To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Patrick Lawrence in norfolk he is a Foreign Affairs commentator whos columns appear in Consortium News and other publications and in lake jackson we have Daniel Mcadams he is the executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for peace and prosperity all right gentlemen across the polls and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciated well its going to patrick in norfolk i read your article the damage russia gate has done with great pleasure because you numerate very clearly in a very well written article the damage this is done to our political discourse as i said in my introduction it seems to be part and parcel of our political discourse now because if youre angry with someone or against an idea you certainly know what to invoke the russians did it even though the hoax was shown to be actually a conspiracy to overthrow. And democratically rightfully elected president but here we are here we are. I mean. Look t
Thank you to the federal society for hosting this debate at. Im delighted to be here for the question, should the Electoral College be abrogated . Electoral college choosing a president. In their respective states electors choose wedding for president and Vice President. Electoral college would provide Vice President Alexander Hamilton wrote in federalist 68 that the Electoral College would provide a practicable obstacle to cabal intrigue and corruption. He said that it would interpose capable men of discernment for deliberation over the selection of the president. Moreover, hamilton thought the system best designed to prevent tumult and disorder. Debates about the Electoral College once again emerged over the desirability of our constitutions method for selecting the president. So this debate is an important one about our republic. And about our constitutional form of government. It raises questions of principle. What are the values to be promoted in a democratic republic . In a feder
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Doing is basically not just elevating a predator but theyre enabling them and then using need to as a mantle to cover so its like a wolf in sheeps clothing. Broadcasting live from moscow this is our to international the stories keep coming at the top of the hour hope we can go through them together then life or not. The Community Comes from. Their Community Comes from those a lot of thing to them where you do so the possibility. Of being restricted with brines weve gone with a fine art known group growing but even today even just combining true human brands to go. To movie has a lot of the advantages. Hello and welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im people will tell even after russia gate was debunked as a hoax this Conspiracy Theory lives on in fact it appears to become part and parcel of our political discourse if you will post someone or an idea all you have to do is blame in russia no facts necessary slurs and in fact was claims now suffice. To discuss this and mor
Political institutions and a commitment to the traditions of democracy. But on the other hand, it saddled us with some obsolete 18thCentury Institutions. Foremost among them is the Electoral College. Back when they set up the Electoral College, the gap populous andeast most populous state, you had a 51 ratio. Today it is well over 601. The Electoral College is biased against the most populous states and biased in favor of the smaller states because no state, no matter what its population, gets less than three Electoral College votes because votes are determined by the number of congressional representatives plus the two senators. So the small states have just one member of congress, but they also have two senators. That is three Electoral College votes. It distorts our political system. Now, why the Electoral College . Why did the framers set this up . Like anything else, there are multiple reasons. The framers loved the common people, but they did not love them all that much. They bel