The Electoral College is a civic airbag made by Takata - you thought it was there to protect you and when the fan hit the shit, it just spewed useless shrapnel. It’s a carefully-designed reserve chute that turns out to be sewn shut.
So we’ve put up with this confusing condom of a political entity for the life of the nation, warping how elections are managed and distorting popular voting in at least three or four critical elections… and the first time it’s really needed to deflect the consequences of a horrific election cycle - the fucking purpose it was created for! - it just wanks its way through the rubber-stamping.
I did not under any circumstances want the EC to hand the election to Clinton. But there were any number of “safety” options it could have chosen.
But nope. It’s 538 citz all jacking off, blindfolded.
This psychological meltdown 'merkins descend into every time they get a close election result they don’t like is frankly a hoot. Most of the 2yos I know have better behaviour.
In 1860 in the aftermath of a fragmented Democratic party the election was won by a Republican party candidate who won just 39.8% of the popular vote which converted into 60% win in the Electoral College (180/305) whose election platform caused*** a civil war. And 2016 is “the first time it’s really needed to deflect the consequences of a horrific election cycle”?
Grow up.
BTW, he turned out to be quite OK, a little unpleasantness notwithstanding.
*** caused = gross poetic licence taken for the sake of making the argument. Apologies.
The levels Trump defenders can lower their arguments to make 2yo’s look like statesmen. “Ha ha we WON ppppbbblttttttt!!!”
Sooner or later, all but the most rock-headed of you will figure it out: We ALL lost this election. Unless you’re a very wealthy white male on the fringes of reality - then it’s your day.
The heart of 'Murrica voters who aren’t getting any new jobs and won’t have health insurance shortly are the first to start sniffing the bullshit. Too late, unfortunately.
Putin is sitting back in his office, feet on his desk, smiling the biggest smile he has ever smiled, knowing full well he got his useful idiot in the White house. Now he’ll get the NATO nukes out of those areas surrounding Russia, weaken NATO, destroy the US confidence in their election process and stand by while a trade war develops between the US and China. Putin’s already won the opening battle of the cyber war. The next 4 years are really going to hurt.
I’m also wondering about Trump’s boast that he’d have the minorities on his side by the next election. I’m sure the minorities won’t notice how white his band of merry idiots are.
Well I haven’t seen any plans. Maybe the Russians have.
I didn’t vote for HIM, but then again I didn’t vote for HER either.
In fact I wasn’t eligible to vote at all on account of continental location, but there is that meme about Americans and irony going off the dial.
You’re giving them much too much credit. Way too much credit. They won’t spend time thinking about what’s happened as long as they have their dirty t-shirts, cheap beer and wide world of wrestling on TV, they’ll be happy.
Bullshit. Trump won because of lazy and apathetic Democrat voters that assumed that Mrs. Clinton was a shoo-in.
The people that voted for Trump ARE America’s most stupid and/or most uninformed Americans. They always will be, and the only cure for that is to out-vote them…which Democrats failed to do this time.
Every time an asshole statement is made, another Trump voter is created. Keep it up, and the shit will continue.
You just don’t fucking get it. The flyover state voters wouldn’t talk to the press or pollsters, but they were pissed off and ready to throw a brick through the window after being talked down to for so long.
The brick was named Donald Trump.
Continue insulting them, and the Electoral College will continue to be red.
The liberal OVER reaction and finger pointing and over the top name calling is IMO probably what pushed just enough “conservatives” types to edge over to Trump…even if it WAS Trump. And probably some middle of the road types that might have voted for Hillary rather than Trump if not for the past years of animosity.
My experience around here (and around here is a probably a bastion of liberal reasonableness compared to the average conservative talking to the average liberal elsewhere) is the following.
Any disagreement about some aspect of gay rights ? Homophobic!
Not totally onboard with some African American issue? Racists!
Think some Muslims suck donkey balls? Islamophobe!
Might like to actually control our border? Fucking Xenophobe!
Hmmmm, maybe when a man and woman both get drunk off their fucking ass and have sex…nobody got fucking raped? Mysogonistic Bastard!
If other “conservatives” (ie not liberal as crap) out there put up with half the eye rolling stuff I’ve read around here. No wonder they finally said fuck this shit.
You better believe I have skin in the game.
46% of the 58% of Americans who could be bothered to vote have empowered an administration which will probably start a trade war if they don’t start a hot one. This has the makings of a neocon redux without the noblesse oblige. We are just hoping the rest of the western world isn’t dragged down into the same black hole of your making.
After a couple of thousand posts it’s obviously taking me a while to warm to my calling.
I’m glad that the moron OP is happy with the fact that, to support his attitude, faithless electors gave Trump an even bigger margin of an electoral win. Something like…7? Dems turned on Clinton like the snake she was, while only one(?) turned on Trump.
So…yay, OP. You got a little taste of what you wanted, you sad, bitter little ignoramus. Better to have 4 years of Trump than to have the kind of chaos you were hoping for. Now go sit in a corner and suck your thumb and let the rest of us adults try to figure out a legal way to limit the damage our Cheeto-In-Chief may cause.
On the contrary, it’s the lack of such “judgementalism” that lost the election.
Hillary lost because of all the people who stayed home because the Democrats were too busy trying to pander to angry white racists who hate everyone but themselves to convince their own base that they cared more about that base than about sucking up to the racists.
They were pandered to, not “talked down to”. And they voted for Trump because they are bigoted sadists who wanted to hurt as many people as possible as much as possible, because they *enjoy *it.
They think that they are being called racists because they are racists and know it, and despite all the pandering they hear insults being made where there aren’t any.