RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
January 7, 2013 at 4:49 pm
(January 5, 2013 at 11:43 am)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote:(January 5, 2013 at 10:32 am)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: I would just like to ad, that from a European point of view this looks crazed.
The popular vote should determin the presidency.
Because that's never ended poorly before.
That is not argument. You're basically saying: Because traffic light didn't prevent all deads, let's scrap em.
Just because one system isn't perfect, it doesn't mean it isn't better than another system.
Proportional representation is better because
For ONE thing we elect our governors by it.
For another, it's crazy to elect a leader who does NOT have the popular vote. Even when it's a 3-way race, in a proper democracy the one who get's the most votes, should be the winner.
For a third: electing the president by pop vote would take away this lopsided situation that one county in Ohio will determine who's gonna be president. I love Ohioans, but not that much.
Oh and "tantrums"? If you think getting angry about the APPOINTED president by the 5 SC ... well Nazis is a good description of them, so perhaps Fascism is a good system for you. Bush was and forever will be an illegitimate president, no matter how you scream "whiner" or "sore loser".
