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Stardust519 · 26-30, F
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@FallenAngel519: Off hand no, I have over 100 stories up.
Stardust519 · 26-30, F
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MasterDvdC · 61-69, M
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sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@OWTFWN: I'm going to assume you meant to say [i][c=#003BB2]"The Electoral College was added for convenience..."[/c][/i] Nothing could be further from the truth. The Electoral College was not an ammendment ("add-on") at all. In fact, it resides in Article 2. If you've misplaced your copy of our Constitution, I'd be happy to loan you mine. 😁 Just teasing, sorry, back to the serious stuff...
The Electoral College (along with the make up of the upper chamber of Congress, "The US Senate") was very specifically a compromise struck between the larger more populous states and the smaller less populous states. The smaller states feared they would have no say in the new Federal government so their voice was strengthened with these two institutions.
If you feel the "people" have been screwed by this election or by the 2000 election, then you must also feel that the "people" are screwed every time a Senator is elected from a small state? It's the same principle.
Our Constitution (and the federal government it created) is, after all, a contract between and among the various states, not the people (despite what the first three words of the preamble would have you think). As such, there are many compromises contained within our government that might not make sense if we take the perspective that this should be some kind of one-man,one-vote democracy. It is not. It is a Constitutional Federal Republic formed from sovereign States.
(PS: The US Congress is not determined by population. Only half of it is. The lower Chamber, known as the House of Representative or "The People's House" is determined by population with every Representative having roughly the same number of constituents. The other half of Congress or the upper Chamber, the US Senate, is NOT determined by population at all. If I am confusing you, you can find clarification in Article 1 of the aforementioned Constitution! 😌)
The Electoral College (along with the make up of the upper chamber of Congress, "The US Senate") was very specifically a compromise struck between the larger more populous states and the smaller less populous states. The smaller states feared they would have no say in the new Federal government so their voice was strengthened with these two institutions.
If you feel the "people" have been screwed by this election or by the 2000 election, then you must also feel that the "people" are screwed every time a Senator is elected from a small state? It's the same principle.
Our Constitution (and the federal government it created) is, after all, a contract between and among the various states, not the people (despite what the first three words of the preamble would have you think). As such, there are many compromises contained within our government that might not make sense if we take the perspective that this should be some kind of one-man,one-vote democracy. It is not. It is a Constitutional Federal Republic formed from sovereign States.
(PS: The US Congress is not determined by population. Only half of it is. The lower Chamber, known as the House of Representative or "The People's House" is determined by population with every Representative having roughly the same number of constituents. The other half of Congress or the upper Chamber, the US Senate, is NOT determined by population at all. If I am confusing you, you can find clarification in Article 1 of the aforementioned Constitution! 😌)
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Scribbles · 36-40, F
Yeah....I don't know if I should laughing or crying at the truth in this... Because...(with much frustrated gesticulation) "Dumbfuckistan" indeed...and yet America remains in part my beloved homeland.
(sighs dramatically)
(sighs dramatically)
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
Umm ... you got the map wrong. Were you one of Hillary's political consultants?? 😉
room101 · 51-55, M
as i said Sara, it's conveying a message. a message that i agree with. it doesn't need to be technically accurate.
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@room101: Okay I get it. The meme must be from some previous election year.
I know it's intended as humor, and if politics doesn't deserve humor than nothing does, but I don't see Republican or conservative politics as universally characteristic of "dumbfuckistan".
I know it's intended as humor, and if politics doesn't deserve humor than nothing does, but I don't see Republican or conservative politics as universally characteristic of "dumbfuckistan".
room101 · 51-55, M
there's two ways of looking at it.
1. it's not an indictment of Republicans and/or Conservatives. it's an indictment of those who voted for Trump.
2. it is an indictment of the Republican party because they allowed Trump to run for office in the first place.
for me, it's both 1 and 2.
1. it's not an indictment of Republicans and/or Conservatives. it's an indictment of those who voted for Trump.
2. it is an indictment of the Republican party because they allowed Trump to run for office in the first place.
for me, it's both 1 and 2.
sighmeupforthat · 46-50, M
wrong map.[image deleted][image deleted]
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room101 · 51-55, M
@OWTFWN: LOL, I'm sure that it's the "right" kind of people. How will I cope 😱
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