TheWiseOldFart

It may surprise some of you, but votes in the 2024 election are still being counted. This is not unusual. On Monday it was reported that Trump’s popular vote has dropped below 50 percent. Think about it. I said it in November of 2016, and I repeat my statement today: Trump will never be my president because he is not an American. In his own words he opposes every virtue which makes America a respected nation and its people the envy of most countries in the world. I have learned many things in my 78 years. First, everything changes. If the changes are progressive, everyone benefits. If they are regressive, most people suffer. America has not moved bravely into the 21 st century. Millions of our nation’s people continue to harbor racism, bigotry, and misogyny. If you believe in the principles included in “the American way of life,” your thoughts and beliefs are also progressive, or as today’s fake Republicans call us, “damn liberals.” In the world of developed nations, America is 15 th ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Truth Lives Here In 1992, Bill Clinton won both the popular vote and the Electoral College. Since that day, 32 years ago, no Republican has won the popular vote with the exception of George W. Bush after his reelection bid in 2004. If the Electoral College did not exist, no Republican would have resided in the White House since January 20, 1993. Kamala Harris will undoubtedly win the popular vote on Tuesday, so the question becomes, “will the states void the will of the people again?” The bottom line is that Republicans cannot win if the Electoral College did not exist Every vote should count. Op-ed by James Turnage  

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It is no secret that I believe the Electoral College is in direct opposition to the spirit and intent of the Constitution. The EC allows the states to choose our presidents. As long as it exists millions of American voters have no voice in who will lead our nation for the next four years. Here's why that makes a difference, and why Republicans are desperate to keep the EC. If the popular vote, the vote of the American people, decided the outcome of the election, not a single right-wing politician would have occupied the White House since 1993: that’s 31 years. Since 1993 there have been two Republican presidents: George W. Bush and Donald Trump. In 2000 Al Gore won the popular vote. The Supreme Court stopped the Florida recount and declared Bush the winner. In 2016, Hillary Clinton received three million more votes than Trump. However, a total of less than 80,000 votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin gave Trump a very slim victory in the E...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Your vote on November 5 th may not count. Whether you support Kamala Harris or Trump, depending on which state you call home, you may be wasting your time filling out your ballot for the 2024 election. The truth is 538 men and women will decide your future for the next four years or longer. These are the electors who are the Electoral College. This is not democratic: this is not American: this is not fair. Every vote should count. Every voter should have a voice in our elections. It is morally and legally wrong that states are allowed to choose our presidents. I leave you with one irrefutable fact: Republicans and the mainstream media fear the repeal of the Electoral College for one reason: If it did not exist, no Republican would have resided in the White House since George H.W. Bush. That is a period of 31 years. Democrats won the popular vote in 1992, 1994, 2000, 2008, 20012, 2016, 2020, and will surely do the same in 2024. Op-ed by James Turnage My novels a...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Fact: if the Electoral College, a rule which allows the states to choose our president, preventing the will of the people, and preventing the promise of “every vote must count,” did not exist, not a single Republican would have defiled our White House since 1993. There Can Be no Argument: The People Should Choose Who Leads Them Our Founding Fathers believed that presidents must be chosen by the people. However, smaller, less populated states whined about “representation,” and the Electoral College was created, ending another right of the people, and the inevitable creation of “red and blue states.” From 1992 through 2020, Democrats have won the popular vote, with a single exception. After 9/11 and the reelection bid of George W. Bush in 2004, John Kerry lost the Electoral College by three million votes, 62,028,285 to 59,028,109. However, like 2000, the 2004 election was controversial. A plethora of false information about John Kerry flooded the air...