<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Georgia;
panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:windowtext;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.m-8527011045833115907m-3811723074271045420m8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m8927888028656117584gmail-author-carddetails-container
{mso-style-name:m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-author-card__details-container;}
span.m-8527011045833115907m-3811723074271045420m8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m8927888028656117584gmail-author-carddetailsname
{mso-style-name:m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-author-card__details__name;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#44546A;}
p.auto-style3, li.auto-style3, div.auto-style3
{mso-style-name:auto-style3;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;}
span.auto-style31
{mso-style-name:auto-style31;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A'>ROTFLMAO. This might be sufficient for Gary, but probably wouldn’t be for many critical thinkers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A'><a href="http://www.americantraditions.org/organizations.htm">http://www.americantraditions.org/organizations.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Below is a list of organizations that support the Christian and American values to which this magazine is dedicated. All of them are considered worthy of support, and all of them make interesting and important information available to people. More will be added as they come to our attention. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Alliance Defense Fund, headed by Alan Sears, <a href="http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/main/default.aspx"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/main/default.aspx</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), Jay Alan Sekulow, Chief Counsel, <a href="http://www.aclj.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.aclj.org</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>American Family Association (AFA), Donald E. Wildmon, Chairman: <a href="http://www.afa.net/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.afa.net</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, Peter LaBarbera, President, <a href="http://www.americansfortruth.com/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.americansfortruth.com/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Concerned Women for America (CFA), Beverly LaHaye, Founder and Chairman: <a href="http://www.cwfa.org/main.asp"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.cwfa.org/main.asp</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Coral Ridge Ministries, Founded by the late, D. James Kennedy, Ph.D.: <a href="http://www.coralridge.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.coralridge.org</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>David Horowitz Freedom Center, David Horowitz, President and Founder: <a href="http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Defend the Family - International, a project of Abiding Truth Ministries, Scott Lively, Founder: <a href="http://www.defendthefamily.com/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.defendthefamily.com/</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Discovery Institute, Bruce Chapman, President: <a href="http://www.discovery.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.discovery.org</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>D. J. Connolly, Ph.D., Home Page: <a href="http://ttokarnak.home.att.net/Karnak.html"><span style='color:#993300'>http://ttokarnak.home.att.net:80/Karnak.html</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Eagle Forum, Phyllis Schlafly, Founder: <a href="http://www.eagleforum.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.eagleforum.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Family Research Council, Tony Perkins, President, : <a href="http://www.frc.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.frc.org</span></a> . <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Family Research Institute, Dr. Paul Cameron Chairman: <a href="http://www.familyresearchinst.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.familyresearchinst.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Focus on the Family, James C. Dobson, Ph.D., Founder and Chairman: <a href="http://www.family.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.family.org</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Institute for Religion and Democracy, Mark Tooley, President: <a href="http://www.theird.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.theird.org/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>National Rifle Association (NRA), President, Sandra S. Froman, CEO, Wayne LaPierre: <a href="http://www.nra.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.nra.org/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Public Advocate of the United states, Eugene Delgaudio, President: <a href="http://www.publicadvocateusa.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.publicadvocateusa.org</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Summit Ministries, Dr. David A. Noebel, President and Founder: <a href="http://www.summit.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.summit.org/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), M. G. "Pat" Robertson, Founder and Chairman, <a href="http://www.cbn.com/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.cbn.com</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The Institute For Media Education, Judith A. Reisman, PH.D., Founder and President, <a href="http://www.drjudithreisman.com/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.drjudithreisman.com/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Traditional Values Coalition, Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, Chairman: <a href="http://www.traditionalvalues.org/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.traditionalvalues.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Wall Builders, David Barton, Founder and President: <a href="http://www.wallbuilders.com/"><span style='color:#993300'>http://www.wallbuilders.com</span></a>.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#44546A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>g crabtree<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 14, 2016 12:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Hillary Won by 2 Million Votes! More than Gore, Nixon, Kennedy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Nonsense, you must have not been paying attention in your elementary social studies classes. Since you were going on about math however, you might like to add this short lesson on the origination of our nations governance to your list of required remedial reading:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Why Our Founders Feared a Democracy<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www">http://www</a>.americantraditions.org/Articles/Why%20Our%20Founders%20Feared%20a%20Democracy.htm<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The actual "simple premise" of our form of government is rule by the consent of the governed, a different thing entirely.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>g<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 3:15 AM, Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The simple premise of our government is "Rule By Majority", Mr. Crabtree.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As such, if a majority of a state's residents live in town, guess from where the majority of that state's votes are going to originate.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Likewise, if the majority of the population of a state (like Wyoming) reside in its rural region, guess from where the majority of that state's votes are going to originate.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The majority of Latah County's residents live in Moscow.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Do the math, Mr. Crabtree.