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Subject: Re: OT: Harris vs. Trump
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:35:39 -0500
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On 9/17/24 9:15 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
> On 18/09/2024 12:25 am, mINE109 wrote:
>> On 9/12/24 6:16 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>>> Well, it was abundantly clear just how deranged Trump is, after 
>>> watching the debate. Flawed that the 'debate' was. After both Trump 
>>> and Harris were not pushed on their responses. Trump, for instance, 
>>> was not asked PRECISELY how he planned to end the Russian invasion of 
>>> Ukraine.
>>>
>>> That said, Harris is likely to gain the popular vote, but the 
>>> Republicans have severely compromised the Electoral College system, 
>>> such that a Trump victory is highly likely. I fear for Ukraine should 
>>> the convicted criminal, Trump, be re-elected.
>>
>> Never mind the stakes, here's the current Republican strategy:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_cat_strategy
>>
> 
> **It would seem that immigrants eating pets fits that definition very 
> nicely.
> 
> Nonetheless, the corruption of the Electoral College continues unabated.

Yes. the structural problems are ongoing. Both of the last two 
presidential elections turned on small numbers of voters in swing states 
despite large popular vote leads.

Perhaps the population threshold for admission to the union could have 
been higher in the past.