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Of course. When you can't win, change the rules
Author:
Nigel Tufnel
(7711 Posts - Original UHND Member)
Posted at 9:28 am on Mar 20, 2019
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God our Founding Fathers were so dumb. These people know so much more than they did.
'I define fear as standing across from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.' - Max Baer
Replies to: "Of course. When you can't win, change the rules"
Warren, Beto and Buttigieg, among others, want to abolish Electoral College.
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TakethetrainKnute
- 8:43pm 3/19/19
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The United States is a Republic, so long as the Socialists and Commies don’t screw it up
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CC72
- 12:40pm 3/20/19
Them and the Orange nationalists.
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Frank L
- 1:55pm 3/20/19
I find your commentary on it some of the best stuff you've ever written.
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LehighND
- 10:54am 3/20/19
Cool.
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TakethetrainKnute
- 12:44pm 3/20/19
Of course. When you can't win, change the rules
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Nigel Tufnel
- 9:28am 3/20/19
Deep thoughts.
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LehighND
- 10:57am 3/20/19
Right now the R’s would get massacred at the national level but for gerrymandering in the HR, the
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Frank L
- 9:05am 3/20/19
Not sure about your calculations
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Curly1918
- 2:01pm 3/20/19
Gerrymandering is dumb.
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Rooney
- 1:40pm 3/20/19
Apportionment is one problem. They have to roughly equal population wise.
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Frank L
- 1:58pm 3/20/19
Rap vs country
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Curly1918
- 7:28am 3/20/19
Down with democracy. Long live the Republic. Long live the Constitution.
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Eli
- 12:00am 3/20/19
Indeed. Emouluments, 25th amendment, high crimes and misdemeanors.
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golfernot
- 3:25am 3/20/19
No pros, the cons are numerous but mostly center around people outside of big cities being
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THEISMANCARR
- 11:44pm 3/19/19
You are joking, correct?
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golfernot
- 3:27am 3/20/19
I know everyone here is thankful for the opioid addicts in Fargo for taking care of us.
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LehighND
- 10:59am 3/20/19
On the other hand, the country folk do feed us all. Just sayin.
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Frank L
- 11:05am 3/20/19
Dude, we could have robots out there doing all the farming in two weeks.
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LehighND
- 11:07am 3/20/19
We're far closer to replacing lawyers with AI than farmers.
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iairishcheeks
- 1:07pm 3/20/19
This seems like an ad hominem disguised as a technology post.
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LehighND
- 2:28pm 3/20/19
Ad hominem will also be automated.
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iairishcheeks
- 4:31pm 3/20/19
"Auto Hominem"
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TakethetrainKnute
- 4:41pm 3/20/19
Be careful with that. I know people that have suffocated...
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LehighND
- 5:53pm 3/20/19
Agreed. An Auto Hominem Fixation can be dangerous...
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TakethetrainKnute
- 6:15pm 3/20/19
But done properly it is glorious.
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LehighND
- 12:58pm 3/21/19
Yeah, but they still own the farms.
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Frank L
- 11:15am 3/20/19
“Lose their freedom”. God, what bullshit you guys shovel.
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Chris94
- 11:53pm 3/19/19
Let's extend this principle to the UN... what could go wrong?
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Curly1918
- 7:30am 3/20/19
It's exact;y "as if" that. Most states wouldn't have joined if not promised an electoral system
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BaronVonZemo
- 3:07am 3/20/19
It could be that, or it could be just concern for "one person, one vote"
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LehighND
- 11:00am 3/20/19
There is "one person,one vote" in each state. But also "poor, weak states" need their voice protecte
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BaronVonZemo
- 3:47pm 3/20/19
I think that aligns more or less with my "cons" argument below.
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LehighND
- 4:00pm 3/20/19
Okay, someone give me pros and cons
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ShowMeIrish
- 11:10pm 3/19/19
Pros and Cons.
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LehighND
- 11:19am 3/20/19
The EC is unfair to the American taxpayer.
