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The Electoral College Was Created to Stop Demagogues Like Trump
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| November 17, 2016
| Michael Signer
Posted on 11/18/2016 10:41:21 AM PST by C19fan
Since Nov. 9, Donald Trump has been described as our “President-elect.” But many would be shocked to learn that this term is actually legally meaningless. The Constitution sets out a specific hurdle for Trump to ascend to the presidency. And that will not happen until Dec. 19 when the members of the Electoral College meet in their respective states to vote for the President.
It’s these electors who actually hold power under the Constitution to select Donald Trump as president. They should take that responsibility very seriously. They owe it to all Americans to deliberate on their choice in the manner required by the Constitution.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: electoral; trump; trumpwinsagain
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A bunch of Dead White Men are back in vogue with the Left. AMAZING!
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:41:21 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
The exact opposite of the truth.
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:42:42 AM PST
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
To: C19fan
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:43:33 AM PST
by
Paine in the Neck
( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
To: C19fan
Oh. So TIME stands athwart the effort to do away with the Electoral College, eh?
Somebody ping Barbara Boxer.
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:43:45 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: C19fan
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:43:50 AM PST
by
Williams
(Trump You Magnificent Bastard!)
To: C19fan
Time now critiques the term coined by bammy. Amazing.
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:43:50 AM PST
by
ealgeone
To: C19fan
The Dems were lovin’ themselves some Electoral College when they believed Hillary would win. hahahaha!!!
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:43:52 AM PST
by
MayflowerMadam
(I'm starting early with a very non-PC... "MERRY CHRISTMAS!")
To: C19fan
Is this one of those Fake Liberal News sites???
Has to be, because the author obviously never took Civics 101 in Junior High.
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:45:10 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: C19fan
Look up demagogue in the dictionary and you will see Obama’s picture.
Trump is just an alpha male. Obama is a passive aggressive S.O.B.
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:46:00 AM PST
by
JohnnyP
(Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
To: C19fan
Curse you, TIME, for being such a stickler for The Constitution!
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:46:28 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
I remember reading a bunch of articles about the Constitution was a faulty document from the start and is irrevelant for todays world. Of course that was in the middle of the Obama administration.
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:46:57 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:47:07 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: Texas Eagle
“Oh. So TIME stands athwart the effort to do away with the Electoral College, eh?”
Their god in the white mosque is leading the charge.
Through Jan. 19, anyway.
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:47:14 AM PST
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: C19fan; All
"Donald Trump has been described as our “President-elect.” But many would be shocked to learn that this term is actually legally meaningless." UNLESS it involves a Socialist Democrat, of course:
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:47:28 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: C19fan
Or, so a few big states can’t force a dictator like Hillary on the rest of the states.
The Constitution was written to stop an individual demagogue from doing damage if/when one was elected - checks and balances, state’s rights, impeachment, 10th amendment, etc. The electoral college was to stop the majority (big states) from imposing their will on the minority (little states).
The Constitution will work if Trump is as bad as libs say. The electoral congress did work in 2016.
To: C19fan
The electoral college was to stop idiots like the one who wrote this drivel.
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:48:06 AM PST
by
AuntB
(Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
To: C19fan
The Electoral College was created to stop Demonized Necromancing Witches from putting a spell over the big city mob and taking office. Thank God the electoral college helped normal America dodge this bullet!
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:48:30 AM PST
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: C19fan
Well how is that working out?
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:48:30 AM PST
by
t4texas
(No koolaid for me. Thanks!)
To: C19fan
TIME is one of those “fake news” sites we’ve been hearing about. Nothing but anti-America propaganda.
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:48:35 AM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
To: C19fan
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posted on
11/18/2016 10:48:43 AM PST
by
rhubarbk
(I have great stamina . . . not tired of winning yet.)
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