The Future President, Donald Trump

So Benghazi never happened? Okay, if you say so.

Might just be me, but I had hints of sarcasm in Roger's post.

So the 10 or 20 house investigations that found that she dident hire the people who attacked our diplomats dont mean anything?

Who blocked the votes of thousands of people?

126,000 people were removed from voter rolls. We don't know if even 10 of those people removed tried to vote let alone all 126,000 We only know that the voter rolls were reduced when people that didn't vote in previous elections were removed. That doesn't mean Hillary did it and it doesn't mean they were blocked from voting since one has to show up to vote to be prevented from voting by not being on the rolls.

Oh, well, it is Trump. Now he says, it was fantastic Tubman replaced Jackson on the twenty dollar bill but it is pure political correctness. Maybe he is evolving in incremental steps.

Yeah, but Hot Sauce is NEW. Doesn't that make it substantial - especially if she lied about it?

If anything, Trump represents a step backward in evolution. I am ashamed of this country every time I realize he's being taken seriously as being our commander in chief, our representative to the world.

Maybe I should mention there isn't a single candidate out there that I want to be president. I really believe Bernie is actually interested in what's best for the country. We don't necessarily share the same vision.

And maybe he just got an updated poll.

He has high paid advisors. I doubt he's ever going to talk again about his racial bigotry or xenophobia.

I'd bet you're wrong, but I haven't the time to watch him.

Interesting article in the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/us/politics/donald-trump-foreign-policy-advisers.html?_r=0

A statement from the article:


Emphasis is mine.

Ah, here's the one who claims to know exactly how the US political process actually works. Knock yourself out.

Tell us all why people in a democratic republic have to keep voting, to stay on the electoral roll.

I was under the distinct impression that voting isn't compulsory.

If you have to keep voting to stay enrolled, what does that make it?

Not quite the same thing. If they hadn't voted, they could have reregistered if they had wanted to - if they had known of the rule. I doubt it was well publicized.

So being a citizen doesn't equal being eligible to vote?

You have to register to vote? I've heard you have to actually register as either dem or repug as well; is that right?

I guess it depends on the state. If you don't want Demokkkrat or Republican, you can be a Green or maybe register as Independent, though I'm not sure independent should be capitalized. Yes, in my state, you have to register a certain time period before the election. Also, you may or may not be allowed to vote outside your party in a primary election. It's up to the state. You may not like it, in which case, you are lucky to live elsewhere.

We are also not required to vote at all.

Sorry about the corrupt spelling of Democrat. I'm just not crazy about repug, repuke, and the various alterations to Clinton, Clinton, and Reagan.

If the Don is the best they've got, then repugnant is apt.

I think Dillary is even worse, because of her past, so don't assume I'm keen on the dumbocrats either.

I thought Bernie was independent. He's known as the indy from Vermont.

You got me there. I have been told Bernie is an Independent running as a Democrat. When you get that figured out, let me know.

There's a big argument from Sanders supporters that he's been a democrat all along.

It's all very confusing

People are supposed to keep their voter registration up to date if they move. Many don't. Even if they register in a new address the new voter location doesn't contact the old voting area to say they should be removed. If someone moves and doesn't get taken off the voter rolls because of a change of address they will be registered in 2, 3, 10 places at the same time.

People die. When people die they typically stop voting. How do you propose the voter rolls be purged of those that have died?


You don't have to keep voting to stay enrolled. You simply have to have voted at least once in the last 4 years to stay active on the rolls. NY doesn't remove people that are inactive until they have been inactive for another 4 years. You have to have voted in the last 8 years to stay on the rolls.

But you are forgetting this isn't a state run election. It is a party run election administered by the state. Each party can set their own rules which they have done. The parties require the person be registered with the party to vote in their primary. Your complaint is that someone that hasn't voted in an election, let alone a party election should be allowed to vote against party rules isn't about a democratic republic at all. It's about how the parties create their rules. The political parties are not required to be democratic in how they decide their candidates. They just happen to have gone toward that route without going all the way there.