Headline of the Day

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Headline of the Day

July 30, 2022 at 12:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 271 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/07/30/headline-of-the-day-30/

"SNIP.......

“Democrats Are Dangerously Close To Changing Laws So Our President Is Elected By Popular Vote”

— From the conservative website, The Federalist.

.....SNIP"

[randr]

1. This has always been the greatest fear of the fright wing

The Dems would pass legislation that benefits most Americans.
They never got over FDR

[gibraltar72]

2. They are a terrorist organization.

[Brainfodder]

3. OH NO NOT THE POPULAR VOTE!

WTF is this world coming to, the people decide who leads them is just now a concept worth considering?

[H2O Man]

8. They prefer to win by the unpopular vote.

[Brainfodder]

9. "They" seem to not understand optics at all.

Otherwise, insider info on their base indicated, don't just dare to be stupid, go all the way and then some?

[spanone]

4. I'd swap 'Gloriously' for 'Dangerously'

[Timewas]

5. More is needed

I don't understand why federal elections do not have a set of uniform rules rather than willy nilly each state operating differently

[flying_wahini]

6. The GOP will fight this tooth and nail because they will lose EVERY Presidential race.

[rubbersole]

7. The Electoral College is a dinosaur 🦕.

Sooo much corruption would vanish overnight. It would also require candidates to campaign in more than 12 states.

[IronLionZion]

10. That sounds like hell to a lot of rural conservatives

who know there are more of us in this country, we just tend to be concentrated in more urban areas. It's dumb when they put up the colored maps acting like only a few places are blue when there are millions of Americans living there.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. More accurate: America is depressingly far away from eliminating the abominable Electoral College.

[SergeStorms]

13. Unfortunately....

I believe you're correct. That's probably a pledge drive headline to get the miserly pricks to cough up more money to complete their fascist agenda.

Unless there are solid, filibuster-proof majorities in both Houses of Congress, the electoral college isn't going anywhere. Even if there were solid majorities, there's always the right-stacked Supreme Court to think about.

[DavidDvorkin]

16. And getting enough states to ratify the amendment.

[Fla Dem]

12. If only that was true!

But I fear not.

[OMGWTF]

14. These thugs do not understand or appreciate America at all.

They clearly have serious unresolved mental issues. Normal people don't act like this.

[ancianita]

15. Read the linked Federalist essay for their justifications (Socrates??) to "prevent tyranny."

They are indeed worried. This is the Federalist oligarchs' call to the troops.