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As Electors Finally Meet, Donald Trump’s Moment of Truth Approaches (Hilarious Unfocused Rage)
Daily Beast ^ | 12/16/16 | M Tomasky

Posted on 12/18/2016 5:25:58 AM PST by Be Careful

And so after everything—the relentless lies, the twisted misogyny, the mocking of a disabled man, the racism open enough to have won the enthusiasm of white supremacists, the invitation to a foreign adversary to find and leak information damaging to his opponent, and all the rest of it—we’re hitting the point of no return. The Electoral College meets Monday, and unless he shoots someone on Fifth Avenue in the meantime, it’s done. The electors are going to certify him as the next president. As they do so, the electors will not be doing their job. Lots of people by now have written pieces, like this very good one by Peter Beinart, explaining that the Electoral College was created precisely to prevent a demagogue from taking office. This was the design even if such a move went against the will of the people. But in this case it wouldn’t even be doing that, as Hillary Clinton won nearly 3 million more votes than Trump. They’ll be joining a long list of people who didn’t do their jobs this past year. The list starts with the Republican Party and Reince Priebus. As Trump went from one outrage to the next in 2015, the Republican Party should have and could have found a way to stop him and unify behind one of the other candidates, all of whom, even Ted Cruz, fell within the scope of normal and weren’t utter demagogues who made their contempt for the Constitution plain. Priebus is now rewarded with a big important job, but for a president who’s already not very popular and who will be besieged by scandal from the moment he says “so help me God.” Indeed, a couple more juicy CIA leaks between now and January 20 might persuade a majority of Americans that......

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To: Be Careful

mocking of a disabled man,Biden


61 posted on 12/18/2016 7:30:49 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: IronJack

Apparently no one told them about Rule 308...


62 posted on 12/18/2016 7:50:47 AM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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To: ez

i blame the media - and the education establishment for not teaching critical thinking.


63 posted on 12/18/2016 8:08:53 AM PST by avital2
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To: SkyPilot

Looks like the Ingsoc salute from the 1984 movie. No coinkydink there....


64 posted on 12/18/2016 8:35:40 AM PST by thulldud
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To: Be Careful

The CROW population will be severely impacted in the next for years by all the CROW the MSM & the Dems will have to swallow!!

Baked? Fried? Roasted?? With or without feathers?
Not enough sauce???

Too bad-—you asked for it. I for one am gloating!!!


65 posted on 12/18/2016 9:12:59 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Be Careful

The CROW population will be severely impacted in the next four years by all the CROW the MSM & the Dems will have to swallow!!

Baked? Fried? Roasted?? With or without feathers?
Not enough sauce???

Too bad-—you asked for it. I for one am gloating!!!


66 posted on 12/18/2016 9:15:00 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Be Careful

“the mocking of a disabled man”

Stand up, Chuck!


67 posted on 12/18/2016 9:41:33 AM PST by rhoda_penmark
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To: Be Careful

Somebody wrote that the Wall is half-built already from all the bricks the lefties are crapping.


68 posted on 12/18/2016 11:55:05 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: dljordan
“the racism open enough to have won the enthusiasm of white supremacists”
YOU ARE STILL CRYING WOLF (About Trump “Racism”)

69 posted on 12/18/2016 12:10:28 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which ‘Liberalism’ coheres is that NOTHING ACTUALLY MATTERS except PR.)
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To: CIB-173RDABN
I say to the Democrats, go ahead, follow his advice. Continue to attack, never give in, never surrender.

I have a feeling that Trump will just ignore them (as Obama ignored his critics.) The difference is, Trump’s goals will be for the improvement in the life of Americans.

If Trump is successful the American people will remember which party is better for the nation.



70 posted on 12/18/2016 12:13:08 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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