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Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 12:04 PM Dec 2016

Americans must demand that the Electoral College be given access to the Intelligence Reports

Otherwise, they are casting their Electoral ballots from within a vast cloud of ignorance pumped up Republican-Russian collusion against America and democracy.

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Americans must demand that the Electoral College be given access to the Intelligence Reports (Original Post) Achilleaze Dec 2016 OP
That would be the minimum I would think BSdetect Dec 2016 #1
Seriously? You want to give access to sensitive intelligence data onenote Dec 2016 #2
when that bunch holds our last hope for the planet, sure. mopinko Dec 2016 #3
You don't find the "last hope" stuff a little melodramatic? dionysus Dec 2016 #13
Dont be so sure. libtodeath Dec 2016 #14
we may be standing, but we wont be the same. mopinko Dec 2016 #15
Don't put words in my mouth, if you would. Not sbitting myself in fear is dionysus Dec 2016 #16
ok. mopinko Dec 2016 #20
Yes, bush caused a lot of danage that can't be undone. My point dionysus Dec 2016 #23
A summary would suffice. Qutzupalotl Dec 2016 #4
+ 1 Achilleaze Dec 2016 #5
Tell the electors directly. N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2016 #6
It has stopped working. annabanana Dec 2016 #7
It worked for me... Achilleaze Dec 2016 #8
naw. I got it to go through eventually. . n/t annabanana Dec 2016 #10
Would not matter Bear Creek Dec 2016 #9
Ok don't try. N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2016 #11
That is not Bear Creek Dec 2016 #12
That is true. roamer65 Dec 2016 #17
And also a copy of Federalist 68 - The EC is to prevent unfit and foreign influence in government. TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #18
+ 1,000. Remember Electors, you are Americans first. Achilleaze Dec 2016 #22
No. They don't need to be included in classified information. AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #19
"The electoral college" is a bunch of partisan hacks Orangepeel Dec 2016 #21
knr triron Dec 2016 #24

BSdetect

(8,989 posts)
1. That would be the minimum I would think
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 12:12 PM
Dec 2016

So much more is required.

The DP is, as usual, weak.

Why not do what the GOP would do? Call it. Take action.

Drumph was colluding with them. He knew they were hacking.

onenote

(42,374 posts)
2. Seriously? You want to give access to sensitive intelligence data
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 12:15 PM
Dec 2016

to a bunch of Republican political hacks?

mopinko

(69,804 posts)
3. when that bunch holds our last hope for the planet, sure.
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 12:23 PM
Dec 2016

they will redact it enough to protect sources and methods.

dionysus

(26,467 posts)
13. You don't find the "last hope" stuff a little melodramatic?
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 05:06 AM
Dec 2016

I'm pretty sure the people who actually run the country behind the scenes will keep little adolf sniffler from running us completely into the ground or starting a nuclear war.

Will big money continue to fuck over the ever shrinking middle class? More misadventure in the middle east taking loves senselessly? Ignoring global warming?

Safe to say yes on all of that, sadly, but all of that would have continued, but on a vastly smaller scale, under a dem president.

Hillary would have been 1000% bettwr than trump, but america will still be standing when this bozo leaves office...

mopinko

(69,804 posts)
15. we may be standing, but we wont be the same.
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 11:08 AM
Dec 2016

this will echo in our country the way jfk's assassination still does.

a russian puppet in the white house is ok w you then? got it.

dionysus

(26,467 posts)
16. Don't put words in my mouth, if you would. Not sbitting myself in fear is
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 11:43 AM
Dec 2016

not the same as being "okay" with anything. I kust have a little faith in our resiliency as a country.

You're a DU old timer like me, if you recall, the same words were spoken when * was selected and then again when he was reselected... we went on the elect Obama.

PS. Sweet urban garden.

mopinko

(69,804 posts)
20. ok.
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 12:22 PM
Dec 2016

but i still think we are much the worse off for bushie's 8 years. could they have stymied obama the way the did w/o those 8 years? i wonder.
and how much damage have they done to our actual democracy w their voter suppression and gerrymandering? that will take a couple generations to repair, should we summon the backbone to repair it.

i agree we will be standing, but i dont think our standing in the world will ever be the same.

and thx. my garden keeps me optimistic.

dionysus

(26,467 posts)
23. Yes, bush caused a lot of danage that can't be undone. My point
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:21 PM
Dec 2016

Is i think we'll survive more or less intact, as ugly as it will be.

Im not looking forward to.

Watch, 4 (hopeully not 8) years feom now we'll still be on DU bre a king down the asshats term...

Qutzupalotl

(14,230 posts)
4. A summary would suffice.
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 12:29 PM
Dec 2016

We don't need to reveal sources or methods, just conclusions. It would have to be presented in stark terms reflecting the seriousness of the situation.

I truly believe the fate of the country as we know it is at stake. Next year we are scheduled to turn into a fascist kleptocracy.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,593 posts)
6. Tell the electors directly.
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 02:59 PM
Dec 2016

Add your voice to the throngs of Americans demanding that the electors vote not vote for trump.

http://asktheelectors.org

Pass this to as many people as you can.

Time to revolt is now!!

annabanana

(52,791 posts)
7. It has stopped working.
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 03:03 PM
Dec 2016

I filled out the information and it wasn't registered when I clicked the submit function.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
8. It worked for me...
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 03:07 PM
Dec 2016

You have to wonder if the Republican-Russian cabal is trying to hack this site...?

Bear Creek

(883 posts)
12. That is not
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 04:31 PM
Dec 2016

How Trump won. They need to call the entire election and re do without the machines. The hack went farther than just the president race.

Orangepeel

(13,933 posts)
21. "The electoral college" is a bunch of partisan hacks
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 12:47 PM
Dec 2016

They are literally people chosen by the political parties to reward loyalty to those parties. Donald Trump could feed a live baby to Vladimir Putin on live TV and at least 90% of republican electors would still vote for him.

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