ManUnkindH
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Can we bring a good president back from his grave to take over the country?
You already have an excellent one, unfortunately only until january.
Can we bring a good president back from his grave to take over the country?
Here is what I know for sure: No matter who you voted for, YOU are in control of your words and actions (and FB posts)... only you. So if you're worried about hate or divisiveness, then be a part of the solution. Don't post that boastful or despairing (depending your position) post. Get away from your phone and live out what you claim to believe. #lovepeople #loveJesus it's pretty simple
It happens in the UK all the time, Scotland votes for the SNP, rUK votes Conservative and we get a Conservative government because of the size of England. Hence why me and many others want Scottish independence. England votes Brexit, Scotland votes remain, Scotland has to Brexit.
America is kind of like the UK in that more weight is given to some states due to their size.
i am legitimately scared for my future
Can someone answer me this, if the popular vote isn't the final word, how can you even qualify this as a democracy? Who are the overseers of the Electoral College?
This guy's approval rating when he leaves office will be in the single digits. Mark it down.
Hope he gets impeached his first week in office.
Hope he gets impeached his first week in office.
I need Jon Stewart to come outta retirement and do a political show for the next 4 years.
What your describing is contradictory ideas. The UK has a first past the post system which means if the majority of your country is concentrated in one area it doesn't matter it has the same weight as someone's county in Scotland with a fraction of the population. It's how the conservatives with only roughgly 30% of the vote gained a parliament majority. They one key areas they needed to win even if by the smallest of margins. The Referendum was entirely different it is proportional and thus every vote mattered equal thus the popular vote wins either. it's in this scenario Scotland was worse of.
First past the post benefits Scotland far, far more than a proportional democracy does within the union as it has a large land mass in comparison to it's small population.
That is literally *nothing* like Scotland and the UK.
An apt comparison would be "California votes democrat, yet they get a republican president, how is that fair".
A more apt comparison would be "The SNP gets 50% of the vote and yet 92% of the MP seats in Scotland, how is that fair". But even that doesn't fully compare - it's very hard in a westminster system to get a result where the popular vote doesn't win you the house.
Here in Spain we're used to a system like that, it isn't fair, but the main parties who benefit from that system don't want to change it, ever..
Damn... i really did wake up to a president that dont pay taxes.. shieeet why do i need to pay mine?
What if he ends up being a pretty good president?
From my Facebook feed:
It's taking all of my willpower not to post this gif as a reply:
Seriously can the world fuck off with this shit? Politics is a life-and-death choice. I can't make you take it seriously, but don't come to me with this facile horseshit as if we can just believe ourselves into a better situation despite the vultures circling overhead.
Impeachment and conviction following impeachment is controlled through the House and Senate. Soooo.....
Which I'll say as I did for Brexit having a protest vote at government when it's something this serious is going for the nuclear route. No pun intended there either as Trump nuke hyperbole is outrageous.
People need to do better at reshaping liberal parties rather than protest voting at the system. I mean the American political system is a disgusting monster, but protest voting for a egotistical billionaire? Great way to get at the "system...".
However I will admit Bernie would have appealed better to these votes, but sadly large portions of America seem to totally want to reject socialism.
The way it works is that we have 50 separate elections. Doesn't matter how much candidates win each individual election, they'll get the same amount of points from the electoral college so long as they win. Winner take all for each of those elections. So if you get 100% of the vote in one place it doesn't help you.
God gonna be such a somber day. At least there are no big republicans in the office to gloat. I'll just have my head on my desk all day.
Maybe this is one of those things that in 4 years, America will come out stronger? Like, we are going to beaten to a pulp for a while, but we'll heal, and come out better?
Im trying to find some silver lining here. Or is it downhill from here?
My only hope is that trump ends his presidency with a whimper. That in the end, nothing was accomplished really.
The tiniest of silver linings: Trump is really going to hate the job of being president.
I disagree. Trump winning has potentially changed the way every presidential race in the future will be run. While he may turn out to be just as bad as many of us think he will, perhaps this was exactly what the system needed for real change.
The people protest voting for Trump got exactly what they wanted. 4 years is a long time, though, remains to see just how much damage can be done in that time.
The United States is a Representative Republic, not a Democracy.Can someone answer me this, if the popular vote isn't the final word, how can you even qualify this as a democracy? Who are the overseers of the Electoral College?
I'm registered republican and I don't even feel like gloating. I actually paid very little attention to the election last night aside from reading meltdowns on Gaf.
I do have an American Government class in 2 hours though, so that should be very interesting.
The silver lining, to me, is hoping he is a good president and leader regardless of his party affiliation.Maybe this is one of those things that in 4 years, America will come out stronger? Like, we are going to beaten to a pulp for a while, but we'll heal, and come out better?
Im trying to find some silver lining here. Or is it downhill from here?
My only hope is that trump ends his presidency with a whimper. That in the end, nothing was accomplished really.
So he gets impeached and Pence becomes president. Republicans won't have a problem with that.
Maybe this is one of those things that in 4 years, America will come out stronger? Like, we are going to beaten to a pulp for a while, but we'll heal, and come out better?
Im trying to find some silver lining here. Or is it downhill from here?
My only hope is that trump ends his presidency with a whimper. That in the end, nothing was accomplished really.
I disagree, to an extent. Trump winning has potentially changed the way every presidential race in the future will be run. While he may turn out to be just as bad as many of us think he will, perhaps this was exactly what the system needed for real change.
The people protest voting for Trump got exactly what they wanted. 4 years is a long time, though, remains to see just how much damage can be done in that time.
That's really not all.The tiniest of silver linings: Trump is really going to hate the job of being president.
The silver lining, to me, is hoping he is a good president and leader regardless of his party affiliation.
That's really not all.
Positives of Trump:
-Anti establishment
-ending congressional term limits
-limiting unfair lobbying
-Ending money in politics
-an outsider with a radical message
Hmmmm.. I wonder where the Bernie voters went.
So you're still waiting for the "pivot".
Hope he gets impeached his first week in office.
He has slightly. He already recanted deport all illegals rhetoric.So you're still waiting for the "pivot".
So he gets impeached and Pence becomes president. Republicans won't have a problem with that.
That's really not all.
Positives of Trump:
-Anti establishment
-ending congressional term limits
-limiting unfair lobbying
-Ending money in politics
-an outsider with a radical message
Hmmmm.. I wonder where the Bernie voters went.
That's really not all.
Positives of Trump:
-Anti establishment
-ending congressional term limits
-limiting unfair lobbying
-Ending money in politics
-an outsider with a radical message
Hmmmm.. I wonder where the Bernie voters went.