So now I don't get a vote?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

A "true democracy" has all of the affected persons (you and I) voting on each and every issue that comes to hand - a logistically impossible scenario in all but the smallest of entities.

The fact remains that we are not a true democracy, so to claim that having a representative process for electing the President is somehow anathema to our system of government is ignoring the fact that there is almost no part of our government that acts on a directly democratic vote. It is not antithetical to what we use democracy for. It may very well be that a democratically elected President is a good idea, but, "It's undemocratic to do it otherwise" is an argument that doesn't hold much water.