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#260926: Nov 7th 2018 at 3:50:00 PM

There is the most important reason; he wouldn't help Trump obstruct justice.

The corruption on display is just so blatant it's baffling the amount of people support Trump.

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#260927: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:03:46 PM

Republicans (and the far right in general) don't actually care about corruption unless they can use it as a sledgehammer against democrats. If they actually cared they wouldn't keep gassing up Putin, a grade-a crook.

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#260928: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:08:06 PM

Republicans (and the far right in general) don't actually care about corruption unless they can use it as a sledgehammer against democrats. If they actually cared they wouldn't keep gassing up Trump, a grade-a crook.

Fixed that for you.

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260929: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:09:45 PM

Looking into Whitaker's past...where the hell does Trump keep finding those people? I know that Washington was built on a swamp (thanks to Lisa Simpson), but Trump has a talent to dig up the most corrupt people possible.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#260930: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:13:03 PM

A link from AP that I think is the story that goes with the tweet mentioned last page:

https://www.apnews.com/28e4e4d89f914c0faf909071e61526e3

Republican Brian Kemp’s campaign declared victory Wednesday in the Georgia governor’s race, though Democrat Stacey Abrams insists that enough ballots remain to leave open the possibility of a runoff in a race that Kemp oversees as secretary of state.

The Associated Press has not called the contest.

Ryan Mahoney, a top Kemp campaign adviser, told reporters in a conference call that the numbers show Abrams can’t win and a runoff won’t happen — but stopped short of declaring victory until pressed by an Associated Press reporter. Only then did Mahoney say Kemp is certain of victory and preparing to take office in January.

“We are declaring victory,” Mahoney said. Another campaign official, Austin Chambers, added: “The message here is pretty simple: This election is over, and the results are clear.”

Kemp was not on the call.

The move comes after a tense standoff that leaves open the possibility of litigation as Abrams’ campaign has spent the day pushing for the continued counting of absentee, mail-in and provisional ballots and renewing its concerns that Kemp remains the chief elections officer supervising his own election, a race already marked by disputes over the voting process.

With reported votes exceeding 3.9 million — almost 95 percent of Georgia’s 2016 presidential turnout — Kemp has just more than 50 percent.

“We are leaving all of our options on the table,” including litigation, Abrams’ campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo said. She estimated Wednesday that about 15,000 votes separate Kemp from a runoff. She says at least that many outstanding absentee and mail-in ballots remained to be counted.

Kemp’s spokeswoman in the secretary of state’s office, Candice Broce, said that by Wednesday afternoon the number of uncounted absentee and mail-in ballots was less than 2,000 — with her boss still above the 50 percent threshold.

Broce said about 22,000 provisional ballots have yet to be processed, according to a canvass of county officials across the state. Mahoney asserted that those numbers make it impossible for Abrams to pick up enough votes to deny Kemp an outright victory.

In 2016, with a slightly larger electorate, there were 16,739 provisional ballots. Of those, 7,592 were counted. State and campaign officials said they expected a much higher proportion to be counted this year.

Kemp’s office has not released a county-by-county breakdown of provisional ballots, but Abrams’ campaign said they believe they are concentrated in metro Atlanta counties where Abrams won a large share of the vote.

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#260931: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:13:29 PM

Trump's wealth helps attract likeminded people,it's like flies to honey

[up][up]

Edited by Ultimatum on Nov 7th 2018 at 4:13:48 AM

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RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#260932: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:13:35 PM

Has there been a time in American politics even harder to take seriously than the Trump administration?

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#260933: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:14:57 PM

Look up Nixon,dude was a crook,or look up James Buchanan

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#260934: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:19:25 PM

Nixon actually did negotiate incredibly important world-changing acts for a lot of people.

China, obviously.

But he also eliminated all (Federal) persecution of Native Americans.

Too bad so much of his administration was otherwise creepy.

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#260935: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:20:39 PM

[up][up]Look, Nixon was nowhere near as bad as Trump. I'm not a Nixon fan, but at least the guy actually knew the laws and conventions he bent or broke.

And, he also understood how, you know, to do the job. Granted, rather crookedly. Yet, he worked his socks off making workable legislation that's stood the test of time.

Well, until Trump started ripping a lot of it up.

Edited by Euodiachloris on Nov 7th 2018 at 12:22:32 PM

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#260936: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:24:10 PM

Nixon also cheated when he had no need to cheat.

Unlike the current Republicans, who'd not have gained this sort of power by playing fair.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#260937: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:25:42 PM

Nixon's biggest issues being his refusal to reign in the FBI (or inability) his and willingness to work with racists as long as they voted for him. Oh and the fact he totally was willing to break the law to win an election despite the fact being a conservative white man in the sixties who wasn't a segregationist would have required him to eat a live baby on stage to lose.

Oh and that whole Vietnam thing.

I think of him as one of the big examples of You Could Have Used Your Powers for Good! and maybe even a greek kind of tragedy in that he had great potential as a statesman but was broken by personal weaknesses.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Nov 7th 2018 at 4:30:15 AM

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#260938: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:30:03 PM

Nixon was many things. Most of them being warning signs.

But, you know things have hit horrendous when you can point at Tricky Dicky and say, "At least he was way better than Trump." -_-'

Edited by Euodiachloris on Nov 7th 2018 at 12:30:38 PM

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#260939: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:31:00 PM

Tricky Dick has long held that position because, again, the man did amazing things to counter his evil ones.

And vice versa.

I think he's the closest thing the United States has to Stannis Baratheon in its history.

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#260940: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:34:13 PM

[up]Trump = Aegon IV "The Unworthy".

Edited by Euodiachloris on Nov 7th 2018 at 12:35:17 PM

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#260941: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:35:09 PM

He's not even close to Stannis's level of stubbornness,not even a little bit

[up] Stop comparing fantasy leaders with the real ones,they're nothing alike

Edited by Ultimatum on Nov 7th 2018 at 4:36:12 AM

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#260942: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:38:11 PM

I would beg to differ and I think that defeats the purpose of fiction since all fiction has political and social use.

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#260943: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:39:25 PM

[up][up]Trying to find humour in a grim situation is a coping strategy.

And, comparing a living narcissist to a fictional one is fine, if it gets people to better see what one looks like in the RL wild.

Edited by Euodiachloris on Nov 7th 2018 at 12:40:19 PM

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#260944: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:43:58 PM

I'm a fan of Ice and Fire and I just think they're incomparable to modern political leaders,they're based off completely different systems of ruling after all,one is elected by the people and is considered democratic but has flaws,the other is a fantasy king who had people burned alive and ruled like a tyrant

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#260945: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:46:29 PM

Each state's population is divided into a number of districts, the exact number varying from one state to another. (Is there a specific "formula" for how the number is decided? And does it take into account the possibility that variations in population growth could very well lead to any two randomyl chosen states switching places in which one has the greater population over several decades / a century?)[[quoteblock]] Yes; the number of Representatives is fixed, with each state getting a minimum of 1 (for those states like Wyoming with tiny populations). It's reallocated to adjust for population changes based on the Census performed every decade. The next Census will be performed in 2020, and Trump is already trying to gerrymander it by trying to use the Census to identify illegal immigrants.note  [[quoteblock]]Each state's number of House Representatives is equal to the number of districts, with each individual Representative hailing from and/or representing that district.
Yes. For example, my home state of Nevada has 4 representatives. Each one of them represent a different part of the state.
The entirety of the state's voting population votes on each Representative that is up for election, regardless of whether or not the voter is in that Rep's district.
No. Only the people in that district vote for the representative. For example, the district covering Reno and Carson City, only gets voted on by the people living in those areas, not the people who live in Las Vegas. The Senate gets voted on by the entire population of the state.
Wisewillow makes me wonder what the difference was between the red state Democrats who lost their seats vs the ones who kept them is, and if there was a common trend.
Well, the two Senate seats held by women in red states both lost ...
And, he also understood how, you know, to do the job. Granted, rather crookedly. Yet, he worked his socks off making workable legislation that's stood the test of time.
He was also wildly racist, but I think even he would be horrified at openly embracing Nazis and Confederate apologists.

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CookingCat Since: Jul, 2018
#260946: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:47:10 PM

[up][up] It's like that guy that compared Skyrim's Civil War to the current political situation.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#260947: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:49:17 PM

No. Only the people in that district vote for the representative. For example, the district covering Reno and Carson City, only gets voted on by the people living in those areas, not the people who live in Las Vegas. The Senate gets voted on by the entire population of the state.

Although, I think I remember it used to be the practice for everyone in the state to for individual representatives, even in the districts they didn't live in. I don't know when that got scrapped though, but obviously it was super messed up.

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#260948: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:50:23 PM

I think making comparisons to fiction is fine, provided you're not being ridiculous.

For example, Donald is basically a random Stephen King villain.

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#260949: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:53:42 PM

You can't tell me Mike Pence doesn't look like a Marvel villain.

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