copy the Electoral College, asktheelectors.org (Reply #165)

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Mon Dec 12, 2016, 09:27 AM

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165. copy the Electoral College, asktheelectors.org

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President Obama can save this country. [View all]	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	OP
He will.	lonestarnot	Dec 2016	#1
From your keyboard to some all powerful being's eyes. n/t	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#2
You think?	flamingdem	Dec 2016	#3
I believe that if Mr. President knows information that the Russian's threw our election that he will	lonestarnot	Dec 2016	#5
He knows what the NSA, CIA and a bunch of other agencies know.	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#6
totally agree. He is putting every duck in a row, following rigorous legal procedure	BlancheSplanchnik	Dec 2016	#25
YES.	MBS	Dec 2016	#44
I hope and pray	kacekwl	Dec 2016	#96
Me too. I'm just guessing based on the past 8 years	BlancheSplanchnik	Dec 2016	#110
It's not too late until the electors cast their votes	confoosed	Dec 2016	#30
Yes! This!	Madam45for2923	Dec 2016	#52
EC should postpone voting until all votes recounted in MI, FL, PA, WI	wordpix	Dec 2016	#159
Everyone please write to him. I did last night asking him to put in our Supreme court	Maraya1969	Dec 2016	#11
!	BlancheSplanchnik	Dec 2016	#26
Sample letter ...	CountAllVotes	Dec 2016	#87
Thank you. Great letter.	Maraya1969	Dec 2016	#112
Short & sweet	CountAllVotes	Dec 2016	#115
Presidents don't read letters to the president. The help reads them.	pangaia	Dec 2016	#126
That is why the shorter the better	CountAllVotes	Dec 2016	#127
Agreed 100%.	pangaia	Dec 2016	#128
Agreed. Great letter!	AgadorSparticus	Dec 2016	#129
Done and posted multiple times on facebook	The Blue Flower	Dec 2016	#111
copy the Electoral College, asktheelectors.org	wordpix	Dec 2016	#165
I doubt it. nt	cwydro	Dec 2016	#42
He can declare a national emergency under the National Emergency Act.	roamer65	Dec 2016	#4
He can. But he won't.	progressoid	Dec 2016	#10
He may if we really push him	Maraya1969	Dec 2016	#12
I am not picking on you but your post explains why the Democrats need new	Maraya1969	Dec 2016	#15
BINGO!	mazzarro	Dec 2016	#51
Have you actually read the National Emergencies Act?	onenote	Dec 2016	#137
I believe in him. I believe he will do the right thing.	AgadorSparticus	Dec 2016	#7
I do too. It is a shame that this befell him. I think he and everyone else	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#9
You know, i think anything is possible. And there is so much we don't know.	AgadorSparticus	Dec 2016	#16
Affair in the Oval Office...	BlancheSplanchnik	Dec 2016	#27
lol	wordpix	Dec 2016	#160
we know enough that the EC should postpone voting til after the recounts and	wordpix	Dec 2016	#161
I agree with that. This election was compromised and I don't see how we can just continue	AgadorSparticus	Dec 2016	#164
If he has to act it would be helpful if he had the public support of the former presidents	dflprincess	Dec 2016	#8
It would also help to arrest Trump	RonniePudding	Dec 2016	#18
Pretty damn sure he's going to have Farewell	Cha	Dec 2016	#13
Tweet this to @POTUS	Maraya1969	Dec 2016	#14
Time for a little Jedi mind trick!	world wide wally	Dec 2016	#17
He can.	Quayblue	Dec 2016	#19
Oh wow... there's a good point.	BlancheSplanchnik	Dec 2016	#29
I do too.	Quayblue	Dec 2016	#134
yep, me too. That's a pretty important qualification for the job,	BlancheSplanchnik	Dec 2016	#135
There are no election redos under our constitution.	longship	Dec 2016	#20
Thank you for being the voice of reason here.	Hyper_Eye	Dec 2016	#24
Good post, I agree 100% n/t	sammythecat	Dec 2016	#68
Very well stated!	Pacifist Patriot	Dec 2016	#70
You are 100% correct! Not to mention that the remedy the OP suggests would cause a civil war.	tableturner	Dec 2016	#36
we never had a legitimate election in the first place, so it wouldn't be a "re-do." nt	TheFrenchRazor	Dec 2016	#38
Under what law???? And who gets to decide???	longship	Dec 2016	#39
well, there's also Article 25, section 4	eShirl	Dec 2016	#43
Have you seen his cabinet picks?	exboyfil	Dec 2016	#53
the issue is the Rs are totally in charge of Congress	wordpix	Dec 2016	#162
The only out is the EC.	elehhhhna	Dec 2016	#80
EC needs to postpone voting til after Congress'l investigation & recounts	wordpix	Dec 2016	#163
