GOP Plan To Steal California In 2008

The GOP has conjured up another scheme, rig the Electoral College to steal the 2008 presidential election. It appears that they are going to screw around with how the electoral votes are counted, or should I say divided. That’s right divide. The Electoral College votes in California would be divided by Congressional districts, instead of counting the whole electorate for a candidate. This is just another reason why the Electoral College needs to be dissolved. In the age of the technology, and a much higher rate of literacy than when the Electoral College was implemented, there is absolutely no reason why our elections should not be based solely on the popular vote.

Is it possible for the Republican Party to win an election fairly? After all they have been telling us for years or should I say lying to us, that they are the party of moral standing; they are the party of truth and values. Hah…we see how that turned out. What the Republican Party has shown us over and over again is that they hide behind their religion and imaginary values to perpetrate crimes.

Webster’s Dictionary has three definitions for “steal” they actually sounds like the definition of the Republican party:
1. to take the property of another wrongfully and especially as a habitual or regular practice;
2. to come or go secretly, unobtrusively, gradually, or unexpectedly;
3. to steal or attempt to steal a base.

We are very aware of the tricks and violations the GOP pulled off in the last three elections with the guidance of Karl Rove. Unfortunately all of those thefts we uncovered and exposed in detail after the election. This time it won’t be so easy for the GOP to steal another election.

Just when you thought it was safe to start thinking about having a Democrat in the White House, along comes a cynical power grab by Republican operatives. And unfortunately, it’s happening right here in my own state of California.

If you haven’t heard already, Republican strategists recently announced plans to begin raising money for a dangerous initiative that would radically change the way California apportions our electoral votes in presidential elections.

Rather than awarding all of California’s electoral votes to the candidate that wins the popular vote – the way it works in every single state except the small states of Maine and Nebraska — their scheme would divvy up California’s electoral votes based on the number of congressional districts each candidate wins.

What does this mean? Well, if the last few elections are any guide, rather than the Democratic nominee winning all 55 of California’s electoral votes in 2008, this new partisan scheme could hand 20 of California’s electoral votes to the Republican candidate and only 35 to the Democrat.

Don’t get me wrong: After the 2000 and 2004 election debacles, I’m a strong advocate for election reform. But it’s absolutely wrong for California to go it alone. It’s just patently unfair for a large “blue” state like California to change our system for awarding electoral votes while other large states which trend “red” like Texas and Florida don’t change their system at the same time.