Ed Zeltser comments on
        Bush-Gore election mess

Ed's letter was selected to be published out 
of tens of thousands letters on the subject.

 

December 4, 2000

 

 

I think it's absurd that nations around the world should lampoon the United States about the electoral mess we've witnessed. Sure, it's ironic that we Americans (who take upon ourselves the charge of educating the world on nation-building based on the model of our pristine democratic system) should have an uncertain presidential mandate similar to what could happen in, say, Yugoslavia. But keep in mind also that some 200 years ago, nobody provided Americans with even the slightest model for how to do this thing we call representative democracy. All the Founding Fathers had to work with was nearly limitless insight, coupled with the integrity of their convictions and a lot of hard work. And although after 200 years it would appear that the Electoral College is more of a relic than anything, well, the framers were just geniuses, not gods.

Ed Zeltser
New York, New York

 

 

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