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Wayne
Doubletree Resident
(138.26.199.131) on 3/17/2016 - 3:37 p.m. says: ( 294 views
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"I'll repost what I put on FB this morning . . . " |
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Message Replied To ========== Yesterday a GOP spokesman was on Fox News saying this about a contested convention they asked what would happen if no candidate made it to 1,237. Even if one had the most votes, most states won, and most delegates by a huge margin. He said, "the public vote does not elect a party nominee, the delegates do" think about that for a second... according to this GOP representative, the American public went to the polls and cast their votes and they mean nothing if the 1,237 number isn't reached. The party and delegates then elects their nominee, not the people. have not heard 1 word here about this. WL ============================== A little reality for all those crying about someone "stealing" the election from Trump. If he does not get to the necessary delegates, he does not "win" the republican nomination. Guess what? That same process holds true for the general election. If no candidate gets a majority of the electoral votes, then they don't win the election. The election is then decided in the House of Representatives. This is how the system has worked since day one. Four times Presidents have been elected and not won the "popular vote" (the cry of the Trumpians). The most recent was GWB and I don't remember them crying about that. Twice the House has picked the President. Do you believe in the Constitution like you claim you do? |
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-- Starred by: chigatorbri GatorDJ FLVOL peabody hall Liti-Gator -- F.A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom: "We must here return for a moment to the position which precedes the suppression of democratic institutions and the creation of a totalitarian regime. In this stage it is the general demand for quick and determined government action that is the dominating element in the situation, dissatisfaction with the slow and cumbersome course of democratic procedure which makes action for action's sake the goal. It is then the man or the party who seems strong and resolute enough "to get things done" who exercises the greatest appeal. "Strong" in this sense means not merely a numerical majority - it is the ineffectiveness of parliamentary majorities with which people are dissatisfied. What they will seek is somebody with such solid support as to inspire confidence that he can carry out whatever he wants." |
I'll repost what I put on FB this morning . . . Wayne 3/17/2016 - 3:37 p.m.
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