If you look back at Electoral College history (how they are elected) you would find Jackson is often tauted as the historical symbol for the change from legislative to popular vote selection. And frankly prior to 1828 (while King Caucus 1 party rule existed and Presidential candidates selected by Congressmen) this shift made little difference... In 1824 we had the second Presidential elect tossed into Congress (Not the newly elected Congress but the one elected 2 years prior)...
Secondly it was Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party who started the politics of "Mob Rule - that is 'grassroots'" -- back as early as 1792 with Citizen Genet... And Jefferson did quietly trash, by negative ads and campaign in 1796 and 1800, Adams... I will not that it was Adams, a moderate Federialist, who stopped a war between France and the US even as Jefferson insisted Adams was a war monger... Some things never change, the similarities between the 1790's and today in this regards is amazing... On Nov 4, 2:35 pm, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Jackson Democracy lowered the property requirements of voters > and from there is has been a continuous slide into imbecility, > emotionalism and media influence. Some of those who are voting still > haven't mastered basic English or math skills when then reach college. > > On Nov 4, 1:24 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It is too bad so many on the LW refuse or can not see the bad effects > > of voter fraud by their side... This is a side of the Obama's change > > we SHOULD HATE AND DETEST... > > >http://www.wsbtv.com/politics/17876720/detail.html#- > > > >>> A team of investigative journalists from WSB-TV in Atlanta, WFTV in > > >>> Orlando and WFTS in Tampa and WCPO in Cincinnati compared Georgia's > > >>> voter rolls with those in Florida and Ohio and found more than 100,000 > > >>> people who appear to be registered to vote in more than one state, with > > >>> no government oversight to catch it.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
