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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: benwood who wrote (86545)	12/10/2000 12:18:56 PM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Ben - Thanks for the reply. It is apparent that my libertarian POV is so entirely at odds with yours that we wouldn't even be talking about the same things. Regards, Don

To: benwood who wrote (86545)	12/10/2000 12:54:19 PM
From: Freedom Fighter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Ben, >>If the electoral college were gone, then there would be a 200,000 vote majority and the incessant recounts would not have occurred, unless your prize fighter would drag us through the ditches (surely not!).<< I don't agree. A less than 200K edge vs the total votes cast is within the margin percentage that would trigger an automatic recount in many places. Then we would debating the problems with every technology and process used in the US etc... ...not to mention that the popular vote would put more power in the hands of highly populated regions with specific needs, values, etc... at the expense of larger geographic regions with smaller populations and another unique set of problems, values etc... You may not agree, but I think it's possible to argue that the states already have too little power. That translates into less freedom for me to vote with my feet. Wayne