Some
like to assume that the poor unwashed populous, the deplorables cannot
be trusted in this process, however globally every
nation on earth that has dictators and corrupt governments are
controlled not by the poor, but the wealthy and supposedly better
educated people. Using that criteria, the highly washed
and polished rich and educated can claim sole responsibility for
putting the world in the state it is in. Congratulations.
To
prove how effective the Electoral College can be consider the impact of
ignoring
workers in those communities who may not have the same advantages as
those living in major cities. Imagine what would happen to the
nation
if the citizens of California and their disproportionate number of
educated high
tech workers with their unique culture and seeming willingness to
replace everyone and everything with intelligent software and machines
were allowed to make decisions for all of the people living in the
poorer communities of Louisiana or Kentucky. And why should anyone with
a good job and high pay have any more right than a poor and
unemployed person to vote for someone representing their interests?
In another example, consider the lengths pro and anti abortion groups, both self interested factions, have to go to try and force their will on everyone else in the nation. The State of Texas passed a law
requiring hospitals providing abortions to provide burials for fetal
remains, increasing their cost and to complicate and interfere in the
provision of abortions. In this case Texas is using a scheme and
partisanship to exercise their will against members of society who are
pro abortion, an approach that will not fly across the entire nation. Look what is happening with marijuana legislation.
A majority
vote does not represent
everyone even if the vote is 10,000 for and 1 against. 10,001 is
everyone. Some may lament that this is one of the more difficult aspects
of managing a republic, however you simply cannot dismiss the rights of a minority, no matter
how much you may dislike, dismiss or disagree with them. And the union cannot run roughshod over the states.
People with grease on their hands, mud on their boots and a house full of kids to feed are just as important as those in $250 sneakers who can program computers, and moms staying at home and bringing up the kids with dinner at the table are every bit and perhaps more important to the nation that moms who park their kids in daycare so they can work in industry. That is not to demean anyone, but family upbringing is critical to a nation, and lives based on toil and the states that honor it are every bit as important as California despite this highly offensive portrayal of the nation.
If
the electors really want to show American values they should reject
every call to diminish the Republican majority the citizens of their state voted in across the
nation and the President elect that came out of that vote, and compel
the Democrats to get back to work to represent everyone in the nation
and not simply those who they think of more favorably. Especially
those they consider deplorable and who have nothing to invest with
Goldman Sachs, perhaps because Goldman and its cronies have already
stolen it.
Moreover,"An
1887 law holds that if states send in multiple conflicting sets of
Electoral College votes, Congress gets to vote on which ones to
recognize. The Republican-controlled Congress would obviously not go
along with an attempt by electors to steal the presidency for Hillary
Clinton." Even the Electoral
College is held in check by the representatives from other states which
make up Congress!
There are those that would suggest this election was a version of
American Idol, to somehow denigrate those who supported Trump. Again, that is not the case. No matter what polls say, no matter
how hard everyone intellectualizes, lies and bullshits, the simple fact
is in a republic you cannot leave anyone behind for very long.
Several statisticians actuarially determined the
Democrats would lose well before Trump came on the scene, based on the
Democrats performance over the past 8 years. The Democrats
squandered their 8 years in power, failing most Americans economically and
growing farther apart from their concerns. If an election was
reality TV alone, Clinton did a credible job of presenting the
Democratic position and Trump constantly stepped in it. What
determined the outcome of the election was not WWE tactics, it was
eight years that taught the American public how poorly their Democratic government
was performing.
The worse Trump behaved
and the more he put his foot in his mouth, the more the public realized
he was not a politician. That appeal of that reality has been
more than 200 years in the making and is now part of America's
behavioral DNA. The future portends even greater upheaval, and no
Orwellian brainwashing will change that, nor will brutality and
suppression deny it. The only thing that will fix the problem is
solutions to improve the plight of everyone.
At
this point, electors have stark choices. One is a member of the slimiest, corrupt political family in recent
memory whose husband is a sexual deviant who used the police as pimps to procure women and in his swan song after being impeached
started hanging around with a convicted pedophile who diddled 12 years
olds. His wife covered it up so that as Secretary of State she
could brag about murdering a world leader and fill their pockets with
graft selling political favors and influence to the
highest bidder. The other choice is a New York businessman who
who thinks grabbing a little pussy is OK (although bush league when
compared to big Bill) and wings it like a wild man disrupting hopefully
everything.