<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 2:07 AM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_7446995464967461844WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p></div></div> <br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_7446995464967461844WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">></span><font size="4">…So I ask you Spike, what do you think will happen 4 years from now when President Trump discovers on election day that his reelection isn't going the way he wants? John K Clark</font></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>The chief justice swears in the winner,</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">A chief justice who was appointed by the president.</div> </font></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_7446995464967461844WordSection1"><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>regardless of what the former president thinks of the deal. </div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div><font size="4">That's what the Constitution<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>says but the Constitution<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> i</div>s not a law of physics<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div> it's just a piece of paper that only has power if the people at the top agree to abide by it, and that is exactly why it's so terrifying when for the first time in the country's history a presidential candidate says he will abide by the results of election day ONLY if he wins. <br> </font></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>The court is the seat of power which has final say over that matter. </blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div><font size="4">The<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>court has the final say over the matter IF the people in power agree among themselves that the constitution and the rule of law is a good thing. Before Trump this was not an issue, for over 200 years of presidential elections it was not an issue, but it is now. </font></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>It was set up that way for a reason.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div><font size="4">It makes no difference how the system <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">is</div> set up if the people at the top refuse<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div> to abide by it. As I say before Trump this was not a problem, but it is now. Even Nixon had more integrity than Trump, he had legitimate reason<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">s</div> for concern about the results of the 1960 election but he refused to contest it for the good of the country. And he certainly didn't start whining that the election was rigged a month before election day! </font><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>If the president starts grabbing power, congress steps in and relieves the president of duty</blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">And what happens when President Trump says congress is rigged just as the election was rigged and thus they have no legitimate authority to relieve him from duty and he isn't going anywhere, and there are friendly generals that he appointed during the last 4 years to back him up? </font></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>Trump might stamp his little footie, but the military isn’t going to follow him into a coup.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4">They wouldn't today but he doesn't hide the fact that after 4 years of Trump the military will </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4">be drastically different from what it is now.</font></div></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">> We know both these front runners are dangerous power-grabbers.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4">Speak for yourself. I know that one is a </font></div><font size="4">dangerous power-grabber<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">, but the other seems like a decent human being to me, at least for a politician. </div></font></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_7446995464967461844WordSection1"><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>One is crazy and says whatever comes into his mind.</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4">Indeed. A direct connection from Trump's spinal cord to his tongue completely bypassing his brain. </font></div> </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>The other is senile </blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4">Senile? She beat Trump like a rented mule in 3 debates and demonstrated a strong understanding of the issues, including what Aleppo is.</font></div><font size="4"> </font></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>So don’t vote for them. Hear the footsteps.</blockquote><div>
<p class="gmail-p1"><font size="4">Yes I know, make a historic principled gesture and vote for Johnson, but exactly what historic point would you be making? In 5 years even talented Trivial Pursuits players will have difficulty naming the</font></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4"> </font></div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">2016 </span>Libertarian Party presidential candidate, and if Gary Johnson is remembered at all is will be for being the “<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">What </div>is Aleppo?” man. </font><p></p><p class="gmail-p1"></p><font size="4"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> John K Clark</div><br></font><p></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div>