Editor,
Wow, letter writer Jorg Aadahl has put it succinctly; many of America’s recent calamities can be laid at the feet of the archaic Electoral College; a mechanism put in the Constitution by the Founding Fathers 246 years ago when news between the states traveled slowly; it was carried by the Pony Express.
Mr. Aadahl was right on in pointing out the problems of applying this old mechanism of the Electoral College to our modern world; it is so unnecessary when communication happens at the speed of life.
Additionally, the serious problem of gun violence is being enabled by the interpretation the Second Amendment. We can thank (?) the NRA for pushing this misinterpretation beyond all reason. Gun violence is similarity caused by the same type of force fitting old laws to the modern world.
Lastly, as mentioned by Mr. Aadahl, we wouldn’t have a hard-right activist Supreme Court that appears to be taking the country backwards, curtailing our liberty and freedom.
Folks, it is possible to impeach a Supreme Court Justice, and two of them have been alleged to have lied under oath! How do you spell corruption?
Cybele LoVuolo-Bhushan
Palo Alto
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(7) comments
So instead of the federal right to abortion, the outrage du jour this week is continued rabid leftie nothingburgers about the EC to distract from treasonous Biden’s America Last policies… I guess Cybele didn’t read last week’s letter from Mark Krvavica, saying in one sentence why there is an EC.
Terence Y: What a joke, referring to Mark Krvavica’s LTE! The only “positive” about the Electoral College seems to be that some easily fooled enjoy some phony personal power with this archaic set-up? I don’t expect everybody to grasp all of the negatives I listed in my July 12 LTE, but let’s just focus on Trump, who was only lured into the WH in 2016 due to the EC, - pretty uneducated and with no political experience or understanding as he was, and still is, being a slow learner. In addition to all we already know about this guy’s mismanagement, look at what the Jan. 6. Committee has exposed through their outstanding work! How can anyone in his right mind still justify EC minority selected incompetents, like Trumputin? I think the answer is pretty obvious: no one!
Jorg, Mr. Krvavica saying in one sentence why there is an EC is far more convincing than the “reasoning” in your 1500 words (500 words of nonsense due to not understanding American government plus 1000 words related to “orange man bad” gibberish) of comments and LTE’s. BTW, thanks for the three exclamation points – the only valid points you make.
Terrence, Jorg must be thrilled to have another writer join him in his diatribes based on nothing but misinformation spewed by his favorite, nearly defunct news channel. Cybele is just another know-nothing rabble-rouser who clearly has not studied history and has no appreciation for what transpired here long before she was even a gleam in someone eye. So cute, to bring the Pony Express into the mix, so relevant and so indicative of his/her mind set.
Well said, Dirk. Ever notice how rabid lefties try to latch onto some non-issue or exhibit faux outrage on this or that thing because they’re unable to live in the present and deal with treasonous Biden’s America Last policies? Have you also noticed how the [insert Dem cause here, such as global warming, all-electric, etc.] crowds tend to ghost you when you ask them questions or ask them to defend their stances? Or if there is a response, it’s a deflection or personal attack? If only they put as much time into independent thought and research… And you’re right, the Pony Express reference is cute.
Dirk: How unmanly to go to personal attack when you have no counter argument or anything else to contribute! I’m quite sure that the majority got Cybele’s very valid point, although you obviously didn’t. From the complimentary off-line comments I have received, people understood her very well, and agreed! Perhaps try again, with an open, un-Trumpy mind?
It's up to Americans to decided to Amend the Constitutions to eliminate the Electoral College but there isn't any support for it.
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