Name:   Old Diver - Subject:   How We Got Here! Date:   7/31/2019 9:44:26 AM

The more I read of the Founding Fathers the more I am in awe of them. Unlike most folks they did learn from history. These were not the usual wild eyed revolutionaries but educated, successful men who studies history of men like Polybus who found some good in all forms of government and some bad. They thought to extract the good ideas and to avoid the bad. They also realized that people will fight to protect his own. Pitting three branches, of equal power against one another will prevent anyone fron acheving an overwhelming power over the others. By combining human nature to protect one's own with the great ideas suggssted from history they assembled the greatest document in human history!

   This was also the idea behind the Electorial College. If we had a direct popular vote then California and New York would always decide who is our president every time and totally over power the remainder of the country. I am sure that would work well, considering how they are run. Anyone who is interested in how this came about, I suggest reading, "The 5000 Year Leap." A brilliant book.

As Churchill said:

                                             Democracy is a terrible form of government

                                                              except for all the rest!