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>http://www.MoscowCares.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"There's room at the top they are telling you still.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you want to be like the folks on the hill."<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- John Lennon<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Nov 13, 2016, at 7:09 PM, g crabtree <<a href="mailto:direoutcome@gmail.com" target="_blank">direoutcome@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Well, I never have been, I see no sense in starting now. I firmly believe that the folks in fly over America deserve a little representation. Allowing the country's leadership to be solely decided by the folks in the major urban areas whose concerns are, as often as not, at odds with my own seems ill advised. It would seem that the framers saw it that way as well.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>g<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>g<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Moscow Cares <<a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com" target="_blank">moscowcares@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yes. Each, and every, state should adopt a system that awards their electoral votes in accordance with, and reflecting that state's popular vote . . . even the predominantly-left and left-leaning ones. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal>This way we can enforce the value of each vote.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Are you with me, Mr. Crabtree?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>http://www.MoscowCares.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"There's room at the top they are telling you still.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you want to be like the folks on the hill."<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- John Lennon<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Nov 13, 2016, at 5:14 PM, g crabtree <<a href="mailto:direoutcome@gmail.com" target="_blank">direoutcome@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And what is a republican vote in California, New York, Washington, or Illinois worth? A serious beating perhaps? With the EC rules as they stand the democrats went into this election with better than a hundred point advantage and whiffed it because of a bad campaign and a worse candidate. (not that the winners have anything much to brag about)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>With the current political climate being what it is, I very much doubt that a call for a constitutional convention to amend or abolish the electoral collage will result in anything good for the snivelling party. I imagine that it could well turn into a cautionary tale of being careful what you wish for.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>g<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Under an electoral college system, the vote of a Democrat in a predominantly-Republican state is virtually worthless.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal>That same vote possesses value in an election where the winner is determined strictly by the popular vote.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>http://www.MoscowCares.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"There's room at the top they are telling you still.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you want to be like the folks on the hill."<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- John Lennon<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Nov 13, 2016, at 3:07 PM, Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Yes - I am mixing apples (checks) and oranges (balances). If it's any consolation i fully support equal rights and policies to reduce greenhouse emissions. I voted for Hillary Clinton. I'm likely on your side on all issues except maybe gun control which I oppose even as a non-gun owner. V2020 doesn't handle discourse very well which is pretty much why there is rarely a healthy debate in this forum if any debate whatsoever. I find it quite disingenuous after the fact for some on the left to be complaining about an EC system that both parties understand extremely well. Then again, Trump bellowing non-stop that the system is rigged seemed to strike a chord with his voters, so I'm all in favor of the Dems adopting that similar strategy as well if they feel that will help them win elections.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479023761854_25599"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>-Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479023761854_25605"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479023761854_25604"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479023761854_25603"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479023761854_25616"><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> Sunil Ramalingam <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> Ron Force <<a href="mailto:ronforce@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronforce@gmail.com</a>>; Ted Moffett <<a href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com" target="_blank">starbliss@gmail.com</a>>; Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>> <br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 13, 2016 9:41 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Hillary Won by 2 Million Votes! More than Gore, Nixon, Kennedy</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479023761854_25602"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479023761854_25610"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659divtagdefaultwrapper"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Scott,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479023761854_25615"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Surely you know you are mixing apples and oranges here:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479023761854_25609"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479023761854_25614"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>'My answer is that I fully support a system that provides adequate checks and balances between the various powers in play. The EC does an exemplary job of that. As far as the democratic process is concerned, I'm no fan of 'Majority Rule' since it results in codified bans on interracial marriages, bans on gay marriages, bans on trannies using restrooms, etc. Thankfully our system can nullify the so-called democratic process before it cements the Tyranny of the Majority.'<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The EC does an exemplary job giving small states </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>disproportionate </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>influence over presidential elections. It plays no role in preventing 'codified bans on interracial marriages, bans on gay marriages, bans on trannies using restrooms, etc. Thankfully our system can nullify the so-called democratic process before it cements the Tyranny of the Majority.' If anything, as we will see, it can make these easier to codify. Watch the Republican majority and President have a go at these.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Sunil<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659divRplyFwdMsg"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> <<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>> on behalf of Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 12, 2016 11:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ron Force; Ted Moffett<br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Hillary Won by 2 Million Votes! More than Gore, Nixon, Kennedy</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_43442"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>If you want to get rid of the Electoral College to make it easier for your candidates to win, then follow the process to amend the Constitution. Ted posits, 'it seems incredible to defend a system that would allow a president to be chosen based on winning 21.8% of the vote, and grants votes in some states far more weight than in other states, unless not fully supporting democratic one person one vote principles.' My answer is that I fully support a system that provides adequate checks and balances between the various powers in play. The EC does an exemplary job of that. As far as the democratic process is concerned, I'm no fan of 'Majority Rule' since it results in codified bans on interracial marriages, bans on gay marriages, bans on trannies using restrooms, etc. Thankfully our system can nullify the so-called democratic process before it cements the Tyranny of the Majority.