Hello Everybody,   
      
   The Framers of the Constitution had wisdom beyond their years,   
   having the foresight to include an electoral college system to   
   elect our leaders.  They knew from experience what would have   
   happened had everything be left up to a popular vote.  And they   
   also knew what a parliamentary system would mean.  Not wanting   
   mob rule or a king, they gave us what we have today - the best   
   least harmful form of government the world has ever known.   
      
   For an essay about why the electoral college should be retained,   
   please visit this url -   
      
   http://onesalt.com/p0000043.htm   
      
   The author correctly notes that the United States Senate voted   
   51 to 48 in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment to replace   
   the electoral college system with a direct popular vote for president,   
   which was far short than what was needed for such a proposal to be   
   sent to the states for ratification, but leaving an impression that   
   a direct popular vote was not necessarily a bad thing.  The author   
   goes on to show why a direct popular vote would leave us in dire   
   straits, kind of like Haiti (or more sinister, like Nazi Germany).   
      
   While the electoral college system is far from a perfect solution   
   for choosing our leaders, it is much more preferable than anything   
   else devised by man.   
      
   Comments, anyone?   
      
   --Lee   
      
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