Posted on 04/30/2019 6:02:47 AM PDT by xzins
One of the things that has been overlooked in discussion of the so-called "national popular vote" is the issue of ballot access.
The NPV states claim their "compact" does not require congressional approval BECAUSE State Legislatures have the sovereign authority to appoint Electors. It has always been my view that this is correct. There are no "presidential elections" in the Constitution, and the Electoral College is an indirect election of the President BY THE STATES, ACTING AS SOVEREIGNS.
However.
Once you introduce tabulations of morons voting into the outcome, then the exercise of the States' sovereign power over appointment of Electors makes it perfectly possible for some States to refuse to place certain parties, or candidates, on their ballots. This also appears to be Constitutional, based on the sole power of State Legislatures to appoint Electors.
Donald Trump got seven million votes in New York and California. If States with >270 Electors are going to appoint those Electors based on a "national popular vote" but are not going to allow certain candidates on their General Election ballots, then the outcome will be fixed with no recourse.
Almost.
But there IS such a thing as Trump Derangement Syndrome.
I’ve seen it myself in my brother, who professed to be an “independent.” To him, Trump is “the most vile human being who ever lived” ... including Hitler. And there’s no arguing with him. He buys every media lie ... willingly. Trump lies about everything. Trump mocks disabled people. Trump wants America to be isolationist. Orange man bad! Orange man bad!
The media fuels this mindset. They are complicit in trying to overthrow our country, and they no longer even care who knows it.
That is awful.
I live in a community where the local bbq joint has the American Flag and the 10 Commandments on the wall.
And no one bursts into flames. Imagine that.
Do you think they’d have called the police if you’d flicked a Bic and torched their poster?
The media fuels this mindset. They are complicit in trying to overthrow our country,...
And that same media doesn’t know history and what happens to the media that helps to overthrow the country.
The revolution’s rank and file are “disposed of” so that they don’t fire up another revolution. Only the leaders remain.
Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder
1. Fear of Abandonment and Rejection
2. Unstable Relationships (often non traditional)
3. Distorted Unstable Self-Image (often a peer group identity)
4. Impulsive, Risky Behaviors including various Addictions
5. Self-Harm and Suicide (often threatened as a manipulative tool)
6. Intense Mood Swings
7. Chronic Feelings of Emptiness
8. Inappropriate Explosive Intense Anger and Rage, Problems controlling anger
9. Dissociation of Reality (Emotional Thinking)
10. Extreme reactions when challenged
11. Having stress-related paranoid thoughts such as “Climate Change.”
12. Black & White Illogical Thinking. This becomes the Trigger to many of the above Symptoms.
well written, but 50 years too late.
The 14th amendment does support presidential elections
Of all the idle chat about civil war, this is part seems to get talked over, and is talked about in the abstract sense rather than the concrete sense.
Call it the "woman in the red dress" (from the Matrix) model if you will. That's where it gets dicey, because it could be a neighbor, or even family that fits the model.
But if you think about what the author is writing about, a person so convinced of their moral rectitude would have no qualms about turning in or acting against the "other", including family. This gets reinforced by propaganda and politicians with phrases like "deplorables" or "bitter clingers".
Something to think about if the Left actually does get back into power. They tiptoed a bit with Obama because they know there are 300+ million guns out there and a portion of of the population willing to use them. But they're working on reinforcing that moral righteousness the author was talking about so they have cannon fodder standing between them and their "enemies".
I agree with you. If they get back into power, then those 300 million gund need to be on full alert
What comes after they wreck the country may be a government that they will rue greatly.
Concentration camps, anyone?
Once in a while you see an article that cuts to the heart of the matter.
Humanity’s eternal struggle between good and evil.
Agree. This one does that
Only IF States choose to use popular vote elections to choose Electors, and then only with regard to who cannot be prevented from voting.
Must be why they are going after one of their core supporters of late. The easiest throughout history to vilify, the Jews!
The Democrats (The Marxist Left) have been on this political trajectory since the days of Woodrow Wilson.
That’s definitely part of it.
I remember my 60s self giving my now deceased WW2 era dad a hard time for seeing commies behind every bush.
Turns out he was right
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