means the corruption of Ashley Cruz, the Liar,
and the Hillary the Crooked.
He is correct. Cruz and Hillary cheat to steal
from the People who voted. CHEAT.
Scum Cruz is a CHEAT and steal what he cannot
fairly win from the People.
We would be sooooo screwed! He need to perform brain surgery on himself. There’s a screw loose up there.
Bad idea!
Give it up. You’certainly lost all credibility.
Perhaps Ben’s mixing the asinine primary system with the Electoral College.
Voterless wins that reward the cronies and diss the voter.
Delegate rich states that routinely give a primary or GE loser.
Carson is yet ‘another’ moron who thinks we are supposed to be (or should be) a majority-rules democracy. Our system of government is only dysfunctional right now because the constitution is being ignored by radical, anti-constitution leftists and by the stooges that serve their cause. The checks and balances and safeguards in place have been crapped upon by those that seek to destroy us from within. And yes, I’m including the establishment RINOs in that criticism, as well. I have zilch respect remaining for Carson now. I don’t even want him as Chief Dogcatcher, much less VP or Chief Surgeon. His judgment is flawed.
Wonder if Trump will endorse his endorser’s idea? What would Trump supporters say if he did?
Without the EC, the island of Manhattan could cancel the vote of the entire state of Wyoming.
I DID give up on liar, Goldman Cruz,
rat embracer, ObamaTRADE embracer, and spoiler of America.
And the credibility was lost from Ashley Cruz
when he cowardly hid behind FioRINO’s panties
after he paid her $500,000 as blackmail.
Liar Cruz = No more Credibility
“How about getting rid of the 17th amendment?”
How about getting rid of the 13th amendment, Ben?/sarc
I live in Illinois. You saw how the state handled filling obama's seat when he left. The Governors still in jail for that one.
We need something different but the corruption in the state governments is at least as bad as it is in the federal government.
It's a he11 of a problem and the quality of our current "elected leaders" just isn't up to the job of fixing it.
Gert rid of the electoral college, and Chicago alone will have 30,000,000 ballots all filled out for the democrat pick. No, thank you!
What’s happened to the man?
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