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LetMyPeopleVote

(155,858 posts) Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:15 PM Nov 5

Mike Luckovich-An explanation for the Electoral College

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Mike Luckovich-An explanation for the Electoral College (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Nov 5 OP

The Electoral Clown College hopefully won't ruin the voice of the people ck4829 Nov 5 #1

That makes a tad sense as to how it happened. As does appeasement of the southen states... brush Nov 5 #2

From The Firesign Theatre cojoel Nov 5 #3

I hope Kamala will be.... lastlib Nov 5 #4

ck4829

(36,161 posts)

1. The Electoral Clown College hopefully won't ruin the voice of the people

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:16 PM

Nov 5

brush

(58,159 posts)

2. That makes a tad sense as to how it happened. As does appeasement of the southen states...

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:25 PM

Nov 5

and their human enslavement preference. It needs to be eliminated for a one-person-one-vote policy...you know, how actual democracies and representative democracies are supposed to work.

cojoel

(998 posts)

3. From The Firesign Theatre

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:44 PM

Nov 5

From "Everything You Know is Wrong":

The real George Washington brought the hemp, and I the evening papers. We quickly proceeded to get Sam Adams and young Tom Jefferson, goodly stretched by the hemp, which smoked us all like Boston schrod. What a fetid fervor of freedom!

lastlib

(24,994 posts)

4. I hope Kamala will be....

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 05:52 PM

Nov 5

...the first female graduate of Electoral College--first in her class

Hope The Felon is LAST in the class.

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