Syndicated
Columnist Laura Hollis deserves a huge thank you for her writing of an
important and timely defense of the Electoral College and therefore the
Constitution of the United States. She did a wonderful job explaining the
National Popular Vote Initiative and the dark attempts of this movement to
avoid the process required to amend our Constitution. This ill conceived
initiative is a political and philosophical assault on our Constitution and it
does so without the process of amending. The summary paragraph in Hollis’
article accurately states what the supporters of this initiative do not. “The
National Popular Vote compact is an underhanded way to gut the Constitution
without amending it, and to disenfranchise the large swath of the American
electorate. It should be opposed.”
Two Wolves
and a Lamb are out for a walk. Each becomes hungry and the wolves suggest that
it would be a great idea to vote on what they will eat for lunch. Simply
consider the obvious outcome of this scenario and you will instantly grasp the
purpose for the Electoral College as written and also understand why the
Democratic Party and the Progressive Left are so committed to do the end run
around the Constitution as written in 1787.
Take your
time and read the Hollis article for understanding and then share that knowledge
with others. This may seem to you to be very difficult because you are but a
single voice. Not so! You, using your knowledge and your voice, are a powerful
tool to combat the wolves who want you for lunch. When you doubt your
understanding of truth as strength, consider other single voices such as these:
Alice Walker said “The most
common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” and Sydney
Smith said “It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can
only do little.”
The path to
the Hollis article: https://www.creators.com/read/laura-hollis/05/18/the-sneaky-efforts-to-undermine-the-electoral-college
This author
wrote a similar article titled “The Electoral College. It appeared in this blog
site on April 25, 2016. http://ourcaravanbydb.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-electoral-college.html
He has also published
a book: An Awakened Passion which
includes the complete texts of The Declaration of Independence, the
Transcription of the 1789 Resolution of Congress, The Constitution of the
United States and the Constitution Amendments.
Consider
that Andrew Jackson (1824), Samuel J. Tilden (1876), Grover Cleveland (1888), Al
Gore (2000) and Hillary Clinton (2016) all won the national popular vote in the
election years following their names but each failed to become President of the
United States. Each loss can be linked to the constitutional process known as
The Electoral College. Only one candidate has openly claimed the final decision
should not have been permitted because that candidate received more popular
votes. That candidate was Hillary Clinton. Her anger, her party’s anger and
those who practice the Progressive philosophy all believe, contrary to
Constitutional law, that she was cheated and the country was harmed. They are
all behind the movement to step around the Constitution as written.
Despite the
intent of National Popular Vote compact, Our Constitution is the Law of the
Land and our government is not and was deliberately not created as a pure
democracy. The government created in September 17, 1787 is a Constitutional Republic.
Benjamin Franklin made this clear when he said: You have “a Republic if you can
keep it.” The founders avoided democracy like the plague and John Adams pointedly told us why. “…there is never a
democracy that did not commit suicide.”
“The Electoral
College” does not appear in the Constitution nor does it appear in Amendment
Xll which was written following the election of 1800. In that election, Thomas
Jefferson (Presidential candidate) and Aaron Burr (running separately as the
Vice President candidate) tied for the office of President. Amendment Xll
ensured that the Electors must make a discrete choice between their selections
for President and Vice President. The 1800 election was correctly decided in
the House of Representatives. Jefferson finally won but only after 36 votes!
While
confusing to many people, when Americans vote for a President and Vice
President, they are actually voting for presidential electors. These electors
are collectively known as the Electoral College. It is these electors, chosen
by the people who elect the chief executive. The language used in Article ll
Section l of The Constitution specifically assigns each state a number of
electors equal to the combined total of the state’s Senate and House of
Representatives delegations. Just my opinion, but I am not aware of any bias
toward any candidate from then to and including the 2016 election cycle. The Hollis
article clearly reminds us that the constitution is structured to mitigate the
effects of pure democracy.
Turn your
reading to the author’s April 25, 2016 blog article to see how the “The
Electoral College” actually works from start to finish.
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