Liberty
"The great irony
of those championing the demise of the Electoral College is that they are
ostensibly (I say ostensibly because I believe there is nothing pure about
the motive here) doing so to promote more freedom, not less. What a load
of baloney. Right now a presidential candidate, most of whom come from
America's semi-permanent 'political class' with all its elitist trappings,
is still forced to 'sully' himself and campaign in what is euphemistically
referred to as 'flyover country' because the Electoral College votes of
those states still mean something. ... Now do away with the Electoral
College. All the same elitist politician has to do now is set up shop at
five star hotels in America's five or ten largest cities by population.
... Obviously this is not what the Founding Fathers had in mind. They took
great pains to ensure the separation of powers at the federal level and
equally great pains to ensure that the individual states had a substantial
say in how this country was governed. ... As for the people who think the
elimination of the Electoral College means every vote 'will count
equally,' try selling that garbage in North Dakota or any other
low-population state which would be routinely ignored in every
presidential election thereafter. What these 'do-gooders' are really
advocating is the eventual dissolution of states' rights altogether, and
the permanent entrenchment of all meaningful power in Congress and the
Oval Office -- or more accurately, in the King and His Court. The United
States of America? The United Cities of America would be more like it. No
doubt that works for those who believe centralized government is the
be-all and end-all. For those who still believe in freedom and
representative government, it's a complete crock." --columnist
Arnold Ahlert
Above article
posted to the internet by the PatriotPost.us 8-2-10
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