Politics

[thesameguy]

I would argue that, if you’re a California voter, voting for a third party is not de facto Trump support. Running up the score in CA wouldn’t (and didn’t) get Clinton any closer to winning.

I’m also not sure that this is a productive argument a year after the election, anyway. Is it 2018 yet?

Xerox.

[thesameguy]

Ironically, I think founding fathers probably created electoral college to prevent stupid voters electing somebody like Trump...

That would be consistent with their apparent behavior, yes. They didn't think we could be trusted, for these exact reasons.

[MR2 Fan]

That would be consistent with their apparent behavior, yes. They didn't think we could be trusted, for these exact reasons.

Well to your point, they were also tasked with overturning a result if it was deemed that the voter base was insane, misled, etc. just like a Judge in a court case....and technically some SHOULD have overturned the results this time.

[thesameguy]

True, true, But overturning a presidential election would be one hell of a slippery slope and a dramatic shift in the balance of power. Possibly an unhealthy shift. Not sure I'd actually like to see that.

Unrelated:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politi...t5R&ocid=ientp

Hillary Clinton: A model of American ethics

[MR2 Fan]

True, true, But overturning a presidential election would be one hell of a slippery slope and a dramatic shift in the balance of power. Possibly an unhealthy shift. Not sure I'd actually like to see that.

Unrelated:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politi...t5R&ocid=ientp

Hillary Clinton: A model of American ethics

Yeah, the problem is, no matter what we do right now...we're screwed because there's a large segment of the population that has been brainwashed and conditioned to go into absolute craziness if anything happens.

[G'day Mate]

Trump nominating a new head of the Federal Reserve - is that just another move to remove someone Obama put in, just for the sake of it?

Most of them either seem to last about 10 years if they get through the first couple, but the current one has been in for three and Trump's replacing her in his first 12 months in office.

[KillerB]

Janet Yellen’s term was over. He could have renominated her, but his choice to replace her is not controversial.

[thesameguy]

Yeah, the problem is, no matter what we do right now...we're screwed because there's a large segment of the population that has been brainwashed and conditioned to go into absolute craziness if anything happens.

These folks definitely have a different way of thinking, that's for sure.

[21Kid]

and that's part of the reason why we should get rid of the electoral college

But, the electoral college is supposed to save us from electing someone crazy!!! ... waaaaaaiiiit a minute.

[21Kid]

Yeah, the problem is, no matter what we do right now...we're screwed because there's a large segment of the population that has been brainwashed and conditioned to go into absolute craziness if anything happens.

I don't understand how we even got here. With SOOOOOOoOooooo much information out there. How are people so willfully ignorant in this day and age!?!