tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post2763196035174266786..comments2024-03-28T15:24:53.579-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: Assessing Responsibilty... Les Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-215227768113083382016-11-24T16:24:31.794-05:002016-11-24T16:24:31.794-05:00As you know America has never been a true democrac...As you know America has never been a true democracy (O)CT(O)PUS, rather it is and has always been a <b> representative democracy </b>, or if you prefer, a <b> democratic REPUBLIC </b>. Our founders were afraid of pure democracy and for good reason. Pure democracy would quickly devolve into anarchy and destroy itself. The same is true of big L libertarianism. Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-47603751768433191242016-11-17T22:30:36.173-05:002016-11-17T22:30:36.173-05:00Maybe Mr. Know It All is a Wall Street Banker. In ...Maybe Mr. Know It All is a Wall Street Banker. In that case he's ecstatic. If not, he's ben duped.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-53243453202669828892016-11-17T19:56:30.988-05:002016-11-17T19:56:30.988-05:00Now is the time that the Trump dupes will gloat. L...Now is the time that the Trump dupes will gloat. Later many will be bitterly disappointed as well. "Know it all" obviously does not know he was had. Sad.Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-78064470254307331762016-11-17T16:20:02.809-05:002016-11-17T16:20:02.809-05:00Sander was a very attractive candidate. But, IMO, ...Sander was a very attractive candidate. But, IMO, he would have been branded as socialist..the kiss of<br />death considering the unwashed millions.BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-40653710562001663672016-11-17T13:31:37.474-05:002016-11-17T13:31:37.474-05:00Former Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Cli...Former Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton ( And I repeat FORMER) thought that she had the election in the bag. She thought she was going to completely erase her bitter disappointment from 2008, when she didn’t even make it to the election’s final stage.Mr. Know It Allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05054683688963146942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-52611457755313919412016-11-17T12:55:20.390-05:002016-11-17T12:55:20.390-05:00I agree. Sanders campaigns/campaigned like he is 1...I agree. Sanders campaigns/campaigned like he is 19 and HRC campaigned like she was 91.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-49548041727107103202016-11-17T09:06:09.340-05:002016-11-17T09:06:09.340-05:00Almost half of all registered voters did not vote....Almost half of all registered voters did not vote. The remaining half divided their votes between two leading candidates. Clinton received a plurality of the popular vote; Trump won the Electoral College, which decided the outcome for the second time in 16 years. Roughly 72% of the electorate is now disenfranchised.<br /><br />Anti-establishment populism brings angry and disaffected voters to the polls; apathy and obstacles to voting keep others away. However, low voter turnout is the end of the story, not the beginning.<br /><br />Clinton may not have been the most inspiring candidate on record, but there is more to this story. MUCH MORE! Tt is a BIG mistake to discount voter suppression efforts in 24 states taken over by the Tea Party insurgency. Consider:<br /><br />Trump margin of victory in Michigan: 13,107<br />Michigan purge list: 449,922<br /><br />Trump margin of victory in Arizona: 85,257<br />Arizona purge list: 270,824<br /><br />Trump margin of victory in North Carolina: 77,008<br />North Carolina purge list: 589,393<br /><br />Years of legislative deadlock and gridlock, obstruction, and government shutdowns (at taxpayer expense) represent a calculated and cynical attempt to deny the sitting president a record of accomplishment. When government ceases to work, the saboteurs win by default, and voter suppression completes the <b>coup d'etat</b>.<br /><br />We are witnessing the demise of American democracy. (O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-51658770450917639622016-11-16T23:59:13.234-05:002016-11-16T23:59:13.234-05:00"When all is said and done the largest respon..."When all is said and done the largest responsibility for the election of tRump the narcissist rests with the Clinton campaign itself."<br /><br />Absolutely! Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-69747031910433984482016-11-16T23:13:12.417-05:002016-11-16T23:13:12.417-05:00Aw, c'mon. Clinton could've beaten any of...Aw, c'mon. Clinton could've beaten any of the Republicans. She lost to Trump, a thing of it's own. If the Dems had nominated Sanders, Sanders would have won handily, and he would have brought a lot of Dems unto the Hill, too. Clinton was the worst possible candidate against a populist insurgency, as Mr. Garrison said on a recent South Park, "Why'd it have to be her?" The Dems had a real chance, and they blew it. They are such political cowards.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.com