What is the Chance of an Electoral College Revolt?

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Re: What is the Chance of an Electoral College Revolt?

Post by TheReal_ND » Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:33 am

Gunning for those lightning bolt ensigns.

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Re: What is the Chance of an Electoral College Revolt?

Post by Speaker to Animals » Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:44 am

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This man is a fucking idiot.

This type of shit only confirms what Smitty was saying in the "Left and Right need each other" debacle. These people do not act in good faith, ever. If Clinton had won, and rightist electors tried to subvert the vote of the American people, this same guy would be up in arms.

They don't care about upending two centuries of American government, and that is exactly what would happen. They want their guys in power or they will try to burn the entire thing down.

Californians calling for secession I can respect. Leftists calling for what amounts to the greatest election fraud in American history.. yeah.. fuck those people. They obviously represent a threat to the republic itself.

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Re: What is the Chance of an Electoral College Revolt?

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:47 am

Speaker to Animals wrote:This type of shit only confirms what Smitty was saying in the "Left and Right need each other" debacle. These people do not act in good faith, ever. If Clinton had won, and rightist electors tried to subvert the vote of the American people, this same guy would be up in arms.

They don't care about upending two centuries of American government, and that is exactly what would happen. They want their guys in power or they will try to burn the entire thing down.
Interesting. Good of you to notice that this is totally NOT the stated goal of a huge number of Trump voters.... :ugeek:
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Re: What is the Chance of an Electoral College Revolt?

Post by Speaker to Animals » Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:52 am

GrumpyCatFace wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:This type of shit only confirms what Smitty was saying in the "Left and Right need each other" debacle. These people do not act in good faith, ever. If Clinton had won, and rightist electors tried to subvert the vote of the American people, this same guy would be up in arms.

They don't care about upending two centuries of American government, and that is exactly what would happen. They want their guys in power or they will try to burn the entire thing down.
Interesting. Good of you to notice that this is totally NOT the stated goal of a huge number of Trump voters.... :ugeek:
They use that phrase as a metaphor for destroying the corrupt establishment. I used it literally in this context.

The result of 40 partisan hacks defrauding the American people like that could easily be a constitutional crisis the likes of which have been unseen since the 1860s.

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Re: What is the Chance of an Electoral College Revolt?

Post by TheReal_ND » Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:59 am

Not going to happen.

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Re: What is the Chance of an Electoral College Revolt?

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:04 am

TheReal_ND wrote:Gunning for those lightning bolt ensigns.
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For legal reasons, we are not threatening to destroy U.S. government property with our glorious medieval siege engine. But if we wanted to, we could. But we won’t. But we could.
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Re: What is the Chance of an Electoral College Revolt?

Post by Fife » Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:06 am

The "progressive" musings about an electoral revolt is most certainly a pipe dream, but it isn't without some real entertainment.


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Don't forget your trebuchets, pajama boys!!! :goteam: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: What is the Chance of an Electoral College Revolt?

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:16 am

Speaker to Animals wrote:
GrumpyCatFace wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:This type of shit only confirms what Smitty was saying in the "Left and Right need each other" debacle. These people do not act in good faith, ever. If Clinton had won, and rightist electors tried to subvert the vote of the American people, this same guy would be up in arms.

They don't care about upending two centuries of American government, and that is exactly what would happen. They want their guys in power or they will try to burn the entire thing down.
Interesting. Good of you to notice that this is totally NOT the stated goal of a huge number of Trump voters.... :ugeek:
They use that phrase as a metaphor for destroying the corrupt establishment. I used it literally in this context.

The result of 40 partisan hacks defrauding the American people like that could easily be a constitutional crisis the likes of which have been unseen since the 1860s.
What exactly would be the 'Constitutional Crisis' that you envision? It would be following the Constitution to the letter of the law... Those electors exist to cast votes - they aren't all bound by the results, depending on their state laws. If they violate state law by changing their vote, then that individual elector would incur a fine, nothing more.

The only 'Crisis' would be the millions of Trumpians losing their shit over it.
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Re: What is the Chance of an Electoral College Revolt?

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:18 am

Fife wrote:The "progressive" musings about an electoral revolt is most certainly a pipe dream, but it isn't without some real entertainment.


BED-WETTERS UNITE: Guide To Violently Prevent Trump From Taking Power


Don't forget your trebuchets, pajama boys!!! :goteam: :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: What is the Chance of an Electoral College Revolt?

Post by Speaker to Animals » Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:35 am

Fife wrote:The "progressive" musings about an electoral revolt is most certainly a pipe dream, but it isn't without some real entertainment.


BED-WETTERS UNITE: Guide To Violently Prevent Trump From Taking Power


Don't forget your trebuchets, pajama boys!!! :goteam: :lol: :lol: :lol:

It would be called The Six Hour War.