Thread: Bush is probably the worse Prez. yet! And still liked more..
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Old 10-19-2005, 03:06 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Well I would be all for having:

Historians
Mathematicians
Physicst

To be our leaders. They (collectively) would be Very smart and
would know which Governments, Governing models and societies
have been and are the most prosperous.
But this can only happen if they are in the DNC or GOP!
We have had this Dem-Rep monopoly for? 150yrs, and what IS the
out come! Not good ! AND IT WILL NOT GET BETTER! But people
Still keep voting for these two corrupt parties!!!!
I guarantee you that we will keep having these same issues, debates,
and problems regardless if it's a Dem or Rep in the white house!!

Yes, I know we are not a Democracy, No matter how many times our
elected politicians say that we are, when they give their speeches!
But our government should not have this DEM-REP Monopoly.
You don't see that as a problem?




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The term "electoral college" does not appear in the Constitution. Article II of the Constitution and the 12th Amendment refer to "electors," but not to the "electoral college." In the Federalist Papers (No. 6, Alexander Hamilton refers to the process of selecting the Executive, and refers to "the people of each State (who) shall choose a number of persons as electors," but he does not use the term "electoral college."

The founders appropriated the concept of electors from the Holy Roman Empire (962 - 1806). An elector was one of a number of princes of the various German states within the Holy Roman Empire who had a right to participate in the election of the German king (who generally was crowned as emperor). The term "college" (from the Latin collegium), refers to a body of persons that act as a unit, as in the college of cardinals who advise the Pope and vote in papal elections. In the early 1800's, the term "electoral college" came into general usage as the unofficial designation for the group of citizens selected to cast votes for President and Vice President. It was first written into Federal law in 1845, and today the term appears in 3 U.S.C. section 4, in the section heading and in the text as "college of electors."
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http://www.archives.gov/federal-regi...q.html#history

Your right it was in the Constitution but the term E.C. was in 1800's, my
mistake.