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conorlarkin
- 6:23am 3/20/19
Leave it to the liberals Conor and Chris to give sensible analysis.
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LehighND
- 11:03am 3/20/19
It’s pretty simple
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Chris94
- 11:30pm 3/19/19
It's pretty simple... if NY regs applied in Texas there would be no fracking in that state
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Curly1918
- 8:00am 3/20/19
More mindless crap.
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Chris94
- 10:31am 3/20/19
The electoral college is the keystone for States rights.
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Curly1918
- 12:01pm 3/20/19
For some reason my reply was lost. I'll just say this for now.
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NedoftheHill
- 11:29pm 3/19/19
And this is a good example of the mindlessness on both sides
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Chris94
- 11:33pm 3/19/19
My post is conventional wisdom.
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NedoftheHill
- 11:38pm 3/19/19
Most people in flyover country don't know what the EC is.
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LehighND
- 11:06am 3/20/19
I know, I know. You guys think we teeter on the edge of civil war.
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Chris94
- 11:42pm 3/19/19
How bout 3/5ths.
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iairishcheeks
- 12:38am 3/20/19
Just candidates jockeying for position in a crowded field
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Chris94
- 7:47am 3/20/19
This is basic. Ask yourself why the EC is there in the first place.
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NedoftheHill
- 12:08am 3/20/19
Maybe instead of lowering the voting age there should just be a civics test to open the
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WestCoastIrishFan
- 6:06am 3/20/19
How about lowering the maximum voting age to 65?
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LehighND
- 11:20am 3/20/19
"Lowering"? What is it now? 125?
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TakethetrainKnute
- 2:29pm 3/20/19
Gosh, I hope not.
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LehighND
- 2:33pm 3/20/19
This is brilliance.
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Frank L
- 11:46am 3/20/19
They tried something like that with a literacy test to keep blacks from voting.
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Frank L
- 9:07am 3/20/19
It will go nowhere, obviously
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Chris94
- 10:28pm 3/19/19
Dems also want to radically alter the Supreme Court.
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Cole
- 6:37am 3/20/19
Merrick Garland.
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conorlarkin
- 6:56am 3/20/19
Pretend? Democrats have said they actually do want to change the rules.
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Cole
- 7:18am 3/20/19
If you can't achieve your goals legitimately, then change the rules. Add more SCOTUS seats too.
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BaronVonZemo
- 9:49pm 3/19/19
Hmm...could the President declare a (fake) national emergency if Congress won't pass an amendment ?
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ND521
- 10:20pm 3/19/19
Yes, Obama could and did. But I don't consider him fake just because he was born in Kenya.
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BaronVonZemo
- 3:12am 3/20/19
they want to rewrite the constitution, because, well, they are smarter than Jefferson, Adams
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WestCoastIrishFan
- 9:17pm 3/19/19
No one is as smart as The Stable Genius.
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golfernot
- 9:23pm 3/19/19
Go work on your swing
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ColeyO
- 12:00am 3/20/19
Pay attention to detail. It reads golfer NOT.
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golfernot
- 3:22am 3/20/19
Did he chase away 25k Amazon high end jobs+27B more in taxes? Are we talking that level of genius?
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BaronVonZemo
- 9:51pm 3/19/19
No, just the level of genious that said Mexico would pay for his wall.
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golfernot
- 3:20am 3/20/19
They are indirectly paying us with trump's new NAFTA deal, Obama promised HC for all and ruined it,-
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BaronVonZemo
- 3:34am 3/20/19
Link?
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LehighND
- 4:00pm 3/20/19
And the Orange Obamacare replacement plan is. . . . . . ?
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golfernot
- 1:58pm 3/20/19
The trade deal formerly known as Prince ? You're funny even when you're not trying to be.
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ND521
- 4:37am 3/20/19
is he or isn’t he? please make up your mind.
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WestCoastIrishFan
- 9:26pm 3/19/19
They call Trump the radical.
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Cole
- 8:57pm 3/19/19