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duffyduff

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14. A "consensus" candidate will be illegitimate by definition.

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 03:30 PM

Dec 2016

We did similar shit before with Nixon appointing Ford to replace VP Agnew, and then when Nixon resigned and Ford became president, he appointed Nelson Rockefeller to the job of VP.

Ford pardoned Nixon, which killed his chances of ever being elected president, but it would have been doubtful since he had never been elected to the job in the first place.

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Paul Ryan is going to steal the election. [View all] sofa king Dec 2016 OP

Some game is afoot C_U_L8R Dec 2016 #1

I wouldn't count out Barack Obama. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #8

Master strategist C_U_L8R Dec 2016 #12

Speaker of the House can't take power away from the sitting President of the United States! We have lonestarnot Dec 2016 #2

You must have felt pretty vindicated today! flamingdem Dec 2016 #3

Not vindicated. Horrified. sofa king Dec 2016 #4

They will have to choose a consensus candidate... roamer65 Dec 2016 #5

A "consensus" candidate will be illegitimate by definition. duffyduff Dec 2016 #14

Been saying for months: watch the VP pick. Impeach Trump, install VP Pence. You know they have a Hekate Dec 2016 #6

What is to gain from that? Travis_0004 Dec 2016 #7

They do want Ryan to be President... sofa king Dec 2016 #13

obama should refuse to leave office, becasue we have no legitimately elected successor. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #9

I don't think that's one of his options, at least hughee99 Dec 2016 #10

Do you have a better idea? duffyduff Dec 2016 #15

Virtually any idea is better than allowing the sitting hughee99 Dec 2016 #16

There was no real Clinton email scandal. The appropriate terminology is: "the fake email scandal." StevieM Dec 2016 #11