2016 Postmortem

Dark n Stormy Knight

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9. The Electoral College Was Designed To Prevent Trump. You Can Make This Happen.

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 12:17 AM

Nov 2016

Trump can still be stopped. The Founding Fathers foresaw just this catastrophe, and built a fail-safe into the Constitution. It’s called the Electoral College. Alexander Hamilton was explicit: this mechanism was designed to ensure that “the office of president will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.” In short, it was designed to prevent just this situation: the rise of an unqualified demagogue like Donald Trump.

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As one of the 538 Electors we're now faced with a historic responsibility [View all] flamingdem Nov 2016 OP

This brave elector puts me in mind of the founders who risked their lives and fortunes The Blue Flower Nov 2016 #1

Electors were supposed to be independent older wise men bucolic_frolic Nov 2016 #2

So now we have 538 people getting to decide who the president and vice-president are jmg257 Nov 2016 #3

It's not exactly new Retrograde Nov 2016 #7

While it is fabulous to see that there are some honorable electors Farmgirl1961 Nov 2016 #4

A Texas Republican just resigned as elector due to his conscience flamingdem Nov 2016 #5

Yes, I saw that... Farmgirl1961 Nov 2016 #6

What good would that trend do? LisaL Nov 2016 #10

This is fantastic. I don't see people giving up private contact information for electors though... MadDAsHell Nov 2016 #8

The Electoral College Was Designed To Prevent Trump. You Can Make This Happen. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2016 #9