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3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)
2. We need to remind KA Conway about that when she spews her...
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 12:38 AM
Nov 2016

...BS that Clinton needs to remember that most Americans do not consider her trustworthy.

Conway must have inner ears of steel to not have vertigo from all the spinning she has to do.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
6. I saw that. She seemed to be thinking that she was being conciliatory but I have never heard
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 01:35 AM
Nov 2016

a top staffer for an incoming president be as partisan and critical of her former opponent as KA Conway has on a couple occasions towards Hillary Clinton.

I can't remember any of George Bush's top advisors speaking that way about Al Gore once the race was over.

progree

(10,909 posts)
5. May reach 4 million. Quiz: which 1 of the past 7 presidential elections did the Dem candidate lose
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 01:33 AM
Nov 2016
the popular vote?

First, the Hillary popular vote near landslide --

Hillary Clinton Could Win The Popular Vote In A Massive Landslide, IBTimes, 11/21/16
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hillary-clinton-could-win-popular-143554092.html?.tsrc=jtc_news_index

Cook Political Report has her ahead by 1.7 M votes in this story -- 63.6 M to 61.9 M

The Cook Political Report’s editor David Wasserman said Sunday there were still nearly 7 million uncounted votes. "A majority of them are on the coasts, in New York, California, and Washington,” he told The Atlantic. “She should be able to win those votes, probably 2-1."


If so that means for every 3 remaining votes, 2 will go to HRC and 1 to DJT for a net increase of the margin between them of 1,

meaning she will net 1/3 * 7 million remaining votes = 2.3 Million more for a total of 1.7 + 2.3 = 4.0 million margin

I know that leaves out some 3rd party votes. And it says "nearly" 7 million. And that MOST of them are on the coasts ... so 4 million is probably a bit of a stretch on the upside by me.

[HR]
Quiz answer: 2004 is the only year that the Democratic presidential candidate lost the popular vote in the past 7 elections. In all of the other 6 elections -- '92, '96, '00, '08, '12, and '16 -- the Democratic presidential candidate won the popular vote.

Unfortunately, the Dem's record is 4-3 as far as winning the presidency thanks to the founders rigging elections to favor the slave states

The real reason we have an Electoral College: to protect slave states, Vox.com, 11/12/16
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/12/13598316/donald-trump-electoral-college-slavery-akhil-reed-amar

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
7. I would like to use this post to show my appreciation
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 02:02 AM
Nov 2016

to my favorite president, Hillary Clinton. I think she did a awesome job, worked harder then anyone I have seen in my long lifetime. Ran an excellent, substantive campaign even while the networks were head over hills in love with the trump show. She is my president, trump is not. I totally respect her, not the idiot in chief trump. I hope what ever she does in the future she will be happy and successful. I would like to thank her for taking on the monster and beating him with the popular vote.

ffr

(22,670 posts)
8. I felt for her. She had to be 100% perfect all the time, while Trump was class clown
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 02:15 AM
Nov 2016

He still is.

I hope an audit is done and it's forced by angry voters who want to know the truth. I'd gladly join in marches and protests demanding democracy be fulfilled.

Her first move should be to see if there are teeth to what we all suspect is election fraud. First step, have the vote counts be sample audited.

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