It has a funny ring to it, doesn’t it? But basically, that’s what the European Union is, The United States Of Europe, 27 independent States belonging to one Union. So why do people in America have so much trouble understanding that America is comprised of 50 independent States under the protective umbrella of a Federal Government?
Consider the banter about the electoral college and opponents thereof squealing how unfair it is when a candidate wins the popular vote but loses the general election. They will insist that the red state-blue state map*, which shows that a vast majority of the country geographically voted for George W. Bush, is meaningless. Oh really?
Consider the reasons the Founding Fathers designed the electoral college. To prevent one geographical area or one state from deciding the fate or direction of the entire nation. Now, if you click on the link preceding the asterisk and scroll to the third and fourth graphics, what you’ll see should be self explanatory. I am rarely satisfied with chance, however.
What these 3D graphs depict is a perfect illustration of the fears of the Founders. There are several prominent blue spires rising from the Earth dramatically. These are the concentrations of leftists who would be your masters, if they could. The blue spires eerily conjure images of elite ivory towers lording over the red state masses. This, my friends, was not how it was supposed to work and thankfully, it still doesn’t.
Forget the argument the left will attempt to make that the will of the (most) people should prevail. That is a true democracy, which anyone reading this already knows we are not. (This part I will leave to chance because if you are reading this you are already politically aware and plugged in). But I have another tac.
Imagine if the EU evolves into the model of the US, with a federal government overseeing most affairs and one president of all the EU. But the one thing they refused copy from us is the electoral college. See where this is going?
Now imagine true democracy as the prevailing law of the land, particularly in a general election. Next, imagine the two candidates are Tony Blair and Ahmadinejad. Every muslim votes for Ahmadinejad, but the voting totals from 24 of the 27 countries goes to Blair. In the leftist model, Ahmadinejad wins because more people voted for him. Do you actually think that all of Europe in that scenario should fall under Shari’a Law, if that’s what Ahmadinejad decides as the duly elected leader?
Each state has a stake in the course of the nation. The electoral college ensures that people are not forced to succumb to the will of a few small enclaves of like minded-people bent on asserting their wishes on an entire country.
-Woody
