Reply #51: Wrong. [View All]

[kiahzero]

I must admit, your ability to misrepresent my statements is truly heroic.

I do not hold in contempt legitimate victory under the rules that were in place when the contest began. Hence, if Bush had won the Presidency without breaking the law, I would not hold him in contempt. Similarly, if Gore had won the Presidency via the Electoral College without taking the popular vote, I would not hold him in contempt.

My opposition to the Electoral College is not contingient on the outcome it provides.

I, on the other hand, see moral legitimacy coming from the consent of the governed.

Nice words. However, the vast majority of the governed do not care about the Electoral College. Those that do care are not all uniformly against it. Is it not dishonest, then, to insist that the Electoral College is morally illegitimate seeing as the governed continue to consent to it?