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Martial Law or Electoral College?
Martin Armstrong Blog ^ | October 18, 2016 | Martin Armstrong

Posted on 10/18/2016 5:46:42 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer

Clearly, the stage is set to blame Russia for a Trump victory. They are prepping the media who 99% endorse Hillary; the press conspiracy to feed propaganda to the American people is in full swing. Meanwhile, Obama continues to support the Sunni in the civil war with the intent to attack Russian forces in Syria. Our model still shows the largest turnout may take place here in 2016. This scares the blood, no matter how cold, right out of the veins of the career politicians. The American press is committing suicide and have succeeded in becoming indistinguishable from Pravda (“Truth”) of the old Soviet Union. Power corrupts everything, including the press.

There are two scenarios running around behind the curtain. I reported the one that Obama would declare martial law, suspend the constitution and remain in the presidency declining to allow Hillary or Trump to take the throne, he would step aside and hand it to Joe Biden. Some counsel that is too extreme. Others are proposing that Obama still blame Russia, but then throw it to the Congress by means of the electoral college and that way keep it under the pretense of being constitutional. Any way you cut it, this does not look like they will allow Trump to take the White House regardless of the vote.

The United States Electoral College is the body that actually elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years. The American people actually have no right to actually elect the president directly. Constitutionally, the states choose “electors”, who normally are pledged to vote for particular candidates. Hence, electors are apportioned to each of the 50 states in addition to the District of Columbia. The number of electors is determined by population and thus is equal to that state’s number of members of Congress. The Twenty-third Amendment granted the District of Columbia the same number of electors as the least populous state which equal three. Consequently, there are 538 electors which corresponds to the 435 Representatives and 100 Senators, plus the three additional electors from the District of Columbia. There are two exceptions where Maine and Nebraska do not vote on a “winner-take-all” basis. Maine and Nebraska use the “congressional district method” meaning there is one elector within each congressional district by popular vote.

Here comes the loophole. There is NO constitutional or federal law that compels an elector to honor any “pledge” and that is a hole big enough to fly a fleet of 747 planes through. Therefore, if they bullshit the people enough with the media supporting them, we will see the Electoral College hand it to Hillary regardless of how the people vote. This would be in line with our model which forecast 2015.75 was the peak in government and it’s all downhill from there. The candidate who wins the absolute majority of electoral votes, or 270 today, becomes president. The Twelfth Amendment provides for what happens if the Electoral College fails to elect a president or vice president, which could come into play here in 2016. Under this situation, then the House of Representatives will select the president. On four occasions, most recently in the 2000 presidential election between Bush and Gore. There, Gore won the popular vote with 48.4% and Bush had 47.9%. The Electoral College was 271 for Bush and 266 for Gore. Therefore, the Electoral College system has in fact resulted in the election of a candidate who did not receive the most popular votes in the election.

The election of a President who has not won in the popular vote also took place during the 1888 election. Grover Cleveland received 48.7% of the popular vote to Benjamin Harrison’s 47.9%. However, Harrison carried New York state and therefore outpolled Cleveland by 233 to 168 in the Electoral College. In the 1976 election, Carter carried 23 states with 297 electoral votes, while Ford won 27 states and 240 electoral votes. It has long been argued that the election of any President who received less than a popular vote plurality is really unfair and should be unconstitutional.

Only two Presidential elections (1800 and 1824) have been decided in the House. The election in 1876 after the civil war saw, South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana submitted certificates of elections for both candidates. A bipartisan commission of Representatives, Senators, and Supreme Court Justices, reviewed the ballots. They awarded all three state’s electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio, who won the presidency by a single electoral vote.

Our models are pointing to 2032 as the meltdown in the political system. This will be 52 years from 1980, with prior targets being 1928, 1876, 1824, and 1772. The current target of 2016 equates to 1964 and JFK’s assassination, 1912 and the defeat of the Progressive Party (Socialism), and 1860 with the Civil War. Each have been watershed events politically. It appears 2016 will live up to its target. Civil Unrest will rise significantly by rigging this year’s election.


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Martin Armstrong is not a political blogger, and he usually doesn't speculate too much about politics. He is a financial analyst who develops wave theories to predict financial markets. He does have a lot of wealthy clients and contacts, and he sometimes blogs about things his clients tell him.
1 posted on 10/18/2016 5:46:42 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

People have been touting the martial law theory for many election cycles. I heard it going all the way back to Clinton’s second term election. The only difference is that we are much closer to this happening today then we were back then.


2 posted on 10/18/2016 5:51:47 PM PDT by zaxtres
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To: Vince Ferrer
I have a few views on the subject of Russia, media and my hero, Donald J. Trump:

Russia: I don't think they want a war with the U.S.; the only reason Putin hasn't blasted us to hell and gone yet is he is waiting to see if Trump becomes our President, if he does, he will be a gentleman and sit and work all things out, if it's Hillary, he will either black mail her to hell and gone or bomb us...so take your pick!!!

