Yes I did - the concept of the right to vote is relatively new in the 
scheme of history.  Our "Founding Fathers' didn't trust the common 
citizens to decide the leaders but left it up to the Electoral College, 
whose body was then made up of the gentlemen farmers and leaders of the 
communities they professed to represent.

Kat

ken barber wrote:
> it has always been the electorial college from the
> beginning.
>
>  did you know that the constitution does not garantee
> the "right to vote?"
>
> --- kat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>   
>> Yes but let's face it - politics has become so much
>> marketing to the 
>> masses that you have to appeal to the widest segment
>> of the population 
>> to win -- and then if the majority isn't big enough,
>> it's up to the 
>> Electoral College and then the Supreme Court.
>>
>> Kat
>>
>> Linda Walker wrote:
>>     
>>> Sorry I disagree. It's up to the parties to lead
>>>       
>> the people by giving 
>>     
>>> them the hard truth, not just talking to win. I am
>>>       
>> disgusted with the 
>>     
>>> Democrats for not standing strongly for peace and
>>>       
>> negotiation over 
>>     
>>> war. I like Gore. I'd love to see Kerry with his
>>>       
>> exotic wife as First 
>>     
>>> Lady and I like Edwards best right now.
>>> I'm scared of Romney of course and everyone should
>>>       
>> go see September 
>>     
>>> Dawn, the movie about the Mormon massacre of an
>>>       
>> immigrant train. This 
>>     
>>> is still how the fundamentalists believe and it is
>>>       
>> frightening. Altho 
>>     
>>> some commentators have said this is not the
>>>       
>> Mormons and criticized the 
>>     
>>> wording of the sermons in the movie the fact is
>>>       
>> they used the sermons 
>>     
>>> practically word for word and Brigham Youngs
>>>       
>> bloody sermons are 
>>     
>>> available on the net. 1857 was a brutal period in
>>>       
>> the history of the 
>>     
>>> Mormons and they have still not removed blood
>>>       
>> atonement doctrine from 
>>     
>>> their so called good books.
>>>
>>> At 12:01 PM 8/25/2007, you wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Com'on you know she can't say anything definite. 
>>>>         
>> She's got a nomination
>>     
>>>> to win first and then an election. I really do
>>>>         
>> wish Gore would run
>>     
>>>> because I like his environmental policy the best.
>>>>         
>>  We wuz robbed in
>>     
>>>> 2000.  Yes, I'm still angry about that.
>>>>
>>>> Kat
>>>>
>>>> Linda Walker wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> I don't like Hilary for this reason. She has
>>>>>           
>> been wishy washy on the
>>     
>>>>> war. I will vote for anyone who voted against
>>>>>           
>> the war from the
>>     
>>>>> beginning. Probably won't have a choice to do
>>>>>           
>> that though so I will
>>     
>>>>> vote for the lesser of two evils again. If only
>>>>>           
>> we could have back
>>     
>>>>> those good old Ike Republicans I might even
>>>>>           
>> vote for them.
>>     
>>>>> At 11:42 AM 8/25/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Ken, we are in the *ss so far we can't see
>>>>>>             
>> daylight anymore. Hillary
>>     
>>>>>> knows this.  Eisenhower was right when he
>>>>>>             
>> criticized the American
>>     
>>>>>> military industrial corporations. For those
>>>>>>             
>> too young to remember:
>>     
> http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html
>   
>>>>>> For a Republican, Ike was wise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---- Original message ----
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:52:43 -0700
>>>>>>> From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: It's things like this...
>>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> may i ask why hilery will not commit to
>>>>>>>               
>> taking all
>>     
>>>>>>> troops out of iraq. inquiring mind.....
>>>>>>>               
>>>> -----------------------
>>>>         
>

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