You do of course realise that the same people that voted Obama twice voted for Trump . Were these Obama supporters vile then or did they change into vile people only once they jumped they democrat ship ?
So you don't like the American system of government , to bad . But remember our PM won a clear majority with about 37 % support .
It was a clear example of exactly how the US system works. It wasn't a failure, it's exactly how it was designed.
Sorry, the entire idea of the Electoral College was to prevent any clearly dangerous or utterly stupid candidate from being chosen. Clearly that did not happen in the 2016 election.
Wrong. The idea of the Electoral College was because the Constitution dictates that the President is elected by the states. Each state legislature may choose electors any way it likes. No popular election needed.
Wrong. The idea of the Electoral College was because the Constitution dictates that the President is elected by the states. Each state legislature may choose electors any way it likes. No popular election needed.
That still does not detract from the fact that the Electoral college was originally created because the founders of US democracy did not entirely trust the masses to make intelligent choices.
Here is a quote from the following article:
The reason that the Constitution calls for this extra layer, rather than just providing for the direct election of the president, is that most of the nation’s founders were actually rather afraid of democracy. James Madison worried about what he called “factions,” which he defined as groups of citizens who have a common interest in some proposal that would either violate the rights of other citizens or would harm the nation as a whole. Madison’s fear – which Alexis de Tocqueville later dubbed “the tyranny of the majority” – was that a faction could grow to encompass more than 50 percent of the population, at which point it could “sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens.” Madison has a solution for tyranny of the majority: “A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking.”The Reason for the Electoral College
The Reason for the Electoral College - FactCheck.org
I Clearly that did not happen in the 2016 election.
I don't like ours either. Proportional is the way to go, preferably the Swedish system of proportional.
Sorry, the entire idea of the Electoral College was to prevent any clearly dangerous or utterly stupid candidate from being chosen. Clearly that did not happen in the 2016 election.
Sure it did, it stopped Hillary from being elected.
Well, she's not stupid.
Stupid enough she ran a campaign bad enough to lose to Trump.
Not a mark of intelligence.
:lol::lol:Stupid enough to not prevent a lying cheater from stealing an election by using Russian hackers and financing.
Sorry, the entire idea of the Electoral College was to prevent any clearly dangerous or utterly stupid candidate from being chosen. Clearly that did not happen in the 2016 election.
Of course he doesn't have proof.
Never underestimate the alt-left from doubling down on stupidity.
She did not lose because she lacks intelligence.( far from it) When it comes to intelligence Trump does not hold a candle to her. She lost because of what was dumped via Wikileaks and then Comey's bumbling stupidity..... Not to mention The Russian factor. She was better prepared , qualified for the job by a long shot. Trump's "win" will always be under question..........and it has nothing to do with machines etc. The group that voted for him were swayed by Wikileaks revelations and Comeys investigative non findings.Stupid enough she ran a campaign bad enough to lose to Trump.
Not a mark of intelligence.
Well, today he "disbanded" his business advisory councils.
That's Trumpese for "they all quit in disgust, so I DISBANDED THEM! It was yooge!"
Yeah, let's run the government like a business. Walk away from the Klan supporter. He's bad for business.
And hey! Turns out the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff just came out against white supremacist scum like the ones supporting the Nazis and Klan on this board.
Guess Trump's down to Miller and Bannon as playmates now.