But the reactions I see from so many folks also concern me:
First, we must have a recount (in the places we want only). Then, convince electors to be faithless. Then, get rid of the electoral college. Then postpone the inauguration until after an "investigation".
None of those things are going to happen, nor should they happen. If we are going to change the rules, it has to happen ex ante. We cannot try to change the rules to reverse an outcome we don't like.
This isn't just about Pumpkin Spice taking office, it's about the future of the rule of law and the electoral institutions of the country.
So many criticized Trump pre-election for claiming the election was rigged and hinting that he might not accept the results. And now many of those people are doing the same thing!
I strongly believe our Republic will survive President Pumpkin Spice. After all, we've been governed by liars, promise breakers, opportunists, and flip-floppers for 250 years or so already.
And there's only 2 years til you can send him a message by changing Congress and another 2 after that til you can vote him out. And if the Republican majority in Congress keeps growing, I guess a lot more people will come to understand why some of us really don't like democracy all that much.
As for now, contact your representatives and tell them how you feel and what you don't want to see happen in the next 2 years.
For my part, I will speak out strongly against discrimination, deportation, torture, and militarization as has been my custom. And I welcome and support anyone choosing to use their freedom of speech to protest Trump's actions and choices in office. But I won't speak out against Trump taking office. He won under the system we have. Full Stop.
As the incredibly named Dick Tuck once said, "The people have spoken....the bastards"
None of those things are going to happen, nor should they happen. If we are going to change the rules, it has to happen ex ante. We cannot try to change the rules to reverse an outcome we don't like.
This isn't just about Pumpkin Spice taking office, it's about the future of the rule of law and the electoral institutions of the country.
So many criticized Trump pre-election for claiming the election was rigged and hinting that he might not accept the results. And now many of those people are doing the same thing!
I strongly believe our Republic will survive President Pumpkin Spice. After all, we've been governed by liars, promise breakers, opportunists, and flip-floppers for 250 years or so already.
And there's only 2 years til you can send him a message by changing Congress and another 2 after that til you can vote him out. And if the Republican majority in Congress keeps growing, I guess a lot more people will come to understand why some of us really don't like democracy all that much.
As for now, contact your representatives and tell them how you feel and what you don't want to see happen in the next 2 years.
For my part, I will speak out strongly against discrimination, deportation, torture, and militarization as has been my custom. And I welcome and support anyone choosing to use their freedom of speech to protest Trump's actions and choices in office. But I won't speak out against Trump taking office. He won under the system we have. Full Stop.
As the incredibly named Dick Tuck once said, "The people have spoken....the bastards"
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Well said. Unfortunately I think the hysteria will only continue.
Best guesses how many days BEFORE the inauguration the first impeachment bill is introduced? The demands started immediately after the election.
I had to look-up Dick Tuck to see if that was real. I had disturbing images of an in-character Ted Levine doing his weird little dance in Silence of the Lambs.
For my part, I will speak out strongly against discrimination, deportation, torture, and militarization as has been my custom. And I welcome and support anyone choosing to use their freedom of speech to protest Trump's actions and choices in office.
And will you welcome and support Trump if he speaks out against discrimination, deportation of law-abiding immigrants, torture, and militarization?
yes. of course.
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