This had the appearance of an election but as it turns out the fix was in. A fix is not an election.	AnotherMother4Peace	Dec 2016	#72
According to all law, it was an election.	longship	Dec 2016	#95
If you can cite of the law, including any references of undue influence.	AnotherMother4Peace	Dec 2016	#124
Step one: Read your US Constitution.	longship	Dec 2016	#125
i'm pretty sure there are laws saying essentially that elections must be free, fair, and open. nt	TheFrenchRazor	Dec 2016	#140
And they were.	Kotya	Dec 2016	#150
Nope. There are other ways.	duffyduff	Dec 2016	#82
Do you honestly believe either will come to pass? Nt	longship	Dec 2016	#94
+1	onenote	Dec 2016	#138
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Dec 2016	#143
President Obama needs to share this information, on air, with the public.	colorado_ufo	Dec 2016	#21
There is no precedent for the Supreme Court to involve themselves in this.	WillowTree	Dec 2016	#99
I meant for someone to bring it to the court!	colorado_ufo	Dec 2016	#136
He won't. He's more of a "Why can't we all just get along?" President.	jalan48	Dec 2016	#22
hope he has the guts......but, couldn't stand up to BigPharma or Insurance cos.	joanbarnes	Dec 2016	#23
Get a grip.	Solomon	Dec 2016	#28
hey, we got them too!	confoosed	Dec 2016	#31
Trump could declare marshal law and we'd really be screwed.	YOHABLO	Dec 2016	#155
What you would have is literally civil war	davidn3600	Dec 2016	#32
This feels like a coup as it is, doesn't it?	bmpbmp	Dec 2016	#33
No, it doesn't	Abq_Sarah	Dec 2016	#139
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Dec 2016	#144
he should refuse to leave office, because we have no legitimately elected successor. nt	TheFrenchRazor	Dec 2016	#34
have you lost your mind?	infiniti30	Dec 2016	#35
Do you want trump to be one?	samir.g	Dec 2016	#50
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Dec 2016	#145
No, I do not support a coup led by President Obama. Luckily neither does he.	tritsofme	Dec 2016	#37
I would call it a counter-coup. We already have had one. n/t	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#48
Absolute nonsense.	tritsofme	Dec 2016	#73
Lol.. now that is some batshit crazy.	phleshdef	Dec 2016	#40
Aw Jeez. Do they still teach civics in school these days?	Tarheel_Dem	Dec 2016	#41
No. A lot of places (all???) have cut it out. That's scary.	LAS14	Dec 2016	#55
they don't want the next generations to know how government works.	putitinD	Dec 2016	#79
Scary, indeed. All this magical thinking about thwarting DT before he takes office is just that.	Tarheel_Dem	Dec 2016	#91
Oooh! Interesting! Link?	LAS14	Dec 2016	#119
Here ya go. I don't know how post videos that aren't from youtube. Sorry.	Tarheel_Dem	Dec 2016	#120
civics??? are you kidding me? if you think the enemy cares anything about civics you are either	TheFrenchRazor	Dec 2016	#101
WTF are you talking about? Not sure how your response applies to anything I said.	Tarheel_Dem	Dec 2016	#117
Unfortunately...	WiffenPoof	Dec 2016	#45
The Constitution was written in the days of quill pens. The founding fathers	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#47
Completely Agree	WiffenPoof	Dec 2016	#64
word. nt	TheFrenchRazor	Dec 2016	#102
This is exactly what Barak Obama will not do. (nt)	enough	Dec 2016	#46
No.	cwydro	Dec 2016	#158
Only the electoral college can prevent Trumps presidency.	Abu Pepe	Dec 2016	#49
No. That will not happen.	MineralMan	Dec 2016	#54
Do you think Nixon, Reagan or either Bush would have hesitated if the shoe were on the other foot?	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#56
What happens if a military leader or leaders refuse his order and back Trump?	inwiththenew	Dec 2016	#57
I am willing to take a chance on that rather than have Orange Julius Caesar be	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#58
heh heh, that's a good one. nt	TheFrenchRazor	Dec 2016	#103
Why set a date for a new election at all.	ileus	Dec 2016	#59
Holy shit.	SomethingNew	Dec 2016	#85
Go suck on a tea bag	CountAllVotes	Dec 2016	#88
That is truly	ryan_cats	Dec 2016	#60
Yours is exactly the sort of reaction the Russians counted on.	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#61
My solution?	ryan_cats	Dec 2016	#62
Accept the transfer of power. To protect the wishes of under 80,000 people in three states.	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#65
No, no	ryan_cats	Dec 2016	#66
