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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frank Griffin who wrote (5940)	11/13/2000 10:54:18 PM
From: DOUG H	Respond to of 10042

newsmax.com That is why each state has a guaranteed two electoral votes, regardless of the size of the state, as a check against the second part of the formula, which focused on population. This was an inspired move. Big cities, which are the stuff of big states, while they traditionally attract wealth, they are also centers of poverty, where the vast majority of new immigrants trying to find their way, and old welfare recipients who never seemed to find their way, are found in their largest numbers. To then create an election formula that depends upon the popular vote alone creates candidates who will tend to focus inordinately upon the poor to get elected. This is a prescription for socialism. The Electoral College helps prevent this. It insures a candidate must balance his approach with rural, property, and state rights issues. It is one of many checks against direct democracy found in our Constitution, and is therefore a check against socialism. Leave it alone.

To: Frank Griffin who wrote (5940)	11/14/2000 12:13:46 PM
From: pezz	Respond to of 10042

You know Frank I have been debating this with quite a number of Bush supporters since it began. You are the only one who never posts any arguments . Every one of your posts are simply personal attacks on me or Gore.......Never any reason why I should see your point of view.....Just "Gore is evil, stealing the election you are partisan,I am right, blab bla" ad infinitum. I don't know if you don't believe your own case or you are just to stupid to support it.......A damn mystery to me