Election 2016

[Simple Torture]

Hahaha Mike Pence? Fuck you.

Kelly Ayotte, the GOP senator from New Hampshire who's facing a tough re-election fight, has said she's writing in Mike Pence. Please, feel free to write in Pence if you live in NH, North Carolina, Ohio, or Florida. Great plan.

I've been reading some entertaining stuff pointing out that GOP electors could just vote for Pence as president instead. Problem with it, though, is that it means jack shit if they can't get 270.

Didn't a bunch of states pass faithless elector laws after '72? Besides being impossible to get to 270, many of those votes might be invalidated.

[Simple Torture]

[dimejinky99]

Drunk thought.

Imagine the GOP pull him off the ticket.

Is it a safe bet whoever replaces him would win?

[96583UP]

Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton

it's basically here already.

get ready to debate the issues.

that only seasonally matter. during the election cycle, such as:

picking on immigrants, or, appealing to immigrants
pretending to care about education
medicare / medicaid / medicis / medicas / medicis / medicorum
gay something
let's get fired up about american small businesses, which are generally inefficient and unsustainable
manufacturing jobs that went overseas
campaign finance reform
american energy independence/ green energy / brown energy / 5 hour energy

LET'S GET READY TO AFFECT THE ELECTORAL PROCESS!!!!!

God, these were the days, weren't they?

I figured it'd be closer to then end of my lifetime when the idiocracy transition occurred

instead we've witnessed the first mouth-breathing settler to exit the Nayflower with T.P. stuck to his foot and a urine stain near his zipper

he's just the first; but more will arrive on ships bearing hot pockets and smallpox; and they will claim this land in the name of Beef Supreme

[96583UP]

Drunk thought.

Imagine the GOP pull him off the ticket.

Is it a safe bet whoever replaces him would win?

too late, they are stuck with #OrangeCosby

http://www.wsj.com/articles/it-could-be ... 1475942652

As Donald Trump’s most vocal critics within his own party increasingly call for him to relinquish the Republican presidential nomination, they are faced with the harsh reality that voting has already started in many states.

While the Nov. 8 election day is still one month away, vote-by-mail and absentee programs have already started in several states, including Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, three of the nation’s largest presidential battlegrounds.

Across the country, more than 400,000 voters have already cast ballots in 18 states, according to ElectionProject.org, a website run by University of Florida political science professor Michael McDonald that tracks early voting.

The party could convene and choose a new nominee if Mr. Trump quit, said Ben Ginsberg, a former Republican National Committee attorney. But in several of the battleground states, the deadlines have already passed for reprinting ballots.

“The deadline in virtually all the states has passed for replacing a name on the ballot,” Ginsberg said. “You’d potentially have to litigate state by state to get the name changed on the ballot, or figure out a way to write it in each different state.”

Adding to the complications are varying state laws regarding the Electoral College. Some states, for example, require electoral votes to be cast only for the candidate who gets the most support, meaning that could be Mr. Trump even if he quit the race, Mr. Ginsberg said.

[dimejinky99]

So the only hope they have is to get him to withdraw. That won't happen. But it might.

[dimejinky99]

Lads just keep Obama on for another four years and let the muck settle and the shit flush.

Is there any coming back for the republicans now?

[BurtReynolds]

Is Ryan loved by anyone at this point? He is a spineless coward to the establishment, and a traitor to the idiot Trumpists. He did precisely everything wrong.

Poorly played, Ryan. Poorly played.

[BurtReynolds]

So the only hope they have is to get him to withdraw. That won't happen. But it might.

Trump would never. He has all that sweet post election speaking engagement money to think about. He gains nothing by quitting.

Lads just keep Obama on for another four years and let the muck settle and the shit flush.

Pretty sure Obama went on vacation 9 months ago and never came back, which kinda makes him the ideal president when I think about it.

