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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#152001: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:37:13 AM

If the Electoral College did mutiny I can't image it going well for Hilary. The backlash on her would have to be enormous and it would probably up the chances of armed revolution.

edited 9th Nov '16 6:39:32 AM by LSBK

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#152002: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:37:33 AM

Granted, a stunt like that would be compelling evidence for getting rid of the Electoral College. So at least one good thing would come from a Trump win.

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#152003: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:38:29 AM

@Drake,

Has that ever happened in the last hundred years or so?

I mean, maybe if Trump proves, once and for all, that he is truly unfit for presidency. Considering everything he have done so far, one wonder what would that be. Then again, he is being investigated for child rape.

edited 9th Nov '16 6:38:47 AM by Heatth

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#152004: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:39:04 AM

Maybe they could find a third candidate to vote for?

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#152005: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:39:05 AM

I don't know if I want the EC to vote against Trump. That could lead to an actual armed revolt.

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#152006: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:39:35 AM

Mmm. I was just thinking that since some of Trump's wins are in solid-blue states and Hillary's won the popular vote, some electors might see it as a fluke.

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#152007: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:40:10 AM

I can't believe it really came to this.

Now we just have to hope that it won't be as bad as it seems it will be.

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#152008: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:40:16 AM

[up][up][up][up][up]Bad news: That accusation was dropped after multiple death threats to the plaintiff.

Even if that happens to every Trumper who thinks that Trump isn't acting on his promises as quickly as he claimed he could, that is still a massive setback to American civil society.

edited 9th Nov '16 6:40:43 AM by Krieger22

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#152009: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:40:25 AM

I mean, maybe if Trump proves, once and for all, that he is truly unfit for presidency. Considering everything he have done so far, one wonder what would that be. Then again, he is being investigated for child rape.
If I remember right, the victim dropped her lawsuit due to threats. Which says a lot about the kind of world we live in, probably.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#152010: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:40:42 AM

So has anyone written about why the polls and exit polls are so far off the mark? That still seems fishy to me.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#152011: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:41:04 AM

Oh, yeah, Trump is involved in a fair number of legal battles with some teeth to them, so what happens with that?

Really, I keep thinking that even if something happens to Trump (and I feel bad about myself for thinking that) we'd still be stuck with Pence, or something else happens, Ryan.

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#152012: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:41:58 AM

[up][up]FiveThirtyEight warned that Trump and Hillary were within polling errors of each other after the Comey revelation, so they're off the hook, at least.

I recall one case of fraud (over Trump U I think) that has the chance to stick, but given the confirmation of what your political climate is you'd need levels of vindictiveness from the prosecutor, judge and jury surpassing even that of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to get a conviction.

edited 9th Nov '16 6:43:19 AM by Krieger22

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#152013: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:42:00 AM

Someone would have to put their name in the day of and someone who enough of the electors love enough to vote for.

No one like that really exists.

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#152014: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:44:13 AM

@Gentlecoldafterdusk: I'm not an american and not as well-educated about the state of things as others, so my opinion should be taken with a grain of salt, but I don't think legislation will pass to the extreme of forbidding women from getting education or a re-institution of slavery.

What IS very likely to happen however is an uptick in hate crimes and open bigotry, and the economy going down the shitter worldwide. Also, I'm fairly certain that legislation making things difficult for LGBTQ+ people is going to be instituted, not necessarily because of Trump, but because of his VP Pence.

I mean things COULD get EXTREMELY bad like nukes being used, concentration camps, etc, but I don't know that it will come to that.

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#152015: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:45:00 AM

In a purely theoretical scenerio, how many people would need to die in order for a Democratic liberal to become President?

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#152016: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:45:21 AM

So, I've come to accept the fact that the US just elected an internet troll as POTUS faster than I expected.

Last night also taught me that I'm prone to depressive drinking, so I think I'm going to stop drinking outright. Won't be easy with Trump in office, but I need to start taking better care of myself.

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#152017: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:46:34 AM

So I guess one thing we need to question is who we have left? Hillary was a major fixture of the Democrats but there's no way she can run again. Bernie and Warren are old and one of the other primary candidates are fit candidates. I guess there's Kaine but I doubt he'd do much better since he'll be associated with Hillary. Who runs in 2020? Who can stop this guy?

It's gotta be Warren. Admittedly, she's older than I thought (67) but she's in good health. And if she becomes the first female president instead of Hillary, that will be so sweet.

Because let's be real here. Hillary's most well known scandals were massively overblown or completely irrelevant, that's true. That doesn't mean she wasn't a terrible candidate. Her recorded comments about having differing public viewpoints and private viewpoints would have gotten me to at least abstain from voting in any other year. And it may not have been provable in a court of law, because the standards have been set ridiculously high, but it's pretty obvious that she was taking donations through the Clinton Foundation in exchange for political favors. And I just can't stand that after everything she and the DNC did in the primaries that she made zero honest outreach to the progressive wing of the party. Instead she hired trolls to attack us and acted like she was absolutely entitled to our votes no matter what.

So while most of me feels a deep seated terror and despair at the thought of the future, the vindictive part of me is just a tiny bit glad that it didn't pay off for her.

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#152018: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:46:51 AM

[up][up][up]Even if you offed the entire chain of succession, there's no guarantee. So as I mentioned in a post that got thumped, I know it's cathartic, but it leads nowhere.

edited 9th Nov '16 6:47:11 AM by Krieger22

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#152019: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:48:19 AM

[up][up][up][up] Trump would need to name a Dem to his cabinet and then everyone else would have to be removed.

If everyone is removed then the state governors elect the new pres and that is likely not a dem.

edited 9th Nov '16 6:49:31 AM by Memers

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#152020: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:48:34 AM

If I remember right, the victim dropped her lawsuit due to threats. Which says a lot about the kind of world we live in, probably.

Really? What the fuck. Why was this never a big talking point anyway? Seriously, e-mails that had literally nothing to do with the election received more coverage than that.

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#152021: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:49:08 AM

It all went wrong

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megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#152022: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:50:25 AM

[up][up][up]There's no requirement that any given cabinet have a member of the opposing party - that's just tradition. And given the kind of people who jumped on the Trump Train I have serious doubts this will continue after January 20.

edited 9th Nov '16 6:52:06 AM by megarockman

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#152023: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:50:38 AM

This was supposed to be the election that crippled the Republican party. Now they and their white nationalism are stronger than ever.

[divinity or protective force of your choice] protect us.

edited 9th Nov '16 6:50:53 AM by blkwhtrbbt

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#152024: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:51:19 AM

[up][up][up][up] They didn't cover the fact that his wife was an illegal immigrant for almost a year here too.

The media were very clearly on Trump's side, if only for ratings at minimum.

[up] and it's an election that we will never recover from in our life times.

edited 9th Nov '16 6:52:06 AM by Memers

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#152025: Nov 9th 2016 at 6:51:49 AM

@Montegoraon, I could make a big post about why none of that should matter, specifically your dubious "she obviously took bribes" point, but the sad fact of the matter is that it did matter to a lot people, a lot more than all of Trump's unarguably horrible points.

edited 9th Nov '16 6:54:08 AM by LSBK


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