Keep bailing mittens.

in this day and age.

55 electoral college 'electors'. Solid democrat, loves Obama.

sure that most of them are upstanding citizens. Nonetheless, the Electoral College in this era of mass media is a disgrace to the idea of "one person, one vote" as well as "a well-informed electorate."

With the existence of the Electoral College your vote is only a suggestion. Dump it.

We strive for democracy around the globe but are denied it here.

pissed the millions of votes Obama will receive in California only count as 55 electoral votes. While that is the largest block, it reduces my vote to next to nothing. There will be more people voting for Obama here than the total population of some states!

Plus one electoral vote. California cancels out every single one of the unfortunate states above which are sure to go in favor of Romney. All of them.

You don't actually vote for President, you vote for electors who are 'pledged' to vote for the president in the electoral college. It's just a quirk of our system.

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not affect it's Constitutional standing.

To change it, there's an amendment process.

with the exception of the Electoral College. Your vote for President is still nothing more than a suggestion as long as it exists. Let's begin the process.

drafting and ratification of the Constitution was any of it put to a democratic vote of the people. It was always by a republic-style methodology where a smaller number represented others.

The US was never a democracy and it's founding documents do not reflect that intent either in words or process.

the Federalist Papers. The Electoral College made much sense in the 18th and 19th centuries when few ever had any real access to the presidential candidates. But, today when the media allows us to know what color underwear they have on, individuals are more than able to make rational choices based upon what they see and hear.

and a much more representative democracy.

And nothing in the Constitution suggesting a representative democracy? Just how then was the Constitution ratified by majority of the original 13 states?

...if it didn't start that way? Sure it's called representative NOW, but representative of what? Of whom? It didn't represent the original people here, did it? No slaves were presented, were they? No women? No renters? What about them? Don't they count?

- I don't require an answer, I just want you to think about what you say before you say it.

You might want to start here: The Lies My Teacher Told Me

This is not the 18th century, and every citizen over the the age of 18 has a vote. There are some serious flaws in your reasoning.

Yes, votes are counted in this country one person-one vote, except for the presidency. If you want to stay in the past, be my guess. But the world is moving on.

Yes, we are both a representative democracy and a republic.

And they aren't with my reasoning.

Good day.

precipitated changes in society's changing attitudes toward human and civil rights. Your reasoning is very flawed.

and doesn't make it as democratic as other representative democracies (small "d&quot in the Europe.

I agree with you.

Scouring the asylums and mental wards as we speak.

depressed voters I meet are actually Republicans who don't want to admit it to me. In the past, Republicans have been rather aggressive about their candidates and views, but this year, they are being unusually quiet so far. Just not wanting to talk. If somebody hangs their head when I ask them if they want to register, I figure that they are Republican.

I was laughing so hard...

who wasn't being paid to be one. And even the paid campaign surrogates don't look that enthusiastic lately.

mikey_the_rat

This means nothing for Democrats. A no-vote, one for Obama or the other guy, would have been helpful. Another brain dead Republican stays brain dead. Thanks for nothing, toots.

(The image on the bottom of your post.)

I love that!

It's my sig line.

then by all means go ahead. It'll be less votes for Obama's main opposition, so I'm not complaining!

With a 10 ton crane!

He's done it! Romney has made vacuous mediocrity shocking to the conscience! Not Reagan, not Quayle, not George H. W., not even George W. Bush accomplished that with Republicans!



I think this is a definite turning point in US politics.

If you remember, after Willard killed Socrates (Ron Paul), the other rats didn't jump ship...they killed him.

It takes a brain dead, thoughtless, hateful and totally uneducated person to vote for Romney. A total ROBOT!!

but draws the line at the current head of the GOP ticket. Ouch for you, Mittens!