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Beowulf42

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11. Really?

Reply to Hieronymus Phact (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 24, 2025, 11:49 AM

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Most of the MALE LANDHOLDERS I know and have met voted for Lord Loudmouth, and would do so again. Not a very good analysis of how this all came about.

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Middle Age Riot is onto something. [View all] Swede Yesterday OP

Evil Clowns weren't a thing in 1776. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #1

Look up Pulcinella Geechie Yesterday #7

Thanks! Fear of creepy clowns must be in human DNA. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #8

Pantagruel, like Trump .. a goutish lout, no doubt. Bo Zarts Yesterday #15

"goutish" MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #20

Actually, I think the thing they didn't foresee was that an entire party would capitulate to an authoritarian. CrispyQ Yesterday #2

They didn't want there to be any parties at all soldierant Yesterday #18

That's exactly what I've been thinking William Seger Yesterday #3

You have to remember Hieronymus Phact Yesterday #4

Really? Beowulf42 Yesterday #11

Yes Really Hieronymus Phact Yesterday #13

They got a few things wrong Sugarcoated 19 hrs ago #27

Yes they did Hieronymus Phact 19 hrs ago #28

Idiocracy has come true. n/t SpankMe Yesterday #5

They only wanted White, land owning men to vote... progressoid Yesterday #6

They wanted a weapon to hurt the people they hated, and address their grievances. patphil Yesterday #9

Actually, some of the founders were very worried about the possibility of a populist being elected by dumb voters. Martin68 Yesterday #10

True, but it was a bad idea that has actually made Whyisthisstillclose Yesterday #12

Perhaps you missed my comment that it didn't work... Martin68 8 hrs ago #32

The other reason for the electoral college was to protect slavery. NNadir 10 hrs ago #31

This picture makes me want to punch his ugly vile face doing his jerk of dance kimbutgar Yesterday #14

Eloquent! MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #21

I am still shocked that anyone voted for this idiot LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #16

They probably also believed that... LudwigPastorius Yesterday #17

Stupidity itself can be just as bad if not worse than pure evil DSandra Yesterday #19

They had classical educations, and the Greeks and Romans had plenty of such characters... JHB Yesterday #22

or that an entire political party would pimp for something like that Skittles Yesterday #23

Tyrant CitizenZero Yesterday #24

American voters are this stupid or maybe not so stupid...... SupportSanity 23 hrs ago #25

Or that the GOP, or any other party, would behave with willful abonnement of all principles in the face of such lunacy Ford_Prefect 23 hrs ago #26

They weren't all that smart if true... Meowmee 18 hrs ago #29

Even if they could have there is no solution for stupidity in a democratic government. D23MIURG23 11 hrs ago #30

No one in this world, so far as I know and I have researched the records for years, Ping Tung 8 hrs ago #33