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posted by Fnord666 on Friday August 11 2017, @04:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the glass-half-full-or-half-empty dept.

According to a poll conducted by two academic authors and published by The Washington Post, 52 percent of Republicans said they would back a postponement of the next election if Trump called for it.

If Trump and congressional Republicans proposed postponing the election to ensure only eligible citizens could vote, support from Republicans rises to 56 percent.

Pollsters found 47 percent of Republicans think Trump won the popular vote.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/346000-poll-about-half-of-republicans-would-back-postponing-2020-election-if-trump


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  • (Score: 2) by Whoever on Friday August 11 2017, @05:37AM (28 children)

    by Whoever (4524) on Friday August 11 2017, @05:37AM (#552136) Journal

    Exactly what law did Clinton break?

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Snotnose on Friday August 11 2017, @05:40AM (27 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Friday August 11 2017, @05:40AM (#552137)

    He lied under oath.

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    • (Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @06:40AM (9 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @06:40AM (#552164)

      It is not a crime to lie under oath when the bastards who are trying to bring you down are trying to force you to lie under oath. Basic principle of the fifth Amendment to the Constitution of of the not Republican contards who seem to not understand what America is, what it stands for, and why it could have been an example to the world. But, you had to go and elect Berlusconi, didn't you? Trump cannot lie under oath, because he is incapable of knowing what an oath is. He cannot lie under oath, or any where else, because he has no idea what truth is. Trump is so dumb, that if the leader of North Korea trolled him, Trump would fall for it, and has fallen for it. So take your "Clinton" stuff and stuff it up your ass, because the sheer weight of the fake newsiness of it might just protect you from a nuclear blast. Although, I doubt it.

      • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @07:00AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @07:00AM (#552174)

        >It is not a crime to lie under oath when the bastards who are trying to bring you down are trying to force you to lie under oath.

        Fuck, is that just some of the most stupid logic I've ever seen in my entire life. Just fucking shut up, you incredible idiot. You don't deserve to speak considering how dumb your opinions are.

        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 11 2017, @02:00PM

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 11 2017, @02:00PM (#552274) Journal

          Now, now, now - don't try to censor the poor unfortunate learning impaired bobble head. Let him talk. Maybe we can lure him down the road to the hog farm, and he can sweet talk the old sows with his free speech. Hell, we can promise him tons of bacon, if he'll just jump into the back of the pickup. I don't suppose he'll ever find his way home. Besides, why would he leave? All those conversational partners, all on his level!

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 12 2017, @12:46AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 12 2017, @12:46AM (#552663)

          Fuck, is that just some of the most stupid logic I've ever seen in my entire life. Just fucking shut up, you incredible idiot. You don't deserve to speak considering how dumb your opinions are.

          How could you possibly know this? Evidently sarcasm and satire fly right by you undetected. Any call me stupid? And if this really is the "most stupid logic" you've ever seen, you must be rather young, and stupid. And I am in South Carolina, there is a law now that says you cannot tell me to shut up. So you shut up, you polymorphously perverse endocrinite!

      • (Score: 2, Informative) by khallow on Friday August 11 2017, @10:33AM (5 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 11 2017, @10:33AM (#552226) Journal

        It is not a crime to lie under oath when the bastards who are trying to bring you down are trying to force you to lie under oath.

        No, perjury remains a felony. There is no legal exemption for people who have enemies.

        • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 11 2017, @03:56PM (4 children)

          by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday August 11 2017, @03:56PM (#552380) Journal

          No, perjury remains a felony. There is no legal exemption for people who have enemies.

          Unless you consider being found not-guilty an exemption...

          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 11 2017, @08:00PM (3 children)

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 11 2017, @08:00PM (#552542) Journal

            Unless you consider being found not-guilty an exemption...

            I do not. Just because Clinton's allies in Congress were sufficiently numerous to prevent Clinton's conviction of the crime by Congress doesn't mean that he didn't commit the crime. As it turns, he had to pay a $90,000 fine and lost his Arkansas law license for five years for committing perjury in court (but agreeing to a lesser civil penalty).

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @08:39PM (2 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @08:39PM (#552563)

              So you'll 100% support Trump's impeachment whether he's found guilty or not? I mean he's got all his allies in Congress ready to keep this crazy train rolling.

              What's good for the goose amirite?

              • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 11 2017, @11:19PM (1 child)

                by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 11 2017, @11:19PM (#552631) Journal

                So you'll 100% support Trump's impeachment whether he's found guilty or not?

