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gulliver

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54. Unfortunately, I think the new Congress gets the last word.

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 03:13 PM

Dec 2016

The Republican Congress would simply object to and then vote to exclude any electoral votes for Clinton that came from a state Trump won. That would take the majority of votes away from Trump, but then the House of Representatives would have to choose between Trump and Clinton, because no one else would have any electoral votes. To keep Trump out, somehow a third candidate needs to get at least one electoral vote that the Republicans in Congress would not disqualify. Then the Republicans in Congress could nail Trump by voting for that person. It seems a lot more likely that they would do that for Kasich than vote in Hillary.

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Bigger Than Watergate [View all] bigtree Dec 2016 OP

K&R!!! Cha Dec 2016 #1

Let's do all we can to give this thing cilla4progress Dec 2016 #2

HOW? pangaia Dec 2016 #39

Perfect!! cilla4progress Dec 2016 #40

Are you doing something? :)) pangaia Dec 2016 #42

For reals cilla4progress Dec 2016 #47

LOL.. I'm inpressed ! pangaia Dec 2016 #48

Done! cilla4progress Dec 2016 #50

Now I feel ..guilty.. pangaia Dec 2016 #51

Oh crap cilla4progress Dec 2016 #53

hell yes zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #58

And where was the M$M? yallerdawg Dec 2016 #3

Glad top hear at least something Uponthegears Dec 2016 #4

It's only "bigger than Watergate" if something is done about it. malthaussen Dec 2016 #5

first the political bigtree Dec 2016 #9

Do you know what really grinds my gears? TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #6

She should have seen Trump & Putin radical noodle Dec 2016 #14

had her head too far up her anal canal to notice them in bed together..... lastlib Dec 2016 #20

What was strange, though NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #60

Russia has installed a puppet regime. Putin took advantage of our vulnerabilities: AnotherMother4Peace Dec 2016 #7

it's believable, at this point bigtree Dec 2016 #10

Not to mention colorado_ufo Dec 2016 #37

So Disturbing RazBerryBeret Dec 2016 #8

+1 narnian60 Dec 2016 #45

It's insane. And facts don't seem to matter much. VOX Dec 2016 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author VOX Dec 2016 #65

but... imagine RazBerryBeret Dec 2016 #67

RUN WITH IT - Get this story out NOW before we're muzzled like in Russia bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #11

Demand: All Electors must have access to the Intelligence Report before Dec. 19 Achilleaze Dec 2016 #12

What I want to know is which Repub AND Dem leaders knew about this before the election. Raster Dec 2016 #13

I'd add Ghouliani to that list..... lastlib Dec 2016 #22

John Dean: blue neen Dec 2016 #15

This is a True concern of mine and should be for the country. nt Stellar Dec 2016 #16

It's all stunning, really. blue neen Dec 2016 #26

We need a new Woodward and Bernstein. progressoid Dec 2016 #17

The lukewarm response from Democratic leadership indicates that they think AnotherMother4Peace Dec 2016 #18

Perhaps, the muted responses by Dems Texin Dec 2016 #25

Clinton "won" by more than 3 million votes & most likely a lot more. Trump's Hitler-like AnotherMother4Peace Dec 2016 #35

that's disheartening NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #61

Should be Washington Post, front page, above the fold. But, not likely, alas. FailureToCommunicate Dec 2016 #19

It was WaPo that broke the story! Texin Dec 2016 #29

Oh. Okay. Thanks. Then the Watergate analogy is even better. FailureToCommunicate Dec 2016 #55

Yawn. Kablooie Dec 2016 #21

Dissing the CIA? WomanWhoRoars Dec 2016 #23

Trump is wrong. Again. The Bush Administration lied about WMDs, not the CIA. SunSeeker Dec 2016 #34

Perhaps..... Jacob Boehme Dec 2016 #24

Trump makes Nixon look like Lincoln. pressbox69 Dec 2016 #27

It is time to take a stand! UCmeNdc Dec 2016 #28

K&R for what it's worth. I refuse to do nothing! Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #30

Treasongate. blue neen Dec 2016 #31

K & R SunSeeker Dec 2016 #32

I like Dean's comment about the electors. gulliver Dec 2016 #33

(R) Voters will be outraged. Some "#NotMyPresident" appropriation probably. Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #44

that's someone nobody voted for treestar Dec 2016 #52

Unfortunately, I think the new Congress gets the last word. gulliver Dec 2016 #54

Putin's poodle...? N/m Grins Dec 2016 #36

MAY be Putin's tool? colorado_ufo Dec 2016 #38

It was always a win-win for Putin if Trump won War Horse Dec 2016 #41

Bigger than 9-11 FightingIrish Dec 2016 #43

I guess what disturbs me about "doing something".. Grammy23 Dec 2016 #46

exactly the same way! robbedvoter Dec 2016 #57

K & R! BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #49

She told us too robbedvoter Dec 2016 #56

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Shared with thanks for babylonsister Dec 2016 #62

I agree Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #63

Kicked like a 68-yard field goal attempt with time expired. VOX Dec 2016 #66

Conservatives have been doing this forever elias7 Dec 2016 #68

K & R Scurrilous Dec 2016 #69

This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Dec 2016 #70

If only anybody listened to us any more. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #71