Yes agreed with the below.  The closeness of the election is further
testimony of the nearly identical nature of these two right wing-parties.
Not to mention the fact that 1/2 of the people see no reason to vote.
w
>
> William, could you explain to me how you think that the interests of the
> wealthy would have been affected if George W. Gore was elected by a
> direct plurality of the votes rather than by the electoral college?
> Please note in your answer that neither of them even received a majority
> of the votes cast, let alone majority endorsement by the eligible
> electors, or of the general population (taking account of the huge
> disenfranchisement of African Americans arising from criminal
> convictions).  Would a direct election have neutralized the tens of
> millions of dollars contributed to Al Bush by corporate America?  If
> not, then what is your point about preferring direct elections to the
> electoral college?  I must be missing it.  Or would it still be a case
> of Gipper, Tipper or Zipper? Dan
>
> William Meecham wrote:
>
> > The electoral college, roundly maligned before this god send
> > to the losing Bush was set in place for two reasons:
> >
> > To guarantee that the wealthy men who set up this country retained
> > control, without disturbing dem. outcomes.
> >
> > To aid in the maintaining of slavery: Va. got a great boost in
> > its population because it counted Africans as 60% human (I suppose
> > one could grant that that was at least something).
> > \w
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