Alaska for Obama?

Bob Weinberger wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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The president should be the president of ALL the people, and should be
elected by popular vote. We should also scrap the state-by-state
winner-take-all system because that also can lead to democratically
illegitimate outcomes.

The current electoral system is merely an obsolete, obscure, unfair,
antidemocratic, and ponderous system born of a compromise necessary to get
13 states to ratify the constitution. Another compromise was to count
slaves as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of congressional representation
(although they had no vote, of course).

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Interesting rant compared to your silence during the primaries re that
"system".

Bob Weinberger La Grande,OR

So now you're criticizing me for what I DIDN'T say about politics on a
flyfishing newsgroup? That's a first, I believe.

BTW, I wouldn't call this a "rant." It's an opinion.

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"rw" wrote in message
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So now you're criticizing me for what I DIDN'T say about politics on a
flyfishing newsgroup? That's a first, I believe.

BTW, I wouldn't call this a "rant." It's an opinion.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address


My, how thin skinned. No criticism. Simply an observation of an apparrent
inconsistency.

Bob Weinberger La Grande ,OR


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