Posted on 12/01/2016 7:56:50 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
Shocked and appalled by the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency, some supporters of Hillary Clinton have turned to minimizing and even delegitimizing Trump’s election. In an era of severe political polarization, in an election with two candidates seen from the outset in highly unfavorable terms, after the most brutal campaign in modern history, and with an outcome that astonished just about everyone, these reactions are understandable, but wrong. Many die-hard Clinton supporters cannot bring themselves to believe their candidate could lose to Donald Trump. They think: How could such a crude and inept con man be elected president? Even after it has happened, it is unthinkable, a nightmare. So, the election must not have been fair. Those on the fringe raise the specter of diabolical Russians hacking away at our democracy. More grounded Clintonians have less malevolent boogeymen — our Founding Fathers. As they see it, the election’s outcome should be blamed on a dysfunctional and archaic electoral vote system. Hillary won the national popular vote. She should be president. It is as simple as that. The Electoral College should go the way of Trump University. They are right about one thing: Hillary did win the national popular vote. As votes continue to trickle in three weeks after Election Day, Clinton received 50.9% of the two-party vote to 49.1% for Trump. With about 135 million votes counted, Clinton has 2.3 million more votes than Trump.
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“Under our electoral vote system, American voters elected a national president, not California’s choice”....THANK GOD!!!
I laugh at their pathetic tears. May they shake in fear and doubt for the rest of their worthless lives. That said: Have a Merry Christmas!
I would point out that Hillary did not get a majority of the popular vote.
She got a plurality; more votes than any other candidate, but not a majority. 52% of voters voted against Hillary. How can you claim a popular vote mandate with numbers like that??
Bill Clinton never got over 50% of the vote in his elections. They weren’t bitching about the electoral college when Bill won election with only 43% of the vote in 1992.
Shocked and appalled by the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency, some supporters of Hillary Clinton have turned to minimizing and even delegitimizing Trump’s election.
Pissonthemall! If they don’t like it...move to Canada or Mexico or the South Pole. IDIOTS all !!
Back in August, if she had read the polls correctly...she could have put maximum effort into Michigan, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Penn....won those four states. She should have taken Bill’s advice and aimed at the economy and jobs. She could have dumped all this fake BLM or fake agenda stuff.
They don't have the votes in the House, Senate or 3/4ths of the states to change the formally change the electoral college, and their end-run "pact" has been spinning its tires with the same low-hanging fruit (deep-blue states) forever now. They'll never get any red states or purple states on-board, especially with the GOP dominance at the state level nationwide, and they're never going to get big battleground states such as Florida to just voluntarily give up their sway in presidential elections so that California may have a bigger say in the outcome.
These kids are TOO STUPID to realize their anger and sadness is a result of THE MEDIA LYING TO THEM FOR THE PAST MANY MONTHS ABOUT HOW FAR AHEAD HILLARY WAS.
ah yes, the bright future of our culture; the empowered female, a fake gem created and polished by the dominant media, snivelling into each other’s arms...
so glad that these sorts are being handed the reins to our futures...
Article: ...”They think: How could such a crude and inept con man be elected president?”
Me: ... When we could have had a crude and inept con woman who is also Corrupt as Hell and Sold out to America’s Moslem enemy?
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I mean, SHE obviously offered SO MUCH MORE!...
The Electoral College isn’t just a fluke. It is a demonstration of one of the Constitution’s core principles: establishing a federal republic with a limited central government and empowered states.
These babies need to get some facts.
there will come a day when the Dem’s take the 270 EV’s but lose the popular vote...it will be interesting to read the commentary on a website like this one then...
They expect all to have taken lots of the Democratic Kool-Aid prior to any discussion on how to pick a President.
Doesn't sound tough.It's been done before.
Keep it up and I’ll really give you something to cry about!
Electoral College is a bulwark against “tyranny of the majority” (and minority). It ensures candidates pay attention to the minority, usually manifest as rural populations, rather than just focusing on a dozen major cities.
One piece I read said that Hillary’s numbers keep creeping up as Democrat strongholds continue to count ballots, even after the election is certified.
This sounds like the selective counting that Algore sought in Florida in 2000.
So, count JUST the areas were democrats rule, and call that some kind of “mandate.” Sure.
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