Quote (Beowulf @ Jan 18 2017 09:56am)
the record breaking millions more votes she got or we talking other millions?
I just want to be clear on which millions
It is okay. The GOP's only two wins in recent years have been due to nepotism, enthusiastic voter suppression, and other undemocratic means.
The Centre will just have to do something different to get control again. Maybe actually listen to the Left. They ignored the Left this election and got slammed. Also we could use a candidate that campaigns too, especially in hard on their luck Blue states that feel like they've been left behind.
Its okay. Trump is going into office with 40% approval. He just promised universal health care under his health care reform....and the people crucified President Obama for saying that they would be able to keep their old health insurance plans....this is a much bigger statement and promise he is going to have to break.
We should have done third term Obama lol. He would have won easy peasy. At least with a President Sanders we could look forward to meaningful Wall Street and banking reforms. None of that. Those guys will probably get some tax cuts now, and that money will come out of the pockets of working families across the nation. We have a team whose goal has been to repeal health insurance from tens of millions of families, but then Trump made this universal health care promise, and now I just don't know if our incoming White House team has any idea what their agenda is. I don't think they have an agenda or even a clear grasp of what our problems are. Every speech he makes indicated that Trump has no idea what he is doing in foreign policy either.
Basically we have a Bush Jr but worse, and we will have to clean up his mess in four or eight years, depending on electoral shenanigans, nepotism, and enthusiastic voter suppression. Same pattern lol.
But do you know what we have on our side? 2020 census before next election. Redistrict, redistrict, redistrict. Lol.
Quote (EndlessSky @ Jan 18 2017 10:00am)
Popular vote is an irrelevant concept. Its like talking about psychic powers.
Psychic powers = more people actually voting for somebody.
Arguments by analogy are always the weakest and the ones most resorted to by people without a real point to make. This one doubly so.
Quote (Beowulf @ Jan 18 2017 10:04am)
I live in a conservative area and I get all the good irl meme convo
Every Trump supporter I have talked to thinks he overwhelmingly won the popular vote. Every single one.
They will tell your their health insurance came through the Affordable Care Act and not Obamacare.
I can't think of a more low information voting bloc. It is like Idiocracy is becoming a documentary.
This post was edited by Skinned on Jan 18 2017 09:13am