[ExI] Hey, look on the bright side

[John Clark]

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 5:43 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

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> It will be painful,


​Yes, as all will discover when Trump and the Republican controlled
congress change the libel laws so a sitting president can sue a newspaper
or website out of existence if they say something about the commander in
chief he doesn't like.


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> but it is a triumph for democracy.
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​The final figures aren't in yet but it looks like more Americans voted for
Clinton than voted for Trump, but only electoral votes matter and under
that system somebody can theoretically win with less than 30% of the
popular vote. ​

​

J​ohn K Clark
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