To the Editor:

Two weeks ago, you printed a letter that was critical of a previous writer claiming him/her to be desperate (twice), delusional and a tirade. He ended his letter by saying “Let’s work together instead of being divisive.” Can’t make this up. He was also critical of the Electoral College system used to elect U.S. presidents, citing the example of California and Wyoming and the number of voters they have per electoral vote.

Space does not allow me to evaluate the compromises needed to ratify the U.S. Constitution, but in my view, the final product is a brilliant document that for the first time in all of history established the primacy of the individual and the moral limitations of centralized government, including the Electoral College. I think it’s fair to say that the political philosophers who created it possessed more talented minds than any of their critics today.

Regarding the California and Wyoming example, the writer suggests that all states with only one electoral vote and Congressman do not legitimately deserve their representation, and taken to the extreme, states should be abolished and we should become a democracy of mob rule. The Electoral College is part of the glue that holds us together as a nation, meaning voters in all states have a voice. We will not let high population states like California, Illinois and New York silence us. Geez, look at the disasters they’ve created for themselves.

Your candidate was horrible. Washington is looting the American economy. You lost. Deal with it.

Mark Shupe

Medina