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In reply to the discussion: Something is fundamentally wrong with our system when one of our planet's [View all]TheRickles
(2,047 posts)26. An election that went 57% - 43% would be called a landslide.
Some similar stats from another DU post (sorry, can't find the link):
Senators voting to impeach represent 61.6% of the population. (202,119,286 people)
Senators voting against represent 38.2% of the population. (125,414,488 people)
Senators voting for impeachment represent 76.7 million more people than senators voting against
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Magoo48
Feb 2021
OP
I hate to nitpick, since I agree with all of this. But I feel compelled to point out that
ShazzieB
Feb 2021
#2
It is worse than that - he can continuously break any law and not be held accountable
Under The Radar
Feb 2021
#4
I read that because he drew up the pardons himself, they were so narrowly written that
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Feb 2021
#45
use AI to automatically record, transcribe, and analyze it - expose it, and boycott it until the
certainot
Feb 2021
#53
That is an important point. When you talk of the GOP training their sights on state level,
BobTheSubgenius
Feb 2021
#33
That is the other big point I was going to make, but you were ahead of me.
BobTheSubgenius
Feb 2021
#34
I think that this is one instance where you can hate both the player and the game.
Initech
Feb 2021
#20
About the amphibian/reptile error. Sorry about that. I taught science for crying outloud.
Magoo48
Feb 2021
#27
I suggest as time passes certain types of people learn of game the system, any system.
TryLogic
Feb 2021
#30
Well I've been thinking about this question of how to proceed to clean it up
msfiddlestix
Feb 2021
#52