Bray Wyatt

you still haven’t made the case imo that popular vote changes any of the tilting, it just changes the states, that one can win the popular vote and lose the election is by design, this was never supposed to be a direct democracy

It was just a joke lol I’m not even against weed

The system is working how our fore fathers intended, if states want to change how their electoral votes are assigned they can. why do you think the states haven’t made this change?

You would still have disenfranchisement among voters in smaller states, this may sound like a good idea in theory but in practice it wouldn’t work the same way. Their voice wouldn’t matter to candidates as they wouldn’t be campaigning there (like what happens now with swing states) the candidates would focus their policies on the bigger states (like what happens now, but toward swing states), and the election would come down to 12 states or so just like now. there was a reason they designed the system this way, they decided to err on the other side of the equation and I believe for good reason. States are supposed to have power and say in the elections. They also can choose how their electoral votes are delegated. If states want to divvy up their votes proportional to the popular vote they can do so, but not many states are doing that (I think one does? but by doing so they are forfeiting some power). this isn’t a party thing either, debates about this go back to Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams when it first happened. They haven’t changed it since, so why would they now? You say republicans don’t want to bc it helps their side (paraphrasing) but the opposite side of the coin can be true as well and that the dems only want it changed bc it helps theirs

I wasnt making that argument, and perhaps should have had a modifier on my second statement. Its not about making it equal or getting them better represented, but to make it more difficult on the larger states to force their will upon the smaller ones. Changing it to the popular vote just changes which states are the focus, and doesnt make it more inclusive as you suggest

Right, they came up with this as the compromise of equal representation vs population based.

so this ***** was just up for sale?

They would focus their campaign on the most populous states, which would just be the same ***** different toilet than what we got now. Our government was formed so that the most populous states wouldnt control what the smaller states did, hence the bicameral congress. The electoral college is another example of that.

What do you think would happen if we went to popular vote?? How would it be any different?

You think this is honestly the case?

Didn’t Obama also hook up his buddy with making the Aca website, got paid lots of money, then the site ***** the bed on launch?

answer to this question I believe is the 22nd amendment lol

I am sorry to hear about this, you and your family will be in my prayers

I want speed on offense, someone that the defense has to account for on every play, making the defense a little more predictable. I think that person is Ruggs ideally, dont know if he will be there though. Shenault has the size everyone has been clamoring for and I think people are focused on that

They can do that because they know the repubs have the votes to acquit, they are just pandering to the one side

The comments in that twitter thread make Tibs look like a genius, my god

This reminds me of the scene in Gangs of New York where Boss Tweed says something to the effect of, it doesnt matter the number of votes, what matters is the counters

Ummmmm he's not going to like being questioned.......

they couldn’t even come up with an original chant! Ripping off GoT smh

Seems like a great way to treat the place you live

next thing you are gunna tell me is wrestling is fake!

this gif is amazing!

Then what about Gary?