2019 Politics- Life in Trump World
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^No chance of eliminating the Electoral College though until Republicans start losing to it.
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I don't think either party would go for a change that will eliminate the two-party system. It's got to go directly on the ballot.
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Go back to the original Constitutional rules wherein the person with the most votes is President and the next is Vice President. That goes with my other belief the 17th Amendment needs to be repealed. Both combinations will return us to the days where parties couldn't angle for control of the different branches of the Government, people would actually lead, and compromise occurred quite often.RJDiogenes wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 11:30 pmI don't think either party would go for a change that will eliminate the two-party system. It's got to go directly on the ballot.
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You can have my Oxford comma when you pry it from my cold, dead, and lifeless hands.
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^ I haven't read any of Dave Barry's stuff in ages.
Meanwhile, it looks like Australia is in the same boat as we are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shBwf97O7zk
Meanwhile, it looks like Australia is in the same boat as we are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shBwf97O7zk
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Except that the Vice President is basically just a spare tire in case the actual President goes flat. Plus which, it would reduce the likelihood of impeaching a president to zero, because then it actually would be a coup, kind of.
It would guarantee that whatever party controlled the State legislature also represented the State in Congress. It would also put more power in the hands of corrupt politicians, with no oversight. Eliminating the Electoral College and instituting ranked voting would put more power in the hands of the people. Which, granted, is only better in principle, but still.That goes with my other belief the 17th Amendment needs to be repealed. Both combinations will return us to the days where parties couldn't angle for control of the different branches of the Government, people would actually lead, and compromise occurred quite often.
It's impossible to write parody anymore. Reality now supersedes it.Gary wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:43 amDave Barry column: Dave Barry's Year in Review: Well, that was something
I honestly thought he was dead.
The Titanic.Meanwhile, it looks like Australia is in the same boat as we are.