Nobody's Perfect: Massachusetts
Nobody's Perfect: Massachusetts. You would think that after Ted Kennedy's final demise from the shores of the Kennedy compound, and with the election of a younger truck-driving buck of a man, the state would come to its senses.I expect too much.
Sadly, the populous of our good country is so stupid as to not know that getting rid of the electoral college means a quick road to tyranny...and that's exactly what some states are doing...including Massachusetts. (Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey?, and Washington, have already passed the National Vote act.)
You see, here's how it works: if all the voters of Massachusetts vote for, let's say, a Republican candidate, then the 12 electors would not have to support the people's vote for that Republican, but instead throw their votes to what the majority of America votes...which would mean...California would pick the next President of the United States forever more.
Hasta la Vista Untied States...Ba..by.
Insanity? Yes. The whole purpose of the electoral college was so that a smaller state without the population of the bigger states would actually have a say in things, and be represented equally in the halls of Congress.
Their votes would count.
But for years now our Presidents have been pushing the word...democracy, instead of Republic...for a good reason too. They know that the rule by majority always leads to dictatorship.
That's why the founders tried to develop a fairer more equal system with the electoral college.
Too bad that very important fact is NOT taught in any of our schools.
On the other hand, with elections now being decided by who can raise the most money, we are not a Republic anymore anyway. We all know it was George Soros, and Saudi Kings, who funded Obama's run for the Presidency.
The fact that our politicians spend millions of their own money to even run, tells you...we are NOT even close to a republic anymore at all. But...to get rid of the electoral college?
Whoa.
This "majority rules crap" should not even be allowed. But, the people in power, want to stay there, so they are going in through the back doors, by getting each state to pass what they now call "The National Vote."
ARE WE NUTS? And this happening in Massachusetts, the heart and soul of the start of the Republic.
America is cutting her own head off, and putting it in the sand. I say, we give the state back to Canada.
Labels: politics
posted by Joyanna Adams at 9:48 PM
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Amfortas reflects:
The 'Republic' seemed like a good idea at the time. The French Monarchy had fallen and so had many of the smaller European ones when Napoleon went on his rampage. The Colonists in the Americas 'thought' (haha) that the British Monarchy would fall.
It didn't.
The greedy few with money and power in the Colonies took advantage of the 'Revolutionary' urge sweeping the civilised world (the Russians did too) and suborned the people to a messy, destructive and quite unecessary War of Independance.
America could have been the most successful Constitutional Monarchy the world has ever seen with an hereditary 'King', quintessentially American, who would be above politics. He/she would represent and remind Americans of what it is to be American. Instead you have a monied usurper every four years, elected by his rich mates hell bent on turning the nation into their own personal fiefdom.
Over the course of its short history, much of its good intent and Constitutional Integrity have withered away. There was no King to protect it.
We have 'republicans' in Oz. They want to get rid of our impartial Monarch (who lives 12000 miles away and costs us nothing) and our constitution and replace her with an elected shonk, an Obamatron in the hands of political machine-men that they can rid themselves of when he does not do their biden and a new constitution that they can fiddle with and water down. They look to America as an example of how to have their way.
The current system of electing the president ensures that the candidates do not reach out to all of the states and their voters. Candidates have no reason to poll, visit, advertise, organize, campaign, or care about the voter concerns in the dozens of states where they are safely ahead or hopelessly behind. The reason for this is the state-by-state winner-take-all rule (not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, but now used by 48 states), under which all of a state's electoral votes are awarded to the candidate who gets the most votes in each separate state.
Presidential candidates concentrate their attention on only a handful of closely divided "battleground" states and their voters. In 2008, candidates concentrated over two-thirds of their campaign events and ad money in just six states, and 98% in just 15 states (CO, FL, IN, IA, MI, MN, MO, NV, NH, NM, NC, OH, PA, VA, and WI). Massachusetts and 12 of the 13 smallest states were NOT included. Over half (57%) of the events were in just four states (Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia). In 2004, candidates concentrated over two-thirds of their money and campaign visits in five states; over 80% in nine states; and over 99% of their money in 16 states, and candidates concentrated over two-thirds of their money and campaign visits in five states and over 99% of their money in 16 states.
Two-thirds of the states and people have been merely spectators to the presidential elections.
Another shortcoming of the current system is that a candidate can win the Presidency without winning the most popular votes nationwide. This has occurred in one of every 14 presidential elections.
In the past six decades, there have been six presidential elections in which a shift of a relatively small number of votes in one or two states would have elected (and, in 2000, did elect) a presidential candidate who lost the popular vote nationwide.
The Founding Fathers only said in the U.S. Constitution about presidential elections (only after debating among 60 ballots for choosing a method): "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors . . ." The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as "plenary" and "exclusive."
Neither of the two most important features of the current system of electing the President (namely, universal suffrage, and the 48 state-by-state winner-take-all rule) are in the U.S. Constitution. Neither was the choice of the Founders when they went back to their states to organize the nation's first presidential election.
In 1789, in the nation's first election, the people had no vote for President in most states, Only men who owned a substantial amount of property could vote.
In 1789 only three states used the state-by-state winner-take-all rule to award electoral votes.
There is no valid argument that the winner-take-all rule is entitled to any special deference based on history or the historical meaning of the words in the U.S. Constitution. The current 48 state-by-state winner-take-all rule (i.e., awarding all of a state's electoral votes to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in a particular state) is not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, the debates of the Constitutional Convention, or the Federalist Papers. The actions taken by the Founding Fathers make it clear that they never gave their imprimatur to the winner-take-all rule.
The constitutional wording does not encourage, discourage, require, or prohibit the use of any particular method for awarding the state's electoral votes.
As a result of changes in state laws enacted since 1789, the people have the right to vote for presidential electors in 100% of the states, there are no property requirements for voting in any state, and the state-by-state winner-take-all rule is used by 48 of the 50 states.
I am just SO excited by these comments, I can't tell you...how much!!!
And it deserves at lest another blog, but I've written Wednesdsy's already,so,god willing some time, I can make a good run of my rebuttal on Thursday or Friday.
I HOPE, you argue your case again...I'm still sticking with representative representation...and will try my best to present the reasons succintly and with humor...why.
Thanks! And come back!
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