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Re: Politics
« Reply #555 on: August 24, 2016, 06:43:36 pm »
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Re: Politics
« Reply #556 on: August 27, 2016, 11:36:39 am »
Trump sparks outrage with tweet about Dwyane Wade’s cousin’s death

Drumpf does it again. What a complete ass he is. He turns a "news bulletin" into the most condescending infomercial of all time. This guy is so far removed from reality it's scary.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #557 on: August 27, 2016, 08:34:30 pm »
Man, I am leaning more and more to Trump seething things up for a Clinton win.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #558 on: August 29, 2016, 10:29:03 am »
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Every four years, millions of Americans head to the ballot box. They think they're picking the next president of the United States. But they're not technically voting for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton or any other candidate. Voters actually punch the ballot for an elector.

Welcome to America's confusing presidential election system, brought to you by Founding Fathers such as Alexander Hamilton.

The Electoral College is as old as the country's Constitution. When the Founding Fathers shaped the nation, they had to choose a system for selecting the President. At the time, there were competing schools of thought for selecting the country's leader. Some believed Congress should choose the president. Others thought citizens should directly elect the president.

The latter idea — known as "pure democracy" — terrified some of America's early leaders. "Such democracies," wrote James Madison in 1787, "have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths."

Hamilton echoed Madison in a paper published in 1788, just before the Constitutional Convention, that attempted to rally support for the Electoral College. While the Founding Father popularized by the Broadway musical Hamilton believed average people should have a role in choosing the President, he argued the decision should be made by particular, "capable" individuals:

It was equally desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations.

To compromise, these constitutional creators settled on the Electoral College. Each state is given a certain number of electors based on population. But each senator and representative are worth one elector, giving no state fewer than three votes. Electors, often chosen by state political parties, vote for their party's presidential nominee if he or she wins the popular vote in that state.

Following the results of the popular vote, electors gather in each state and vote to choose the next president. Today, we typically know the results of the election shortly after the polls close. But the electoral votes are not technically tallied until they are announced in Congress on Jan. 6 following the election.

In 2016, there are 538 electoral votes, meaning a presidential candidate needs 270 to win. In all but two states, whoever wins a majority of the popular vote takes all of the electoral votes. Maine and Nebraska are the exceptions, dividing electoral votes by congressional district.

Most polling shows Clinton beating Trump handily in the Electoral College.

Do electors have to vote for the popularly elected presidential candidate?

No. But they nearly always do. According to the National Archives, 99% of electors have voted as pledged to their party throughout American history.

The Constitution does not say electors must pick the presidential candidate favored by voters in their state, but some states have laws that punish electors for choosing a candidate other than the one they pledged to support. 

Has the Electoral College always reflected the popular vote?

No. Remember 2000? Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore won the popular vote by more than 500,000 votes. But Republican nominee George W. Bush edged out Gore in Florida and won the Electoral College. The race was so close that the Supreme Court eventually said recounts in Florida had to end, effectively handing Bush the presidency.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #559 on: August 31, 2016, 02:13:13 pm »
Watching Trump standing side by side with the President of Mexico was f*cking riveting to see play on live TV. Talk about manufacturing a moment and that's exactly what Trump did today. Furthermore, he looked and acted Presidential, which is something I never thought I see. Sure, there is the possibility that he was just playing the part and isn't something he can sustain. But in that brief moment, he owned it and I can imagine Clinton p*ssing in her pantsuit as she watched and saw that he just scored a huge touchdown while she never made it onto the field. The optics are good for him. Now, it's about keeping his foot out of his mouth for the rest of the day. But, he has his Immigrant Policy speech to deliver tonight. So, a train wreck could still happen.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #560 on: September 07, 2016, 10:21:06 pm »
Green Party's Jill Stein charged with trespassing, mischief


Am I the only one that thinks our judicial system is seriously f*cked up and nothing more than a joke? So, Jill Stein spray paints graffiti and this is tantamount to that of the most serious crime ever committed, and yet Clinton for 40 years has done some of the most scrupulous things possible to circumvent the law and profit off of it. Yeah, we definitely have our priorities straight don't we? I sleep better at night knowing that the Feds are cleaning up the streets and ridding the dregs of society like Stein. <---- Last sentence dripping with sarcasm.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #561 on: September 08, 2016, 09:30:57 am »
'What Is Aleppo?'









You just lost my vote.



















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Re: Politics
« Reply #562 on: September 08, 2016, 10:30:27 am »
As much as I want to vote for anybody other than Clinton or Trump, it's clear why Johnson is not even an asterisk anywhere.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #563 on: September 08, 2016, 10:37:00 am »
Chip, I'm a little surprised you have not given your take on the NBC Presidential Forum from last night.

I watched with all the other stone faced onlookers, probably thinking the same thing. Good lord, 350 Million citizens and these two are our choices?

With no surprises, people have become focused on the Moderator Matt Lauer. And for good reason. He was a major disappointment. Especially when those two knuckleheads just lobbed him responses. He just sat there and caught them, instead of hitting it out the park.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #564 on: September 08, 2016, 11:30:04 am »
I thought this "Commander-In-Chief" forum last night was a f*cking joke. I knew exactly what to expect and got it. 30 minutes each? How the f*ck is any candidate going to change minds with just 30 minutes? I knew that Clinton would filibuster her way through this in order to eat up as much time off the clock as possible to reduce any chance of followup questions that would pin her down even more. As for Drumpf, he did exactly what was expected, he got down on his knees and sucked Putin off publicly.

As for Johnson, I never had any intention of voting for him. My point with my statement, as brief as it was, was to highlight the fact that whatever remaining 'out' I had as a voter to avoid either Clinton or Drumpf, that flew out the window the moment he uttered 'What Is Aleppo?' It's safe to say that I will not be voting for any of the 4 left on the ballot and will just write in my own name this year. But I may just write in Mac or Neumatic since I don't want the job myself.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #565 on: September 08, 2016, 04:18:07 pm »
Great idea. I think I'll do that too
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Re: Politics
« Reply #566 on: September 08, 2016, 04:48:34 pm »
Write my brother in, he's better for the job.

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Re: Politics
« Reply #567 on: September 08, 2016, 05:14:52 pm »
I'll write your sisters name in instead. At least she works on a show I like. So, she gets my vote.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #568 on: September 11, 2016, 07:20:48 am »
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton ‘leaves 9/11 ceremony suffering from medical episode’


Breaking news has Clinton leaving the 9/11 Memorial due to a medical issue. From what I heard on FOX News, her legs buckled and became wobbly as she was being led away. That's all I know.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #569 on: September 11, 2016, 02:04:59 pm »
Hillary Clinton leaving 9/11 Event / Stumbling



I think Drumpf is being restrained today because it's 9/11, thus no tweets (yet). But tomorrow, the gloves will come off as he is sure to light into her for this, proving he was "right all along" about her health. I know that Hannity is chomping at the bit to play this over and over on his show tomorrow.
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