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Wednesday, November 03, 2004

That Damned Electoral College

JB

NBC reports that Kerry has conceded. Thank goodness. Much as I detest George Bush, I'm glad Kerry is not trying to win the Presidency having lost the popular vote by 3 million.

Here's the thing. I've never liked the Electoral College. I regard it as a relic of slavery and inherently anti-democratic. I believe that the person who wins the popular vote should be President, and Presidents who win the electoral college without winning a plurality (or a majority) of the popular vote have serious problems of legitimacy. That goes for John Kerry just as much as it does for George W. Bush.

Of course Kerry was certainly legally entitled to try to show that he won Ohio, and he might even have done it. But it would not have been wise.

Now it's time for all of those who supported Kerry and opposed Bush to lick our wounds and contemplate the country's future. This is a loss, and a bitter loss at that. But it is not the end. It is the beginning of the future, and we have to have faith that things will eventually get better and that the things we believe in and the values that we stand for will ultimately win the day.


Comments:

You don't like the EC? The only way it will go is if it results in two competiting "wrong results." 2W=1R
 

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