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2016 Postmortem

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brush

(58,462 posts)
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 12:22 AM Dec 2016

Ok. The election was stolen. We know that now. Time to stop blaming Hillary or Bernie. [View all]

The theft was carefully calculated to steal less than one hundred thousand votes in key states that would shift the Electoral College to Trump.

Putin, Comey, voter suppression, the complicit media, the stay-homers and never-hillary voters all played a part and it worked because of an antiquated relic from the time when this country enslaved people. It's called the Electoral College.

WE NEED TO CAMPAIGN LOUDLY TO GET RID OF IT SO THAT THE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY WHO GETS THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES WINS EVERY TIME.

For those not familiar with it's history, the Electoral College was a compromise arrived at to keep southern, slave holding states from leaving the union. A deal was struck between the slave holding states and the more populous northern states that they could count their enslaved black people to give them more electoral votes, but they would only be counted as 3/5s of a man.

Got that, everyone? Got that dehumanization of black people back then, got that bow to white supremacy that we are still selecting our president by to this day?

No matter what happens on Monday it needs to go. Let's all make a sustained, concerted push to get rid of this relic that keeps harming out country by putting unqualified, loser-of-the-popular- vote repugs in office who promptly fu_k up on the world and national stage with their wars and economy-wrecking policys that favor the rich but cost us jobs and lost homes.

Call and email your senators and representatives and urge them to get rid of this lasting piece of slavery because that is exactly what it is.

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Disagree. J_William_Ryan Dec 2016 #1
Both can be true. TDale313 Dec 2016 #3
California get's screwed. Tommy2Tone Dec 2016 #5
The Electoral College by it's nature TDale313 Dec 2016 #9
Pls enjoy your stay. The electoral college is a relic of slavery and needs to go so loser repugs . . brush Dec 2016 #6
Democrats nominated someone so unpopular she won the popular vote by 3,000,000 over.... Hekate Dec 2016 #8
Thank you. cwydro Dec 2016 #13
I am getting real tired of it, let me tell you Hekate Dec 2016 #14
I'm trying to ignore it. cwydro Dec 2016 #15
Read that poster's comment again. Quackers Dec 2016 #17
I often use the syntax of the poster I am replying to; don't know if I did this time Hekate Dec 2016 #19
Oh, BS! The only place Hillary was more unpopular than Trump Lil Missy Dec 2016 #11
You left out Comey and Putin triron Dec 2016 #12
Yes. cwydro Dec 2016 #16
1. Clinton won the popular vote by 3,000,000 C Moon Dec 2016 #18
One can only hope!! No way, in good conscience, they should vote in that shit stain Nazi tRump! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #21
And seeing how Republicans now dominate state legislatures Kotya Dec 2016 #28
Sone truth to what you're saying. If only Bernie... what might have been! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #20
This is false on its face, she got 3 million more votes than him so she's not more unpopular whateve uponit7771 Dec 2016 #22
malarkey apcalc Dec 2016 #26
The 270 pact is probably our best shot. TDale313 Dec 2016 #2
If that can work, fine. But we can't keep installing the unqualified repug losers brush Dec 2016 #7
Well-- MichMary Dec 2016 #23
Don't blame anyone but Comey, the Russians, and the media triron Dec 2016 #4
Again, we have to multitask. TDale313 Dec 2016 #10
I disagree bowens43 Dec 2016 #24
In theory maybe, but not in practice. apcalc Dec 2016 #27
I'm all for a thorough autopsy... Orsino Dec 2016 #25
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