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niyad

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5. had HRC won, not just the popular vote, but the EC-- we would be counting down the days

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Mon Jan 2, 2017, 01:49 PM

Jan 2017

with hope and optimism, not dread and dismay. we wouldn't be numb with disgust at yet the latest bs coming from the orange foolius or his people. we wouldn't need to be explaining to our friends overseas how in the hell this utterly incompetent, disgusting pretend human is about to sully the people's house.

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I Can't Help But Think How Much Different Things Would Be Today If...... [View all] global1 Jan 2017 OP

won the office, i think you mean. mopinko Jan 2017 #1

She did win the election, she lost the Electoral College Unrepentant Fenian Jan 2017 #2

Me too. So many hopes and dreams evaporated in one day. Lint Head Jan 2017 #3

How much different would it be? guillaumeb Jan 2017 #4

Based on what Coolest Ranger Jan 2017 #8

I asked who she would have picked. And I engaged in labeling Trump's picks. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #17

do you understand what a shadow cabinet is? a parliamentary system? what in the world was niyad Jan 2017 #23

She wouldn't have picked a white supremacist as chief of staff at any rate. LeftishBrit Jan 2017 #13

A parliamentary system is no better than the politicians involved. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #18

had HRC won, not just the popular vote, but the EC-- we would be counting down the days niyad Jan 2017 #5

+1000, niyad. nt brer cat Jan 2017 #20

The attacks would be relentless kimbutgar Jan 2017 #6

In Truth, Hillary Won the Election -- She Won the Most Votes dlk Jan 2017 #7

Three million. Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #9

She won nearly THREE MILLION more votes than Drumpf. ananda Jan 2017 #10

Better. Hopeful. Reason to celebrate the hard work ahead. ffr Jan 2017 #11

Indeed. Or to put it more accurately, if the Electoral College reflected the popular vote. LeftishBrit Jan 2017 #12

I tend to wonder... WiffenPoof Jan 2017 #14

I refuse to think of the "what if's" and focus on onetexan Jan 2017 #15

Since Donald Trump did in fact recieve the overwhelming support of the INdemo Jan 2017 #16

... if Al Gore won the 2000 election. n/t Martin Eden Jan 2017 #19

The Trumpsters would be whining and threatening legal action. lpbk2713 Jan 2017 #21

Its over.. coco22 Jan 2017 #22

The difference between the country surviving edhopper Jan 2017 #24

Things would be exactly as they were with President Obama lunatica Jan 2017 #25

And the shit hasn't even hit the fan yet. BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #26

Whatever crawled out of the miasma would have stayed there. rug Jan 2017 #27