The constitution is a rather flexible document and can be interpreted in
various ways, as history has shown.
Miriam
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All: The constitutional requirements for the presidency are not hard to fulfill.
Richard
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On Mar 28, 2019, at 10:59 PM, Carl Jarvis <carjar82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Mostafa wrote: "He's the worst president to ever operate in the oval office."
Sorry Mostafa, Donald Trump is only one of a large number of corrupt,
mentally unbalanced men to achieve the presidency.
The United States of America has a violent history, which I will not
go into here. But if you care to read a fairly objective and accurate
account of the growth of this nation, read Howard Zinn's "A People's
History of the United States". That Oval Office has seated some very
honorable and honest men. But it has also seen corrupt and greedy and
self serving men.
Personally, I believe that the honest American, who cares about his
people and about how we treat the people of the world, still outnumber
the cheats and those who worship the Golden Calf.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/28/19, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Some states split their electoral votes. I think Nebraska is one. Or
am I thinking of another midwest state?
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Carl Sagan
“ The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with.
It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices.
It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But
our preferences do not determine what's true. ”
― Carl Sagan
On 3/28/2019 10:07 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
Mustafa,
I'd like to correct one of the things you said. The majority of
Americans did not elect Donald Trump. If the president were elected
as he or she should be, by a majority of the votes cast, Hillary
Clinton would have won the election. She received 3 million more
votes than Mr. Trump. He became President in the same way that
George W. Bush did. Their election was due to a mechanism called the
electoral college. The electoral college was developed in order to
deny the vote to the ordinary people. Each state is allotted a
certain number of electoral votes. If the majority of the popular
vote goes to the Republican party, for example, then all of the electoral
votes in that particular state go to the presidential candidate.
So if 51% of people in Michigan voted for Trump, he'd get all of the
electoral votes, not 51% of them. He won because a few key states
had a majority of Republican votes.
There are many complicated reasons that explain why the US
government is functioning as it is at this point. But in addition to
all of the historical, sociological, and financial reasons, it is
important to recognize that Donald J. Trump is a mentally,
emotionally disabled man, who, along with having been dishonest and
sheltered by his wealth from the consequences of his actions for all
of his life, is not competent to undertake the tasks of the presidency.
Miriam
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Well, although I am not American, I'd still like to join the
discussion. I wonder, how would George Washington react if he
encountered Donald Trump operating in the White House? I bet he
would have gone mad. He would say, who has brought this hellion
here? He won't imagine that the majority of Americans are the ones who did.
Trump isn't himself the prob, he's just a tool that governs the
corporal establishment and its material plethora. It is a system
that aids the rich to constantly become richer and the poor shall
constantly become poorer.
As I decisively stated, the practice of lobbyism is the major factor
by which law enforcement has been perfectly surmounted in the States.
Everyone knew for sure that Trump is a horrific felon, even those
who categorically defend him.
Nonetheless, with the power of his copious wealth, he was able to
either threaten or bribe the special council. Perhaps he has done
both, who knows? As Cohen has somewhat purported in his testimonial
to Congress, Trump is besieged by bunch of guardians including
attorneys etc. He warned people that Trump doesn't care about
allegiance. He'd rather pay people to protect him and to even lie
for him if it is necessary. Right now, Trump thinks he is wholly
protected. No one is higher than him to oppugn his deeds. Even congress is
bought, and it amply complies to mr Trump demands.
Donald Trump resembles the mass nescience of average Americans on a
rather broader scale. They elected him after all. Many of them are
seemingly in favour of his typical impudence and inapplicably crude
remarks. Trump's disgraceful rhetoric is not aliened to us. He
perennially clashed and expressed disapprobation of reporters asking
him questions. He's just so petulant about that. Donald Trump is
impeachably caged for explicitly uttering racism. He rudely mocked
accents of people on stage. He spoke terms that are leastwise, quite
abhorrent in essence. He easily mortifies major rivals. Now, who
admitted this incompetent individual to act swaggeringly in Oval Office?
Well, they're just some bunch of racists.
They're just bunch of outrageous white supremacists who're mostly
Protestants. They're merely bigots and hate provokers. They speak
about Islam derogatorily. As they incessantly truckle to satisfy the
Zionist camp, they relentlessly attempt to marginalise, denigrate
and demonise Islam out of malice. This is how Donald Trump is
unremittingly salvaged, despite his denotative commission of major
offences. He works by and for the Zionist lobby and that's quite
obvious. Donald Trump has plainly breached the longly chanted
American principles of democracy, ethnic equality and the allegedly
promoted prevention of racial disparity. He discourteously assaulted
immigrants and people of darker complexion. He's the worst president
to ever operate in oval office. Many people are so lenified with
Trump's absonant disposal. They consider him somewhat their daddy.
Well, he's basically a demagogue. If some of you aren't so familiar
with this term, he is a political leader who seeks endorsement with
appealing to popular passions and prejudices. This is exactly what
Trump does. The nuance of longly proclaimed American fundamental
principles has been utterly ruined in Trump's miserable era. However, there
are Americans who're quite disappointed with Trump being unfortunately
their president.
I knew people who left the States shortly after election results
have declared him winning the presidential race. Donald Trump
doesn't necessarily represent many Americans. He neither doesn't
represent the American dream. It is essentially based on genuinely
practiced democratic tenets such as freedom of speech, freedom of
embracement as well as defection of faith or notion. I knew people
who felicitously live in the States with being Muslims. They never
felt disparaged until Trump came. I personally am not so invoked to
Americanism. Be that as it may, I do not criticise people for their
dissension with me. I solely repudiate acts that are destined to
diminish, slander or manipulate my identity. I communicate
beautifully with people who do not come near my faith and heritage.
I tolerate difference of opinion and belief. I at the same time
won't ever neglect my conscience to gratify those of special agenda.
It is significantly crucial to recognise that I wholly represent my
culture and identity and I am not prepared at any rate to alter that. Thank
you for reading, cordially.
