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Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by refurb on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @01:21AM (#13528214)
The American people chose Trump. Sorry, there is no way around that. The US doesn't elect its president based on the popular vote.
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by becarefulyo on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @08:52AM (#13530483)
The electoral college was created in part to prevent unqualified candidates from becoming president. It failed spectacularly.
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by refurb on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:04AM (#13531675)
Unqualified by which definition? The one the Democrats hold?
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by becarefulyo on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:18AM (#13531834)
By any reasonable human being's standard.
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by MrZongle2 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:35AM (#13532097)
You misspelled "true scotsman".
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by becarefulyo on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:38AM (#13532153)
Debating with sophomores is about as fruitful as debating with holocaust deniers.
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by diyorgasms on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @01:48PM (#13533833)
What's more, it seems many sophomoric Trump supporters are Holocaust deniers, from what I see in pro-Trump communities.
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by MrZongle2 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:11PM (#13534103)
I guess you could call some of them deplorables.

Heck, why not just assume most of them?

Because if some Trump supporters are sophomoric and possible Holocaust deniers, why bother paying attention to what any of them say or claim? They're clearly all halfwit racist degenerates who hate women and the LGBTQ crowd. If the world were rid of them, it would be a much better place.

Yes, it's much better this way.

Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by davesque on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @03:06AM (#13528662)
Right, which is why the American people did not choose Trump. The electoral college did. It's not fair to point the finger at the people when the system was the most likely cause of the outcome.
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by flamedoge on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @03:29AM (#13528766)
I think placing blame solely on electoral college system is detracting from the real problem, which is that there is a polarized division. Electoral college can be a fair system most of the time, and I hold benefit of the doubt that there was no systematic gerrymandering going on specifically for this election.