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2016 Election Thread

  • HitsRus
    Classyposter58;1825103 wrote:Ridiculous what has been going on in BG the last week. We've had all of these protests and community meetings over a black girl being assaulted by 3 white guys who supposedly were yelling racial slurs and pro-Trump messages. Turns out she made it up

    http://www.wtol.com/story/33736486/bgsu-student-charged-after-reporting-fake-assault
    Look for this to be reported in the HuffPo, Slate or Vox. :D
  • QuakerOats
    Classyposter58;1825103 wrote:Ridiculous what has been going on in BG the last week. We've had all of these protests and community meetings over a black girl being assaulted by 3 white guys who supposedly were yelling racial slurs and pro-Trump messages. Turns out she made it up

    http://www.wtol.com/story/33736486/bgsu-student-charged-after-reporting-fake-assault

    Tawana Brawley redux ........................ the more things change, the more they stay the same.
  • gut
    QuakerOats;1825110 wrote:Tawana Brawley redux ........................ the more things change, the more they stay the same.
    Falsely reporting a hate crime should warrant a lot more than a slap on the wrist.
  • queencitybuckeye
    gut;1825111 wrote:Falsely reporting a hate crime should warrant a lot more than a slap on the wrist.
    I've always thought an actual provably false (not exaggerated) claim of a crime should carry the same penalty as the crime itself.
  • jmog
    sleeper;1825091 wrote:I don't need your patronizing and semantic garbage. I know what our country is; I'm not sure how that relates to the EC/Popular vote debate we were having.

    Tell me more about how the Earth is only 6,000 years old.
    The difference between a democracy and a republic is NOT semantics. They are definitely different government types.

    Literally difference between the two is the same as the difference between popular vote and EC if one has an imagination.

    I cant help it that you feel so salty knowing I am right but not wanting to admit it so you would rather try to insult my intelligence with something I haven't come out and said at all.
  • QuakerOats
    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/democrats-search-answers-stem-spreading-republican-tide-111317153.html

    "...national rebuke ..........biblical"
  • BoatShoes
    I'll say this...with all this Russia crap and talk of electoral college revolt...worth taking a step back and thinking about how truly insane this election was from start to finish.

    Even up to the convention I never really believed the GOP would let Trump get the nod. Then I thought he would never win at the end of the day. Never would think the electoral college would turn against the apparent president elect but shit nothing would surprise me at this point.
  • CenterBHSFan
    There's a handful of electors, led by Nancy Pelosi's daughter, demanding intel briefings before they finish their job.

    Interesting.
  • fish82
    In 6 days Trump will be formally elected POTUS...by a not insignificant margin.

    In 38 days he'll put his hand on the bible.

    No amount of foot-stomping or breath-holding is going to change that.
  • BoatShoes
    fish82;1828498 wrote:In 6 days Trump will be formally elected POTUS...by a not insignificant margin.

    In 38 days he'll put his hand on the bible.

    No amount of foot-stomping or breath-holding is going to change that.
    Imagine reading this in 2007.
  • Wolves of Babylon
    Wisconsin recount and Trump gains 162 votes.

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  • queencitybuckeye
    There should be a full investigation of the Russia thing immediately after the full investigation of the media leaking debate questions.
  • QuakerOats
    I would still love for us to get to the bottom of the Clinton Foundation ---- what a cesspool of corruption.
  • Spock
    CenterBHSFan;1828493 wrote:There's a handful of electors, led by Nancy Pelosi's daughter, demanding intel briefings before they finish their job.

    Interesting.
    shocker
  • fish82
    Apparently the ODNI isn't "playing ball" with the #scaryrussians shtick just yet.

    Interesting.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-intelligence-idUSKBN14204E?il=0
  • sleeper
    BoatShoes;1828487 wrote:I'll say this...with all this Russia crap and talk of electoral college revolt...worth taking a step back and thinking about how truly insane this election was from start to finish.

    Even up to the convention I never really believed the GOP would let Trump get the nod. Then I thought he would never win at the end of the day. Never would think the electoral college would turn against the apparent president elect but shit nothing would surprise me at this point.
    Same.
  • iclfan2
    BoatShoes;1828487 wrote:Never would think the electoral college would turn against the apparent president elect but shit nothing would surprise me at this point.
    I hope this would result in revolt.
  • O-Trap
    BoatShoes;1828487 wrote:I'll say this...with all this Russia crap and talk of electoral college revolt...worth taking a step back and thinking about how truly insane this election was from start to finish.

    Even up to the convention I never really believed the GOP would let Trump get the nod. Then I thought he would never win at the end of the day. Never would think the electoral college would turn against the apparent president elect but shit nothing would surprise me at this point.
    I'm to the same place. Regardless of what happens, I think I'll probably just shrug my shoulders at the results, at least after everything else that has happened.
  • CenterBHSFan
    Funny stuff:

    http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/12/records-many-votes-detroits-precincts/95363314/#
  • QuakerOats
    Wisconsin recount: Trump won by a 'biglier' margin than first time around.


    :)
  • Spock
    Precincts have more votes then people. They forgot to mention they also don't ID anyone and people probably votes 3 or 4 times across the city.
  • QuakerOats
    Spock;1828721 wrote:Precincts have more votes then people. They forgot to mention they also don't ID anyone and people probably votes 3 or 4 times across the city.

    The Russians made them do it
  • BoatShoes
    iclfan2;1828539 wrote:I hope this would result in revolt.
    Not sure why there would be a revolt given reverance many GOP voters have for the Founders and the Constitution which would allow for it.

    (Ain't gonna happen but interesting to think about)
  • BoatShoes
    Crazy IMHO to think about how radically different the country will be governed because a population of less than the capacity of Ohio Stadium going for Trump in 3 states.

    Add in all these other wild x-factors e.g. overturn of the Voting Rights Act, Hillary emails, Hacking, Russian interference, Comey interference, Hillary epic failure...

    It is wild IMHO.
  • QuakerOats
    Eliminate 1 state, California, from the election, and the other 49 states voted 'bigly' for Trump. Thank God California and urban areas are not able to control the entire electoral process and subvert the will of the states.