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Posted on: March 18, 2019 at 21:31:01 CT

redngray MU

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the founders feared an electorate of "factions", what de Toqueville called the tyranny of the majority.
They were right...since you despise the President, you would willingly allow factions..i.e. large urban areas..to select every President.

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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 MU

- 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 MU

- 3/18 20:33:38