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- Ramanisky22
Doesn't look like anything to me.
- BuddhaHat0
When you have electoral voters like these, it's absolutely no surprise Trump won. The system is truly broken and in need of repair. Here are some responses from people that are supposed to prevent a potentially dangerous person taking office:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ro…
Citing Constitutional scholar Lawrence Lessig, we explained that the Founders of this nation created the position of “Elector” precisely to prevent a truly dangerous and unqualified person from being elevated to the Presidency.
Many people who read our article emailed their Electors. The way some of the Electors responded is shocking:
Elector John Haggard, from Michigan, responded: “On Beaver Island Deer Hunting hope to kill 3 deer. Please hold all emails. Thanks. GO TRUMP.”
Elector Alex Kim, from Texas, wrote: “I reject the Democratic Party principles and I reject Hillary Clinton. I will not do anything that will open a path for HRC to become our next President. [T]he political opinions of non-Texas voters means nothing to me. I do not vote or get involved in your state, I am not sure why you are trying to interfere in mine. I encourage you to be more active in the political process where your vote matters.”
Both of these Electors seem unaware of the constitutional requirements of their job. Alexander Hamilton explains it best: “[Electors should be] men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to [the Presidency].” They should act “under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice.” They should “possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations.”
A more hopeful (if mildly condescending) response came from Elector L. Scott Mann, also of Texas.
“You have every right to lobby an elector... I am delighted that many are reading the Federalist Papers. I’ve been reading them for twenty years. Yes, I agree with Hamilton in Federalist 68. No, I do not believe that the election of Donald Trump rises to that level.”
So, if Mr. Mann is to be believed, then he needs to be convinced that Donald Trump is unfit for the Presidency. We need use no other words to do so, than those of his fellow Republican Texan Elector - Christopher Suprun, a 9/11 first responder — who writes why he is choosing to change his vote:
"[Donald Trump] shows daily he is not qualified for the office. Federalist 68 argued that an Electoral College should determine if candidates are qualified, not engaged in demagogy, and independent from foreign influence. Mr. Trump shows us again and again that he does not meet these standards."
- i don't think hillary would have really pass Supruns concerns either...deathboy
- "an Electoral College should determine if candidates are qualified, not engaged in demagogy, and independent from foreign influence."BuddhaHat
- Definition of demagogue. 1 : a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power.BuddhaHat
- You could pretty easily just put a picture of Trump next to that definition.BuddhaHat
- Given that he stirred up racial hatred, and lied for his entire campaign.BuddhaHat
- i can put a picture of almost every politician i've seen against that definition. the popular desire not to be fearful. trump was the least rationaldeathboy
- or least tactful at hiding it.deathboy
- hard to get elected when you don't sell something though. a cure all fix to something we don't like. i blame voters for always voting greedydeathboy
- and a lot on media. and how it fed and pretty much sold and grew the hate. i think johnson would have been the only one that fit that criteriadeathboy
- and did you notice how the author sets u up for every quote with the emotional response he wants, while there really is no reason for the response.deathboy
- I see a lot of this false equivalency stuff where people have said 'but it's the same as other politicians do'; it's not. It's an order of magnitude worse.BuddhaHat
- Other Pres-elects have managed to make it through their first 100 days without committing a huge political faux pas (or otherwise outright stupid move with .Tw)BuddhaHat
- haven't made fatuous claims to millions of illegal votes during the election, appointed seriously dubious people to high-ranking positions in cabinet.BuddhaHat
- so, I'll totally agree that other politicians are crooked, absolutely 100%, but to compare their actions to what we're witnessing prior to Tru taking officeBuddhaHat
- is scary to a lot of people, and it should be.BuddhaHat
- remember obamas first term. his czars and appointees. his talk of socializing medicine. to someone who believes that stuff is good its not scarydeathboy
- i guess its relative to your own beliefs. personally everything so far seems like hollow talk, accept some of the business deals. he has 0 tact about cronieismdeathboy
- my biggest fear of him is openly treating US as a business more so than other presidents, in a way china runs. creating more bubblesdeathboy
- good pr movie cancelling boeings contract on new air force one though. im still waiting to see. haev faith in balance of powers but is till cant believe supremedeathboy
- allowed obamacare on judicial restraint or whatever they called it. that was the final nail in coffin of HC. bet it cant even get removeddeathboy
- and hillarys/bernie minimum wage talk was hella super scary. too many who buy the lie its not scary, but those who understand it its really scarydeathboy
- omg-10
Trump Lands $50 Billion Deal With Japan's To bring 50 Thousand More US Jobs.
