Yes good movie. More akin to today is Seven Days in May...March, Douglas, Lancaster...
On Sat, Nov 7, 2020, 4:22 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > 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 <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 > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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