The MEDIA: A bunch of over paid, under educated idiots that haven't been taught the respect or manners of a pissant...(no slam against pissants) but they are the laughing stock of the world right now...imagine following the most dirtiest, lying est, slimiest, worthless spawn of satan that ever slithered across the ground...

My Hero, Donald J. Trump: He has given up his nice life, his business, his time with his family to help us, the American People in our time of need...that is a true American, and the ONLY people that do not agree with what I have just said are either more uneducated that the media or as rotten as ROTTEN herself!!!

GO.TRUMP/PENCE.GO!!! ALL THE WAY TO THE OVAL OFFICE!!!

3 posted on 10/18/2016 5:55:30 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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To: Vince Ferrer

I think the Arab Spring was violent compared to what really could happen here if the people just say F$@K it, and start the overthrow. Its not like there is any need for Martial law. It will and should be an overnight thing, with the arrest of every federal lawmaker, and the military occupying the WH. Should be over in 24 hours. Nobody misses any work, no disruptions in services, and Monday Night football is uninterrupted. Bada Bing, Bada Boom. Its just that simple.


4 posted on 10/18/2016 5:55:32 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: Vince Ferrer
The American press is committing suicide and have succeeded in becoming indistinguishable from Pravda (“Truth”) of the old Soviet Union.

Referred to elsewhere in the literature as the "Ministry of Truth".

5 posted on 10/18/2016 5:57:26 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: HarleyLady27

“People don’t follow titles. They follow courage.”


6 posted on 10/18/2016 5:58:41 PM PDT by combat_boots (MSM: We lie to you sheep at the slaughterhouse to keep you calm during slaughter)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Factor in the left’s obsession with “smart gun control” and its not hard to understand why. 2A is really and truly the only thing that protects 1A, all the others, and ultimately the entire Constitution. “They” know this. That is why they constantly attack 2A and its supporters/defenders. 1A is being undermined actively and passively - has been for decades.


7 posted on 10/18/2016 5:59:18 PM PDT by canalabamian (Durka durka...Muhammad FUBAR!)
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Aren’t we under martial law right now? NSA will read this as soon as I post it and file it away. My bank records are kept in NSA also. All my credit card purchases are listed, recorded and saved. My vehicle is tracked by satellite....


8 posted on 10/18/2016 6:01:54 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: HarleyLady27

I agree with you that Putin does not seem to want war. Russians know a lot about war and how bad it is, they lost an entire generation of men. They will not go into a war easily. Unfortunately, Obama and Hillary seem intent on backing him in to a corner, making some sort of conflict inevitable, at least if Hillary wins.


9 posted on 10/18/2016 6:02:16 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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holding a bit of hope that something definitive is made very public to show the hackings are not the least bit involving Russians and Hillary and her DNC fools are even the more exposed as liars and frauds as eel as the media for their bandwagon shenanigans.


10 posted on 10/18/2016 6:05:38 PM PDT by b4me (Idolatry is rampant in thoughts and actions. Choose whom you will serve....)
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To: canalabamian

From the rat playbook: they are preparing for a Trump win. During lame duck session Obama escalates Syria to a point when Trump takes office he is already behind the 8 ball. This will prevent him from focusing on SCOTUS and all the departments he would get rid of and staff. This will also put congress in a position to further stress Trump.

This is what the rats left Bush with in 2001. It’s also their MO as this cloward-piven strategy will probably include not letting the attorney general to be put in place preventing the new administration from starting legal proceedings while the rats burn bag everything.


11 posted on 10/18/2016 6:14:46 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Election 2016 - Freedom or Slavery)
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To: zaxtres

If you have experienced all the election cycles since Woodstock, you know from experience that despite talk of riots and revolutions, in the end the sheeple will just sit back and take whatever the government does to them. They are too busy watching tv, getting drugged up, or just going fishing.

We are totally screwed if she gets in the White House.


12 posted on 10/18/2016 6:31:12 PM PDT by fision
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To: Vince Ferrer

” The American press is committing suicide “!
I do not care if the MSM says the sun will come up tomorrow in the east, I will check it cause i no longer believe ANY mookabooken thing these scum say.


13 posted on 10/18/2016 7:41:09 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (hey Bill, rape anyone, Lately?)
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To: HarleyLady27

Well said, XYL hog rider.


14 posted on 10/19/2016 3:04:46 AM PDT by SandwicheGuy (*The butter acts as a lubricant and speeds up the CPU)
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To: zaxtres

Short of nuclear bombs going off on American soil, martial law just doesn’t pass the smell test.


15 posted on 10/19/2016 6:29:37 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Vince Ferrer
Therefore, if they bullshit the people enough with the media supporting them, we will see the Electoral College hand it to Hillary regardless of how the people vote.

I see. After Trump wins the media will convince the American people to support Hillary as POTUS anyway.

Why not streamline things and have the media use their superpowers to elect her in the first place?

16 posted on 10/19/2016 6:45:33 AM PDT by semimojo
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To: SandwicheGuy
I had a Heritage 100 year edition, Maroon and Cream with leather Saddle Bags...sold it when I turned 68, move from PA back to Utah to be with family...do you still ride?
17 posted on 10/19/2016 7:36:08 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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