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2016 Postmortem

StevieM

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10. Back in 2000 George W. Bush was getting ready to challenge the election results if he had won

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 02:38 AM

Dec 2016

the popular vote while Gore won the electoral college.

Before the election it looked like it would be Gore who might win the electoral college while Bush won the popular vote. Ultimately, of course, it turned out to be the exact opposite.

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/bush-set-fight-electoral-college-loss-article-1.881690

https://theintercept.com/2016/10/21/it-isnt-just-donald-trump-the-bush-campaign-plotted-to-reject-election-results-in-2000/

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A Thought, "What if situation reversed, Trump majority votes, Hillary electoral college? [View all] Stuart G Dec 2016 OP

He's white and male so of course he would've been "cheated" uponit7771 Dec 2016 #1

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #2

The media wouldn't let it go because Republicans would convert it into an unprecedented crisis. LonePirate Dec 2016 #3

Right. pressbox69 Dec 2016 #4

The R's and the MSM would NEVER let it go, up to and through 2020. COLGATE4 Dec 2016 #5

There would've erupted massively organized, violent demonstration across the country, culminating FreeStateDemocrat Dec 2016 #6

Yeah there probably would be violence. Willie Pep Dec 2016 #12

A large number of Democrats in government would knuckle under and give the pukes their way. NBachers Dec 2016 #7

On that one, I honestly beg to disagree. Stuart G Dec 2016 #8

Trump would be having boo boos in his diaper in perpetuity. n/t Lil Missy Dec 2016 #9

Back in 2000 George W. Bush was getting ready to challenge the election results if he had won StevieM Dec 2016 #10

Hillary could offer to make it up to them... Ken Burch Dec 2016 #11

Blood in the streets. Serious threats of civil war. Crunchy Frog Dec 2016 #13

So, What if Putin conspired to help Hillary win, and it was thought... that this happend, Stuart G Jan 2017 #14

As I said before, blood in the streets and threats of civil war. Crunchy Frog Jan 2017 #15

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