<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 4:51 PM, spike </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_5100828210059792055WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div><blockquote 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" class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><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-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">​>…I think cancelling or annulling the results of the 2020 presidential election could cause some people to take up arms…</span></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><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_5100828210059792055WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​> ​</div>This is widely misunderstood.  The Electoral College reports to congress who won the election, who validates the result and advises the Supreme Court, who swears in the next POTUS,</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">​Yes that's what the constitution says, but it's not a law of nature, as everybody will soon understand all too well the constitution can be violated.  </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 lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_5100828210059792055WordSection1"><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 POTUS declares.<p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-size:large;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">​But that's not what the man in 70 ton tank right over there says, he says Trump isn't the former POTUS at all, he's just the POTUS.  I have a feeling the tank man's opinion will come out on top<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​ in that debate​</div>, and I doubt it will be because of the eloquence of his arguments.  </span><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"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_5100828210059792055WordSection1"><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> Unless the former POTUS can arrange a military coup, which I consider highly unlikely,<p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><font size="4"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​A year ago I would have said the idea of a </div>military coup<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​ was utterly ridiculous. I would't say that today. ​</div></font><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"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_5100828210059792055WordSection1"><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:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​>​</div>…How about cancelling the first amendment?</span></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​> ​</div>The government cannot legally cancel the first amendment.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><font size="4">​Trump isn't interested in legalities, he's interested in what he can get away with.  ​</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 lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_5100828210059792055WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><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:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​>​</div>…How about <b>NOT</b> cancelling the accelerating wealth gap?   </span></blockquote><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​>​</div></span>The government cannot legally cancel the accelerating wealth gap.</div></div></blockquote><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">​If government has the power to tax they do.​</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">John K Clark</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div></div>