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_43535"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_43536"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Take heart in that in the 2018 mid-term elections, the Democrats will pick up 4 Senate seats and 30 House seats as have been the average gain over the past 21 midterm elections for the party not occupying the White House. Each party gets 8 years controlling the White House and a staggered 8 years controlling Congress. I had fully expected that Democrats to *easily* retain the White House this year and was shocked that they had failed their normally solid base of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania none of which, I believe, had wound up in the Republican's win column in decades. What went wrong with Hillary's messaging and right with Trumps messaging to turn all three of these states from blue to red?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_44201"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>-Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42495"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42504"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42503"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42502"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42501"><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> Ron Force <<a href="mailto:ronforce@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronforce@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> Ted Moffett <<a href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com" target="_blank">starbliss@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>>; Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 12, 2016 8:30 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Hillary Won by 2 Million Votes! More than Gore, Nixon, Kennedy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42521"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42520"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42593"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>And slavery had a lot to do with the EC: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/138631/terrible-skewed-anachronistic-electoral-college-gave-us-trump" target="_blank" id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659LPlnk453012">https://newrepublic.com/article/138631/terrible-skewed-anachronistic-electoral-college-gave-us-trump</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;overflow:auto' id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659LPBorder_GT_14790586402750.4608140107342735"><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="90%" style='width:90.0%;background:white;border-top:dotted #C8C8C8 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:dotted #C8C8C8 1.0pt;border-right:none'><tr><td width=250 valign=top style='width:187.5pt;border:none;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt .75pt'><div style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;display:table' id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659LPImageContainer_14790586402400.2163809601883656"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:15.0pt;background:white'><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/138631/terrible-skewed-anachronistic-electoral-college-gave-us-trump" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=250 height=31 style='width:2.6041in;height:.3229in' id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659LPThumbnailImageID_14790586402500.1058727307183045" src="https://images.newrepublic.com/077797b2bfdb56361802d558f07742ad747580a6.jpeg?w=1109&h=140&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></td><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;display:table-cell' id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659TextCell_14790586402550.32118714573882534"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659LPTitle_14790586402560.13092130612521535"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#0078D7'><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/138631/terrible-skewed-anachronistic-electoral-college-gave-us-trump" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'>How the Terrible, Skewed, Anachronistic Electoral College Gave Us Trump</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt' id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659LPMetadata_14790586402680.6783950116805453"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:15.0pt'><span style='color:#666666'><a href="http://newrepublic.com" target="_blank">newrepublic.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659LPDescription_14790586402720.006502272940797749"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:15.0pt'><span style='color:#666666'>Once again, a Democrat has won the popular vote but lost the election. It is time to throw out this badly outdated institution.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yqtfd76250"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42519"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42518"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>On Nov 13, 2016 11:45 AM, "Ted Moffett" <<a href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com" target="_blank">starbliss@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yqt60742"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42516"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank" id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42596">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42515"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42514"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42512"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42511"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62718"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>This is exactly why the brilliant framers came up with the Electoral College as a check / balance of not allowing Congress to select a president (except in an Electoral College tie) and not allowing a president to be elected solely by popular vote which can be heavily skewed by the more populous states. Hillary and company were well aware of how the system elects a president and yet they still shockingly blew Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania to a hack like Trump who didn't even have the support of his own party.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62728"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62729"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>-Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62454"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42528"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>"... not allowing a president to be elected solely by popular vote which can be heavily skewed by the more populous states."<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42628"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>By this logic, perhaps we should elect Idaho's governor in a manner that prevents Ada county from a "heavily skewed" impact. I've never heard any complaints that Idaho's governor is elected based on a popular vote, one vote one person, regardless of whether they are from a heavily populated county, like Ada, or a much smaller populated county like Latah. