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summer_in_TX

(2,735 posts) Sun Jul 22, 2018, 02:17 PM Jul 2018

I'm struck by the truth of this tweet from Andy Slavitt

Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt)
7/21/18, 9:08 PM
When I was a kid, we worried it would be nuclear weapons that would someday do us in.

The electoral college was a complete sleeper.

When I was a kid, we worried it would be nuclear weapons that would someday do us in.

The electoral college was a complete sleeper.

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The electoral college has hurt us more than once. Gave us Cheney-Bush and the Iraq War too.

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I'm struck by the truth of this tweet from Andy Slavitt (Original Post) summer_in_TX Jul 2018 OP

...not with a bang, but a whimper. nt shanny Jul 2018 #1

K & R SunSeeker Jul 2018 #2

voter suppression and gerrymandering did us in. The minority rules the majority now Demovictory9 Jul 2018 #3

Yup. All that and dirty tricks. Nation is majority progressive, liberal, and Democrat. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #4

I figured it would be infiltration. nt Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #5

Death to rural America. CCExile Jul 2018 #6

Um, what exactly do you mean by that? nt Wednesdays Jul 2018 #7

If we get a big enough blue wave in the states maybe we can do away with the electoral college!!!!! Maraya1969 Jul 2018 #8

shanny

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1. ...not with a bang, but a whimper. nt

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Sun Jul 22, 2018, 02:47 PM

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SunSeeker

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2. K & R

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Sun Jul 22, 2018, 03:47 PM

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Demovictory9

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3. voter suppression and gerrymandering did us in. The minority rules the majority now

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Sun Jul 22, 2018, 03:51 PM

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Bernardo de La Paz

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4. Yup. All that and dirty tricks. Nation is majority progressive, liberal, and Democrat.

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Sun Jul 22, 2018, 04:16 PM

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Honeycombe8

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5. I figured it would be infiltration. nt

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Sun Jul 22, 2018, 04:16 PM

Jul 2018

CCExile

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6. Death to rural America.

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Sun Jul 22, 2018, 05:02 PM

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Wednesdays

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7. Um, what exactly do you mean by that? nt

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Sun Jul 22, 2018, 05:11 PM

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Maraya1969

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8. If we get a big enough blue wave in the states maybe we can do away with the electoral college!!!!!

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Mon Jul 23, 2018, 11:49 AM

Jul 2018

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