If a maniac was driving a bus and we were passengers,

[Cyrano]

it seems reasonable that we'd try to drag him from the driver's seat in order to prevent a disaster.

Turns out that the Constitution didn't anticipate a madman in the driver's seat. Nor did it anticipate that he'd have to be dragged from the controls.

Well, actually they did the best they could with that "... high crimes and misdemeanors." thing. But they sure as hell didn't picture a madman driving a bus off a cliff.

Yet, here we are. And you're a fool if you're underestimating the dire danger to this planet due to the madman at the wheel of "The most powerful nation in the world."

But, here we are. Helpless.

Many (most?) of us just went out and voted against the guy driving the bus. But he's still driving it. Sooo, we can expect some extreme dissent among the passengers.

Hang on. It's going to be a really ugly two years. And we may still go off that cliff.

[Turbineguy]

1. The Founding Fathers

could never imagine that Americans would actually want to fuck up their own country.

And that seems reasonable given their view of the World.

[lpbk2713]

2. They expected any candidate for president would have a moral compass.

Fast forward to the 21st Century.

[thucythucy]

3. The founding fathers had it exactly wrong.

They were worried that "the mob"--i.e. the majority of voters--would install some malignant demagogue who would do awful things, and so they created the Electoral College as a safeguard.

Turns out the exact opposite happened. Twice in this still young century "the mob" chose the far better candidate, and the Electoral College stuck us with two dimwit losers who couldn't properly organize a two car funeral.

It's long past time we ditched the Electoral College.

[Demovictory9]

4. k&r