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Do you know how hard it is to get impeached more times than you got elected? (Original Post) TeamPooka Jan 2021 OP
Like the world has never seen! dchill Jan 2021 #1
Probably pretty easy for someone that should have never been elected in the first place! W_HAMILTON Jan 2021 #2
good point TeamPooka Jan 2021 #6
Honestly, it's more a reflection on the Senate intrepidity Jan 2021 #3
He got impeached the same amount of times as he lost the popular vote. fierywoman Jan 2021 #4
A double loser. BigmanPigman Jan 2021 #9
Well, you know what they'll say jmowreader Jan 2021 #10
1 person 1 vote Withywindle Jan 2021 #11
Yeah, let's get rid of the Electoral College PJMcK Jan 2021 #14
Well some people excel at the oddest things. nt TigressDem Jan 2021 #5
It takes a special kind of FUBAR n/t sarge43 Jan 2021 #7
Another unprecedented feat by Trump! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #8
Now we know what "two scoops Donnie" meant Dukkha Jan 2021 #12
Easy Wawannabe Jan 2021 #13

fierywoman

(7,711 posts)
4. He got impeached the same amount of times as he lost the popular vote.
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 04:41 AM
Jan 2021

Could we please get rid of the electoral college NOW ?

jmowreader

(50,619 posts)
10. Well, you know what they'll say
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 06:07 AM
Jan 2021

“If we do that, then California and New York will always be the ones to elect our president.”

To which I respond, “so what makes you better than someone who lives in a city?”

Besides, both Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan won California and New York.

Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
11. 1 person 1 vote
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 06:23 AM
Jan 2021

Right now, one voter in Wyoming has multiple times the power of one voter in New York.

That's not right.

PJMcK

(22,110 posts)
14. Yeah, let's get rid of the Electoral College
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 09:06 AM
Jan 2021

Uh, wait. That would take a Constitutional Amendment. How hard would that be to accomplish these days?

Dukkha

(7,341 posts)
12. Now we know what "two scoops Donnie" meant
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 07:16 AM
Jan 2021

two impeachments
two popular vote loses

but more than two bankruptcies. a lot more.

Let's hope this is followed up with two life sentences.

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