British Expats - 2016 Election

Of course, you have to be Constitutionally eligible to actually BE President. He no longer is having served 2 terms. For example they couldn't elect Sultanofswong, even if they wanted to :lol:

dakota44

Nov 10th 2016 9:34 am

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Originally Posted by civilservant (Post 12101844)

They can vote for anyone they want. Indeed it would be interesting.

Be quite interesting to see for sure.

Ebonhawke

Nov 10th 2016 9:34 am

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Originally Posted by civilservant (Post 12101857)

Of course, you have to be Constitutionally eligible to actually BE President. He no longer is having served 2 terms. For example they couldn't elect Sultanofswong, even if they wanted to :lol:

I realized that - would just be funny for the House of Congress to say 'Thanks for all the time and effort HIllary and Donald, but we'll just stick with the guy we have"

dakota44

Nov 10th 2016 9:42 am

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Of course with red states outnumbering blue states..the result would clearly be a Republican. They may be so shit scared of the damage Trump might do to the party over the next few years ..they just could rebel and go Ryan. A lot of Repubs in Congress who really want nothing to do with Trump.

civilservant

Nov 10th 2016 10:36 am

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#DumpTrump2020

Is it treading on twitter yet? :lol:

morpeth

Nov 10th 2016 10:39 am

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Originally Posted by Giantaxe (Post 12101668)

As for the "wall" my bet is there will be a token extension of the structures there now and Trump will declare "victory".

And lol at whoever posted a link to a NY Post article as evidence of issues in the Clinton Foundation. The charity watchdog mentioned in that article has now vetted the foundation and gives it its highest grade.`

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ind...ry&orgid=16680

This whole Clinton foundation discussion I find tiresome. She used the foundation as any other wealthy person would, and it is normal someone may make a donation to try to build up favors or access- that is just the way the world works. Clinton ( like Bush) ties to these wonderfully progressive Saudis etc are well known. If the foundation has broken tax regulations for a foundation by all means let IRS deal with it.

morpeth

Nov 10th 2016 10:47 am

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Originally Posted by Ebonhawke (Post 12101761)

Not trying to get peoples' hopes up - just trying to get ahead of some of the discussion if people start hearing that Clinton could still be named President. Also to explain the potential for lots of anti-Trump news stories to appear over the next few weeks that may or may not have any factual evidence - because there may be a large number of them, I don't expect main stream media to really cover these, because they may not be able to be corroborated.

I would imagine that there are reputable investigative journalists who are working on stories delving into Trump's past, and working to corroborate sources etc, and those stories will have legs, but may also get green lighted after December 19. Because there's so much we don't know about Trump's past business dealings and current financial ties, I'm sure there's a lot of gold to mine.

And waste everyone's time, just as all these stories about Clinton. I wish the discussion would be about policies and what is best for the country. I am unsure when it will be realized by those who are against Trump people want change. Whether Sanders or Trump, they both represented change. I think except for extreme partisans, people are sick and tired of all this mud-slinging.

I could see Sanders and Trump fighting establishment republicans on infrastructure programs. ( "could" though I doubt it).

morpeth

Nov 10th 2016 10:52 am

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Originally Posted by dakota44 (Post 12101868)

I think the Senate will be a bigger challenge for Trump than Clinton. Hear today they are all upset because Trump wants term limits.

dakota44

Nov 10th 2016 12:29 pm

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This is the sick stuff Trump has wrought.
It is only going to get worse...and Trump will never come out and condemn it.
https://mobile.twitter.com/i/moments...7157830656?m=1

Leslie

Nov 10th 2016 12:33 pm

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Originally Posted by Boiler (Post 12100842)

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...89&oe=58CA27E5

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Originally Posted by Ebonhawke (Post 12101825)

What could possibly go wrong?

Ku Klux Klan group plans North Carolina rally to celebrate Donald Trump's election victory

If it walks like a duck *cough*

and/or

Get in bed with dogs and you're bound to get fleas.

#Metaphors'R'Us

Giantaxe

Nov 10th 2016 12:34 pm

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Originally Posted by dakota44 (Post 12101954)

This is the sick stuff Trump has wrought.
It is only going to get worse...and Trump will never come out and condemn it.
https://mobile.twitter.com/i/moments...7157830656?m=1

Looks like hate crime is going to be another parallel with Brexit.

petitefrancaise

Nov 10th 2016 1:15 pm

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It's true, the election was rigged.

By FB!
Was it Facebook 'wot won it'? - BBC News

I was discussing the issue of the newsfeed algorithm with eldest the other night. She's interning at FB next summer and has been asked for what she thinks needs to be improved. At the time, I was moaning on about the lack of balance in the news FB shoves in my face. She patiently explained the algorithm and how it works and I valiantly did not tell her I knew and she could shove off....

dakota44

Nov 10th 2016 3:55 pm

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Back to his old self....

President-Elect Trump Attacks Media on Twitter for Inciting Protests - The Daily Beast

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