I'm afraid you are mistaken. This country IS a democracy, whether it may have been conceived as a Republic in the beginning is still very debateable. Regardless, it is now a democracy, and has been for quite some time. Bills become laws by simple majorities in both the House and Senate as long as the President does not veto the bill. Only then does it require a 2/3 majority in both houses of Congress. Either way it does not and has never protected in any way shape or form the will of the minority. Serving the will of the majority whilst still protecting the minority is the quintessential definition of a Republic. That being said the American government has never worked as a Republic, but rather as the Democracy for which we all know it to be. Your argument that Popular votes would favor only large cities or populations is completely unfounded. If that were true the popular vote would not often mirror the vote of the electoral college excepting a few cases where it did not. For example the election of 2000 where the Electoral votes were rewarded to Bush effectively handing him the Presidency and ignoring the popular vote which showed Gore winning the election by just over 500,000 votes. An Amendment should be drafted soon and enacted into law. It is high time we dispose of this incongruous mechanism in order to serve the true purpose of the people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000

ELECTORAL COLLEGE!!! Our fore fathers were smart and knew potentially popular vote would lead to becoming a Democracy instead of the Republic they established. Democracy allows majority to infringe or violate the rights of others and end in failure as a government. With a popular vote our Presidential candidates would cater to urban development vs. best interest for overall country. With popular vote your candidates would only campaign in large cities where majority of citizens live and not in rural areas where citizens are few between. With popular vote your President would be elected by citizens concerned only with large city issues and not any other conservation or rural issues. There should be NO Amendments to change this provision which has survived so well for over 200 years as the most fair and equitable representation of the people.

This video shows why our government is a REPUBLIC and gives ideas at the end of the video on why we are where we are today in a MESS. It is a great short video which all citizens should take a few minutes to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXBZd3jmbWg

I have no doubt after watching both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions that I have made the right choice. One convention offered nothing but fear, skepticism, and no solutions. The other offered hope, optimism, and the resilience and determination of the American people. You can call President Obama many things. You can call him a socialist, a fascist, or even a communist, but after November 6th, 2012 all of us will still call him Mr. President.

I know he increased the deficit. I'm not the least bit naive Ryan, but he is not the cause for its extreme rise. That is the result of both of the unnecessary war residual costs and the inaction of the U.S. Congress for deliberately not passing necessary budget cuts. You can blame Obama all you want, but the truth of the matter is that he is the only reason why we are climbing out of a recession and not lingering in a continued depression.

Ryan, how can you honestly say those things with a straight face? Really? Unemployment was on the rise every single month of 2008 even before Obama ever took office. Thanks to Obama we managed to get a hold of it and lower it back down to about 8% from its previous 10.8%. Regardless of what you don't want to believe the fact is that Obama HAS spent less than most Presidents in the last 30 years, and yes I will continue to blame the person responsible for this, and his name is in fact George W. Bush. He started the tax cuts, he started the two unnecessary wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he started the program that allowed hundreds of thousands of more people to be eligible for welfare. You can deny the truth all you want, but it's still the truth. Anyone who actually tries to deny these FACTS are the only ones who need to check into a loony bin. I am extremely glad he started the Health Care Act. It's about time we moved forward on this matter. Am I happy about the individual mandate? No, not particularly, but it's the best step forward at this point. I hope he shuts down Gitmo sooner rather than later, and I do not like the NDAA/AUMF at all, but let's not forget that it was Congress that decided the continuance of the NDAA. Obama simply compromised in order to get the military budget passed. Is Obama perfect? No, but he's certainly the better of the choices, whether you like it or not.

It's a bit comical that the description refers to cutting the deficit and then numerous of these so called accomplishments (I'd refer to as failures) listed in the links provided are spending mass amounts of money we didn't have. (AKA, increasing the deficit)

If we are really taking sides based on the description then you would have to be border line delusional to think President Obama has anything but a horrendous track record when it comes to unemployment (Look at unemployment), foreign relations, and upholding the values of the Constitution (NDAA, Guantanamo, Health Care Law).

And if for one second you think he has ANY credibility when it comes to lowering the deficit then it's time to check into the loony bin and please don't attempt to cite that garbage that claims he's spent less than any other president; it's misleading lies passing spending he could have cut onto the previous administration.

It's actually a little ridiculous that even four years later Liberals continue to blame Bush. Apparently by these standards Obama could serve six terms and still not own the economy.

At the time of the birth of our nation many of our forefathers thought that the use of an Electoral College was necessary to wisely electing the right individual for President and Vice-President of the United States, and they may have been right, but times have changed. For the most part through an informed citizenry the popular vote has changed to reflect the outcome of the Electoral vote in almost every election since the early 1900's... ...save one. It is now apparent that the will of the majority should certainly be considered far more important than the will of a few. Indeed, the Electoral process has become an antiquated process by which to elect the President of the United States. I believe we should make an Amendment to the Constitution if necessary to eliminate the use of the Electoral College. It is no longer necessary and has proven in recent times to contradict the will of the majority.

