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Why It Is Mathematically Impossible for Trump to win the White House

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Winston1 said: ↑

Damn well said.
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So true. Lyndon Johnson chose not to run for re-election in 1968 but that was a whole different set of circumstances than with Coolidge. If anybody was a permanent member of the DC political class it was LBJ

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And on a further thought to consider.....

"...we need to think about what there is about current political practices that repeatedly bring to power such a counterproductive set of people. Those we call "public servants" have in fact become public masters. And they act like it.

They squander ever more vast amounts of our tax money, and still leave trillions of dollars of national debt to be paid by our children and grandchildren. They intrude into our private lives with ever more restrictions, red tape and electronic surveillance. And they turn different groups of Americans against each other with class warfare rhetoric and policies....

President Calvin Coolidge, with every prospect of being reelected in 1928, declared simply: "I do not choose to run." Later, in his memoirs, he explained how dangerous it is to have anyone remain too long in the White House, surrounded by flattery and insulated from reality. What a contrast that attitude is with the attitude of the current occupant of the White House!

The contrast extends beyond these two presidents. What we have today that we did not have in the early history of this country is a permanent political class in Washington — a Congress and an ever growing federal bureaucracy composed of people who have become a permanent ruling class.

The United States was not founded by career politicians but by people who took time out from their regular professions to serve during a crucial time in the creation of a new nation, and a new kind of nation in a world ruled by kings and emperors.

In the nineteenth century, there was a high rate of turnover in members of Congress. Many people went to Washington to serve one term in Congress, then returned to their home state to resume their lives as private citizens.

The rise of the permanent political class in Washington came with the rise of a vast government apparatus with unprecedented amounts of money and power to control and corrupt individuals, institutions and the fabric of the whole society.

There are now people in Washington whose entire adult lives have been spent in government, in one role or another. Some begin as aides to politicians or as part of the sprawling empires of the federal bureaucracy. From this they progress to high elective or appointed offices in government.

Turnover in Congress has been reduced almost to the vanishing point. Political alliances within government and with outside special interests, as well as the gerrymandering of Congressional districts, make most incumbents' reelection virtually a foregone conclusion.

The ability to distribute vast amounts of largess to voters, at the taxpayers' expense — President Obama's giving away free cell phones during an election year being just the tip of the iceberg — further tilts the balance in favor of incumbents.

This kind of government must constantly "do something" in order to keep incumbents' names in the news. In short, big government has every incentive to create bigger government."

https://www.creators.com/read/thomas-sowell/10/13/throw-the-rascals-out
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We'd be much better off if they all just got blown to bits by some angry muslim and had to start over. I wonder if Obama goes out with a bang.

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trump wants to use nukes (reading between the lines).

"From CNBC this morning: "Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on the international level went to advise Donald Trump. And three times [Trump] asked about the use of nuclear weapons. Three times he asked at one point if we had them why can't we use them," Scarborough said on his "Morning Joe" program."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ten-much-much-worse/57a16d16cd249a68be7adb8e/

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trump has a good idea. he plans on doubling Clinton's proposed infrastructure spending. yea trump.

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gumborue said: ↑

trump wants to use nukes (reading between the lines).

"From CNBC this morning: "Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on the international level went to advise Donald Trump. And three times [Trump] asked about the use of nuclear weapons. Three times he asked at one point if we had them why can't we use them," Scarborough said on his "Morning Joe" program."

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SO if we tell our enemies they are made of paper, what do you think would happen?

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LSUpride123 said: ↑

SO if we tell our enemies they are made of paper, what do you think would happen?
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He is a kitten, no a kitten will at least scratch you, hmm, an amoeba there you go. Something without a spine.

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gumborue said: ↑

trump has a good idea. he plans on doubling Clinton's proposed infrastructure spending. yea trump.
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Would be a good way to citizenship.

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the other way to read this is that he doesn't understand the reasons for not using nukes---slightly less concerning.

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gumborue said: ↑

the other way to read this is that he doesn't understand the reasons for not using nukes---slightly less concerning.
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You mean the way idiots read it.

I mean seriously, would you feel better if trump said to a reporter "i will never use nukes". Yea, you might was well burry them all if any president actually means it.

Its no secret other nations already walk all over Osama.

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LSUpride123 said: ↑

You mean the way idiots read it.

I mean seriously, would you feel better if trump said to a reporter "i will never use nukes". Yea, you might was well burry them all if any president actually means it.

Its no secret other nations already walk all over Osama.
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ok

now go back to playing halo

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