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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:00 PM Original message |
The Electoral College is KILLING us and it has to go! |
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ColumbiaCowboy (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Any ideas? |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I hate the electoral college almost as much as I hate the chimp |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Thanks for the dogmatic response |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Yeah? Well, Bushco was ready to challenge |
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forgethell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. The red/blue |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bush didn't win because of the electoral college (this time). |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That's right... |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. IF that is so, |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Since you're blaming it on voter fraud, then that's all the more reason |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. I hate it, I just don't see a way to eliminate it |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. There are ways to eliminate it. We just have to make up our minds |
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buckettgirl (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. I agree that it should go |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Your vote was counted but your vote "doesn't count" |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. We're Probably Stuck with It |
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xerox (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. aaaa, oohhhh |
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Leilani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. We should be able to win both the popular vote |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Abandoning the EC will do more toward winning the popular vote |
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Bush was AWOL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. Electoral College does need to go! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 03:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. Good luck getting rid of it. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Here's the scary thing |
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TruthIsAll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. The EC is not killing us. FRAUD is. But I agree. We need a Popular vote |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. You don't have to abandon the EC |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. But take a look at the REAL map here in this link, not the EC bullshit one |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Assigning electroal votes by congressional district |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. I agree |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. You should look at the geography of the Senate, if you think the EC has |
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rebelskypirate (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. I agree, reform is need, an idea |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Specific ideas like yours will go a lot further toward fixing what ails us |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. Fix the voting machines first |
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rebelskypirate (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Here are some ideas on fixing the machines(not the election) |
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jerryster (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Agreed |
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