Posted on 09/07/2004 3:09:45 AM PDT by kattracks
CNSNews.com) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his son, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.), are leading a call to abolish the Electoral College. They say getting rid of the Electoral College is the first step toward restoring "the sanctity of the vote."According to a press release, Jackson -- accompanied by members of the U.S. House of Representatives -- "will seek a meeting with President Bush while offering specific information on what citizen initiatives are underway to place voting rights under the protection of the U.S. Constitution, rather than at the mercy of states' rights."
The Jacksons, father and son, were holding a noontime press conference in Washington on Tuesday to publicize their cause.
Time to abolish Jesse Jackson, this conservative says.
Is there anyone with at least a room temperature IQ who can't see through this transparent ploy? Hmm, Jesse, what could your motivation really be for eliminating the electoral college? Surely not because it would make it easier to elect Democrats, right?
The Jesses want to make sure the vote is counted... as long as its not from flyover country.
You got that right! What an idiot. Unfortunately, you could tell from the Al Gore election that this was the next step toward the socialist agenda.
Anything Jesse is for, must be wrong. Anything Jesse is for, I am against.
Hey Jesse, I think the founding fathers were just a wee bit smarter and wiser than you. I think I'll stick with them.
Does anyone actually listen to Jessie anymore?
The electoral college and the Senate are the essence of the US Constitution.
They are two republican institutions that Mr. Jackson's friends on the courts will not be able to touch.
Expect the attack on them to intensify.
Moron !
In that confuration, yes, I would agree. But I think they want to do away with electoral college altogether, which woukld may favor the rats like 2000 would have with algore.
In any case, its a long established part of our constitution that I beleive I read has had 700 attempts to repeal over the years and all have failed. And it takes 75% of congress to reapeal, so no chance of it happening IMO
The blue states will be the ones that oppose the changes keeping New England, NY, IL and CA as winner take all. Some of the red states might fall for the trick under the old Conservatives "trying to be fair to everyone" rules. Net loss.
We need to hammer home why this should not be adopted piece-meal as an attempt at "fairness". I am totally against abolishing the EC, but if it comes to that, it needs to be everywhere at the same time. And we will need a much better voting system.
Does Je$$e know that a Constitutional amendment would be required to abolish the electoral college? And, where has the Demokratik party been the last four years?
Since, presumably, without the electoral college, Gore would be president (though the recount and lawsuits might still be underway four years later), why hasn't there been any action taken on the left to introduce the necessary legislation?
You're wrong only in the method. The electoral college, that is to say, going to a popular vote to elect the president, if I understand it correctly, could only be abolished by a Constitutional amendment. For that, they would need 2/3 vote of Congress, and only then would it go to the states, where 3/4 of the states would have to ratify it. Assuming it even went to the states (and I don't think it would ever make it out of Congress), they would never get even close to the required number of states.
All this talk about it is just talk. It's an elusive dream, and further evidence of their disregard for the Constitution.
Anything to keep them fly over farm honkies from being able to elect their own president...
It's an effort to make Bush and the Republicans look unfair. Note Jackson's use of the term "States Rights". This is how he fires up his base to make it appear the Bush and the Republicans are standing in the school house door, keeping black folks from voting. This is just a ploy to keep them fired up and on the plantation.
Go away, Jesse. Shoo, fly, you bother me.
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