One last chance for Republicans to do the patriotic thing...

[Bugsy McGurk]

We just need a few patriotic Republican electors to "flip" and vote for Hillary instead of Trump. There is one last chance to avoid plaguing the nation with Trump as president. Not that the GOP electors will do the patriotic thing....

http://www.factcheck.org/2016/11/could-electoral-college-elect-clinton/

 

[Craig]

We just need a few patriotic Republican electors to "flip" and vote for Hillary instead of Trump. There is one last chance to avoid plaguing the nation with Trump as president. Not that the GOP electors will do the patriotic thing....

http://www.factcheck.org/2016/11/could-electoral-college-elect-clinton/

Hamilton explains it...

...It was desirable that the sense of the people should operate in the choice of [the President]. This end will be answered by committing the right of making [the choice] not to any pre-established body, but no men chosen by the people for the special purpose, and at the particular conjuncture.

It was equally desirable that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to so complicated an investigation."

Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, No. 68

http://lwv.org/content/who-will-elect-president-electoral-college-system

 

[Dino]

We just need a few patriotic Republican electors to "flip" and vote for Hillary instead of Trump. There is one last chance to avoid plaguing the nation with Trump as president. Not that the GOP electors will do the patriotic thing....

http://www.factcheck.org/2016/11/could-electoral-college-elect-clinton/

...and the move to a Banana Republic would be complete.

No thanks, I say we preserve the integrity of our republic, and allow the will of the 50 states to be respected.

You're inability to be a proud American is a redundancy.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

...and the move to a Banana Republic would be complete.

No thanks, I say we preserve the integrity of our republic, and allow the will of the 50 states to be respected.

You're inability to be a proud American is a redundancy.

Nonsense. The founding fathers wanted the electors to exercise their judgment. There's nothing "banana republic" about it - it's the process spelled out in our Constitution.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

Hamilton explains it...

...It was desirable that the sense of the people should operate in the choice of [the President]. This end will be answered by committing the right of making [the choice] not to any pre-established body, but no men chosen by the people for the special purpose, and at the particular conjuncture.

It was equally desirable that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to so complicated an investigation."

Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, No. 68

http://lwv.org/content/who-will-elect-president-electoral-college-system

This is actually a perfect time for electors to exercise their judgment and not blindly adhere to partisanship. Trump is an unqualified nut, and most old school adult GOP leaders agree with that. It's unpatriotic to make Trump president. The electors won't do the patriotic thing and flip, but they should. The Constitution's electoral college flexibility was designed for this very reason.

 

[Dino]

Nonsense. The founding fathers wanted the electors to exercise their judgment. There's nothing "banana republic" about it - it's the process spelled out in our Constitution.

No, I'm exactly right.
According to Wiki: a Banana Republic is generally a derogatory term for a country that is considered to have a weak economy, a dishonest or cruel government, and public services that do not work.

That is so close to the truth even before a dishonest manipulated election. A junta overthrowing the will of the people makes us precisely a banana republic.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

No, I'm exactly right.
According to Wiki: a Banana Republic is generally a derogatory term for a country that is considered to have a weak economy, a dishonest or cruel government, and public services that do not work.

That is so close to the truth even before a dishonest manipulated election. A junta overthrowing the will of the people makes us precisely a banana republic.

A junta might do that. The electoral college set up by the Constitution does not.