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House Dems move to eliminate Electoral College, limit presidential pardon power
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(01-14-2019, 11:52 PM)mikesez Wrote:(01-14-2019, 08:58 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Just one more way he talks out of both sides of his mouth. Cries about it in his sig but does it just the same. When you say "state sovereignty means a lot to me," while arguing for a direct election, it's hard to take you seriously. I can hear your rebuttal already: "A person can be both for state sovereignty and a national popular vote." No. State's rights and central government, while not being diametrically opposed, operate on a sliding scale at the very least. You are literally arguing, in this thread, that states should cede power to the nation. Why would you make that argument if state sovereignty means a lot to you? If there were such a power discrepancy that the voices of NY and Cali (again, not literal) were being ignored to the degree they were oppressed, I could see one making a distinction that "state sovereignty means a lot to me, but it's been 30 years since Democrats have been able to elect a President... maybe we should at least look at changing the system." That would at least be reasonable. But you want to change it after one bad election cycle. As it stands, there is no justifiable reason to change the system unless you want to slant the balance of power towards progressives. Based on all of your posts on this board, I could believe that would desire that, but you won't acknowledge that. You either don't understand the framework of this nation, which means you parrot other people's ideas without considering the consequences, or you do understand it and you are trying to be persuasive by placating the person you are debating. It's disingenuous, and one of the reasons I say you don't argue in good faith. So, yes. This is about you. |
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