Posted
8/29/2004 12:45:00 PM
by Douglas
What does The New York Times think about the United States
Constitution?
"It's a ridiculous setup."
Ok, maybe that's a stretch, but considering how our representational democracy has been eroded over the last 200 years, I think it's right on the money.
The United States should abolish its electoral college because it creates the possibility that the president will be a candidate who loses the popular vote, the New York Times said on Sunday.
"Most people realized then for the first time that we have a system in which the president is chosen not by the voters themselves, but by 538 electors," the editorial said. "It's a ridiculous setup."
After the 2000 elecetion, I can't believe this is the first we're hearing about this.