tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post7866655452004554530..comments2024-03-29T07:19:11.970-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Trump Can't and Won't QuitComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-28259223034854595632016-10-10T02:33:53.922-04:002016-10-10T02:33:53.922-04:00Bad Tux: Who would be against that? Those thirteen... Bad Tux: Who would be against that? Those thirteen million people mentioned above. Zillions of pixels have been spilled trying to explain why that is, but nevertheless they still vote the way they do. A Clinton could be trying to hand them a fire extinguisher in a house fire and they would roast while whining about how evil they are.<br /> Trump couldn't quit if he wanted to, just like he can't admit he is ever wrong. He still thinks the Central Park Five are guilty. I know she wasn't talking about Trump when she said it, but irredeemable is an apt word to describe him.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-72037759313724174202016-10-10T00:25:55.229-04:002016-10-10T00:25:55.229-04:00From a legal perspective, the fact that the ballot...From a legal perspective, the fact that the ballots have been printed is irrelevant. We The People don't elect Presidents. The Electoral College elects Presidents. All that We The People do is vote for electors pledged to vote for their party's nominee, whoever said party's nominee may be. The name printed on the ballot is irrelevant, other than it says who the party's nominee was at the time the ballot was printed. What you're actually voting for is a slate of electors, not a candidate.<br /><br />That aside, this is strictly an intellectual exercise at this point. Deadbeat Donnie isn't going to step aside, and while it would technically legal for the RNC to call an emergency session to change the rules to allow them to replace Trump as the party's nominee (not necessarily with Pence, BTW -- Pence could stay on as VP), from a practical point of view it would be futile, for all the reasons you've listed -- it'd totally turn off the Trump voters and they'd stay home in droves, dooming not only the replacement for Trump, but all the downticket Republicans too.<br /><br />So they're stuck with Trump. My guess is that they're turning their resources to trying to help some of the downticket candidates, because Trump is a lost cause. <br /><br />As for HIllary, her legislative history was virtually identical to Bernie Sanders and she has a history of fighting for causes that benefit the downtrodden. She isn't the candidate I wanted -- the fact that she also has a history of cozying up to Wall Street is enough to guarantee that -- but I'm not going to have to hold my breath to vote for her. Even if she's a repeat of the business-friendly nightmare of peace and prosperity that was the first Clinton administration, that's hardly grounds to go around claiming that she'll destroy America yada yada. Her husband didn't, after all. He "merely" had the first balanced budget since Eisenhower while at the same time presiding over the greatest growth in the economy and in family income since LBJ. Who would be against that?!BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-81448694849629782002016-10-09T23:06:15.598-04:002016-10-09T23:06:15.598-04:00I don't know why anyone would think Drumpf wou...I don't know why anyone would think Drumpf would quit.<br /><br />The leadership and elected officials of the Republican party have been headed to this point since embracing the Christian right back in the day. Allowing the talk show dogs to attack with no disavowal, and allowing religion to affect government, has led the party here.<br /><br />The Democrat's problems are entirely different. But neither party gives a rat's ass about any of us.<br /><br />(Those who believe HRC cares about you are wrong.)3383noreply@blogger.com