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Eric J in MN

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44. Trump won because of an electoral system created to empower white people in slave states.
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 12:06 PM
Dec 2016

Under a normal system of the person who gets the most votes win, he'd be the one who lost badly.

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dumbshit is a perverted psychopath.. Cha Dec 2016 #1
That is the real Dumpster. DK504 Dec 2016 #20
That cannot be real. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #2
Read and weep. rgbecker Dec 2016 #11
That was my reaction as well PatSeg Dec 2016 #15
Cause he didn't win? Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #19
Yeah PatSeg Dec 2016 #59
This I take it is not a joke or satire, it is real. gordianot Dec 2016 #3
He will never erase the stain of being a loser as a human being. He knows this, too. randome Dec 2016 #4
Hey Melania..how is the anti cyber bullying campaign going????? Freethinker65 Dec 2016 #5
She's been busy rubbing caviar on the boy underpants Dec 2016 #8
I have sympathy for Barron. I hope she gets him out of that situation mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 #28
eww NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #30
Articles. Every night after his bath. underpants Dec 2016 #40
I told him on Twitter to go eat a bag of dicks in a meme Feeling the Bern Dec 2016 #6
Sounds like the idiot. mountain grammy Dec 2016 #7
Have a little new year cheer reading the posts to his Twitter... N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2016 #9
Wow. Every day is as mind boggling as the next... elias7 Dec 2016 #27
Sore winner! retrowire Dec 2016 #10
You didn't win bullyman Equinox Moon Dec 2016 #12
The elect is cruel. I can use all sorts of diagnostic terms but he's CRUEL. #RESIST nolabear Dec 2016 #13
Putin's Incatatus elehhhhna Dec 2016 #33
He can't even say "Happy New Year" w/o getting in a dig DesertRat Dec 2016 #14
"Trump is a Loser" ought to rankle him bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #16
I like "The Loser". Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #22
It's how he revs himself up SujiwanKenobee Dec 2016 #17
Caligula Rudeacus Trumpicus has no use for mere mortal norms of decency. Jacob Boehme Dec 2016 #18
Same hair! Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #23
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin.. cpmx2006 Dec 2016 #45
It's as if we'll be swearing in a fifth grader. Vinca Dec 2016 #21
And a hell of lot better work ethic and a far deeper sense of empathy! Akamai Dec 2016 #48
A man of the people; AJT Dec 2016 #24
Deplorable Loge23 Dec 2016 #25
Hang in there. It'll be a few months before his supporters see they are the butt of the joke. Pholus Dec 2016 #26
Trump could break virtually every campaign promise and not see a dent in his level of support. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #29
We don't need all of his supporters to lose it NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #31
I disagree. First off, his victory was very narrow. VERY narrow. Pholus Dec 2016 #35
When millions of jobs don't come back from overseas... Garrett78 Dec 2016 #38
Well just commented on your other thread. Information is where the fight is. Pholus Dec 2016 #41
No, they didn't win over night. They've been winning for a long time. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #49
I think there are many Trump voters that are shocked he was elected ToxMarz Dec 2016 #50
His base is willfully ignorant and lack rudimentary critical thinking skills. RW noise machine wins! FreeStateDemocrat Dec 2016 #47
There's a preponderance of evidence disputing... Garrett78 Dec 2016 #54
The dual interpretations of the phrase "Drain the Swamp" supports your assertion. Pholus Dec 2016 #60
I wouldn't count on it. Nt BainsBane Dec 2016 #32
That's just pessimism. Pholus Dec 2016 #36
I have to cling to that somehow. .. Kittycow Dec 2016 #57
You have to kind of feel sorry for Trump though. world wide wally Dec 2016 #34
THIS! Pholus Dec 2016 #37
No freakin' way... TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #39
He's oddly colored, too. nt Mc Mike Dec 2016 #43
lol Cha Dec 2016 #58
dRumpf domestic "Enemies" count: 65.85 million Mc Mike Dec 2016 #42
Trump won because of an electoral system created to empower white people in slave states. Eric J in MN Dec 2016 #44
Yep, the electoral college is a vestige of slavery. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #46
Fucking embarrassing! Pacifist Patriot Dec 2016 #51
Here is what teabaggers used to say about calling americans 'enemies' Garion_55 Dec 2016 #52
"Happy Impeachment" Tee hee! DinahMoeHum Dec 2016 #53
Forget the impeachment. mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #56
Heh heh, yeah. DinahMoeHum Dec 2016 #61
I believe many of those who came to trump on bended knee well be moving on... Tikki Dec 2016 #55
Vlad Tidings to Trump Blue Owl Dec 2016 #62
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