djnotts wrote:"What kind of convention is that?"
The Republican (Convention) kind I think!
It certainly isnt the convention commonly known as democracy,that's for sure.....
djnotts wrote:"What kind of convention is that?"
The Republican (Convention) kind I think!
I only wish it were the Forcing NoTrump Convention.....djnotts wrote:"What kind of convention is that?"
The Republican (Convention) kind I think!
reohn2 wrote:But if we really want to explore oddness what can be more odd than a man being invested president of the USA when he didn't have the majority of the votes of the people who cast them.What kind of convention is that?
Vorpal wrote:reohn2 wrote:But if we really want to explore oddness what can be more odd than a man being invested president of the USA when he didn't have the majority of the votes of the people who cast them.What kind of convention is that?
And how many people voted for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
661-Pete wrote:Well well! You-know-who mad or not mad .... I woke up to learn the latest news from Alabama and find it mightily heartening, I can tell you! Commonsense and basic dignity have at last prevailed over prejudice, bigotry and populism - to say nothing of alleged sexual misconduct. Maybe 'democracy' is working after all!
One thing I noticed while watching the news, last night. At a rally in support of that Moore person, I could not spot a single black face. Yet Black Americans can vote as much as White Americans can. 62 years after Rosa Parks boarded that bus, I feel that if she were still alive she would be proud of this day.
Bonefishblues wrote:I understand that this would be termed a doozie in the American vernacular:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 6.html?amp
Vorpal wrote:Actually, the black vote made a huge difference in this election despite the fact that blacks reported obstacles to voting http://www.motherjones.com/politics/201 ... -election/
Cunobelin wrote:A colleague of mine summed this up nicely.... Trump is in debt
To get where he is he made a lot of promises to a lot of people.
IN order to get the support of those groups, some of the promises were bizarre, extreme and under normal circumstances unthinkable
However he now has to fulfil at least some to bolster that support
The recognition of Jerusalem is the promise made to the powerful Israeli/ Jewish lobby in the states
In the same way the travel ban is a reward for the more racist element
What should bd worrying is that as he progresses through the term, these will become more and more bizarre and extreme as the markers are called in
Cyril Haearn wrote:Who is Michelle?