================================================ Subject: Re: This is not Creed discussion anymore...... From: "King_Dovregubben" To: Date: Thu 16 Aug 2001 20:51:24 -0700 ================================================ Actually, stupid people led to the election of a stupid President. People too stupid to work a ballot. Lo and behold, these morons appeared to be primarily democrat. > -----Original Message----- > From: Creed Discussion List > [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of Creed - 7M3 - Live > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 8:40 PM > To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > Subject: Re: This is not Creed discussion anymore...... > > > An accurate description Gina, > > Since the Electoral College led to voting for a stupid > president. Don't you think that popular voting should be > implemented? This to prevent the country from implementing > the stupidity of the electoral college? > > > Jim > > ---------------------------------- > > Gina Kovach wrote: > > > The system is called Electoral Votes. Basically what it > means is that > > based on the population of the state, they receive X number > of votes > > in the presidential election. Big states like California > get a large > > number, like 50 or something, while Rhode Island only gets > maybe one > > or two. Whoever the majority of the state's population votes for is > > the person that wins the electoral votes. After all the > states count > > their votes, they call in their electoral votes, and the candidate > > that has the most electoral votes wins. This system dates > back to when > > we were first a country, when the Congress believed the > common people > > were too "stupid" to elect a president, so the implemented > this system > > as a safeguard. > > > > > > > -- > Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the > cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are > worthless. > -- Sinclair Lewis > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp