Well, this is one of those times I just have to say “I told you so.”
Warned everyone about John McCain’s good buddy Fred Thompson a long time ago.
Who's got an address for this bozo?
He's one of the last ones I would have suspected would lurch over to the dark side.
Leni
OH MY!
Real smart. That’s all we need, all the illegals in all the easy driver license states voting. WTF is wrong with these people?
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A MAJOR problem with the NPV [amongst a lot of others] is the fact that [IF it is ever enacted by a number of states totalling 270 electoral votes], utter chaos could ensue.
Consider this:
In a future election, let us assume that 15 states with a total of 270 votes participate in the NPV and that the OTHER 35 states DO NOT. FURTHERMORE, assume that the popular vote is EXTREMELY close with a differential of say 500,000 votes [maybe 1/2 of 1% of the total].
VALID QUESTIONS:
Could the “loser” demand a NATIONWIDE recount of votes since EACH AND EVERY one of the popular votes of the “winner” contributed to the awarding of the 270 electoral votes? Even the states that DO NOT participate in the NPV?
Could states with a 60+% popular vote [one way or the other] be forced to recount? AND, states CURRENTLY pay for their own recounts - would these states with WIDE MAJORITIES be forced to bear the expense?
AND, how do you ensure a UNIFORM recount? Chads vs. electronic vs. paper, etc.
THIS IS A FRIGGIN’ NIGHTMARE! It is an impractical attempt at an end-run around the Constitution and would be an UTTER DISASTER!
The Dems don’t even allow this in their primaries.
That’s how Hillary won the popular vote in Texas but Obama got more delegates in the state.
Fred, I supported you in 2008, with cash, and you are a complete idiot on this issue.
Fred is a fool.
Anyone who supports this idea is a certifiable nut...
Let NY, TEXAS and California alone run over the rest of the country? What abject stupidity.
The electoral college exists for a very specific and well defined reason, and those that attack it are either idiots, or do not believe that we are a nation of 50 equals states.
What an idiot. He should go back to pimping reverse mortgages.