Donald Trump Announces 2016 White House Bid

spilledthebeer

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Nope.
Trump's "easy-to-win" tariff wars hurt nearly everyone except the wealthy. Especially America's own farmers. The ones that are so adamantly anti-socilaism and had to get handouts.
The dumbass had to have them explained to him several times and I am still not sure he understands.




CLUELESS TWIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


It was farmers and ordinary people who bear the BRUNT of ANY FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And a trade war is easier to deal with than a REAL WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


By making its UNILATERAL CLAIMS to islands in the South China Sea............................


that are CLAIMED BY FIVE OTHER NATIONS..............................


and by DELIBERATELY HARASSING cargo ships in international waters...........................



Red China leaders have CLEARLY SIGNALED their intention to BULLY anybody they feel like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And THAT INCLUDES CDNS who are being punished for having arrested Huawei CEO MENG..............................


because her company has been DELIBERATELY FLOUTING U.N. sanctions ............................


that are set against the nuclear MAD AYATOLLAHS OF TEHRAN ..................................


in order to limit their ability to BLOW UP THE PLANET and kill all unbelievers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


How DIAGRACEFUL that the selfish greed that animates Ember is also BLINDING HER TO REALITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Hoid

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Origins of the Electoral College
The Constitutional Convention considered several possible methods of selecting a president.

One idea was to have the Congress choose the president. This idea was rejected, however, because some felt that making such a choice would be too divisive an issue and leave too many hard feelings in the Congress. Others felt that such a procedure would invite unseemly political bargaining, corruption, and perhaps even interference from foreign powers. Still others felt that such an arrangement would upset the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches of the federal government.

A second idea was to have the State legislatures select the president. This idea, too, was rejected out of fears that a president so beholden to the State legislatures might permit them to erode federal authority and thus undermine the whole idea of a federation.

A third idea was to have the president elected by a direct popular vote. Direct election was rejected not because the Framers of the Constitution doubted public intelligence but rather because they feared that without sufficient information about candidates from outside their State, people would naturally vote for a "favorite son" from their own State or region. At worst, no president would emerge with a popular majority sufficient to govern the whole country. At best, the choice of president would always be decided by the largest, most populous States with little regard for the smaller ones.

Taken from uselectionatlas.org
The last paragraph says it all.
the rationale for the electoral college no longer applies given modern communications
 

JLM

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the rationale for the electoral college no longer applies given modern communications


Electoral college is just a formality. They can decide the outcome independently of the electorate's wishes, but as far as I know they haven't dared to try it yet. It's still based on population ratios. The least populated states have a little more clout per capita! (which is probably fair given their land mass)
 

MHz

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Her gig in Israel was a big hit. The only shots I saw were from behind and I imagine the front was just as skimpy. Sh'e about 50 now isn't she?? Better than exploiting a child. Her headlines since then are more than there were about her before. No publicity is bad publicity I guess.