You know that and I know that. It’s only Republicans from very small states who think it’s a great idea. But IMO the electoral college would be gone by now had John Kerry won Ohio in 2004, because he would have won the electoral vote while losing the popular vote. Republicans like the electoral college only as long as it benefits them. The day it makes a Democrat president, Republicans will be screaming the loudest for its abolition.
Reminds me of Golda Meir’s quip: God forced His chosen people to wander in the desert for 40 years only to bring them to the only place in the Middle East which doesn’t have oil.
Funniest Noah’s ark-related cartoons I’ve ever seen: Two unicorns standing in the rain watch the ark sail away, and one says, “Oh, crud—was that today?” The other one: it’s starting to rain, animals are filing onto the ark two by two, and two unicorns are holding a sign NEED TICKETS.
George Gobel once cracked up Johnny Carson by asking, “Did you ever get the feeling that the world is a tuxedo and you’re a pair of brown shoes?”