[96583UP]

Is Ryan loved by anyone at this point? He is a spineless coward to the establishment, and a traitor to the idiot Trumpists. He did precisely everything wrong.

Poorly played, Ryan. Poorly played.

his electorate may not want him next time around

calming those wackos down isn't going to be easy

they may just want a bigger wacko

Ryan will need to do some seriously wacko shit early on in order to earn wacko street credit

but he might want to wait 8 years instead... might be a loser's wager to try and unseat Hillbot

[96583UP]

I wonder what the Republicans will do after the election. If I were them I would dedicate millions of dollars to destroying Trump utterly. By 2020 he would be locked up on child pornography charges and be completely penniless. Complete discrediting.

I am certain that Hillary and Bill will take the lead on that and have very some special things in store for him

[Green Habit]

[BurtReynolds]

I wonder what the Republicans will do after the election. If I were them I would dedicate millions of dollars to destroying Trump utterly. By 2020 he would be locked up on child pornography charges and be completely penniless. Complete discrediting.

I am certain that Hillary and Bill will take the lead on that and have very some special things in store for him

Seriously, I don't think you can piss off that many powerful people and just expect to walk away, especially if he threatens to do it all again in four years.

[Green Habit]

Hahaha Mike Pence? Fuck you.

Kelly Ayotte, the GOP senator from New Hampshire who's facing a tough re-election fight, has said she's writing in Mike Pence. Please, feel free to write in Pence if you live in NH, North Carolina, Ohio, or Florida. Great plan.

I've been reading some entertaining stuff pointing out that GOP electors could just vote for Pence as president instead. Problem with it, though, is that it means jack shit if they can't get 270.

Didn't a bunch of states pass faithless elector laws after '72? Besides being impossible to get to 270, many of those votes might be invalidated.

I think there's a good argument to make that those laws would be unconstitutional. They defeat the purpose of having electors in the first place.

[dimejinky99]

So the only hope they have is to get him to withdraw. That won't happen. But it might.

Trump would never. He has all that sweet post election speaking engagement money to think about. He gains nothing by quitting.

Lads just keep Obama on for another four years and let the muck settle and the shit flush.

Pretty sure Obama went on vacation 9 months ago and never came back, which kinda makes him the ideal president when I think about it.

Here's the thing. All the civil servants and administration staff across the Spectrum of government still keep their jobs. Right? They're the ones actually pushing the pens.

[Green Habit]

Lads just keep Obama on for another four years and let the muck settle and the shit flush.

Is there any coming back for the republicans now?

What you'll want to keep an eye on is the balance of power in Congress, of which the Republicans currently control both houses. If they lose the Senate, of which the odds are fairly good but not yet guaranteed, they'll also be in the minority of Supreme Court appointments. But their control of the House has been rock solid in recent years thanks to gerrymandering districts in their favor. Even if they're able to hold on to just the House, they'll be able to block much of the agenda of the Democrats and the Clinton administration.

[96583UP]

I wonder what the Republicans will do after the election. If I were them I would dedicate millions of dollars to destroying Trump utterly. By 2020 he would be locked up on child pornography charges and be completely penniless. Complete discrediting.

I am certain that Hillary and Bill will take the lead on that and have very some special things in store for him

Seriously, I don't think you can piss off that many powerful people and just expect to walk away, especially if he threatens to do it all again in four years.

you can already see what their friends in the state of NY have done to his charity:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/us/po ... money.html

The Hillary administration will shine a spotlight on everything Drumpf has ever done. They'll get him for something. No way Trump is squeaky clean.

Obama doing the same thing to this hedge fund magnate:

Step 1) Insult the President: http://www.businessinsider.com/here-is- ... ma-2012-10

Step 2) Insider Trading Charges: http://fortune.com/2016/09/21/hedge-fun ... s-warrior/

[bada]

[McParadigm]

All upcoming Mike Pence events have been removed from the Trump website.

[The Argonaut]

Oh man, I hope that means what I hope it means.