I’m shrugging my shoulders. Who was it that praised us with a warning that once the people figured out they could vote themselves non stop goodies, we would cease to exist?
http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/results/2016/PresidentialPrimary/ENR/statewide_total.html
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2016 - Primary Election
Statewide Totals
With 296 of 955 precincts reporting.
(includes absentee precincts where applicable)
Last updated Mar 8 2016 9:57PM
United States President
CON Scott Copeland 64 45.7%
CON J.R. Myers 50 35.7%
CON Patrick Anthony Ockander 26 18.6%
REP Jeb Bush 383 0.6%
REP Ben Carson 1,502 2.3%
REP Chris Christie 140 0.2%
REP Ted Cruz 26,922 41.1%
REP Carly Fiorina 74 0.1%
REP Lindsey Graham 27 0.0%
REP Mike Huckabee 124 0.2%
REP John R. Kasich 4,816 7.4%
REP Peter Messina 12 0.0%
REP Rand Paul 271 0.4%
REP Marco Rubio 11,857 18.1%
REP Rick Santorum 78 0.1%
REP Donald J. Trump 19,259 29.4%
Was it Ben Franklin? My brain hurts trying to recall!
I’m so frustrated that life is topsy turvy, though I am excited about our chances with Trump, the reality of everyday life and how screwed up things are, really gets me going!
yeah who was that? it’s on the tip of my brain...
Ben Franklin, IIRC.
It was the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville.
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.
I saw another more hopeful quote too.
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
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