- just big numbers hanging in the air like a stanky fart. I'd like to see any figures submitted that show where these 50k jobs are going to come from.BuddhaHat
- The little guy Trump is standing with is behind the attempted Sprint & T-Mobile merger, amongst other things... it's hard to see how a business strategy like...BuddhaHat
- ... that can magic 50k jobs out of thin air.BuddhaHat
- wow, -7 downvotes, liberals really want america to stay the same.. 50k non waiter jobs and libs are complaining, sick peopleGeorgesII
- congrats on being the winner of today's "Amazing downvote misinterpretation," courtesy of QBNmonospaced
- "aiming to create 50k jobs", so it could be any number between 1 and 50k and millions is tax breaks.dorf
- *in tax breaks.dorf
- tax breaks = jobs. no jobs= no tax breaksomg
- so it's that easy? give everyone a tax break and more jobs are created. but if everyone gets a tax break who pays for it?dorf
- inteliboy2
are all these people paid schills or what?
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Don…
to be this in love, and yes, mad screaming from the hills in-love, of a political figure is frightening to say the least.
- that entire subreddit is batshit fucking crazyBuddhaHat
- you guys shouldn't be going in there. It's too much winning for ya'll to handle i thinks.omg
- winning? come on man. it's peculiar and creepy.inteliboy
- lol, you act like its pizzagate.omg
- It's like all those slimy shits from 80's teen movies collected in one place, like Spaulding Smails.face_melter
- omg-8
- What's with the smug misproportioned physical ideal doling out non-argument non-arguments? Is that how the artist sees himself?detritus
- This comes off just as whiny and pathetic as its target. BOO HOO!detritus
- that's so bad it's almost an unintentional parody of itselfFax_Benson
- Wow, you guys are so off. Maybe it needs more context. It's more a depiction of censorship going on with reddit, not the artists' feelings or self image.omg
- Reddit is censoring the pro-Donald Trump community
http://bgr.com/2016/…omg - hahaFax_Benson
- thanks for explaining but I think we got it.Fax_Benson
- He's literally spelled out the meaningFax_Benson
- My cartoon about bad reddit people what stopped other people saying good things about mr trump - by Ben Garrison, mental age, 7 and a half.Fax_Benson
- Reminds me of the Onion cartoon editorialssarahfailin
- It's more like relegating Politics to its own thread and keeping it off the main page than it is censorship.This cartoon is oversensitivity by the alt-rightmonospaced
- lowimpakt4
it's interesting watching trump take credit for that japanese bank investment fund considering it was announced in October i.e. before the election
http://www.wsj.com/articles/soft…
I'm also surprised he is happy with a japanese company owning growing sections of the US tech sector considering all his anti-globalist rhetoric.
- Bluejam1
- https://media.tenor.…Bluejam
- moron
maniac
molestersted - meltdown.omg
- https://www.youtube.…BonSeff
- Illuminati HornsRamanisky2
- midiotscarabin
- omg-4
- whoo :Dsted
- lol, omg didn't even read the subhead apparentlymonospaced
- you on this post: https://media.giphy.…monospaced
- I read it, so... what's your point mono?omg
- you're delusional, what else is new?omg
- my point is that the Person of the Year thing isn't a positive thing ... so what am I deluded about?monospaced
- Your delusions begins with the idea i made any criticism beyond posting Time's new cover with Trump on the front.omg
- : mono shoots : sad long airhorn....omg
- You probably thought it was a positive thing.monospaced
- Anything that comes out of the MSM outlet is always a half truth. They tell you what they want you to think. In this case, its Time Warner.omg
- once again, what I am I delusional about, and did you think that the Person of the Year was a positive thing?monospaced
- https://i.imgur.com/…scarabin
- omg-8
#FakeNewsMedia- Do you wank over these, or what. What's the deal?face_melter
- what's this one about omg? It's very cryptic.Fax_Benson
- lol @ fax/facefadein11
- lol, i don't get it. As a art and design focused site, I thought folks would be more welcoming to its political illustration.omg
- Samson was undone by having his locks removed. How does Trump compare with his horsehair weave?face_melter
- He also brought the temple down and killed himself. Garrison's grasp of Biblical lore is quite, quite poor.face_melter
- haha!fadein11
- we need vote buttons on comments...fadein11
- If you can't have your cut, you have to find new ways of combing it under, over, around and around.Fax_Benson
- sted3
how we try to push back
- Ramanisky21
Merry Fucking Christmas
- omg-4
First the phone call and now this?!
U.S. sells $1.83 billion of weapons to Taiwan despite Chinese objections
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/16/po…oh wait... this was from 2015. My bad. I now return you to your selective outrage. lol
- "Our longstanding policy on arms sales to Taiwan has been consistent across six different U.S. administrations"monospaced
- a list of arms sales to Taiwan https://en.wikipedia…lowimpakt
- now, if your buddy Trump does NOT allow his administration to sell Taiwan defense weaponry, then you might be able to say he is actually differentmonospaced
- but, we all know he's actually planning to sell them plenty, as long as he can hike up the price ;)monospaced
- omg with every single post...
https://media.giphy.…kona - kona, with an airball.omg
- Fax_Benson0
Anyone notice that the Pilger film was on ITV1 last night? (UK tv channel - probably available worldwide on other formats). Didn't realise ITV still commissioned this kind of stuff.
