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Old 11-14-2016, 01:47 PM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
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HAHA. I saw a clip on MSNBC where their own legal consultant said that the petition you mention has ABSOLUTELY ZERO chance of being successful at changing anything related to the election.

BEsides I believe even Hillary would refuse to reject the results from the electoral college. It is just more sour grapes.
Not me. If in the event that Hell froze over and the EC chose Hillary, you better believe that she'd arrive on the steps of the Capitol to be sworn in. This woman lacks any sense of integrity.
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Old 11-14-2016, 02:03 PM
 
Location: Secure Bunker
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The same Leftists who castigated Trump when he said that, under certain circumstances, he might be inclined to challenge the election results are now challenging the election results because their feelings are hurt and they don't understand the reason we have an electoral college.

These people are total idiots and hypocrites.
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Old 11-14-2016, 02:07 PM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
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Good luck with that. On the other hand, since Clinton has a million or more votes in her favor and is the democratically elected president, Trump should be opposed at every opportunity using all the tools available.
But that would be obstructionist. Didnt you complain about Republicans opposing Obama and not just falling into line?

Somewhat hypocritical now.
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Old 11-14-2016, 03:05 PM
 
Location: Free State of Florida
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For example, if there comes a time when Trump is a lame duck president and needs to appoint a Supreme Court justice, good luck. The Republicans have shown how to be total ****heads under those circumstances and can expect the same in return.
Sen Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in 2007 that President George W. Bush shouldn’t get to pick any more Supreme Court justices because Schumer was afraid the bench leaned too far Right. Schumer made this remark a whole 19 months before the next president was inaugurated.

And this:

Joe Biden's 1992 opposition to lame-duck Supreme Court pick could doom Obama nomination - Washington Times

Karma is a bi*ch...
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Old 11-14-2016, 03:10 PM
 
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Where are these people when it matters? They just whine and complain a few days after the election then go into hiding. Half these celebrities are high school grads at best, and while "successful" in financial terms and accomplishments, they don't have the intellect to be bashing institutions and processes that have served this country well for nearly 200 years. Especially considering how out of touch with reality they are in their own sheltered lives.
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Old 11-14-2016, 03:49 PM
 
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I wonder if the celebrities are so upset because Hillary's loss shows them that they really have no power at all.
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Old 11-14-2016, 07:02 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Good luck with that. On the other hand, since Clinton has a million or more votes in her favor and is the democratically elected president, Trump should be opposed at every opportunity using all the tools available.
If ONLY our elections were decided by popular vote. I've heard probably 2-3 Million ILLEGALS voted, most likely in CA. She's winning pop vote by what, a couple hundred thousand?
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Old 11-14-2016, 07:04 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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For example, if there comes a time when Trump is a lame duck president and needs to appoint a Supreme Court justice, good luck. The Republicans have shown how to be total ****heads under those circumstances and can expect the same in return.
I expect Sen majority leader to get rid of filibuster if democrats try it on Trump's SCOTUS nominee.
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Old 11-14-2016, 08:37 PM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
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I expect Sen majority leader to get rid of filibuster if democrats try it on Trump's SCOTUS nominee.
And he'd be justified in doing so given that the Dems already eliminated it for most appointees (only the Supreme Court remains subject to the filibuster for presidential appointments given how Dems changed the rules when they were last in power in order to stack the US Courts of Appeal). Trump has one guaranteed slot to fill on the Court. But look for additional appointments to fill Kennedy's, Ginsburg's, and Breyer's spots on the Court (either through retirements or death) in the next couple of years.
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Old 11-14-2016, 08:55 PM
 
Location: Free From The Oppressive State
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Good luck with that. On the other hand, since Clinton has a million or more votes in her favor and is the democratically elected president, Trump should be opposed at every opportunity using all the tools available.
That might matter if we actually lived in a Democracy....which we do not.
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