Of course he isn't, he would have to wade through nearly the entire Constitution to become one. He's simply a wannabe despot. His head is stuck in medieval europe where kings had absolute power. Or else he thinks he can run the country like it's his company. He's finding out that he can't have absolute power and can't run the country like it's his company.Which I guess has to prove Trump isn't a despot! I never thought he is anyway!
Donald Trump Announces 2016 White House Bid
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lol There was no "mob rule" in europe, where the founding fathers came from. Those countries were autocratic. AAnd that is what the founders were protecting against. Since they developed the EC, its purpose changed, but as I pointed out, it can be manipulated. To claim it was developed to prevent mob rule is simply rhetoric.
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 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.
Trump says 'covfefe' might have 'deep meaning' following Breeder's Cup win
Eddie Chau
Published:
November 4, 2019
Updated:
November 4, 2019 11:02 AM EST
Joel Rosario aboard Covfefe wins the Filly & Mare sprint during the 36th Breeders Cup world championships at Santa Anita Park. (Inset) U.S. President Donald Trump.(Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports/Getty Images)
What was once considered a “mistweet” by U.S. President Donald Trump may now have a “deep meaning.”
On Saturday, a horse named Covfefe galloped its way to victory at a Breeder’s Cup event held in Santa Anita, Calif. The thoroughbred — named after Trump’s famous 2017 tweet — has won six of her first eight races, according to the Daily Caller.
On Monday, Trump cryptically commented about Covfefe’s victory.
“Great! But how do you know it was a ‘mistweet?’ May be something with deep meaning!” Trump tweeted, replying to a tweet by media commentator Mitch Roschelle.
Covfefe, the horse, secured the $1 million top prize at the Filly & Mare Sprint with the aid of his jockey, Joel Rosario, according to Fox News.
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The horse is named after Trump’s confusing tweet on May 31, 2017 in which he wrote: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”
This screen grab shows a tweet from President Donald Trump which has social media trying to find a meaning in the mysterious term “covfefe.” Trump tweeted just after midnight Eastern time on Wednesday, May 31, 2017: (Twitter via AP) AP
The president later deleted the tweet and followed up by asking: “Who can figure out the true meaning of ‘covfefe’ ???”
The horse was named Covfefe by her co-owner, Jamie Roth of LNJ Foxwoods stables, after she saw Trump’s tweet.
“We gave the name to her because we thought she was special and we thought the name was kind of funny,” Roth told USA Today.
The racehorse even has her own Twitter account, @CovfefeHorse. The Twitter account poked fun of Trump’s “witch hunt” catchphrase, which he uses to describe the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
“The Greatest #CovfefeHunt In American History!” the account tweeted.
http://twitter.com/CovfefeHorse
http://foxnews.com/sports/breeders-cup-covfefe-wins-donald-trump
http://usatoday.com/story/sports/ho...e-trolls-trump-ahead-saturday-race/4122975002
http://torontosun.com/news/world/tr...-have-deep-meaning-following-breeders-cup-win
Eddie Chau
Published:
November 4, 2019
Updated:
November 4, 2019 11:02 AM EST
Joel Rosario aboard Covfefe wins the Filly & Mare sprint during the 36th Breeders Cup world championships at Santa Anita Park. (Inset) U.S. President Donald Trump.(Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports/Getty Images)
What was once considered a “mistweet” by U.S. President Donald Trump may now have a “deep meaning.”
On Saturday, a horse named Covfefe galloped its way to victory at a Breeder’s Cup event held in Santa Anita, Calif. The thoroughbred — named after Trump’s famous 2017 tweet — has won six of her first eight races, according to the Daily Caller.
On Monday, Trump cryptically commented about Covfefe’s victory.
“Great! But how do you know it was a ‘mistweet?’ May be something with deep meaning!” Trump tweeted, replying to a tweet by media commentator Mitch Roschelle.
