11-17-2016, 05:06 PM
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Yeah I think throwing Mitt's name out there is another thing to talk about other than Stephen Bannon. Or maybe they're starting to realize getting people like Guiliani and Jeff Sessions through confirmation hearings might be tough if not impossible given the slim GOP majority of 52-48. So maybe they're scaling back to safer choices they know will fly through the hearings
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11-17-2016, 05:11 PM
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#2182
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He should appoint Neel Kashkari to Treasuresy.
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11-17-2016, 05:24 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2013
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It's too bad Romney didn't wait to make his run this year instead of 2012. Taking on a popular president with the economy in good shape was a tough ask.
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11-17-2016, 05:24 PM
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#2184
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Trump is apparently considering Romney for Secretary of State. Which would easily be his most sane choice to date. Which of course means it's all for show.
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seems like a great fit
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Mitt Romney published a Facebook post opining that “It is disqualifying for a modern-day presidential nominee to refuse to release tax returns to the voters, especially one who has not been subject to public scrutiny in either military or public service… Further, while not a likely circumstance, the potential for hidden inappropriate associations with foreign entities, criminal organizations, or other unsavory groups is simply too great a risk to ignore for someone who is seeking to become commander-in-chief.”
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11-17-2016, 05:34 PM
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#2185
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
The best part of the Trump victory tour is you know every event will be loaded with protesters looking to turn it into a #### show, which will of course further serve to divide the country rather than unite it. Whether he gets himself assassinated or the GOP takes him out through impeachment, it seems impossible he makes it to 2020.
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I remember you saying about a month ago, he didn't have a chance to win the presidency. Maybe wait until he is at least sworn in before making bold predictions.
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11-17-2016, 05:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Illuminaughty
I remember you saying about a month ago, he didn't have a chance to win the presidency. Maybe wait until he is at least sworn in before making bold predictions.
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why?
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11-17-2016, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Illuminaughty
I remember you saying about a month ago, he didn't have a chance to win the presidency. Maybe wait until he is at least sworn in before making bold predictions.
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Based off how everything has gone since he won, neither did he.
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11-17-2016, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
why?
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Or you can continue feigning outrage and acting like the world's going to end, it seems a tad bit premature, considering he isn't even in power yet. The same people that said he couldn't win, are now changing their tune to he won't make it to 2020. Nobody knows for sure one way or another.
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11-17-2016, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Based off how everything has gone since he won, neither did he.
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What would lead you to believe that in particular? Because he had a cash bar at his election party?
Most of what I'm seeing posted in regards to Trump, is just sour grapes. Nobody knows what Trump will do, not even Trump.
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11-17-2016, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
Or maybe attempt some kind of Frank Underwood style coup and take over the Presidency.
Although he would have to get by Pence too.
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Oh heavens, not Mike Pence....
Put me firmly in #TeamMitt.
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11-17-2016, 07:40 PM
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Maybe it's time for the electoral college to actually perform the task the founding fathers intended the system for in the beginning. Trump doesn't have to become the president but it is a far fetched idea that the electoral college go against the masses.
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11-17-2016, 07:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Illuminaughty
Or you can continue feigning outrage and acting like the world's going to end, it seems a tad bit premature, considering he isn't even in power yet. The same people that said he couldn't win, are now changing their tune to he won't make it to 2020. Nobody knows for sure one way or another.
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Because a demonstrably incompetent nincompoop is about to gain control of the most important steering wheel in the world. I think there's cause for concern
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11-17-2016, 07:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wwkayaker
Maybe it's time for the electoral college to actually perform the task the founding fathers intended the system for in the beginning. Trump doesn't have to become the president but it is a far fetched idea that the electoral college go against the masses.
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I argue that it's working exactly as designed.
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11-17-2016, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I argue that it's working exactly as designed.
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How is that? The electoral college was designed to prevent an unqualified person from taking on the presidency. If the electoral college votes Trump in, they have failed the founding fathers. Clinton may not be the best candidate, but she is arguably more qualified than Trump.
Disclaimer: I don't think the electoral college will go against Trump.
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11-17-2016, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by wwkayaker
How is that? The electoral college was designed to prevent an unqualified person from taking on the presidency. If the electoral college votes Trump in, they have failed the founding fathers. Clinton may not be the best candidate, but she is arguably more qualified than Trump.
Disclaimer: I don't think the electoral college will go against Trump.
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The electoral college was no created to prevent an unqualified person from becoming president, it was designed to remove direct control from the electorate.
It was designed to restrict power of the most populous states and increase power of the least populous
We may not like how it is working, but I think it IS working.
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11-17-2016, 08:11 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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The New York Times@nytimes
Donald Trump has offered Michael Flynn the post of national security adviser, according to a top transition official
Oh......my.....god.........
Flynn is a gong show. He was losing his mind at the GOP convention. Unreal.
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11-17-2016, 08:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The electoral college was no created to prevent an unqualified person from becoming president, it was designed to remove direct control from the electorate.
It was designed to restrict power of the most populous states and increase power of the least populous
We may not like how it is working, but I think it IS working.
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This quote is from History Central.com; I'm not familiar with the website's reputation but I can certainly find other sources with the same message.
"Hamilton and the other founders believed that the electors would be able to insure that only a qualified person becomes President. They believed that with the Electoral College no one would be able to manipulate the citizenry. It would act as check on an electorate that might be duped. Hamilton and the other founders did not trust the population to make the right choice. The founders also believed that the Electoral College had the advantage of being a group that met only once and thus could not be manipulated over time by foreign governments or others."
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11-17-2016, 08:13 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The electoral college was no created to prevent an unqualified person from becoming president, it was designed to remove direct control from the electorate.
It was designed to restrict power of the most populous states and increase power of the least populous
We may not like how it is working, but I think it IS working.
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exactly, I say zero chance they go and pick Hillary. I hope we never have to see her face again until she is in cuffs for all the fraud her Foundation has done.
I love how Fox estimates up to 3 milling votes for Clinton may be fraudulent, and that would push Trump way past her in the pop vote.
But bottom line is the US wanted a change and the options were Dick Chaney in a pant suit for a Successful Billionaire.
Yet everyone seems to think he is going to kill ever person of colour and homosexual. Yet hes never said anything to even consider that, its all the BS the MSM has been feeding people in hopes of getting Clinton in office.
But you cant judge the guy yet, let him see what he can do, he might surprise some of you liberal moonbats.
Oh and how ironic that most of the protesters arrested in Seattle did not even vote. lol
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11-17-2016, 08:17 PM
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^white supremacists are celebrating Trump's appointment of Bannon. If the racial tensions weren't bad enough in the past few years, what does this appointment suggest will happen?
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11-17-2016, 08:22 PM
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#2200
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Join Date: Nov 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
The New York Times@nytimes
Donald Trump has offered Michael Flynn the post of national security adviser, according to a top transition official
Oh......my.....god.........
Flynn is a gong show. He was losing his mind at the GOP convention. Unreal.
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