                For what?

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 12 2017, @12:32AM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 12 2017, @12:32AM (#552661)

                  High Crimes and Misdemeanors? That is what the Constitution says. Why do you hate the Constitution, khallow?

    • (Score: 2) by Whoever on Friday August 11 2017, @02:59PM (11 children)

      by Whoever (4524) on Friday August 11 2017, @02:59PM (#552320) Journal

      Did he? Or were Starr and his team simply incompetent and didn't ask the right question?

      Let's face it: Republicans never cared about any possible perjury: they were too busy getting upset about the sex in the Oval Office to care about anything else.

      • (Score: 1, Troll) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday August 11 2017, @03:35PM (10 children)

        Yes, he did.

        I can't speak for everyone who was a Republican back then but what pissed me off back then was that we had a douchebag that would cheat on his wife occupying the highest office in the nation. Lying under oath was pretty much expected of anyone with character that disgraceful. It had absolutely nothing to do with "sex". He could have fucked Hillary up the butt while the Secret Service watched and jerked off and I wouldn't have cared but if he'd betray his own wife he'd damned sure betray me.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @04:08PM (3 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @04:08PM (#552392)

          How many wives has Trump cheated on?

          • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday August 11 2017, @04:29PM (2 children)

            Doesn't matter now. All standards of character and decency were thrown right the fuck out the window the instant Clinton was allowed to get away with behavior like that.

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            • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday August 11 2017, @04:51PM

              by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday August 11 2017, @04:51PM (#552420) Journal

              Clinton was the Democrats' Nixon. I remember being maybe 11 or 12 when that all went down (96? 97?) and hating him for it.

              The fact remains, however, that Nixon's corruption and Ford's subsequent pardon are what lead to all this. This is not a matter of partisan politics; this is an attack, sustained for the last 41 years, on the very base of the country's institutions. Ford made the wrong call and plunged us all down the wrong leg of the trousers of time. Our timeline is badly damaged and there is no recovery in sight.

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            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 12 2017, @12:34AM

              by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 12 2017, @12:34AM (#552662)

              Doesn't matter now.

              What The Murgatroid Booznado is trying to say, in answer to the question of how many of his wives had Trump cheated on, is: "All of them." Let's not even get started on the Pee-pee tape.

        • (Score: 2) by Whoever on Saturday August 12 2017, @02:05AM (5 children)

          by Whoever (4524) on Saturday August 12 2017, @02:05AM (#552695) Journal

          I can't speak for everyone who was a Republican back then but what pissed me off back then was that we had a douchebag that would cheat on his wife

          You are the douchebag. Unless cheating on his wife actually affected his performance as President, then it was his private business. And just because you and a bunch of other narrow minded farts were upset about the sex doesn't mean that the cheating affected his performance as President.

          As for the lying: let me suggest that you get a dictionary out and look up the word "is".

    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 11 2017, @03:54PM (4 children)

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday August 11 2017, @03:54PM (#552374) Journal

      He lied under oath.

      Nope, he was acquitted of those charges. [washingtonpost.com]

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @06:03PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @06:03PM (#552467)

        Nothing in that article disputes the claim that he actually did lie under oath; it only says that he was acquitted, which is unsurprising because of course his political party would stand up for him. That's how things work, but it's obvious that he did lie.

      • (Score: 0, Troll) by khallow on Friday August 11 2017, @08:16PM (2 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 11 2017, @08:16PM (#552552) Journal

        He lied under oath.

        Nope, he was acquitted of those charges.

        That's an interesting state of mind you have there where "acquittal" means "didn't do it". There are plenty of examples where one can be acquitted of something and yet still have done the crime (for example, insufficient evidence, or based on evidence that was obtained illegally). Here, due to lying under oath, Clinton lost his law license for five years and had to pay a fine of $90,000. So I guess it did happen after all.

        • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 11 2017, @08:48PM (1 child)

          by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday August 11 2017, @08:48PM (#552567) Journal

          That's an interesting state of mind you have there where "acquittal" means "didn't do it". There are plenty of examples where one can be acquitted of something and yet still have done the crime (for example, insufficient evidence, or based on evidence that was obtained illegally)

          It's called being innocent until proven guilty...

          • (Score: 0, Troll) by khallow on Friday August 11 2017, @11:21PM

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 11 2017, @11:21PM (#552632) Journal

            It's called being innocent until proven guilty...

            He was proven guilty to the point of paying a fine and losing his law license. He just didn't get convicted by the Senate.