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GO TRUMPER! GO TRUMPER! GO TRUMPER!
| December 19th, 2016 at 4:35:32 PM permalink | |
| Aussie Member since: May 10, 2016 Threads: 2 Posts: 458 |
And it should be all of them. Like Trump or not he was elected under the EC system. There shouldn't even be any discussion of the possibility of the college electing anyone else. |
| December 19th, 2016 at 6:58:59 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Well, that isn't how the system is set up. The supreme Court ruled that a state may require a pledge, and remove an elector who refused to pledge to vote a certain way, but did not rule that they actually have to vote as they pledged. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| December 19th, 2016 at 7:36:47 PM permalink | |
| Aussie Member since: May 10, 2016 Threads: 2 Posts: 458 |
Not arguing what the rules ARE. Arguing what they should be. And I doubt anyone objective could argue that a president being elected due to a few electors going against the will of the people would be a satisfactory outcome. |
| December 19th, 2016 at 7:58:50 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
That is exactly why it exists in the first place - they did not want the offices of president and vice president decided by the will of the people. Case in point: more people voted for Clinton than Trump. What we have now, though, is a situation where up to half of the votes in a state can be discarded and ignored and not assigned to electors, and all of the electoral votes go to one candidate (state winner take all) and vote of a person in some states ends up being 3x as powerful as votes in another state, because in the larger states there are more people represented by each electoral vote. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| December 19th, 2016 at 8:38:01 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Landsliders: What color is the sky in your world? http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/dec/12/donald-trump/donald-trumps-electoral-college-victory-was-not-ma/ "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| December 19th, 2016 at 9:57:25 PM permalink | |
| YeahBaby Member since: May 24, 2016 Threads: 5 Posts: 366 |
James Brown loves Trumper........... Bil Gates loves Trumper.................. Kanye Wset loves Trumper.............. pretty soon lil man gon be lonely all by himself LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMERICA LOVES TRUMPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!!!!!! |
| December 19th, 2016 at 10:03:28 PM permalink | |
| YeahBaby Member since: May 24, 2016 Threads: 5 Posts: 366 | dis guy is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love what he said at 2:39 about a 7 year old who wrote to him LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| December 20th, 2016 at 11:21:49 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 |
As somebody said on TV last night, that and a dollar will get you a coffee at McD's. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 20th, 2016 at 1:24:46 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 | There are hundreds of pics out there of Millennials flipping off Trump Tower. They're having a temper tantrum, they don't remember a time before Obummer, when we get to choose a president who might actually get something done.    If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 20th, 2016 at 1:36:53 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 13466 |
Correct. They don't remember the disaster that was the GWB administration. They don't know how good we've had it these past 8 years... I'll be taking one of those pics next time I'm in Chicago. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |