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[Election] Electors turn faithless on their duty by not voting for...

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Cohete Rojo, Dec 19, 2016.

  1. Falcons Talon

    Falcons Talon Member

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    LOL. State it all you want. You have that constitutional right.
    And btw, the z was a typo. It's not like I didn't capitalize a proper noun and display a misuse of grammar every single time I posted.
     
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  2. babyicedog

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    OK, typo is fine. Make them all the time. Unpresidented - not a typo. Indication of intelligence.

    Misuse of grammar? Nah. Grammar rules different on the web. Fragments, OK.

    Can't write tRUMP normal. I try. Can't do it. Computer won't let me. Has a mind of its (not it's) own.

    Falcons Talon= smart. tRUMP= dumb. Agree to disagree. We both agree- Rockets are great= all that matters.
     
  3. babyicedog

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    If I am required, I can certainly write a sentence that conforms to the rules of Standard Written English. I can write a simple sentence. At the same time, if the situation dictates itself, I can develop sentences with complex structures, particularly if I am writing a formal paper for my college English class.

    But- don't like to. Very tiring. Writing above= hurts my brain. Need more saki. Bye!
     
  4. Falcons Talon

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    I'm not going to grade or correct you other than to point out that which I already have. I don't care to grade and correct beyond my senior English classes.
     
  5. babyicedog

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    Absolutely!!!!! Much better things to do. Many women out there. Much saki to drink. Many mountains that need to be skied (skiid? OOPS.).

    God Bless- USA!
     
  6. Astrodome

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    You need to start capitalizing your president's name correctly if you're going to get that picky.
     
  7. Bobbythegreat

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    Aww, c'mon, he clearly thinks it's clever.
     
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    I don't argue or deny one point in the meme photo that you posted. I did point out simple fun facts, do you deny those?

    Trump's electoral college victory was far from a landslide. It's really low in the history of electoral college victory margins. He keeps calling it an historical landslide, incorrectly.


    he received 65 million votes. NOT TRUMP received 75 million votes. Those are just facts.
     
  9. GladiatoRowdy

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    Sadly, you're correct here. Democrats have been acting just like the Republicans did after Obama was elected. Twice.
     
  10. Dark Rhino

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    Actual popular vote count

    Clinton’s final tally came in at 65,844,610, compared to Donald Trump’s 62,979,636, with a difference of 2,864,974.
     
  11. okierock

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    Yay Hillary!!! Woot!!!

    In other news, Hillary lost.
     
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  12. JuanValdez

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    Plus another 7.8m who voted for other candidates who were not Trump. Makes no difference to me because I don't care two licks about the popular vote, but if you're going to refute something at least address the actual claim.
     
  13. Bobbythegreat

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    Wow, California really liked Hillary. I mean, it doesn't make any difference whatsoever, but I guess it's a bit interesting.
     
  14. JayGoogle

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    I wish they would have caused more of a stir because it's a system that really doesn't make sense.

    Conservatives argue that if you take away the EC that you'll take power away from rural states but really they have all the power. Although Bill O'Reily thinks taking away the EC is about destroying white establishment.

    I argue that how it is now you've actually taken away power from urban voters. Without the EC the GOP would actually have to reach out to urban voters for a change instead of just ignoring them entirely.
     
  15. Bobbythegreat

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    The system is just fine, the Democrats ran a terrible candidate and lost blue states as a result. There's really not any more to it than that. Sure California REALLY liked the awful candidate, but she lost most of the country including states that hadn't supported a Republican candidate since the last time California did so.

    The EC worked perfectly and it's a very important part of the American system.
     
  16. Falcons Talon

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    But the libs didn't get what they wanted, so it has to be changed.
     
  17. JayGoogle

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    Well it worked perfectly but it doesn't make much sense. It means some voters vote counts less than others. That's just a fact.

    Then there is the whole issue that electors don't even have to honor the voters. If you just toss the individual electors out of the process it then makes a bit more sense. At the very least do that. The idea that a bunch of people can just flip their states vote like that isn't something we should be encouraging.
     
  18. Bobbythegreat

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    It makes perfect sense, it respects the opinion of people in most of the country more so than the opinion of just California. As to the individual electors, I think that most of the time it won't be an issue but this election we had such awful candidates that it became a slight story....but still didn't really matter.
     
  19. JayGoogle

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    Come on now, I gave you reasons why it has to be changed. None of them were "Because Hillary." don't simplify the argument I was making please. Also. It's not like this idea is new.

    It actually happens a bit more but never enough for anyone to bat an eye at it. The problem is that the electors hold all of the power in the end. It doesn't respect the opinion of the people at all it does the opposite of that.

    Not only that lets not ignore that because of it some people don't have the voting power that other people do. People think this is just a liberal thing, but how many conservatives stay home in New York because "Why vote? It'll go blue anyways." and vice versa. It discourages voting and then at the same time give voters more power based on where they live.
     
  20. babyicedog

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    Not clever. Very smart. Oxford educated. Student of life.

    Computer autocorrects every time. Can't type tRUMP normally. Computer won't listen to me. A.I.

    Very Scary!
     

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