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> So many errors Hardworking, and I don't have time
> to address them all. So let's stick with the
> elephant in the room.
>
> Donald Trump is the President of the United
> States. He won based on the rules that are in
> effect, he has been sworn in and he now possesses
> all the powers of the office. It would be foolish
> to pretend otherwise. However that does not mean
> people cannot question the legitimacy of his
> presidency. Since the repeal of the Alien &
> Sedition Acts it has been acceptable to question a
> president's legitimacy. GW Bush, Hayes, John
> Quincy Adams and Jefferson all had the legitimacy
> of their presidency questioned. John Tyler was
> referred to as "his accidency" for most of his
> years in office.
>
> While I favor retaining the electoral college, I
> don't believe it shows any brilliance or
> farsightedness on the part of the Founding
> Fathers, many of whom actually opposed the
> Constitution. It has generally worked well for
> this country because we very early went to a two
> party system, and the person elected by the
> electoral college generally also won at least a
> plurality of the popular vote. If you look at
> those whose presidential legitimacy was
> questioned, for Bush, Hayes and Adams it was
> largely because they failed to win a plurality of
> the popular vote. (John Quincy Adams was elected
> by the House of Representatives rather than the
> electoral college, but the same principal
> applies.) Trump is in the same boat. Winning the
> electoral college gives the powers, but to obtain
> popular legitimacy usually requires winning the
> popular vote.
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