<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 16, 2026 at 9:51 AM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>I<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> like the electoral college system, even knowing my residence in California makes me a microHunter.  </i></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>I wonder if you would feel the same way about the fairness of the electoral college<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span>if California was dominated by Trump loving<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span>ultra right wing Republicans<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> and Wyoming dominated by ultra left-wing Democrats<span class="gmail_default" style="">. </span> </b></font></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><i style=""><font face="georgia, serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>The EC system protects the smaller states</font></i></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>I don't give a shit about protecting states, I care about protecting people.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="">John K Clark</span> </b></font></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-5534137658564598083"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-5534137658564598083WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> John Clark <<a href="mailto:johnkclark@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnkclark@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>.</b></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">>…I also find it interesting <span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault">your</span> only rebuttal to much of my criticisms, regardless of <span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault">if </span>it's about the flaws in our electoral college system or how to survive a pandemic, starts with some minor<span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault"> </span>variation of "you can just [...]</span></b><span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">".</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">   </span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">John K Clark<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">On the contrary.  I carefully avoid personal criticism, and focus on the ideas.<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">I like the electoral college system, even knowing my residence in California makes me a microHunter.  The EC system protects the smaller states and stabilizes democracy, which is inherently unstable.  The EC is our friend.<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">spike<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5534137658564598083gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>