"Waffling" doesn't begin to describe what Donald Trump does sometimes. It is even beyond a "flip-flop". What exactly is the phrase for frequent sea changes made on a dime? And considering Trump's fortune, that is a lot of dimes...
The Hill:
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday morning defended the Electoral College as "genius," days after criticizing it.
"The Electoral College is actually genius in that it brings all states, including the smaller ones, into play. Campaigning is much different!" Trump tweeted Tuesday morning.
He also refuted arguments that he should have lost the presidential race because Hillary Clinton defeated him in the popular vote, tweeting that "If the election were based on total popular vote I would have campaigned in N.Y. Florida and California and won even bigger and more easily."
Trump infamously called the Electoral College a "disaster for democracy" during the night of the 2012 election, when it appeared President Obama would lose the popular vote but still win the presidency. Obama ended up winning the popular vote as well when all votes were tallied.In recent days, a lot of people have been calling for the trashing of the Electoral College, due to Hillary Clinton losing it, but winning the popular vote. Both the Electoral College and direct popular vote have their flaws, but Trump nails the main virtue of the Electoral College in his statement above: If we only had a popular vote deciding presidential elections, no candidate would waste their time outside of the large population centers. Ohio and Florida would rarely see a presidential candidate.
On the other hand...
KGW:
Most of the 112 protesters arrested in Portland last week didn’t vote in Oregon, according to state election records. Approximately 30 percent did cast a ballot in Oregon or in another state.
At least seventy-nine demonstrators either didn’t turn in a ballot or weren’t registered to vote in the state.
Following Tuesday's presidential election of Donald Trump, thousands of people took to the streets in downtown Portland for five straight nights. The activity included at least one night that the police declared to be a riot, with more than $1 million in property damage. The bulk of the arrests happened on Friday and Saturday evenings as protesters faced off against police.
KGW compiled a list of the 112 people arrested by the Portland Police Bureau during recent protests. Those names and ages, provided by police, were then compared to state voter logs by Multnomah County Elections officials.
Records show 39 of the protesters arrested were registered in the state but didn’t return a ballot for the November 8 election. Thirty-five of the demonstrators taken into custody weren’t registered to vote in Oregon.
Kevin Grigsby was one of 71 arrested during the Saturday night protest. He said he didn't do anything wrong, but told KGW he also did not vote.
"I did not (vote) and the reason why is because we know that the electoral college is really what matters the most. And I think that we need to change that because your vote doesn’t matter if you don’t have enough electoral college points.," said Grigsby.Ignoring the hypocrisy of these protesters for a moment, Grigsby's comment ignores the huge flaw in the popular vote: If you think your vote doesn't matter for the electoral college, when your vote is only outweighed by the rest of the voters in your state, what do you think about your vote being outweighed by the 50 to 100 million other voters in the entire country?
Back to the hypocrisy of the protesters:
Another protester said those arrested are not representative of the thousands who took to the streets last week.
“You just look at your sample and it’s the people who got arrested. And the people who got arrested, I just don’t think they’re representative of the majority of the people who are out protesting.”That may be true. Although one has to wonder why this protester didn't (or wouldn't) give their name?
In other Trumped-up news...
Salon:
Republicans, despite prattling on endlessly about the danger of budget deficits during the President Obama administration, are now ready to embrace unprecedented deficit spending under Donald Trump.
“There is now a real risk that we will see an onslaught of deficit-financed goodies — tax cuts, infrastructure spending, more on defense — all in the name of stimulus, but which in reality will massively balloon the debt,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, in an interview with Politico.Counter-question: Was Salon running editorials like this when Obama was running up the debt to bailout Wall Street, among his myriad of other big government ideas? And where was Salon when Republicans allegedly obstructed Obama, yet the government debt continued to grow to historic levels?
Isn't fascinating how the progressive MSM always manages to discover fiscal conservatism when a Republican is in office, but never for a Democrat.
Mind you, this doesn't excuse Trump. It only puts things in perspective for fiscal conservatives: When you vote for a Republican, you are wasting your vote just the same as if you voted for a Democrat.
Let us move on to the rumor mill...
The Hill:
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is considering making Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) the next attorney general, according to a new report.
Cruz discussed a possible role in Trump's upcoming administration at a meeting in Trump Tower in New York City Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg Politics.
CNN's Jim Acosta reported that a source told him Cruz was on a "long short list" of potential attorney general picks.
Cruz visited Trump to offer assistance during the president-elect's transition talks, a transition aide told NBC News earlier in the day, adding that the Texas senator is not being considered for a Cabinet post.
(hat tip to ReactionGIFs for the gif)
Not...going...to happen.
Seriously, Trump is well-known for carrying grudges. The possibility of a Cruz cabinet post ranks somewhere below a Hillary Clinton cabinet post. At least Trump likes Hillary.
Moving right along...
Rudy Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor, is purportedly another option for attorney general.
Reports emerged Monday, however, that Trump's team considers the former GOP mayor of New York City the favorite for secretary of State instead.To reiterate: Not....going...to happen. However, if Trump does make Rudy the secretary of state, that will be a head-scratcher, considering Rudy's knowledge of foreign affairs ranks somewhere between Gary Johnson and Homer Simpson.
Finally, yet another post-election analysis of Hillary's epic failure:
The American Mirror:
Move over James Comey.Phrase of the day: "internalized misogyny". To paraphrase Winston Churchill, never in the field of human conflict have so many syllables been dedicated to the epic failure by people with such low IQ's.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign has a new culprit for its loss to Donald Trump: Self-loathing, sexist women.
During an appearance on MSNBC on Monday, former Clinton campaign communications director Jess McIntosh claimed it was women with “internalized misogyny” who couldn’t bring themselves to vote to elect the first woman president.
How far down will the Clintonistas reach to find excuses for their failure? Now they are blaming one of their core constituencies. Time to roll out the bear for them...
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