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan.	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#67
yep, the reality is that most people are very passive conformists; their first reaction is to accept	TheFrenchRazor	Dec 2016	#105
Oh please	MFM008	Dec 2016	#63
We need to take action	demjayhawk	Dec 2016	#69
i think his time to save it was back in october....sadly	spanone	Dec 2016	#71
No,see my thread	libtodeath	Dec 2016	#74
Messy?	ztug	Dec 2016	#75
So your solution is to let the Russians, Drumpf and the oligarchs have the country? n/t	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#83
The only way to prevent tyranny	sarisataka	Dec 2016	#76
I trust Obama NOT to be a dictator. I EXPECT Drumpf to be a dictatorial Putin puppet. n/t	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#81
If he invalidates the election,	sarisataka	Dec 2016	#84
I don't think emergency action for a limited period of time would put him in a	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#86
we can quibble about what the proper title is	sarisataka	Dec 2016	#92
Just as I was with the Supreme Court issuing a decision in Bush v. Gore	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#100
it's already invalid, honey. nt	TheFrenchRazor	Dec 2016	#106
No, he would be honoring his oath to defend the constitution...	roamer65	Dec 2016	#121
Extremely messy.	roamer65	Dec 2016	#77
I was just thinking this very thing!!!!	TrekLuver	Dec 2016	#78
Agree except do NOT send out the National Guard.	McCamy Taylor	Dec 2016	#89
I said call up, not send out. That would keep them out of the hands of red state governors, or am I	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#90
That would cause a civil war and exodus	LittleBlue	Dec 2016	#93
Has the United States of America lost its mind?	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#97
Our recourse was to not elect him in the first place	LittleBlue	Dec 2016	#98
None of this is pretty. I would rather not see Trump as Commander in Chief.	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#107
My prediction is that the President will say and do nothing.	guillaumeb	Dec 2016	#104
The founding fathers failed, in the days of quill pens and sailing ships	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#108
Agreed. But in the interests of "stability" they will convince themselves	guillaumeb	Dec 2016	#109
My prediction is there will be no stability in this country from the moment Drumpf	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#114
This is exactly	Runningdawg	Dec 2016	#113
I agree civil war is a definite possibility. I don't think anything would come of asking Trump	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#116
Civil War won't turn out the way you think.	ztug	Dec 2016	#133
"This is exactly what the right have been saying for the last 8 years."	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#123
K&R...Thanks for posting	red dog 1	Dec 2016	#118
And if he doesn't he will go down in American history	milestogo	Dec 2016	#122
Ain't gonna happen. If he was going to do it he would have done it prior to election day.	jalan48	Dec 2016	#130
That would just confirm all the Alex Jones conspiracies	JonLP24	Dec 2016	#131
Everyone here supporting the President invalidating the Election.....	brooklynite	Dec 2016	#132
under identical circumstances, absolutely yes. nt	TheFrenchRazor	Dec 2016	#141
The country has become so polarized	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#148
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Dec 2016	#142
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Dec 2016	#146
Welcome to DU Genghis. When you fish, do you cast or just drag the lure behind the boat? n/t	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#151
Ha! I guess I was right about his fishing style. n/t	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#156
It scares me that this thread has 50 recs... nt	B2G	Dec 2016	#147
It scares me that the Russians decided who should win our election and picked Drumpf. n/t	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#149
Post removed	Post removed	Dec 2016	#153
So it's A-OK with you for the Russians to interfere in our election because things suck?	rzemanfl	Dec 2016	#154
He could. Time will tell.	apcalc	Dec 2016	#152
Obama won't say anything except "Theres been an election. Theres going to be a Trump presidency...	aikoaiko	Dec 2016	#157
We're still waiting...	cwydro	Dec 2016	#166

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