RW> RICHARD WEBB:   
      
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   BK>>  True. Esp if the third party candidate was running well   
   BK>>  elsewhere, but not in your state. Now, if he doesn't get the   
   BK>> majority in your state it don't count. With a direct vote they  all   
   BK>> add up.   
      
    RW> Right, and, imnsho this is one of the reasons we'll never   
    RW> see the electoral college abolished, the two majors can   
    RW> give us the same old tired excrement and effectively   
    RW> disenfranchise third party voters.  This is also why the   
      
    Of course, they risk being taken over by a large and well funded   
    third party, like the Tea Party did to the republicans.   
      
    RW> Republicans abandoned the true fiscal conservatives and   
    RW> those of a libertarian bent in favor of the religious   
      
    Religious and checkbook conservatives. IOW, right wingers.   
      
    RW> fanatics, they knew they didn't have to worry about the   
    RW> libertarians, those who gave libertarian ideas more than   
    RW> lip service would vote libertarian, and could safely be   
    RW> ignored.   
      
    Which is one point Libertarians and all dedicated third partiers   
    forget. They can be ignored if they don't get involved with the   
    big parties. Then can have a significant effect from within the   
    big parties. Over time they do affect policy. That's been shown   
    again and again.   
      
    RW> MEanwhile, Falwell Robertson and their ilk must be   
    RW> placated, they're loud and they've got money from the   
    RW> gullible er faithful to burn.  got to do something other   
    RW> than build air conditioned doghouses ya know.   
      
    Yeah, esp since Citizens United. And they make good front groups   
    for big money people.   
      
   BK>>>  With the electoral college the candidates have no reason to even   
   BK>>> visit a state or area he feels he has no chance in. Without it  all   
   BK>>> votes count the same.   
      
    RW>> There's that too.  IT might push candidates to actually   
    RW>> talk issues with these folks.   
      
   BK>>  Now you are asking way too much...   
      
    RW> Right, but abolishing the electoral college would force   
    RW> that one.   
      
    Never underestimate the ability of politicians to evade truth.   
      
    RW> The electoral college was effective, back before the   
    RW> telegraph, the telephone and other electronic   
    RW> communications capabilities, but it's been obsolete for   
    RW> over a century now. it's time to bury it!   
      
    Exactly the point.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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