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42629"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Perhaps you are just stirring the pot here, because it seems incredible to defend a system that would allow a president to be chosen based on winning 21.8% of the vote, and grants votes in some states far more weight than in other states, unless not fully supporting democratic one person one vote principles.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<br>------------------------------ ----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Text below from article at website below:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tyler-lewis/why-we-should-abolish-the_1_b_8961256.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ tyler-lewis/why-we-should- abolish-the_1_b_8961256.html</a></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class="m-8527011045833115907m-3811723074271045420m8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m8927888028656117584gmail-author-carddetails-container"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Tyler Lewis</span></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>3) A Person Can Become President By Winning Only 21.8% of the Popular Vote</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br>As previously stated, the Electoral College is a winner take all system. If a candidate wins the popular vote of a state by a just a single vote, he generally receives all the electoral votes of that state (excluding Maine and Nebraska). Combine this with the fact that smaller states receive more electoral votes per person than larger states, and it becomes possible to win the presidency by winning just 21.8% of the American public’s vote. </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>According to a <a href="https://www.squarefree.com/2004/11/01/winning-an-election-with-22-of-the-popular-vote/" target="_blank">study</a> done by Jesse Ruderman, “A presidential candidate could be elected with as a little as 21.8% of the popular vote by getting just over 50% of the votes in DC and each of 39 small states. This is true even when everyone votes and there are only two candidates. In other words, a candidate could lose with 78.2% of the popular vote by getting just under 50% in small states and 100% in large states.”</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>------------------------------ --------------</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Each person's vote should be weighted the same, unless you object somehow to fair representative democracy. The electoral college sometimes dilutes the votes of US citizens when we get an outcome like Bush v. Gore 2000, or Trump v. Hillary 2016, as this excerpt from the article further explains: </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>As <a href="http://fairvote.org/" target="_blank">fairvote.org</a> explains, “For instance, each individual vote in Wyoming counts nearly four times as much in the Electoral College as each individual vote in Texas. This is because Wyoming has three (3) electoral votes for a population of 532,668 citizens (as of 2008 Census Bureau estimates) and Texas has thirty-two (32) electoral votes for a population of almost 25 million. By dividing the population by electoral votes, we can see that Wyoming has one “elector” for every 177,556 people and Texas has one “elector” for about every 715,499.”</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>By giving smaller states more electoral votes per person than larger states, disparity was created across the nation in regards to the significance of each citizens’ vote. With the Electoral College, the value of a vote depends on what state a person lives in.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62448"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62447"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62446"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62445"><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> Nicholas Gier <<a href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com" target="_blank">ngier006@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> vision2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 11, 2016 11:31 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Hillary Won by 2 Million Votes! More than Gore, Nixon, Kennedy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62808"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yiv2629826687"><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62807"><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white'><tr><td width=600 style='width:6.25in;padding:6.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in'><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62866"><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333'>NY Times, Nov. 11<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62802"><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333'>Hillary Clinton didn’t just win the popular vote. She won it by a substantial margin. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62818"><td width=600 style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in' id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659m_8927888028656117584gmail-m_-8931181423954069719yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478851989895_62817"><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333'>By the time all the ballots are counted, she seems likely to be ahead by more than 2 million votes and more than 1.5 percentage points, <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=pMJKdIFVI6pehkIEQ5/wRr6MZeaebV9ey6JTj6EssbnkGPFwrHQAyyTmM3EOBy+A6iORXC/pWMs=&campaign_id=69&instance_id=86172&segment_id=98021&user_id=4a205c5a62f3a4293ec5342704c0aac0®i_id=29749741" target="_blank"><span style='color:#326891'>according to</span></a> my Times colleague Nate Cohn. She will have won by a wider percentage margin than not only Al Gore in <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=gTrU3W/9enTENHkvqbCdzZgkiTHF9UbCDD4W0GhG39P5Eyf7TltaK0BpBJHmP9mI6/jeDZp5NGKCpVGSwJxHiepw3hduVzKff3iiQHZx7X4=&campaign_id=69&instance_id=86172&segment_id=98021&user_id=4a205c5a62f3a4293ec5342704c0aac0®i_id=29749741" target="_blank"><span style='color:#326891'>2000</span></a> but also Richard Nixon in <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=gTrU3W/9enTENHkvqbCdzZgkiTHF9UbCDD4W0GhG39P5Eyf7TltaK0BpBJHmP9mI6PkjHcl220G0ujhkK0RiYepw3hduVzKff3iiQHZx7X4=&campaign_id=69&instance_id=86172&segment_id=98021&user_id=4a205c5a62f3a4293ec5342704c0aac0®i_id=29749741" target="_blank"><span style='color:#326891'>1968</span></a> and John F. Kennedy in <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=gTrU3W/9enTENHkvqbCdzZgkiTHF9UbCDD4W0GhG39P5Eyf7TltaK0BpBJHmP9mI6PkjHcl220GCpVGSwJxHiepw3hduVzKff3iiQHZx7X4=&campaign_id=69&instance_id=86172&segment_id=98021&user_id=4a205c5a62f3a4293ec5342704c0aac0®i_id=29749741" target="_blank"><span style='color:#326891'>1960</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. <br><br>-Greek proverb</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br>“Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another. This immaturity is self- imposed when its cause lies not in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve and courage to use it without guidance from another. Sapere Aude! ‘Have courage to use your own understand-ing!—that is the motto of enlightenment.<br><br>--Immanuel Kant<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>============================== =========================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>============================== =========================<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br>============================== =========================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>============================== =========================<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br>============================== =========================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>============================== =========================<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div><div id="m_-8527011045833115907m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yqtfd63402"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>