Covfefe, the horse, secured the $1 million top prize at the Filly & Mare Sprint with the aid of his jockey, Joel Rosario, according to Fox News.
Story continues below
The horse is named after Trump’s confusing tweet on May 31, 2017 in which he wrote: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”
This screen grab shows a tweet from President Donald Trump which has social media trying to find a meaning in the mysterious term “covfefe.” Trump tweeted just after midnight Eastern time on Wednesday, May 31, 2017: (Twitter via AP) AP
The president later deleted the tweet and followed up by asking: “Who can figure out the true meaning of ‘covfefe’ ???”
The horse was named Covfefe by her co-owner, Jamie Roth of LNJ Foxwoods stables, after she saw Trump’s tweet.
“We gave the name to her because we thought she was special and we thought the name was kind of funny,” Roth told USA Today.
The racehorse even has her own Twitter account, @CovfefeHorse. The Twitter account poked fun of Trump’s “witch hunt” catchphrase, which he uses to describe the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
“The Greatest #CovfefeHunt In American History!” the account tweeted.
http://twitter.com/CovfefeHorse
http://foxnews.com/sports/breeders-cup-covfefe-wins-donald-trump
http://usatoday.com/story/sports/ho...e-trolls-trump-ahead-saturday-race/4122975002
http://torontosun.com/news/world/tr...-have-deep-meaning-following-breeders-cup-win
Trump sued by rape accuser E. Jean Carroll for defamation
Reuters
Published:
November 4, 2019
Updated:
November 4, 2019 2:54 PM EST
Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll. (Getty Images file photos)
NEW YORK — A woman who accuses Donald Trump of raping her more than 23 years ago in a New York department store sued the U.S. president on Monday over statements he made in June denying that the attack occurred and criticizing her for coming forward.
E. Jean Carroll, a longtime Elle magazine advice columnist, said in a complaint filed in a New York state court in Manhattan that Trump lied about attacking her, and “smeared her integrity, honesty, and dignity” by concocting a “swarm of related lies” to explain why she would make the incident up.
Carroll’s account of the alleged rape at Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Avenue, which she said occurred between the autumn of 1995 and spring of 1996, had been published in New York magazine in June, excerpted from her memoir released the following month.
“The lawsuit is frivolous and the story is a fraud – just like the author,” White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement. “The story she used to try and sell her trash book never happened, period.”
Carroll’s lawsuit followed statements that Trump made after her account was published, including that he did not rape Carroll and had never met her, and that she was “totally lying” as part of an effort to boost book sales.
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“I’ll say it with great respect: Number one, she’s not my type. Number two, it never happened. It never happened, OK?” he told The Hill newspaper in Washington.
'SHE'S NOT MY TYPE': Trump denies sexual assault accusation
’Apprentice’ contestant’s Trump defamation suit can proceed
In her complaint, Carroll said the attack lasted two to three minutes, before she ran out of the dressing room and onto Fifth Avenue.
Carroll said in the lawsuit she soon confided in two friends, author Lisa Birnbach and former WCBS news anchor Carol Martin, about the alleged attack, but did not report Trump to authorities because she feared retribution.
She said she went public after accounts in 2017 of alleged sexual misconduct by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, which he has denied, spawned the #MeToo movement.
“No person in this country should be above the law -including the President,” Carroll said in a statement provided by her lawyers.
Trump has denied accusations by more than one dozen women who said he made unwanted sexual advances against them years before he entered politics.
He also faces a defamation lawsuit by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on his television show “The Apprentice,” who claimed he kissed her against her will in 2007 in New York and later groped her at a Beverly Hills hotel.
Zervos sued after Trump republished on Twitter a post calling her accusations a “hoax.”
http://torontosun.com/news/world/trump-sued-by-rape-accuser-e-jean-carroll-for-defamation
Reuters
Published:
November 4, 2019
Updated:
November 4, 2019 2:54 PM EST
Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll. (Getty Images file photos)
NEW YORK — A woman who accuses Donald Trump of raping her more than 23 years ago in a New York department store sued the U.S. president on Monday over statements he made in June denying that the attack occurred and criticizing her for coming forward.
E. Jean Carroll, a longtime Elle magazine advice columnist, said in a complaint filed in a New York state court in Manhattan that Trump lied about attacking her, and “smeared her integrity, honesty, and dignity” by concocting a “swarm of related lies” to explain why she would make the incident up.
Carroll’s account of the alleged rape at Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Avenue, which she said occurred between the autumn of 1995 and spring of 1996, had been published in New York magazine in June, excerpted from her memoir released the following month.
“The lawsuit is frivolous and the story is a fraud – just like the author,” White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement. “The story she used to try and sell her trash book never happened, period.”
Carroll’s lawsuit followed statements that Trump made after her account was published, including that he did not rape Carroll and had never met her, and that she was “totally lying” as part of an effort to boost book sales.
Story continues below
“I’ll say it with great respect: Number one, she’s not my type. Number two, it never happened. It never happened, OK?” he told The Hill newspaper in Washington.
'SHE'S NOT MY TYPE': Trump denies sexual assault accusation
’Apprentice’ contestant’s Trump defamation suit can proceed
In her complaint, Carroll said the attack lasted two to three minutes, before she ran out of the dressing room and onto Fifth Avenue.
Carroll said in the lawsuit she soon confided in two friends, author Lisa Birnbach and former WCBS news anchor Carol Martin, about the alleged attack, but did not report Trump to authorities because she feared retribution.
She said she went public after accounts in 2017 of alleged sexual misconduct by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, which he has denied, spawned the #MeToo movement.
“No person in this country should be above the law -including the President,” Carroll said in a statement provided by her lawyers.
Trump has denied accusations by more than one dozen women who said he made unwanted sexual advances against them years before he entered politics.
He also faces a defamation lawsuit by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on his television show “The Apprentice,” who claimed he kissed her against her will in 2007 in New York and later groped her at a Beverly Hills hotel.
Zervos sued after Trump republished on Twitter a post calling her accusations a “hoax.”
http://torontosun.com/news/world/trump-sued-by-rape-accuser-e-jean-carroll-for-defamation
After the last go a rounds with alternative systems I think Jack is right. None of the ones presented seem to give local representation and all are rigged in favour of "the Party"at the expense of local candidates, especially independents. We have voted on this three times now and Had enough of plans to keep whatever party in power. I am only interested in a system that gives rural areas the same amount of representation as cities get. A weighted vote based on area or number of communities served by one representative would work.
Personally, I like a system where the population has the power rather than representatives. I like a democratic republic such as Switzerland where any important issues are decided by referendum and the rule of law allows for constitutional decisions to prevent "mob rule" and federal power isn't so concentrated so each area can decide on what is good or bad for them..
FPTP sucks because it allows for misrepresentation, tactical voting, polarities, wasted votes, gerrymandering, manipulation, small parties affecting the successes of large parties, safe seats, etc.
It's a country in the middle of Europe. lol
I'm remembering the House of Capet (royal rule from about the late 10th century til about the early 14th century).
Phase 1 is a done deal it is mainly looked at as a win for the US farmers, which will benefit the Canadian farmers to fill quotas
China says have agreed with U.S. to cancel tariffs in different phases
Or are you saying that the Canadian, particularly, the Prairie farmers are PHUCKED due to the animosity that our largest international agricultural markets hold against Trudeau and his lackeys treatment towards them?
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.
lol You just keep believing that regressive sh|t.
http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/countries-by-national-debt/
BTW, it should be more like "The Art of the Squeal" since Gordon Sondland changed his testimony from his original. Apparently he's not anxious to lose his job. lol
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Yup. All thanks to Global Warming killing several crops with snow, frost and now the extra expense of carbon taxes.