I didn't see it as a debatable comment and I'm hoping it wasn't a serious comment. It was an angry cry for revolt against Bush and his supporters. My comment was basically the system should protect against such reckless voting. I am actually surprised we are debating it.
And my point was that you failed to express that with the words you originally chose. Now that you have provided some points, a debate can be had. Here in Community, as well as most places in life, anything can be debated. Taking your two main points, I'm going to provide a couple of simple counter opinions. Unfortunately I do not have the time to give these topics the attention and time that they could easily take up. But what the heck, I'm a bit stuck at the moment on my current coding task and a short diversion may help. Point one, as I hear you: The original post was an angry cry for revolt against Bush. I may be a bit off, as mentioned I don't have time to review the entire thread. So I'm doing this from memory. So I may be misquoting the original post, or even crossing up with a completely different post. But taking the basic idea that some have said they would vote for just about anybody of any race or gender, rather then Bush or Bush-heir. I would point out that Bush is in office because a significant number of our county's conservative population did just this in the opposite direction. You Sam may not be one of them. But I feel many did vote for Bush as a counter to the perceived anti-Christian/liberal sway of the other side. Point two: It would be desirable to have a system to improve the voting results. This, I actually agree to in principle, but in practicality scares me. Wasn't the original concept of the Electoral College for this purpose? The public does not actually vote for the president, but rather a representative to go, collectively with all the other representatives elected across the country, hash out who will be president. Now these representatives, theoretically, are supposed to be learned and informed individuals who can use their intelligence and wisdom to pick the best choice. But this has long been changed. Many states have dictated by law that all the states representatives will vote for the candidate that received the most votes by the public in the state. This, in my mind, removes any possible benefit of the college and making the election of our country's leader more and more like a high school election for prom king (or queen when and if a female is elected). -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA --------- | 1 | | --------- Binary Soduko | | | --------- "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206691 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
