drsmooth wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:
I adore Paul Ryan. I love the man, and think his motives are pure and instincts are generally right and goals are truly just.

Adore away, but his motives aren't pure, and with respect to health financing policy his instincts suck pretty hard

thephan wrote:Nothing about this talk of a Constitutional Convention? First time in 230 years of such talk? This plan was hatched at a statue of George Washington on the Mount Vernon Estate apparently.

To be clear: Right State, Wrong House, Wrong Guy. So if these yahoos cannot figure out that they should have been at Montpelier, then there should be concern. Washington is a close second as he oversaw its construction, so maybe that is the answer if I am feeling generous, but George did not write the Constitution.

Now to be clear, was it not a theme of the election cycle that the Constitution has a degree of perfection (it does because it has applicability 230 year later), and that it would be defended? I suggest we start defending it immediately.

President-elect Donald Trump said that if some people had their way, he would “never, ever” see his daughter, according to a tweet by New York Times reporter Mike Grynbaum.

“If it were up to some people, I would never, ever see my daughter Ivanka again,” Trump reportedly told Times editors and reporters when asked about potential conflicts of interest in his administration.

Grynbaum quoted Trump making these remarks at his meeting with the newspaper's editorial staff on Tuesday.

Trump has come under fire from critics over his potential conflicts of interest, be it through his business empire or his family’s involvement in his incoming administration.

Three of Trump’s children, Donald Jr., Eric, and Ivanka, were named members of his presidential transition team, and Jared Kushner, Ivanka’s husband, is said to be weighing a role in the White House.

“Yeah, she’s really something, and what a beauty, that one. If I weren’t happily married and, ya know, her father 

“I don’t think Ivanka would do that [pose for nude photographs] inside the magazine,” Trump says, speaking for his daughter. “Although she does have a very nice figure. I’ve said that if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps, I would be dating her.”

swishnicholson wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:
I adore Paul Ryan. I love the man, and think his motives are pure and instincts are generally right and goals are truly just.

Adore away, but his motives aren't pure, and with respect to health financing policy his instincts suck pretty hard

A man who will lie about his marathon time by more than an hour will lie about anything.

pacino wrote:McCrory still refusing to concede

North Carolina Republican Gov. Pat McCrory announced Tuesday that he has filed for a recount in the state following a close reelection race and two weeks of county-by-county challenges to individual ballots.

Democrat Roy Cooper currently leads McCrory by 8,500 votes, per Cooper's campaign, which has been providing faster updates than the state elections board. But state law allows for a recount if the margin is less than 10,000 votes.

"With many outstanding votes yet to be counted for the first time, legal challenges, ballot protests and voter-fraud allegations, we must keep open the ability to allow the established recount process to ensure every legal vote is counted properly," McCrory campaign manager Russell Peck said in a statement.

McCrory's campaign has alleged widespread voter fraud altered the results of the election, claiming that dead people, felons and people who voted in other states cast ballots in the race. So far, the majority of McCrory's complaints have been dismissed by local, Republican-controlled boards of election.

"This is nothing but a last-ditch effort from Gov. McCrory to delay and deny the results of this election. Roy Cooper leads by 8,569 votes – a number that is growing daily as counties finalize election results," said Cooper's campaign manager Trey Nix in a statement. "We are confident that a recount will do nothing to change the fact that Roy Cooper has won this election.”

CalvinBall wrote:same thing would need to happen in other states for it to matter. Michigan still has not be called, so she would need that too.

@BumillerNYT 1h1 hour ago
Trump: Jared Kushner could help make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.

pacino wrote:PA discrepancy is too much for any of this to matter

oh well

it's over, she conceded. this is the last thing we need (though it would be nice to see what error happened with the vote total in that one county to prevent that in the future)

pacino wrote:

@BumillerNYT 1h1 hour ago
Trump: Jared Kushner could help make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

pacino wrote:

@BumillerNYT 1h1 hour ago
Trump: Jared Kushner could help make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.

Because he's Jewish, duh.

Phred wrote:

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

pacino wrote:

@BumillerNYT 1h1 hour ago
Trump: Jared Kushner could help make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.

Because he's Jewish, duh.

Because Palestinians love Jews?

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

thephan wrote:Nothing about this talk of a Constitutional Convention? First time in 230 years of such talk? This plan was hatched at a statue of George Washington on the Mount Vernon Estate apparently.

To be clear: Right State, Wrong House, Wrong Guy. So if these yahoos cannot figure out that they should have been at Montpelier, then there should be concern. Washington is a close second as he oversaw its construction, so maybe that is the answer if I am feeling generous, but George did not write the Constitution.

Now to be clear, was it not a theme of the election cycle that the Constitution has a degree of perfection (it does because it has applicability 230 year later), and that it would be defended? I suggest we start defending it immediately.

I don't know the specific story that you're talking about, but it's hardly the first time someone has suggested a constitutional convention. There's at least one bill submitted in the Virginia House of Delegates calling for a convention almost every year, usually from Bob Marshall.

thephan wrote:

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

thephan wrote:Nothing about this talk of a Constitutional Convention? First time in 230 years of such talk? This plan was hatched at a statue of George Washington on the Mount Vernon Estate apparently.

To be clear: Right State, Wrong House, Wrong Guy. So if these yahoos cannot figure out that they should have been at Montpelier, then there should be concern. Washington is a close second as he oversaw its construction, so maybe that is the answer if I am feeling generous, but George did not write the Constitution.

Now to be clear, was it not a theme of the election cycle that the Constitution has a degree of perfection (it does because it has applicability 230 year later), and that it would be defended? I suggest we start defending it immediately.

I don't know the specific story that you're talking about, but it's hardly the first time someone has suggested a constitutional convention. There's at least one bill submitted in the Virginia House of Delegates calling for a convention almost every year, usually from Bob Marshall.

Rewrite the Constitution? Here's how a convention could do it. What? Well the simple premise is that there are several conservative lawmakers and groups who want a federal balanced budget amendment added to the Constitution, but the concern is why would it stop there? There are plenty of causes to champion, and maybe a few tough to swallow things like annoying amendments. Start with the first, and look at all the odd numbers.