Editor’s note, Nov. 20, 2012: Since this column was posted it
has been discovered that the premise presented about the Electoral
College and the Constitution is in error. According to the 12th
Amendment, a two-thirds quorum is required in the House of
Representatives, not the Electoral College. We have one last, final chance to save America. We have one last, final chance to stop Barack Obama. One final chance.
What is this final chance? Will the Republicans step up to the plate and do what is necessary? Barack Obama has not yet been re-elected president. Yes, the election is over – but remember, a presidential election in
America is not by popular vote. We vote for the candidate, but what we
are really doing is voting for the electors who will meet on the Monday
after the second Wednesday in December. That is when the actual re-election of the president occurs. Is there a way to stop this? Yes, there is. And the best part – this is totally constitutional. The 12th Amendment of the Constitution as well as Article II of the Constitution govern the Electoral College. According to the 12th Amendment, for the Electoral College to be able
to select the president, it must have a quorum of two-thirds of the
states voting. If enough states refuse to participate, the Electoral
College will not have a quorum. If the Electoral College does not have a
quorum or otherwise cannot vote or decide, then the responsibility for
selecting the president and vice president devolves to the Congress. The House of Representatives selects the president and the Senate selects the vice president. Since the Republicans hold a majority in the House, presumably they
would vote for Mitt Romney, and the Democrats in the Senate would vote
for Joe Biden for vice president. Can this work? Sure it can. Democrats have actually set this precedent of refusing to participate
to deny Republicans a quorum. They did this in Wisconsin and in Texas.
Why can’t we do this with the Electoral College? Mitt Romney was a terrible candidate, and he will not be a great president. But he will be infinitely better than Barack Obama. So how do we do this? Mitt Romney carried 24 states. We need to have conservative activists
from all over the nation contact the electors, the Republican Party and
the secretary of state in all of these states and tell them not to
participate in the Electoral College when it meets on Dec. 17. If we can get 17 of those states (just over one-third) to refuse to
participate, the Electoral College will have no quorum. Then, as the
Constitution directs, the election goes to the House of Representatives. That is how we can still pull this election out and make Mitt Romney president in January. We need this concept shared with every tea party, liberty and
patriotic group throughout the country. We have time to act, but we must
pressure Republicans to do the right thing. It does not matter who gets credit for this. The credit is not
important. Using our last chance to defeat Barack Obama is important. Far too often the Republican Party seems more interested in losing gracefully than winning and governing. This is our last chance. We the people must contact the electors,
party officials and secretaries of state from every red state and insist
that they refuse to participate in the Electoral College. We can still save America and use the Constitution to do it. But this truly is our last chance.
Article states that Hawaii has no birth certificate ................all of our Obama problem's have come from Hawaii...................it is possible that Hawaii is being controlled by enemies to the U.S. Constitution...........it is possible that many States are "acting" against the U.S. Constitution.
benjamincfreeman
Did everyone see the WND article about how Hawaii swears no birth certificate exists?
The
State of Hawaii did not swear there was no birth certificate. An
elections clerk, who was in no position to know whether or not there was
a birth certificate, swore to a W N D-produced affadavit. The State of Hawaii has verified that the information on the BC posted on the WH website is correct.
There is a way, he has committed felonious acts for which he has not been prosecuted for but has admitted to: Use of a controlled substance without a prescription. Pot Use of additional controlled substances i.e. Cocaine. Not to mention distributing automatic weapons to questionable people, organizations etc without proper permits. Things that if you and I committed we would be in federal prisons... Not to mention voter fraud, accepting donations from foreigners, all of the above are public record and no one has the guts to press the issues... WHY? Sincerely, sots
smrstrauss
Dream
on. If there were significant voter fraud the officials in the swing
states, who are mainly Republican, would have said something, as would
Romney and Ryan. Having smoked pot while a kid etc has passed the
statute of limitations years ago, and the program in which automatic
weapons were sold was started by George W. Bush.
And I think GWB used cocaine before he found religion. Did that make HIM ineligible to be POTUS?
benjamincfreeman
Dear smrstrauss, A link to a bunch of lies does not prove your position. Admit that Obama is not eligible to be a candidate on the ballot for President, or show something that proves that he is..........you can not have it both ways.
smrstrauss
Sadly
you are an excellent example of why Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck and the
National Review all say that birthers are crazy. That is because you
ignore the facts. Conservative leaders such as Edwin Meese and Senator
Hatch and Graham and former Senator Fred Thompson all say that the
meaning of Natural Born comes from the common law and refers to the
place of birth and that every child born in the USA is a Natural Born
citizen except for the children of foreign diplomats. And the fact that
this is agreed to overwhelmingly is confirmed by the fact that seven
state courts and one federal court have all ruled that Obama is a
Natural Born Citizen based on the ruling in the Wong Kim Ark case. There are MANY links. Here are a few of them: http://www.economist.com/blogs... http://www.fredthompsonsameric... http://online.wsj.com/article/... http://tesibria.typepad.com/wh... http://www.obamaconspiracy.org... http://www.obamabirthbook.com/... http://ohforgoodnesssake.com/?...
No links, just public knowledge and facts my friend. Felons...
benjamincfreeman
Dear Joshua, My comment was not directed to your comment........it was directed to smrstrauss. Apology accepted........and I agree with you.
benjamincfreeman
Dear American's, America has a responsibility to protect the Freedom of Religion. Religion is the belief in the One True God. Our God is a jealous God. America defends every Citizen with the right to believe in God or to not believe in God. America has a responsibility to protect the Freedom of Religion, by making sure that satanic cult's do not parade themselves as religion. One example is the muslim cult. Religion that is against religion is not religion.............it is a cult. The muslim koran is distinctly against Jews and Christians. America must put an end to the mosques that are a direct threat to the Freedom of Religion. The evil cult god allah is satan. Little evil cult god allah says, "Believe in me or perish." The One True God says, "I give you freewill. Believe in me, or not.......the choice is still life......................one is better than the other.........but you may choose. Even atheist's must pick God over...
Dear American's, I am a Citizen. I am Free. I am a man. I am a Free man. I am free to think............. .........to act...............or to not act. If I am appointed to be an Elector, and I accept this nomination, I am still free to think......................to act..................or to not act. I am responsible to think...................to act.................or not act..................in a Constitutional way to procure the Freedom and Liberty for All, so help me God.
I have timely-filed an Objection to Obama's candidacy paper's for the 2012 Primary. I did not have one for the 2008 Primary, because I figured the leadership of my Nation took care of this, and did it within the confines of the U.S. Constitution. Once I understood the threat to the Nation, I, a Citizen, and a natural born Citizen, took the proper action to contest this breach of the sanctity of our Founder's ideal's. In the lowest court.....the one nearest The People, I, petitioned my representatives to release this nominee back into society, like a fish that does not measure the legal distance, so that he may participate in this great experiment, in his best legal way. When fishing for a President or a Vice-President, a Citizen may only take a fish from a specific species. If a Citizen catches an illegal species, it is their duty to return it to the water. Some have debated that...
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