- I was furious - 24/7 jackpot was half an hour late.Fax_Benson
- apparently it's his 60th film for ITV. Can't be right?Fax_Benson
- yep they only commission him for some reason - always have done. it never feels right his stuff being on there.fadein11
- goes back to the early glory days of ITN I guess when they were world leaders in television journalism. great doc on that if you are interested.fadein11
- GeorgesII4
- Are you for Trump or opposed to Trump Georges?kona
- they genuinely seem exhausted from the effort of staying reasonable and objective.Fax_Benson
- 2016 is hard workFax_Benson
- Georges is true Trumpeter for Life!utopian
- kona4
Donald Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Ally of Fossil Fuel Industry, to Lead E.P.A.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/0…
I guess the upside is we lose Florida which will be completely submerged under water.
- and Mar a Lago too.
so that's actually a plusRamanisky2 - oh for fuck sakelowimpakt
- lead is a nutrient. arsenic is good for you. CO2 is beneficial. mercury is not poisonous. science lies.dorf
- and Mar a Lago too.
- capn_ron4
Trump just picked Lind McMahon to babe the Small Business Administrator!!! She is from the WWE (wife of Vince McMahon). holy shit, i feel like hollywood is making the biggest budget movie ever right now and we are all just extras!
- babe is a frudian slip because... you know... iWood™capn_ron
- "babe"DRIFTMONKEY
- *unzips fly
*looks at pictures of "babe"
*zips fly againdrgs - ^LOL .. you just need
to channel MarychainRamanisky2 - Stone Cold Steve Austin for DoD!dorf
- He is hiring all of his loyal high school friends, what a helmet in chief!utopian
- the EPA critic as EPA head!!! FFS what is going on here?capn_ron
- inteliboy5
Fox news and Murdoch's ilk have been rotting the mainstream media from the inside for years. It's given birth to the likes of Alex Jones, Alex jones, Ann Coulter etc... All of which have had huge influence an made a huge amount of money.
Yet somehow, trump supporters keep screaming about the socialist commie left mainstream media. Boo hoo, yeah it's been so hard for you.
- They will all come home to roost.utopian
- you definitely sound like someone who opposes free thought, and a different opinion. Your lame stream masters whispers the need for alternative newsomg
- What different opinions omg?monospaced
- Mainstream vs Alternative ones.omg
- Since Trump won doesn't that make media supporting him mainstream now?whatthefunk
- When it comes to news media, I like facts. Not opinions.inteliboy
- No really omg. What specific alternative differing opinion? Please just point one out.monospaced
- The "fake news" concept is currently being weaponized by MSM to bury competition, boost technology advances, and delegate hidden agendas.omg
- While not a "specific" opinion, it's an ugly little weapon being passed around by politicians to ward off the so-called evils of American society.omg
- Need to elaborate and source on that. Pretty big claims.inteliboy
- https://www.washingt…inteliboy
- MSM to bury competition
1. CNN vs Alex Jones
2. MSN vs #Pizzagateomg - Facebook, Google announce new policies to fight fake news
http://www.cbsnews.c…omg - Edward Snowden addresses Facebook fake news claims: 'It's a sad indictment of our democracy'
http://www.cbsnews.c…omg - correction:
http://www.independe…omg - CNN Attacks Alex Jones!
https://www.youtube.…omg - Alex Jones? You serious?inteliboy
- explains everything.inteliboy
- It's not about the who, it's about the why...omg
- scarabin12
- whatthefunk2
Donald Trump insults a union leader on Twitter.
Jones, president of the United Steelworkers Local 1999, told The Post on Tuesday that he believed Trump had lied to the Carrier workers last week when he visited the Indianapolis plant. On a makeshift stage in a conference room, Trump had applauded United Technologies, Carrier’s parent company, for cutting a deal with him and agreeing to keep 1,100 jobs that were slated to move to Mexico in America’s heartland.
Jones said Trump got that figure wrong.
Carrier, he said, had agreed to preserve 800 production jobs in Indiana. (Carrier confirmed that number.) The union leader said Trump appeared to be taking credit for rescuing 350 engineering positions that were never scheduled to leave. Five hundred and fifty of his members, he said, were still losing their jobs. And the company was still collecting millions of dollars in tax breaks.
Half an hour after Trump tweeted about Jones on Wednesday, the union leader's phone began to ring and kept ringing, he said. One voice asked: What kind of car do you drive? Another said: We’re coming for you.
- The Nazi Helmet is now personally attacking civilians.
What a Clownstick!utopian - Apparently he didn't see this ted talk ... lolz ... https://www.youtube.…nudes
- Chuck Jones is a cartoonist.omg
- omg what is your point?monospaced
- The Nazi Helmet is now personally attacking civilians.