tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post2244394942618083338..comments2024-03-28T05:47:44.752-05:00Comments on RIFLES AT DAWN: Scrap the "Debates" - and the PollsTim Morrisseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-76690894574586122642012-10-23T21:37:45.133-05:002012-10-23T21:37:45.133-05:00No amendment. I'll be in my bunker for the re...No amendment. I'll be in my bunker for the revolution, however. Scotch from 7:00-9:00 PM, excluding Monday nights.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-8573597385245585772012-10-23T08:02:36.937-05:002012-10-23T08:02:36.937-05:00Dad, just to be clear, you're saying there won...Dad, just to be clear, you're saying there won't be a revolution....or there won't be a Constitutional Amendment if JB's scenario obtains?Tim Morrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-59936687770555786912012-10-23T08:01:27.616-05:002012-10-23T08:01:27.616-05:00Food for thought, Jim - what a mess it would be if...Food for thought, Jim - what a mess it would be if Romney wins the popular vote and Obama wins via the Electoral College......85% of the electorate would have 0% understanding of what happened.Tim Morrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-46761504361415158082012-10-23T07:59:48.060-05:002012-10-23T07:59:48.060-05:00Thanks, Sarah - if you can't defeat the system...Thanks, Sarah - if you can't defeat the system, figure out a work-around, I guess!Tim Morrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-68403405332986050272012-10-22T20:39:23.107-05:002012-10-22T20:39:23.107-05:00If Obama loses the popular vote but wins the presi...If Obama loses the popular vote but wins the presidency via the Electoral College, and if the Republicans manage to take both houses of Congress in the process, there will be a Constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College sent to the states for ratification by the end of 2013. If there's not a revolution first.jbhttp://jabartlett.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-41889490569402829682012-10-22T20:37:06.025-05:002012-10-22T20:37:06.025-05:00Tim--we may have finally figured out how to get Fa...Tim--we may have finally figured out how to get Facebook to link to Blogger correctly! I like your comment, too. And, this post. I am sad to see the system manipulated as you mention, and the attention of the public become so reduced. Great post. Lunch Box Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08595984115469570689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-15072404224060779462012-10-22T13:41:49.942-05:002012-10-22T13:41:49.942-05:00I’ve ranted many times that the so-called debates ...I’ve ranted many times that the so-called debates aren’t really debates; not in the traditional sense, not in the collegiate sense, and certainly not in the Lincoln-Douglas sense. I think it’s time we abandoned the tradition, unless we can make it more like a real debate, and while we’re at it, let’s scrap the damnable political polls, too.<br />Tim Morrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.com