Thread: Electoral College

1. Relatively speaking, almost no one knows the full theory & history behind the EC.

In this thread, we will review the EC:

-The original reasons for its conception, &
-How, if restored, it could mitigate many of the problems we experience today.

2. The beginning of the Electoral College requires us to only go to 1823, though--not 1787. That's when James Madison explained in a letter to George Hay the original thinking behind the EC. Here are 4 different formats of the letter: 3 pics & a link.

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-03-02-0109

3. Madison explained to Hay that the DISTRICT MODE was "mostly, IF NOT EXCLUSIVELY, in view when the Constitution was framed & adopted."

Further, he said this wasn't specifically delineated in the Constitution b/c they were hurried.

So, what does the "District Mode" mean?

4. The 'district mode' basically means the following:

1. Each legislative district votes for an ELECTOR.
2. This elector then vets the presidential candidates & selects the best one.

IOW, it was a national caucus.

5. James Madison's letter to Hay was an endorsement of enshrining the "National Caucus" Electoral College into the Constitution by amendment (as originally intended), b/c several states had already started awarding their electoral votes by direct vote for president as we do now.

6. Before we review how caucuses work & their advantages, let's next look at statements by Founders & Framers as to why they didn't want an election of the President by direct popular vote, as the Democrats (& some Republicans) want now: for MANY good reasons.

7. As you review these quotes & concepts, remember that the principal purposes of the Constitutional government they established was to:

1) Protect our rights, by
2) Preventing tyranny from arising.

You must view the following ideas from that perspective.

8. George Mason:

"It would be as unnatural to refer the choice of a proper character for chief Magistrate to the people, as it would be to refer a trial of colours to a blind man."

Mason understood direct democracy. He knew something so important shouldn't be left to mob rule.

9. Tommy Lee Jones elaborates on "mobocracy" w/about the same bluntness as Mason:

"Humans, for the most part, don't have a clue. They don't want one or need one, either. They're happy. They think they have a good beed on things...People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals."

10. Let's be real, you've seen the Waffle House fights, the morons eating Tide pods, the feminist meltdowns on TikTok, the vapid eThot's posting bikini shots, the high school drop-outs asking for nudes, the rioters looting Nike stores, YouTube comments, the dumpster fire of SM.

11. They all vote. We could sit here for days & make a list of people we wish weren't voting. Indeed, for every responsible voter who stays current on myriad issues & carefully weighs dozens of criteria in their voting habits, there's 100 numbskulls who don't.

& Tyrants know it.

12. Our Framers were sensitive to The Few unduly influencing The Many.

-People would be led by a "few active & designing men."
-Popular elections puts The People in the power of "1 set of men dispersed through the union & acting in concert to delude them into any appointment."

13. IOW, The People are easily swayable one way or another by external forces.

This fact is not lost on the Masters of the Universe. According to recent studies, 91% of all elections are won by the better-financed candidate.

What does this money buy? Media & influence.

14. Therefore, those that control the money, control outcomes. & Those who control the outcomes control the politicians. & Those who control the politicians control the government.

Therefore, BIG MONEY finances candidates acceptable to it, buys the media & influence, & wins.

15. We've seen this effect in spades w/all the DAs, sheriffs & other local politicians that Seorge Goros has "bought" since 2015. You can find a ton of info on that, including from my own thread (below).

These politicians don't answer to We The People. https://twitter.com/SamParkerSenate/status/1306439623212584962

16. Now let's talk "men acting in concert." For example, the media:

Most are now aware that 6 companies control over 90% of the information we're exposed to:

17. Together, this is what they did to the Trump campaign. From June 1-July 31, the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS & NBC was 95% negative towards @RealDonaldTrump.

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2020/08/17/study-150-times-more-negative-news-trump-biden

18. Here's the tone of coverage for @realDonaldTrump's 1st 100 days. CNN led the pack w/93% negative coverage! Astonishingly, it might be even higher now.

This slanted media coverage is swaying MILLIONS of people. For the office of President, the Framers wanted to mitigate this.

19. Winning political office is mostly about fundraising, not ideas, b/c money buys the media that influences The People in the info war.

Remember, the Framers didn't want a gov where tyranny could easily arise & they knew the danger a few rich & powerful designing people posed.

20. Unfortunately, the collusion by a few people doesn't stop w/just "the media." In our times, it goes much deeper: #BigTechTyranny

21. For years, Big Tech has systematically been throttling @realDonaldTrump & conservatives in general across all platforms:

-Twitter shadowbans conservatives & right-leaning accounts w/relentless impunity
-Facebook throttles reach & regularly bans content
-Google. Well, LOTS.

22. It took me an entire thread to chronicle Google's massive malfeasance in manipulating information, which you can read here: https://twitter.com/SamParkerSenate/status/1289751614916456449

23. Dr. Robert Epstein has studied, published & testified before congress on the power Google has to sway votes & elections through various methods of manipulation--unbeknownst & non-transparently to voters. Google is on record as trying to do anything it can to stop Trump.

24. Google will "develop machine learning & AI to combat misinformation share by low information voters."

IOW, Google will do whatever it can w/its powerful technologies--including invent new ones--to control the information & narratives that The People are fed.

25. Look what happened to @realDonaldTrump's reach on Facebook after it changed its algorithm in order to deboost Trump specifically & conservatives generally--it dropped 45%!

26. Meanwhile, the accounts for prominent leftists & liberals remained unchanged:

27. The media-information dissemination networks of influence on Facebook before the algorithm change:

28. The media-information dissemination networks of influence on Facebook after the algorithm change:

29. I don't want to get lost on a tangent, suffice it to say, the Big Tech companies act in near unison & in the same direction: to throttle conservative/right-leaning content & boost leftist ideology, in order to sway millions of people to the left.

How is this accomplished?

30. It's accomplished by a small group of designing people. In this example, Seorge Goros & Bravid Dock of Media Matters. Goros funds them (as he does the politicians), Media Matters gets the data from Big Tech & then instructs Big Tech as to who to ban.

31. Ever wondered why so many conservatives & right-leaning people get blocked from multiple platforms in quick succession? Leaked secret docs show that the Big Money powers like Seorge Goros & the Political Activist Powers like Bravid Dock work in concert w/the Big Tech Tyrants.

32. A recent example of this tight collusion was seen this summer when it was discovered donations to Black Lives Matter were actually being routed to ActBlue, one of the main activist arms of the Democrat Party. These networks are all tightly coordinated. https://www.redstate.com/elizabeth-vaughn/2020/06/12/854023/

33. We can't cover all the collusion & power networks, but suffice it to say, a few of the same very rich & powerful people fund &/or control our political candidates, our media, our political parties & Big Tech.

1 man has this much power over DAs. How much do you have?

34. What I hope you're seeing is that the EC isn't just about "geographic representation" & giving small states a say via "federalism." Those are important elements, but lacking. The EC was also designed to PREVENT issues that result from "mobocratic" systems & low-info voters.