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    <author><![CDATA[Mickey]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Democracy is the Worst form of Government.
        
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      <![CDATA[<bold>38103</bold>, I appreciate your honest. Who wouldn't like their own vote to count more than someone else's?
        
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      <![CDATA[I answered your question Midtown. What does the timeline of the logic matter.
        
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      <![CDATA[you will regret it; don't feed the troll.
        
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      <![CDATA[I know I'm going to regret this... o what the hell, ahemm.. Mr. Boone, what is it about this distinction you raise between a democarcy and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic">republic</a> that means the United States cannot or should not elect a president by popular vote?
        
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      <![CDATA[Oh yea I forgot. Midtown Brown, the United States of America is a "Republic" not a democracy.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Frank Boone]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Dear Pablo Rogina, "Maybe it was a solution 200 years ago, when most voters were illiterate. Back then, few could read, write, or afford a library at home.
        
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      <![CDATA[sorry 'bout the typo, should have been "you <i>didn't</i> answer..." Balancing states' power in Congress has nothing to do with the power of each voter in the Presidential election.
        
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      <![CDATA[It preserves the rights of areas without large population bases, and gives even the smallest states a little bit of equal footing. Equal to their representation in Congress.
        
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      <![CDATA[You answer the question, 38103. What is wrong with one person, one vote?
        
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      <![CDATA[Electoral College matches the states influence in Congress. Makes sense to me. 
    Or should we assign each member of Congress a weighted vote based on the population center they represent.
        
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      <![CDATA[memres, playing devil's advocate, why should those states so small in population have so much more proportional influence through the electoral college than major population centers? What's wrong with one person one vote?
        
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      <![CDATA[Pablo Regina, you may think the electoral college is outdated, but it serves a very important purpose. If we were to eliminate it, we would see a dramatic shift in campaigning practices and it would essentially give power to the most populous states and leave states like Alaska and Wyoming with no say in the General Election.
        
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      <![CDATA[It's spelled "Herenton."
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Carey]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I would like to rant a moment. I don't have kids and if I did more than likely they wouldn't be going to Memphis city schools.
        
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      <![CDATA[This is in response to the letter from Ron Lowe, Grass Valley, California: Thanks for providing such helpful information on Senator McCain.
        
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