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The framers did it this way to pander to the slave

Posted on: March 18, 2019 at 21:20:52 CT

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states. That's not a very good reason to continue the practice in the 21st century.

Edited by SparkyStalcup at 21:21:24 on 03/18/19

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Holder joins the chorus: do away with electoral college.... - MUTGR MU - 3/18 19:45:21

The United States isn't a democracy............... - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 3/19 06:35:39

RE: Holder joins the chorus: do away with electoral college.... - MOCO SON MU - 3/18 21:02:52

Eric Holder, eat my shorts (nm) - Fourth and Long MU - 3/18 20:33:59

I'm deeply amused that liberals who will attack the free - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 3/18 20:01:39

The free market is not analogous to one person - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 20:53:15

Under the electoral college, is there a place where people - ummmm MU - 3/18 21:03:25

RE: Under the electoral college, is there a place where people - MOCO SON MU - 3/18 21:07:14

Yes. That system can subvert the will of the people - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 21:09:30

Incorrect - FootballRefugee MU

- 3/19 07:38:21

RE: Yes. That system can subvert the will of the people - MOCO SON MU - 3/18 21:11:46

The president is voted on by the entire country as a whole. - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 21:14:55

RE: The president is voted on by the entire country as a whole. - MOCO SON MU - 3/18 21:15:45

You can agree to disagree, but you are clearly unqualified - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 21:17:42

The electoral college guarantees that some people's - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 21:06:59

RE: The electoral college guarantees that some people's - redngray MU - 3/18 21:10:38

That person in Wyoming would have exactly the voting - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 21:12:58

RE: That person in Wyoming would have exactly the voting - redngray MU - 3/18 21:15:51

The framers did it this way to pander to the slave - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 21:20:52

wrong again - redngray MU - 3/18 21:31:01

Actually, no. The founders feared that the slave states in - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 22:42:36

Nope - redngray MU - 3/19 05:02:22

Sigh. And thus the electoral college means that the big - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 3/18 21:09:34

It means the rural areas control the country. Of course - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 21:11:26

RE: It means the rural areas control the country. Of course - MOCO SON MU - 3/18 21:14:24

Exactly, because they have the ultimate power. Nn - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 21:15:43

As usual, your liberal mind understands right up to the - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 3/18 21:12:40

How so? Nm - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 21:16:09

Dumb nm - redngray MU - 3/18 21:12:31

So, that's a no? (nm) - ummmm MU - 3/18 21:07:46

RE: Holder joins the chorus: do away with electoral college.... - redngray MU - 3/18 19:56:44

Yes, Trump is frighteningly unfit for office. Nm - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 20:54:02

LOL - redngray MU - 3/18 21:08:27

Maybe the most unqualified ever for that job. Or, - GA Tiger MU - 3/18 20:00:14

Jeff Sessions easily takes the cake there, unless you - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 20:54:50

His qualifications had nothing to do with.proven abilities, - Tigrrrr! MU

- 3/18 20:16:39

Remember that he said his job was to have Obama’s back. Is - hokie VT - 3/18 20:12:41

Well, he is an idiot.(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU

- 3/18 19:56:09

It won't be that long before republigistians are the ones - JG A - 3/18 19:54:51

Unlikely that the Repubs would ever be in a position - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 20:56:13

Thus, your apparent position nm - redngray MU - 3/18 21:11:16

The Republican candidate should win the election - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/18 21:23:00

Your misunderstanding of Republican way of thinking - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 3/18 20:03:38

LOL republicans think of two things - JG A - 3/18 20:33:38