well, trish we will just say that gore knew how the
system worked. he sent legands of lawyers to florida
with direction to void as many military absentee
ballots as possible. (all the legal rangleing was
something that nixon would not do to the daily machine
and the saint lewis machine that is generally known as
electing jfk with tremendous votes of the cemetaries
of chicago and saint lewis. nixon did not want to put
the country thru that.) it is also estimated that 8000
votes were lost to bush in the pan handle becouse the
networks "called" the state before the polls closed
there even though they had been warned by the florida
government that the polls in the panhandle would be
opened a hour later becouse of the time zone
difference. so talk about voter supression. the people
of tennessee was the folks that defeated gore. if he
could have carried his home state florida would not
have mattered, but, the home folks knew him all too
well.
   yes, the founders knew and feared majority rule. a
republic is a nation run by rule of law. ireferred to
a lynch mob being a democracy. 50 people in a mob
against a person in jail and a sherriff guarding him
is a 50-2 popular vote. democracy hangs him. rule of
law gives a jury the decision.
  if history is any indicator, the country will break
up in a few election cycles after the EC is done away
for a popular vote system. again i'll tell you all to
remember that you heard it here first.
--- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Because they didn't think the people would make the
> right choice =
> therefore they have the electroal college which can
> over ride bad =
> decisions on the voters part - you know like
> electing Gore........
>
> Jeffersons whole educational point was to educate
> people just enough to =
> be able to vote, pay taxes, and do simple business
> but you don't want =
> them to smart then you can't tell what they want.
>
>                                     Trisha
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> ken barber
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 12:04 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Dumb Limey!!
>
>
> do you know why the electoral college was set up by
> the founders?
>
> --- Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > No advantages as far as I'm concerned! I hate the
> > electoral college! it is
> > not a fair system, and I wish it would be one
> > vote/one person. The EC only
> > favors the two party system, as it is
> > "winner-take-all". I'd love to see a
> > more parlimentry system.
> >
> > Tamar Mag Raine
> > [log in to unmask]
> > IM: tamarmag48
> > Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with
> > disabilities
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Deri James <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Date: 10/1/2004 3:13:27 PM
> > > Subject: Dumb Limey!!
> > >
> > > Can someone tell me what are the advantages of
> the
> > Electoral College
> > system
> > > over more democratic systems.
> > >
> > > UK is in the same boat as the USA here - not
> > unknown for the "result" to
> > not
> > > match the popular vote. Other European countries
> > seem to have adopted
> > systems
> > > which produce a parliament which more closely
> > matches the popular vote.
> > >
> > > I do find it funny that the UK touts its
> > "democracy", but in fact the
> > system
> > > is designed to perpetuate 2 party politics,
> which
> > can't possibly
> > accurately
> > > reflect the broad range of opinions in society.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Deri
> >
>
>
>
>
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