Posted on 02/19/2012 5:11:45 AM PST by Kaslin
The abolition of the electoral college can not happen
if it does, there is no more America.
If they ever succeed in doing away with the Electoral College, it’s go time.
While suspicious of a lie, as I could not think of ANY founder that espoused a national vote for anything, I became sure of it when I found out, just now, that Wasnutski was appointed by none other than nanzi pelousy (in 2010).
The Electoral College is the protection against mass urban voting, and centralizing the entire election on ten states. Few people ever grasp how significant it is...to force candidates to campaign and play out the game in all fifty states. If you toss the Electoral College....then you really don’t need to campaign in Alaska, North Dakota, Vermont, Hawaii, or Montana. I probably wouldn’t even run a primary in those states....if there is no Electoral College.
I would agree....it’s pretty much no US at that point. Just center your sights on the five biggest states for population, and then key on the top twenty urban centers/cities of the country.
Yep, thank goodness they passed the Seventeenth Amendment!
Rats have been trying to kill EC for a while. Hillary was sending up trial balloons in 2008 and Gore in 2000.
NPV is a fast track to revolt.
It will be ‘wise’ lawyers like our two recent appointed Supreme Court Justices who will succeed in destroying the electoral college.
Correct, it would allow unlimited electoral fraud and deception by small base.
Bump!
GOP chairman Gleason was the main factor in opposition to this legislation which Gov. Corbett had already pledged to sign.
And for what? So Gleason could brag about delivering all 20 of Pennsylvania's electoral votes in roughly one election of five when they wouldn't affect the ultimate outcome anyway?
The abolition of the electoral college must never be allowed to happen
THe “EC” is the last small vestige of the original republic of 1787. It’s the only thing an original founder would recognize if we could re animate one of them now.
Yeah, it provides a little protection, but if you look at a county-by-county voting map, it's staggering to see the effects of the mass urban voting you mentioned.
And even now, they only make token visits to the small states. They'll visit Florida 20 times for every visit to North Dakota. Truth is, Democrats don't give a damn what the people of North Dakota think because they're such a non-factor in getting them elected.
There’s a lot of talk of “modernizing” our constitution these days as well. Among the ideas for that modernizing is a lot of talk of social, economic, and environmental justice.
The Electoral College’s days are numbered. As the Nation continues to be dumded down ans as the sheep depend more and more on the Govermental tit for substance, as the Republican Party morphs more and more into step with the dominate Democrat Party, the cry will increase to either abloish or ignore the Electoral College and go with the popular vote. My guess is that they will just ignore it like obama ignores the Constitution. Should they decide to ignore it, who will challenge them? The sheep? Balony! As long as Monday Night Football, American Idol, and their Government “freebies” are not touched, most of the sheep will not notice one way or the other. For that matter, there are probably no more than a thousand people in each State that unnderstands the purpose of the Electoral College and its function.
If it dies, across the nation, random democrats will die as the purgative to the force fed progressive meal
So what, exactly, does "revolt" look like?
For the sake of discussion, I mean...
Mass protest in Washington, DC?
Tea Parties BTDT. No change.
Armed insurrection?
Against whom? Local authorities? Federal in Washington, back by federal armament and then military?
"Revolt"?
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