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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm struck by the truth of this tweet from Andy Slavitt
Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt)
7/21/18, 9:08 PM
When I was a kid, we worried it would be nuclear weapons that would someday do us in.
The electoral college was a complete sleeper.
When I was a kid, we worried it would be nuclear weapons that would someday do us in.
The electoral college was a complete sleeper.
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The electoral college has hurt us more than once. Gave us Cheney-Bush and the Iraq War too.
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I'm struck by the truth of this tweet from Andy Slavitt (Original Post)
summer_in_TX
Jul 2018
OP
voter suppression and gerrymandering did us in. The minority rules the majority now
Demovictory9
Jul 2018
#3
Yup. All that and dirty tricks. Nation is majority progressive, liberal, and Democrat.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2018
#4
shanny
(6,709 posts)1. ...not with a bang, but a whimper. nt
SunSeeker
(51,658 posts)2. K & R
Demovictory9
(32,468 posts)3. voter suppression and gerrymandering did us in. The minority rules the majority now
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,032 posts)4. Yup. All that and dirty tricks. Nation is majority progressive, liberal, and Democrat.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)5. I figured it would be infiltration. nt
CCExile
(470 posts)6. Death to rural America.
Wednesdays
(17,402 posts)7. Um, what exactly do you mean by that? nt
Maraya1969
(22,493 posts)8. If we get a big enough blue wave in the states maybe we can do away with the electoral college!!!!!