tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post300424176234977596..comments2024-03-02T09:41:35.809-08:00Comments on Donkeylicious - A Blog by Neil Sinhababu and Nicholas Beaudrot: In 2000 Democrats Were Mad About Florida And Bush v. Gore, Not The Electoral-Popular SplitNeil Sinhababuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-2657859707440646012012-10-30T08:58:01.212-07:002012-10-30T08:58:01.212-07:00Regardless of the outcome of 2000, and the potenti...Regardless of the outcome of 2000, and the potential outcome of this election, the EC is antidemocratic and stupid, as it basically disenfranchises most of the country.<br /><br />If you're not a resident of Nevada, Colorado, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, or Florida, you're not really part of this election.<br /><br />If Presidential elections were decided on popular vote, as they should, then a vote would be a vote, wherever it was located. If a Presidential candidate can persuade 100,000 undecided voters to vote for him, it really shouldn't matter whether they're in Ohio or Texas, in Wisconsin or California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-19062988923529807842012-10-30T08:52:57.575-07:002012-10-30T08:52:57.575-07:00Oh yeah: since you don't have Disqus, and appa...Oh yeah: since you don't have Disqus, and apparently my Typepad login doesn't work over here, I'm reduced to an alternate handle from my LJ days. <br /><br />Anyway, I'm rtfirefly, and rtfirefly is me.<br />- low-tech cyclistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-21253466251791581292012-10-30T08:49:52.019-07:002012-10-30T08:49:52.019-07:00Can't forget the Duval County ballot, with the...Can't forget the Duval County ballot, with the "vote on every page" instructions, and a Presidential ballot that went on for - oops! - two pages.<br /><br />It's an everlasting shame that the Duval County ballots couldn't have been re-examined, to see how many votes for each of the two major-party candidates were disqualified solely due to voting for a minor-party candidate on the second page.<br /><br />Or the Brooks Brothers riot.<br /><br />Or accepting absentee ballots from overseas, largely from military bases, that were mailed after Election Day.<br /><br />Plenty to get mad about, about the 2000 election, within the actual rules that applied to that election.<br /><br />Not to mention, the Bush campaign was preparing to protest a split decision if they'd been on the other side of it; they were ginning up their machinery to twist electors' arms to change their votes if they won the popular vote but lost a close EC count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-34228430405577270532012-10-27T17:25:33.402-07:002012-10-27T17:25:33.402-07:00I am... with Monsieur Beaudrot! Electoral college...I am... with Monsieur Beaudrot! Electoral college has always been bullshit - it's just a way to screen true direct election, from the same folks who brought you appointed senators. I'd be happy to dump the whole kit and kaboodle.<br /><br />This hardly redeems any of the active villains in this tale.Glenn Fayardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-75416851626348192112012-10-27T07:48:27.929-07:002012-10-27T07:48:27.929-07:00Really? I mean, it's a totally stupid rule, bu...Really? I mean, it's a totally stupid rule, but it's a rule. Harris and the Supreme Court were acting malevolently and in violation of institutional rules and precedents.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-38437657219874986482012-10-27T07:38:13.840-07:002012-10-27T07:38:13.840-07:00I dunno, I was mad about the electoral/popular spl...I dunno, I was mad about the electoral/popular split too. And in retrospect I'm incredibly mad at the press on all counts.Nick Beaudrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794690208464883973noreply@blogger.com