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Senator Boxer Introduces Bill to Eliminate Electoral College
"This is the only office in the land where you can get more votes and still lose the presidency," Boxer said in a statement. "The Electoral College is an outdated, undemocratic system that does not reflect our modern society, and it needs to change immediately. Every American should be guaranteed that their vote counts."
[...] "When all the ballots are counted, Hillary Clinton will have won the popular vote by a margin that could exceed two million votes, and she is on track to have received more votes than any other presidential candidate in history except Barack Obama," Boxer said.
Trump will be the fifth president in U.S. history to win the election despite losing the popular vote. George W. Bush won the most recent such election, in 2000.
Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3wLQz-LgrM
(Score: 1, Troll) by edIII on Friday November 18 2016, @03:11AM
Dude, the fucking evidence is overwhelming and substantial. You just disagree with the science, so please don't act like it doesn't exist.
It's not a legitimate concern when the concern itself is derived from junk science known to be funded by those whose paycheck would suffer from the truth.
Science IS the search for truth, and that is the difference between an insufferable teenager wildly throwing around accusations, and a person referencing the vast bodies of work performed by adults to ascertain the truth of our world.
It is a MYTH that the science is in dispute, and the lines of the dispute fall perfectly upon the lines of funding. Strange coincidence huh?
Whether or not you fucking like the term white nationalist, get fucking used to it. None of the rest of the world is confused about what types of people are now assuming power. They are hate filled white nationalists promulgating a platform of hate, bigotry, and fear. As if getting rid of all the minorities, Muslims, and Mexicans would make America Great Again.
You know what would make America Great Again? If we actually fucking cared about doing anything for the American Worker.
Sit back and relax though... we're going to find out exactly what these white nationalists do, which is distinctly different than fascism. On that note, I wholly disagree with you. White nationalism != Fascism.
This isn't about supremacy of the state over the person. This is about racism and bigotry, and that is entirely derived from hate.
Like I said, the truth clearly hurts.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 1) by Arik on Friday November 18 2016, @03:21AM
What are you even talking about? Evidence for what? What science? Have you completely forgotten what we were talking about?
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by fritsd on Friday November 18 2016, @09:38AM
I find it helps, when thinking about fascism, to do the following little thought experiment:
Imagine that you believe your world is spoiled by <hated_minority>
Now imagine, that your fascist government has painlessly made all of them disappear in a cloud of smoke. Poof!
What does your world look like, now? Is it suddenly a paradise? Or are there societeal problems that remain? (I.e. in Flint michigan with the lead in the water; in Detroit; at the Hanford site; at those Red States where people have lost the means to live).
Those problems that remain, what are your Fascist Party's plans to do something about them? Would they work, if they were really implemented?
Hint: lower taxes for the rich. um..