For those who may not be familiar with President Obama's many, many, many accomplishments in just 4 years time, here's a couple of links just to remind you of some of them.

http://samuel-warde.com/2012/07/president-obamas-accomplishments-part-1/

http://obamaachievements.org/list#top

I know some of you were just waiting with unbridled anticipation for this rivalry. So, here goes. I believe Obama/Biden will help to do many things for the American public. God knows it will not be fixed in their short terms, but I hope they will get us back on track to fixing the mess that George Bush Jr. and 8 years of detrimental policies and useless wars have left behind. Most importantly I do not believe that the Romney/Ryan ticket has anyones best interest at heart... ...unless of course your household income is over $250,000.00 a year. Then I'm sure you should be quite giddy to see such a reign in politics. I cannot possibly fathom to think of the policies these two would use in order to make things better for the 2% of Americans. The gutting of Medicare, the voucher system of Social Security, the repressing of women's reproductive rights, the stripping of domestic partner's rights, the increase in military budget and subsequent use of military actions into countries we don't belong, and last but not least the raising of taxes on an already stressed middle-class America. Of all the reasons I have to vote for Obama/Biden, they are not nearly as good as those given to me by the Romney/Ryan ticket. Never before have I been so enthused to vote against a particular Presidential candidate than this one... ...and believe it or not, that actually includes George W. Bush.

There is absolutely no hypocrisy here Ryan, and you should know better. Where comparisons have been made between Hitler and any U.S. President, whether Bush or Obama is outlandish and ridiculous to say the least. Neither Bush nor Obama have set about a Jewish genocide. Neither of them called for a coalition between super powers to essentially invade and take over most of the world's countries. That being said, there are many comparisons made between the Taliban and the Tea Party which are in fact VERY similar in nature. Both wish to restrict and control the rights of women, whether it is the right to work (equal pay for equal work) or the repression of health services ie. birth control and contraceptives, they clearly believe that the repression of women's rights are religiously based. Whether it is the Holy Bible or the Qur'an it makes no apparent difference. The same can be said of their views on homosexuality ie. same-sex marriage, unions, partnerships, or domestic policies. They both subscribe to using religion as a basis for government ruling whether it is federal or state. Often times many of the Tea Party's representatives, leaders, and politicians have stated that they believe this is a Christian nation. Which it is not. Almost every single founding father refutes these ideologies by stating exactly the opposite. Many of their forefathers having fled to the colonies exactly to escape religious persecution established the American government in order to be free FROM religious zealots. While they believed in freedom of religion, the right to practice it, they also believed in freedom from religion in order to ensure Americans never had to deal with this kind of persecution in the future. Hence, separation of church and state. Scream that aloud at a Tea Party rally and see what happens. I have been to several of their rallys and have witnessed on MANY occassions racial, bigoted, and homophobic slurs that would have made you blush. A West Texas judge, that's right, JUDGE stated that should Obama be elected there would be civil war. I've heard the cry many times at these rallys for Texas to secede. It is preposterous and seditious statements like this that make Tea Party members look so un-American.

Too many Tea Party politicians in Texas and other states are responsible for the recent voter ID laws and county redistricting. All have been struck down in Ohio and Texas for their clearly racial discriminatory methods. Of course those here in Texas were meant to discriminate against Hispanics. Hispanics, which by the way, were LEGAL citizens of the state of Texas and LEGAL citizens of the United States.

When the Tea Party as a whole stops using such radical discriminatory and bigoted ideologies to promote its supposed idea of "freedom" to indoctrinate the minds of its followers then I'll not refer to them as what they really are... ...the American Taliban.

"The Taliban set out to create the world’s most pure Islamic regime by introducing a disturbing and deeply revolutionary form of Muslim culture that came at a tremendous cost to human freedom. Men were ordered to keep their beards to a specific length, and subjected to punishment for defiance. Members of minority groups wore labels to distinguish them as non-Muslims, a measure the Taliban argued was to protect them from religious police enforcing Islamic law. Frivolities such as television, the Internet, music, and photography were outlawed. Punishments including amputation of the hands of thieves and the stoning to death of women convicted of adultery, considered severe by European standards, were common under the Taliban.

It was the Taliban’s anti-woman agenda, however, that caused mounting concern around the world. Under the Taliban women were forbidden to work outside the home, were compelled to wear a head-to-toe covering known as a burka, and could not leave the home without a male guardian. Such issues, along with restrictions on women’s access to health and education, caused resentments among ordinary Afghans and drew the ire of the international community. To the Taliban, however, the restrictions served to preserve the honor and dignity of women who had previously been preyed upon.

Despite their strict beliefs and anti-drug profile, the Taliban could not resist using opium to fund its activities, underlining the movement’s poor understanding and interpretation of Islamic law. Though the Taliban leaders led an austere life in contrast to the ostentatious lifestyle of the mujahideen warlords, their economic policy was left in the hands of chance and fate, culminating in Afghanistan’s slide into economic backwardness."

Source: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Taliban.aspx

Why did I post this?

Simple, to highlight the wonderful hypocrisy of the left. The left throws a fit anytime someone compares or holds signs portraying Obama as Hitler and I actually agree that it's a bit ridiculous to portray Obama as the former dictator / murderer but why is it okay for the left to do the same to the Tea Party? The Taliban is a viscous sect of Muslims that believe in stoning women to death for committing adultery, cutting the hands off of thieves, etc... This is extreme just as is murdering Jews because they were Jews. I'm sick of the hypocrisy folks. As I have time I will continue to tear this video apart for what it is; Hollywood Liberal propaganda full of misleading slander.