Four times in US history was the presidency won by the electoral vote, but not by the popular vote. One of those times just happens to be when George W. Bush was elected president in 2000. Need I say more!!! This just goes to show that having an electoral college pick the president as opposed to what the people want is a lamebrain way of choosing a president.
Besides, why should the presidency be in the hands of a few select people? Yes these electors are suppose to vote according to the popular vote in their state caucuses and primaries, but the reality of the matter is they are free to vote for the candidate of their choice. Super delegates is an even more absurd idea! Select party leaders are given the power to vote for whomever they want regardless of what their constituents have voiced.
This method is a dangerous way of picking a man or woman who will lead our country for four years! Who’s to say what candidates running for office may promise to a super delegate just to get their vote; or what a super delegate may demand from a candidate in order to get his or her vote!? 
Everyone has issues, and just like lobbyists these super delegates have their own agendas and interests that they want to push ahead. What better way of doing that then using their voting power to advance their public or private goals?
This years race for the White House is a fine example of why this way of selecting a nominee for the presidency isn’t working. Clinton has the popular vote. Obama has the electoral vote. Who will come out ahead and receive the nomination? The way it stands, Obama will. Does that mean Clinton voters will go for McCain as many have voiced they will? We shall see.
Maya Muses: Four more years of Bush politics…..if that’s the case, I think I’ll go to Mayaland (land of illusions) and wait until 2012! Or can the world take four more years of Bush politics? Afterall, the Mayan calendar ends in 2012! What does that mean for all of us?!
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9 responses so far ↓
1 Mia // Jun 2, 2008 at 10:19 am
I thought that we already were in Mayaland?
I am trying to be in this world,but not of it….
.For me;Time IS Art…..
And I can assure you it is a much more fun way of seeing life…I think you know what I mean….
Time is money?No way….
But I guess that is what the politicians still are ruled by….
And I guess this big illusion will hit the bottom sooner or later….
Interesting scenario;2012,what will happen then???
2 Lynn // Jun 4, 2008 at 6:12 am
Mia, you can click on this link here and it takes you to a website that talks about Mayan prophesy concerning 2012.
3 Mia // Jun 4, 2008 at 11:16 am
Lynn…this is simply too much….
You know, I have been aware of all this a very long time..This is not new to me….
Too,many ” coincidences”…going on here…
4 Tina // Jun 4, 2008 at 2:49 pm
never been interested in politics…
don´t like politicians….
Might do with all the dodgy ones we have running the Italian government!!
5 Mia // Jun 4, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Tina?
Did you click on the link ?to the website about Mayan prophesy?
This is the interesting part….
Not the politic stuff…
6 Lynn // Jun 30, 2008 at 8:53 pm
True! Politics and politicians are all the same! They tell you what you want to hear to get elected and then they do whatever they want! It’s the same for all of them! Look at Sarkozy in France and whoever wins in the States, it’ll be the same!
Tina, I’m not that up to date with what is going on in the Italian government. I was when I lived in Rome for awhile, but that was years ago!
7 Mia // Jul 9, 2008 at 4:25 pm
True,it is the same here in Sweden…
so,I live my life,my way…who ever runs the country….
promises,promises…they seldom keep them…
8 Lynn // Jul 11, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Mia, do you realize for once your mind has not wandered on to another topic! LOL!
9 Mia // Jul 11, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Gosh….
And I kept it short too….
But I think the Mayan prophesy are more interesting…..
They say:”Time is art”….that is what time is to me…
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