Donald Trump

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[CityStu]

To resist, to expose every nugget of shit that comes down the pipe from the White House, to expose it for what it is. Come down the pipe it surely will, but it will not go uncontested, it will not be passively accepted, it will be actively resisted.

I accept that, but protest when the nuggets themselves flow. Trump's not even on the shitter yet.

 

[cibaman]

To resist, to expose every nugget of shit that comes down the pipe from the White House, to expose it for what it is. Come down the pipe it surely will, but it will not go uncontested, it will not be passively accepted, it will be actively resisted.

I wonder when Trump's supporters will start marching in protest that he's backtracking on his promises. "His opponents took him literally but not seriously, whereas his supporters took him seriously but not literally" was a neat soundbite, but I'm not sure there's much evidence that his supporters didnt take him literally.

Its going to be very divisive over there for the next 4 years.

 

[Dubai Blue]

Chatting today to an American friend in the UK - Americans living abroad get a vote but only in the popular vote, so not in particular states for the electoral college. That's 8 million votes that would mostly have gone to Clinton.

I'm not sure that's true. Firstly, there'd be absolutely no point in voting if that was the case, so why do both parties go to such lengths to encourage expats to vote? Secondly, expats have to give a 'state of legal residence' when registering for an overseas ballot (where they lived immediately before leaving the U.S. or [in 24 states] where their parents are eligible to vote); what's the point of that if it doesn't count towards the electoral college? And thirdly, I'm pretty sure that overseas votes played a key role in Bush winning Florida in 2000 and, ultimately, the White House. There's also no evidence to suggest that the majority of expats are Democrats.

You friend might be right, but I have a feeling that he/she isn't.

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

I'm not sure that's true. Firstly, there'd be absolutely no point in voting if that was the case, so why do both parties go to such lengths to encourage expats to vote? Secondly, expats have to give a 'state of legal residence' when registering for an overseas ballot (where they lived immediately before leaving the U.S. or [in 24 states] where their parents are eligible to vote); what's the point of that if it doesn't count towards the electoral college? And thirdly, I'm pretty sure that overseas votes played a key role in Bush winning Florida in 2000 and, ultimately, the White House. There's also no evidence to suggest that the majority of expats are Democrats.

You friend might be right, but I have a feeling that he/she isn't.

US citizens get blank voting ballots for whatever state they are eligible to vote in and can continue to vote for federal offices no matter how long they have lived abroad. It is a voter registration and absentee ballot request form, a federal application form which all states must accept.

 

[BimboBob]

Chatting today to an American friend in the UK - Americans living abroad get a vote but only in the popular vote, so not in particular states for the electoral college. That's 8 million votes that would mostly have gone to Clinton.

Utter bollocks.


They can vote for anything and everything.

 

[Dubai Blue]

US citizens get blank voting ballots for whatever state they are eligible to vote in and can continue to vote for federal offices no matter how long they have lived abroad. It is a voter registration and absentee ballot request form, a federal application form which all states must accept.

Yep, that's what I thought. Not sure what Vic's mate is on about.

 

[BimboBob]

Unfunny racist fuck.

White this, white that. No comedian over here would say things like that about black people and be on tv.

 

[Dubai Blue]

Unfunny racist fuck.

White this, white that. No comedian over here would say things like that about black people and be on tv.

No watched that video so can't comment on it. But the most disturbing thing I've picked up from US media over the course of this election cycle is how obsessed the country is with the colour of people's skin. Absolutely everything seems to be defined by race over there (and I mean on all sides). It strikes me as a country that continues to suffer extremely deep racial divides. The two-party political system obviously doesn't help, but things juts don't appear to be improving in that regard.

 

[Len Rum]

Look, I was as anti Trump as anyone on Bluemoon but can I ask a simple question, what do the people marching hope to achieve?

Yeah, those civil rights marches in the '60s were a drag weren't they?