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Locutusofborg

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Reply to eniwetok (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:26 PM

Feb 2017

I read them daily: "know thine enemy."
They were against the Electoral College until Trump (and G.W. Bush before him) were elected by Electoral College victories.
I don't see any of the small population states, be they blue or red-leaning being willing to lose their electors.

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ELECTORAL COLLEGE: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR SLAVE OWNERS? [View all] eniwetok Feb 2017 OP

And isn't it ridiculous that we are still using this antiquated, racist system, thus we have trump.. brush Feb 2017 #1

The whole electoral system of the US is Third-World-rate. DetlefK Feb 2017 #4

not just tradition... eniwetok Feb 2017 #6

New England states are small and the EC was for them as well as Larkspur Feb 2017 #2

ROTF... did you even read the link? eniwetok Feb 2017 #5

are you denying much of the Constitution was designed to PROTECT slavery? eniwetok Feb 2017 #7

The Constitution was not about protecting slavery Larkspur Feb 2017 #12

of course it's not ALL about protecting slavery.... and I never said that. eniwetok Feb 2017 #16

it's always difficult to imagine how complex systems react to single changes. unblock Feb 2017 #10

Once we think of how PEOPLE are represented... instead of "states"... eniwetok Feb 2017 #11

Oh, there's no question-- BarackTheVote Feb 2017 #3

the EC can not be fixed... eniwetok Feb 2017 #8

why isn't the House "mob rule"????? eniwetok Feb 2017 #9

The point I was trying to make was that BarackTheVote Feb 2017 #13

and making the Constitution more amendable SHOULD be a Democratic issue. eniwetok Feb 2017 #15

Conservative Blogs Locutusofborg Feb 2017 #14

our system destroys any democratic instinct... eniwetok Feb 2017 #17

We were for 10 yrs under the 1st Confederate government and in order to CK_John Feb 2017 #18

Confederate is a loaded term... eniwetok Feb 2017 #19

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2017 #20

it's AA for somebody, that's for sure, and it needs to go. nt TheFrenchRazor Feb 2017 #21

don't call it affirmative action. Bucky Feb 2017 #22

I use the term.... eniwetok Feb 2017 #23

What you're describing is welfare, not affirmative action Bucky Feb 2017 #26

Answer: the EC existed before the vote of the people... brooklynite Feb 2017 #24

The voice of the People expanded in the Constitution... eniwetok Feb 2017 #25