The Founding Fathers didn’t account for the rise of political parties, which came soon enough.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College#Original_plan Somehow I’m reminded of the movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Set in the fading days of the old west with territories becoming states and deciding who to elect as their representatives. Should it be Jimmy Stewart the righteous lawyer, or Lee Marvin the outlaw gang leader? The old fashioned idea that you sent the brightest and best educated person to Washington to represent you. Hah! Politicians are not held in great esteem today, and we would probably vote for Liberty Valance. I assume everyone has seen the movie. It’s an old John Ford western, in fact he shot it in B&W, but it’s a must see. Look at the cast – Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, Andy Devine, Edmond O’Brien, John Caradine, Lee Van Cleef. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Saturday, November 7, 2020 4:46 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: The Silence is deafening.. The three-fifths compromise was enacted long before California existed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-fifths_Compromise bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 11/7/2020 12:54 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote: Uhhhh. No. The EC was created so that California has the same voice power as Rhode Island. On Nov 7, 2020, at 3:17 PM, Bill Prince <mailto:part15...@gmail.com> <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: Could have been over on Tuesday if we didn't have the silly Electoral College shenanigans; which actually evolved from the crazy slave is 3/5 of a person nonsense. Here we are ~~ 250 years later and we're still dealing with decisions we made about slaves. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 11/7/2020 11:15 AM, Jaime Solorza wrote: We have spoken. Righteous Indignation -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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