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| Hillary Clinton Calls On Congress, Silicon Valley To Address Fake News “Epidemic” | |
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| CautionaryTales | Dec 20 2016, 03:23 PM Post #101 |
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She got outhustled, by a professional hustler. Hustlers gonna hustle.... You'll see soon enough |
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Have you paid your internet taxes? | |
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| George Aligator | Dec 20 2016, 03:40 PM Post #102 |
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Oh I'm not upset by it. I'm on record as supporting the Electoral College. But that doesn' t stop it from being a gimmick that our Founding Fathers put in to prevent the domination by urban centers in our politics. I do, however, oppose gerrymandering as the evil it is. As a matter of historical record, the EC was installed not to disenfranchise urban voters but to provide the necessary extra power demanded by the slave states. It wasn't until after the Civil War that the rural population declined below 90% of the total. The distinguishing feature of the EC is that it is based on Congressional representation and so includes the Three Fifths Compromise population rigging in the House as well as the Senate representation which is not based on population. The EC is constructed on two anti-democratic features of the Congress as well as its own anti-democratic procedures. All designed to keep the slave whippers in the Union. |
| Conservatism is a social disease | |
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| StillCrazy1 | Dec 20 2016, 10:36 PM Post #103 |
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No it doesnt work "exactly as the founding fathers intended it to" From Alexander Hamilton in The Federalist papers, federalist no68 - Their votes, thus given, are to be transmitted to the seat of the national government, and the person who may happen to have a majority of the whole number of votes will be the President. But as a majority of the votes might not always happen to centre in one man, and as it might be unsafe to permit less than a majority to be conclusive, it is provided that, in such a contingency, the House of Representatives shall select out of the candidates who shall have the five highest number of votes, the man who in their opinion may be best qualified for the office. The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State; but it will require other talents, and a different kind of merit, to establish him in the esteem and confidence of the whole Union, or of so considerable a portion of it as would be necessary to make him a successful candidate for the distinguished office of President of the United States. Edited by StillCrazy1, Dec 20 2016, 10:37 PM.
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| Ever notice the only 2 people Trump refuses to speak ill of are Stormy Daniels and Vladimir Putin? | |
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| jake58 | Dec 20 2016, 11:02 PM Post #104 |
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no one said they all agreed, Hamilton's views were in the minority... he lost |
| That which can be asserted without evidence; can be dismissed without evidence- Christopher Hitchens | |
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| StillCrazy1 | Dec 21 2016, 12:12 AM Post #105 |
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Yes. Nobody said they all agreed. Why bring it up as if someone had? Hamilton was a proponent of the EC and we have the EC. Take that how you want. |
| Ever notice the only 2 people Trump refuses to speak ill of are Stormy Daniels and Vladimir Putin? | |
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| Robertr2000 | Dec 21 2016, 12:02 PM Post #106 |
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https://youtu.be/cL5ieanJTRU
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| "if that **** wins we'll all hang from nooses" | |
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