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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Timetable of Electoral College voting
, among other things.
No point in hoping anymore. Now the only thing we can do is buckle down, strap in and get ready for a long and painful fight.
It's been fun.Did you guys seriously not only want him to subvert the democratic process, but expect him to? That's a new low, even for you.
He didn't order the public execution of Trump and declare himself God Emperor of America. Clearly that makes him an abject failure and will tarnish his entire presidency.
edited 16th Dec '16 12:47:21 PM by randomdude4
"Can't make an omelette without breaking some children." -Bur![]()
I was hoping he might give an order to brief the electors on what's been discovered thus far; it would be perfectly legal for the electoral college to overturn Trump's election.
Based on the lack of such a move, what's been found isn't damning, so that's that.
edited 16th Dec '16 12:45:18 PM by CaptainCapsase
Donald Trump has conspired with a foreign power to stage a bloodless coup of America. Once in power, the damage he will do to democracy and the entire world is incalculable. His victory was not legitimate, but the result of enemy interference and suppression of votes.
Stopping him would not be subverting democracy, but upholding it.
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."Blue Fish, I'm a fan of yours, but I gotta say I agree with the others. This is not his fault, nor in his ability to do anything about. His time is over. He can't do anything. That was our job, and Hillary's and we failed.
Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for youLike Captain Capsase said, the electoral college can still go faithless, but that's outside Obama's jurisdiction. And even then there would be a gigantic fallout from that.
"Can't make an omelette without breaking some children." -Bur![]()
Every democracy has safety checks. It is actually the job of the electorate college to keep unfit persons from becoming the president. If that fails, the congress is supposed to keep the president in check. But currently nobody (except for one Republican from the EC) has stepped up and voiced his willingness to stop this.
Also, remember that a number of dictators came into power through election. Being elected is not what makes a leader democratic. It is his conduct in office, him allowing dissenting voices and listening to different opinions.
edited 16th Dec '16 12:52:02 PM by Swanpride

What's this disturbance?edited 16th Dec '16 12:25:26 PM by Yinyang107