Comments on: the Electoral College. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/the941/2008/09/17/the-electoral-college/ The blog of the Suncoast Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:58:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Justin http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/the941/2008/09/17/the-electoral-college/comment-page-1/#comment-29300 Justin Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:16:45 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/the941/2008/09/17/the-electoral-college/#comment-29300 "Who are these Electors? .. They are sent to the College every four years in proportion to the population of each state. Then they are shaved all over and put into a sensory deprivation tank full of a kind of nutrient slime -- often orange flavored, sometimes banana. There, held in slimy darkness for weeks on end, they go into a kind of trance and predict who the next president will be. And here is the great genius of our American system: They are almost always correct." That's right Brian Ries -- I got an advance copy of More Information Than You Require. It's good. “Who are these Electors? .. They are sent to the College every four years in proportion to the population of each state. Then they are shaved all over and put into a sensory deprivation tank full of a kind of nutrient slime — often orange flavored, sometimes banana. There, held in slimy darkness for weeks on end, they go into a kind of trance and predict who the next president will be. And here is the great genius of our American system: They are almost always correct.”

That’s right Brian Ries — I got an advance copy of More Information Than You Require. It’s good.

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