https://www.change.org/p/electoral-...e=notification&utm_campaign=signature_receipt
This is...both a disturbing and tempting proposition. I should get right out of the gate and say I think this has a small chance of happening. This is not me advocating for the petition or asking people to sign. The die has been cast, Hillary has conceded, and it feels like the deal is done.
And in any other election, I'd be vehemently against this. Reneging against the will of the people - stupid, evil asshole people as they are - would probably have some serious repercussions against the very concept of our democracy. Even if it worked, Hillary's legitimacy would forever be cast in the shadow of doubt, and we'd probably have a worse version of the gridlock that Obama had. Ironically, after months of calling the system rigged, Trump and his ilk would actually have a point.
I personally have to cop to some hypocrisy, since I got very angry when I read that the Washington state elector said he would vote trump regardless of his state's casting.
But at the same time, it's been 2 days since the announcement, and Trump has elected a climate change denier into the head of the EPA transition, he wants to let Wall Street scam customers again, Paul Ryan plots to destroy food stamps and fuck over the poor on medicaid, fuck with taxes, wants to appoint a person who spearheaded the Alt Right movement to chief of staff.
This is day 2. In fact, no, it's actually day -70, until his inaugeration.
I can't help but want this to happen. This would be awful to the democratic process and would be have to be reworked for the next election (which might be a good thing long term, but it would shatter people's perceptions/beliefs of democracy).
But we are in the Godzilla Threshold.
There is no situation where even a questionable or even outright undemocratic president would be a worse outcome than a legitimate Trump presidency. I mean, I'm trying, but the damage Trump will do will be catastrophic. If Hillary was elected this way.....I would be on board.
This is...both a disturbing and tempting proposition. I should get right out of the gate and say I think this has a small chance of happening. This is not me advocating for the petition or asking people to sign. The die has been cast, Hillary has conceded, and it feels like the deal is done.
And in any other election, I'd be vehemently against this. Reneging against the will of the people - stupid, evil asshole people as they are - would probably have some serious repercussions against the very concept of our democracy. Even if it worked, Hillary's legitimacy would forever be cast in the shadow of doubt, and we'd probably have a worse version of the gridlock that Obama had. Ironically, after months of calling the system rigged, Trump and his ilk would actually have a point.
I personally have to cop to some hypocrisy, since I got very angry when I read that the Washington state elector said he would vote trump regardless of his state's casting.
But at the same time, it's been 2 days since the announcement, and Trump has elected a climate change denier into the head of the EPA transition, he wants to let Wall Street scam customers again, Paul Ryan plots to destroy food stamps and fuck over the poor on medicaid, fuck with taxes, wants to appoint a person who spearheaded the Alt Right movement to chief of staff.
This is day 2. In fact, no, it's actually day -70, until his inaugeration.
I can't help but want this to happen. This would be awful to the democratic process and would be have to be reworked for the next election (which might be a good thing long term, but it would shatter people's perceptions/beliefs of democracy).
But we are in the Godzilla Threshold.
There is no situation where even a questionable or even outright undemocratic president would be a worse outcome than a legitimate Trump presidency. I mean, I'm trying, but the damage Trump will do will be catastrophic. If Hillary was elected this way.....I would be on board.
