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[–]Lyrical_Cleric [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

...except that if Bush had clearly won the popular vote yet lost the election by mere thousands, he would have definitely called for a recount as well, and would have been right to do so. That election wasn't tainted by having no confidence in the electoral process, but by having two milquetoast candidates that nobody could choose between so the result was an almost completely even split.

On the other hand, Trump is saying he might not accept the will of the voters before a single vote has been tallied, which is the same as saying that he might have gone third party and eviscerated the Republican party's base if he hadn't gotten the Republican nomination (a tactic that worked very well to bully anti-Trump conservatives into supporting him, if you'll remember).

It does nothing to bolster confidence in the American electoral process and in fact lays seeds of doubt that may end up creating more factions of homegrown American dissidents and anarchists who now have a major public figure saying "don't trust your leaders, they've stolen your country. Take your public elected officials out of office by any means necessary, since the only legal means is now illegitimate." #draintheswamp might as well mean #guillotinethearistocracy with the amount of class conflict, nationalistic fervor, and disaffection with official government transferral of power that Trump is trumpeting. When the legal routes to get corrupt officials out of power are considered untenable, what is left? The illegal means.

[–]ColonelCluster [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Yes, before a single vote...yet after massive amounts of sleazy DNC tactics were exposed by O'Keefe. If a journalist had exposed the GOP sneaking in people to Hillary rallies to start fights, or pad the voter rolls, not only would Hillary would be expressing concerns too, but every single media outlet would be claiming the GOP were trying to rig the election.

But here we are, were it's Democrats being sleazy Democrats and the media ignores it, even though that the people depicted on the video have admitted it and resigned, and Hillary refuses to comment on the actions of her own party.

[–]BlogsGerbers [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I agree that the media is really playing into the "liberal media brainwashing" theories by acting so scandalized by this. Everyone knows that this is just Donald being Donald, there's no need to reiterate your dislike of his tactics.

[–]bloodfoxtrue [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

There are many examples, like when Obama himself talked about rigged elections

[–]nicksvr4 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

CNN is pathetic. They are already trying to claim that Trump is going to cost tax payers millions because he won't accept the results if he loses.