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To continue this topic — Bill Clinton had the magnetic personality, but would never have gotten to the levels he did without Hillary’s counsel and guidance. If anything, he rode her coattails.

Can we just rename this the Blevins Facebook page...

You're the one who spews hate. You're the one who keeps throwing around old laundry. You're the one who keeps trying to manipulate others' behavior. You're the one who throws petulant fits like you did yesterday. What goes on in the comments section of Bruce's site - I don't think that's hate. I think that's mockery. Most of these people have long since given up on trying to convince you to be rational.

Hi Tri, Re: HRC was one of the best in high school, one of the best in college, and one of the best in law school. Honors and recognition by faculty and peers at all three. From what I have read, she was also quite excellent US senator. Also, IMO she was a very good Sec of State; she worked her butt off in that job. She may be a polarizing person, but one should never discount her abilities. Jerry Baumchen

It's a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison, to make or use a fake Covid vaccination card. Why does the same not apply to making and attempting to use a fake electoral college vote?

Don’t forget gender-blind Wendy P.

You are a fine man and a shining example for all. Unfortunately everyone else in the world is racist and at least part of the way that we all judge character is by the appearance of a person at first impression. It saddens me that I can not be the perfect person that you are.

Race only matters to racists. The rest of us care about character.

We all know that cherry picking data to give a misleading impression is just what he does. Same as in the climate change threads. No-one should take anything he posts at face value. For that matter, it's not a bad idea to double check whenever anyone posts numbers, especially if they are presented to tell a one-sided story. Thanks for the link. That's exactly the information I was wondering about. It might be a bit early to compare 2022 to earlier years though. Still, so far the numbers seem pretty much normal. I don't see anything untoward about people in their 70s, or who have been in Washington for decades, choosing to retire. Especially considering how toxic it has become.

Her best option would be to hire Denny Crane.

Like I said, I am not surprised you see that as a great indication of FOX's superiority. The above subjects are easy to just point fingers, but are way more complicated than the average person has any interest in paying attention to. Much better to listen to entertainment on FOX which they in court have stated nobody should believe or rely on. If Russia actually invades Ukraine, CNN's ratings will go up.

Are you suggesting the nuclear option or a human sacrifice..

Tô continue: why do people think that they are the best judges of someone else’s experience? Are African-Americans really making it up when they say that they are more likely to be stopped for similar infractions than white people (backed up by data)? Are they making it up when they say that they are regularly followed in stores to make sure they’re not shoplifting? Are women making it up when they say that they don’t get asked to the titty bar and golf meetings? That in some jobs, the best way ahead is through the manager’s closed door? Its easy to find that fault to eliminate someone; it’s also easy to find that good aspect. And it’s human that the discerned faults and shining attributes correlate with people we’re comfortable with. Which means it’s responsible to question ourselves Wendy P.

Spoken like an entitled white person. Like someone who inherits a fortune telling his working-class friend "why are you always talking about paying rent? Just write a check. How limited your worldview is. It apparently revolves around money." Be very glad that you can ignore the whole issue and pretend it doesn't matter.

You'll know you found one when they get up and leave.

And that is why you will be a safe and successful skydiver. Welcome to the family.

Hi folks, IMO the right decision: Novak Djokovic ousted from Australia over lack of COVID-19 vaccination - oregonlive.com Jerry Baumchen

I agree that that is one of the functions of the electoral college, but not the only one, at least at the start of the country. The 3/5ths compromise was put forward to address concerns of the southern colonies that they would be dominated by non-slave states because they would only count votes of white males, making their population much smaller than it actually was. For non-American readers, the 3/5ths compromise was an agreement to count slaves as 3/5ths of a person. Of course slaves still could not vote, so 3/5ths of nothing is still nothing. To go along with the 3/5ths arrangement, some mechanism had to be invented to turn that 3/5ths into presidential votes. The electoral college filled that role. Each state would be allocated some number of electoral college votes in proportion to their population, which in the case of slave-holding states was all the non-slave population plus 3/5ths of the total number of adult slaves. The electoral college allowed slave states to derive political power in proportion to the number of slaves, without actually allowing the slaves themselves any power. So I would say the electoral college had two functions: to keep power in the hands of the wealthy elite, and to allow southern slave owners to profit politically as well as financially from their slaves. Today the system may not favor slave owners, but it ensures that residents of some states have a disproportionally large voice in presidential elections, and other states have their voice diminished. For example, voters in Kansas have 3 electors, or about 1 for every 180,000 people. On the other hand, Texas has 1 elector for every 763,000 people. Are people who happen to live in Kansas really worth 4 times as much as people who happen to live in Texas? Texas has about the same population as Alaska, Colorado, North and South Dakota, Idaho, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah combined. Texas has 38 electoral votes, and all those states combined have 63. You could make similar comparisons if you substituted California for Texas. So much for one person/one vote! The electoral college serves no useful purpose, it was conceived in order to support evil and it is deeply undemocratic. It's past time for it to be abolished.

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I just wish he could do more to validate your world view than fumble his words. Personally, I am much happier with a President who has a speech impediment than a severe brain impediment.

Lucky for him they aren’t the people who voted for him #hermancainawards

It's not that they couldn't recognize it. It's that they LIKED it. They like the way he 'stood up for himself' They liked the way he treated women and minorities. And the disabled. He did and said all the things they wanted to do. And got away with them.

The main reason It’s my nightmare is because I can imagine it. In 2012 if someone had told me Trump was going to run and win I’d have laughed. Wendy P.