How big was this victory?

tsuke said:
I have been reading some articles in national review and stuff and came accross this line

"The GOP presidential landslides of 1972, 1980, 1984, and 1988 were inconsequential by comparison, resulting in divided government and with Democrats far more ascendant at the state level. "

http://www.nationalreview.com/artic...t-progressive-agenda-rightward-shift-historic

How does tuesdays election compare historically?
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The leftist media will spend the next months trying to play this down and pretend that it wasn't a HUGE of a mandate as it was.

But let's be very clear; it was a massive win for Donald and the American sheeple. Imagine an election where not only the Republicans control the White House, but also held the Congress. Add that to controlling two thirds of the State Houses in the Republic and this is a HUGE victory for the Republican Party.

It is laughably ironic that the brain dead left and their media hyped up allies predicted the demise of the Party as a result of Donald. But liberals are liars. They will do anything to maintain that which they desire more than all the gold in the world; political power. If they cannot win elections, they attempt to shove their agenda down everyone's throat through unelected jurists.

The irony for Obama and BillyBob Clinton is that they succeeded in doing the OPPOSITE; both came into office with huge majorities only to lose them in less than one term. It will be Republicans job to ensure this does not happen with them by implementing the promises Trump made during the election; reform immigration and build the wall and rescind Obamacare in the first year.
 
Yeah, but it comes with expectations. The onus will be on them because there will no one to blame but the republicans if things go south.
 
The significance may well be seen in a reversal of disturbing trends of the past. For example:
Death of the rule of law
Outright lying as the norm from the gov't
Cronieism
Unchecked political correctness
Lack of transparency
And of course obamacare and clinate foolishness
 
Celticguy said:
The significance may well be seen in a reversal of disturbing trends of the past. For example:
Death of the rule of law
Outright lying as the norm from the gov't
Cronieism
Unchecked political correctness
Lack of transparency
And of course obamacare and clinate foolishness
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What about Trump's record indicates to you that there will be more honesty & transparency? His history is quite the opposite. Some of the cabinet projections already look like cronyism to me. And there really isn't much a President can do about pc.

Obamacare will likely get repealed, so that's probably spot on. I suppose the paltry amount we spend on alternative energy sources might get cut, as well.
 
Some reports indicate Hillary won the nation-wide popular vote, but lost the election due to the electoral college.
 
sear said:
Some reports indicate Hillary won the nation-wide popular vote, but lost the election due to the electoral college.
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well i kinda was referring to more than the presidency. I didnt notice it much but it seems even the governor of VERMONT is republican D:
 
tsuke said:
I have been reading some articles in national review and stuff and came accross this line

"The GOP presidential landslides of 1972, 1980, 1984, and 1988 were inconsequential by comparison, resulting in divided government and with Democrats far more ascendant at the state level. "



http://www.nationalreview.com/artic...t-progressive-agenda-rightward-shift-historic

How does tuesdays election compare historically?
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I don't recall Democrats being ascendant anywhere except big cities.....
 
Thing1 said:
What about Trump's record indicates to you that there will be more honesty & transparency? His history is quite the opposite. Some of the cabinet projections already look like cronyism to me. And there really isn't much a President can do about pc.

Obamacare will likely get repealed, so that's probably spot on. I suppose the paltry amount we spend on alternative energy sources might get cut, as well.
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Crony capitalism is a term describing an economy in which success in business depends on close relationships between business people and government officials. It may be exhibited by favoritism in the distribution of legal permits, government grants, special tax breaks, or other forms of state interventionism....

This describes the present admin. and what a Clinton admin. would undoubtedly would be....IRS and DOJ are obvious examples, favoritism, state intervention, coverups, etc.....

Trumps record ? Well.... Trump operates in the business world where profit constitutes success....and his record there is obvious.
cronyism as far cabinet selections, I would describe, as putting people in positions even though there is no evidence of them being able to do the job..... ie, our present AG, who opted to protect herself with the 5th Amend, rights....a first in our history as far as I know....

and any opinion about Trumps picks is foolish at best until we know the picks....
 
sear said:
Some reports indicate Hillary won the nation-wide popular vote, but lost the election due to the electoral college.
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Indeed. This nation is a representative "republic"....guaranteed by the constitution to have republican government at all levels (Article 4, Section 4, Clause 1). The election was about STATE EQUALITY....not individual majority rule. This is the United (STATES) of America, a collective union of 50 individual self governed states. Thus the people in each state are REPRESENTED VIA the OVERALL POPULATION and corresponding number of electoral votes allotted to each state based upon that population. This stops the supposed "tyranny of the majority" the leftists are so strong to support. If there was no electoral college....this nation's capital would alternate from NY to CALIFORNIA with the states in the middle getting the same message delivered by OBAMA when he controlled the white house and both houses --

"Elections have consequences....I WON, get to your place at the back of the bus..even if you take win both houses back at the midterm." -- BHO

Tis the difference between a social democracy like Mother Russia and a truly free representative REPUBLIC governed by THE RULE of LAW ...there can be no MOB RULE by the majority. But to look on TV....you'd think that they somehow don't get the message that they live in a Republic...and not 1915 mother Russia. The one's on the streets are very easily compared to the violent hate driven "Bolsheviks". :)
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/world/europe/trump-campaign-russia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0



MOSCOW — The Russian government had contact with advisers to Donald J. Trump during the American presidential campaign, one of the country’s top diplomats said Thursday.
“There were contacts,” Sergei A. Ryabkov, the deputy foreign minister, was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. “We continue to do this and have been doing this work during the election campaign,” he said.
Mr. Ryabkov said officials in the Russian Foreign Ministry were familiar with many people in Mr. Trump’s entourage. “I cannot say that all, but a wide range of them were in touch with Russian representatives,” Mr. Ryabkov said.
Dmitri S. Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir V. Putin, said Wednesday that there were no plans for a meeting with Mr. Trump in the near future.
Mr. Putin was among the first foreign leaders to congratulate Mr. Trump on his stunning victory, and said he hopes they can work together “to lift Russian-U. S. relations out of the current crisis.”
 
Thing1 said:
What about Trump's record indicates to you that there will be more honesty & transparency? His history is quite the opposite. Some of the cabinet projections already look like cronyism to me. And there really isn't much a President can do about pc.

Obamacare will likely get repealed, so that's probably spot on. I suppose the paltry amount we spend on alternative energy sources might get cut, as well.
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Cronieism in this context means giving friends/owners tax dollars.
 
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-c...aign-election/



MOSCOW -- A top Russian diplomat said Moscow had contacts with Donald Trump’s campaign ahead of his election as president.

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Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as telling the Interfax news agency Thursday that “there were contacts” with influential people in Trump’s circle. “I don’t say that all of them, but a whole array of them supported contacts with Russian representatives.”
The report did not give further details.
In careful phrasing befitting the spy he once was, Vladimir Putin has made it clear he expects a great deal from Trump. And, the billionaire businessman may expect a transactional relationship with Putin.
 
anatta said:
right. "bigness" lasts until the first screw up. get an agenda,and get on track.
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If i was trump the first thing I would do would be to get an army brigade to work on flint and get them water again. Signal to teh blacks that everything is changing
 
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