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sofa king

(10,857 posts)
19. NPR hyped the Libertarians all weekend.
Tue May 31, 2016, 11:38 AM
May 2016

It's clear to me now that those planning to steal this election have given up on any conservative force helping to pull it off as a third-party candidate. Trump's racism and nationalism is what Republicans have really wanted all this time and there's no stopping him now.

Now that Republican voters feel safe to tear off the mask and show their swastikas Trump is no longer a guaranteed loss and now the GOP has to find some force which can steal votes from both sides to ensure that nobody wins a majority of electoral votes.

So they've bounced out to the silly Libertarians, who are still struggling to position themselves as a viable third alternative. That's why "someone" decided to make them a major story on public radio this weekend.

With the Libertarians in the picture there are still two ways for Republicans to steal it from everyone:

1) Use the Libertarian presence to divert votes from both Trump and Clinton to toss elections to the overwhelmingly conservative state legislatures. Thus a plurality win by Clinton can be pissed away by diverting electoral votes to a non-viable candidate, like the state's own governor, for example;

2) Use election theft mechanisms to divert electoral votes directly to the Libertarians, winning entire states for them and keeping both Trump and Clinton below 270 electoral votes.

You can laugh and say I'm crazy today, but your kids will be joining in the torchlight marches tomorrow if you do. The way Republicans plan--and have been planning--to steal this election is to ensure that no candidate wins a majority of electoral votes. If that happens Congress is supposed to choose from one of the three top vote-getters, but if they DO NOT CHOOSE, then Speaker Paul Ryan inherits the Presidency through continuity of government provisions in January (assuming the GOP retains the House and Ryan is reelected as Speaker in early January, 2017). Congress has only two weeks at the end of this year to decide; if they can run out the clock then there is no provision for choosing a new President and COG rules prevail.

A third-party candidate is critical to Republican election theft plans because a third party makes public opinion polls less reliable and permits the massive Republican election-theft mechanism to work properly behind the curtains. Just divert one out of five votes for either Trump or Clinton to the Libs and suddenly nobody wins.

He pulled down a record 74 votes nationwide Orrex May 2016 #1
Mr. Governor of the Great State of New Mexico. JonLeibowitz May 2016 #3
I keep trying to mention him in posts I am and making RogueTrooper May 2016 #16
Maybe you'll remember once they nab more than 2% of eligible voters Orrex May 2016 #17
Here's to Hillary's only hope. forest444 May 2016 #2
True. With All The Racists and Mysogynists Out There TomCADem May 2016 #5
He might make a difference in enough swing states IronLionZion May 2016 #4
Lets see airplaneman May 2016 #6
So in essence they want to have their orgies and guns, but pay taxes? Hell no. YOHABLO May 2016 #7
Good enough for Glenn Greenwald nt geek tragedy May 2016 #18
Damn! I was rooting for John McAfee Heeeeers Johnny May 2016 #8
McAfee's still available for Trump's VP andym May 2016 #10
haha!!! janx May 2016 #22
Fuck Ron Paul SecularMotion May 2016 #9
Two more things about Gary Johnson: jomin41 May 2016 #11
Libertarians are generally great on social issues. MosheFeingold May 2016 #20
Hey - Californians haven't voted yet! Retrograde May 2016 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author silvershadow May 2016 #13
Also, when he was asked whether we should have participated in WWII question everything May 2016 #14
OBJECTION: This wasn't an Open Primary! brooklynite May 2016 #15
NPR hyped the Libertarians all weekend. sofa king May 2016 #19
I've been watching this take shape. janx May 2016 #21
Ah...haha! janx May 2016 #23
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