According to the chart below every President from Teddy Roosevelt to GW Bush has issued more executive orders than Barack Obama.
Here I am defending Obama…where is Mufasa…I want credit.
It isn’t strictly accurate. Technically he hasn’t issued as many executive orders, but it is somewhat of a fudged stat.
Ah…thank you for the correction my friend. I might have known. As soon as I try to defend Obama naturally I’m wrong.
LOL
Kind of like the saying
I thought I was wrong, but it turned out I was only wrong about thinking I was.
Looks like it was 4 votes in Washington state? That was also the state a few weeks before the election I saw an article about someone who was not going to vote for Hillary.
Apparently another state had a vote for Sanders but it was later changed to Clinton because it was against the rules? Are the rules for this different in some states? Washington said it was just a $1000 fine.
Edit: It says they replaced the elector. I guess that is a valid loophole in this process if you can replace an elector last minute because they don’t vote for who their supposed to.
Damn. I wonder what repercussions that will bring upon that person’s political career. Especially when it’s almost 100% symbolic.
What political career? I don’t think most/any of these people have any political positions or ever plan to run.
I guess I was thinking along the lines of this (taken from the government’s website on the Electoral college):
“Political parties often choose Electors for the slate to recognize their service and dedication to that political party. They may be state elected officials, state party leaders, or people in the state who have a personal or political affiliation with their party’s Presidential candidate”
I would think these people have legitimate reasons not to be “faithless electors” but there could be just as many reasons to be one I suppose.
It looks like it can vary per state and is ultimately up to them. Some go as far as having the winning candidates campaign choose the electors. Others may do it by region so even though they are Democrat representatives they might be from a red area of the state.
Oh I know it’s ultimately up to them. Just thinking along the line of allegiances, back room favors, politics as usual…ya know? But yeah I get it. It’s an interesting system.
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This was a pretty controversial election. Whatever they were doing in the past has been working, a few slipped by this time. They probably mostly pick based on tradition because its never been a problem. Faithless electors is more of a “what if” rather than a real issue they need to avoid. Even this time it may not be a real problem, the outcome is still the same.
This was never about actually changing the electors minds. It was about discrediting the republican President Elect. I don’t believe it will work any more than saying it was Comey’s fault, or that it’s all because the Russians hacked the DNC (if indeed that is even true). Just as Michelle Obama’s statement that “there is no hope any longer” going to make a nickels worth of difference
The political games never end.
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“…It was about discrediting the republican President Elect…”
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What?
Somebody is trying to discredit an incoming President?
That’s just un-HEARD of, Zeb! What’s this Country coming to?
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I know Mufasa I think it’s awful.
It’s time to call the men with the nets.
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Yeah, they can say what they want relative to demeaning an incoming President (either party). But, I have never seen anything like this in my lifetime. These people are off the charts loony.
I really had something to write, Zeb…but I decided to just leave it alone…
Another Islamic attack in Germany using a truck.
Maybe Germany and France will be unfortunate sacrificial lambs to wake up America.