THE CONSERVATIVE VIEW
BY RUSSELL TURNER
SNAKE OIL SALESMAN
Before the days of the internet, my generation can remember peddlers and salesmen who would sell all kinds of products that were supposed to cure any and all ills that might befall us. Usually the elixir was nothing but a good dose of alcohol with a little bit of color and flavor added; it might not cure what ails you, but it might make you drunk enough that you wouldn't care. Today there are countless scams on the internet and, just like in the old days, countless people take the bait. Sadly our political system is not a whole lot better.
One issue that keeps popping up is the desire of the liberals to do away with the Electoral College and go to a system where our president is elected simply by the popular vote. Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is on record wanting to go to a popular vote system; in my opinion if our country were to abolish the electoral college it would be the greatest mistakes in the history of our nation. If we were to abolish the Electoral College the east and west coasts would be dictating to the rest of us in Middle America who our president would be. We would become irrelevant almost immediately. Even though we occupy the vast majority of the land mass of the United States, the majority of the population lives in a relatively small area of our country.
The founders of this nation were geniuses when they designed our system of government. The Electoral College is not outdated or obsolete; it is serving our country the way it was supposed to. Without the Electoral College the densely populated states would have control of the entire country. The founders understood from history that without a system to prevent simple majority rule our country would degrade into a civil war between the average citizens and a ruling class.
The next general election cycle is not that far away; we on the right need to become more vocal when we hear the current generation of snake oil salesmen, and that includes Elizabeth Warren. If we do nothing the liberal policies that have destroyed once great states like California will spread across our nation like a plague. We Americans are experiencing the same kind of insanity that destroyed the Roman Empire centuries ago. We have far too many politicians that are only concerned with political power and the next election cycle. The old snake oil salesmen's product would get you drunk to the point where you would not care about ailment, but you more than likely would have a hangover to deal with the next day. The hangover we Americans would experience if we are foolish to allow the liberals to do away with the Electoral College would be a doosey that we could not recover from.
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