4. "True, the electoral college works just fine as designed, and it is what the framers intended, but it doesn’t mean it’s what’s best for us today."

The Electoral College was established by the framers of the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by Congress and election of the President by popular vote.

Apparently the Electoral College works just fine as designed, and the framers DO know what is best for us today.

5.  "The Federalist Papers, while respectable, are not the end-all of political debate."

This debate happens every time the party of sore losers and sour grapes has a candidate for  president win the popular vote overall, yet loses the Electoral College.  You lost the election and just like the election, you also lost this debate.