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Monday, April 3, 2023

Letter to the editor: Dismantle the Electoral College to restore democracy - by William Stewart

Found here. Our comments in bold.
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We hardly know where to start. Contained in this short letter is nearly every leftist talking point, bumper sticker slogan, and fake factoid from the Leftist Agitprop Manual.

Even in the face of clear video evidence, the author persists in spouting the fake insurrection narrative. Despite being thoroughly debunked, the issues of Ukraine, obstruction, etc, get trotted out yet again. This is what Leftists do. Their daily task is to keep to The Narrative (the talking points dispatched from Central Command every day). The purpose is to keep the minions ramped up with outrage so as to facilitate The Agenda (the dismantling of the system).

But unlike the leftists of old, today's leftists don’t have the taste for bloody revolution. Instead, they hope to convince The People to vote away their freedoms incrementally. That's why the Electoral College is under attack. The Electoral College was installed by the Founders to decentralized power, to prevent the disenfranchisement of the minority, and to avoid democracy. They wanted to ensure The People would not be subjected to tyrannical government.

But apparently we need to eliminate the Electoral College in order to restore democracy. What? The Electoral College is in the Constitution, the document that created America. One cannot restore what has never existed. America has never been a democracy.

If we had a direct democratic vote, the presidency would be decided by just a few big cities, which tend to be Left. Their votes would determine the election, while most of the country wouldn't even need to bother to vote.

So the author desires to self-disenfranchise. He wants the vote of millions of people to not count. He wants voter suppression to become the law of the land, ensuring a leftist government for the foreseeable future.
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Incitement of insurrection, abuse of power with Ukraine, obstruction of justice, tax fraud and financial misconduct, capital riot, election interference, all due to an outdated system called the Electoral College.

This outdated system used in our elections means the outcome of the presidential election can be decided by a small number of voters in a few key states. This undermines the principles of democracy and does not reflect the will of the American people. The popular vote is the only "true" outcome for an election as that would truly reflect the will of the people and not just a few electors that can alter the outcome by voting for a candidate who did not win their states election. Let's change the system so the true winner is elected by support from the majority of the American people.

In the 2000 election, Al Gore won the popular vote by over half a million votes. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 3 million votes. In both cases, had we not used the Electoral College, we may not have had the invasion of Iraq due to weapons of mass destruction that did not exist, and we would not be experiencing the turmoil and chaos that has ensued since Trump was elected.

Wouldn't it be nice to turn on the news, read the paper, or listen to podcasts that have something other to focus on than Donald J. Trump and all of his ineptitudes, legal issues, mafia type leadership, and his attempted takedown of democracy so that he can retain power like so many other authoritarians in the world. Let's demand that the Electoral College be eliminated and start acting like a democracy.


William Stewart

Bozeman

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