tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post7783476010596205288..comments2024-02-10T03:22:49.303-05:00Comments on Potpourri for $500: In Which I Connect the Election with the Works of Patrick O'BrianDave S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-43203012548858725232016-12-02T15:20:06.280-05:002016-12-02T15:20:06.280-05:00Your first sentence should end with a colon instea...Your first sentence should end with a colon instead of a period; other than that you're good to go.Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-59267444754876586222016-12-01T23:54:25.483-05:002016-12-01T23:54:25.483-05:00This is nonsense. Black turnout was higher in man...This is nonsense. Black turnout was higher in many states of the South than white turnout. Moreover the electoral college was put in place -by Alexander Hamilton- partly to stop the then largest state in the Union, Virginia from disproportionate strength. Similarly, it was agreed to by small states to stop a national plebiscite where they would count for nothing. The fact that the modern Democrat can't stand opposing views and so huddle together in vast megolopolises where they do not have to hear opposing views, while the Republicans are spread out more evenly across the country is not a good look for Democrats. Lincoln purposely set out the lines of all those square states so that the Democrats could not easily win. It was the racist Tilden who was defeated the first time this happened, for that guy Hayes who had blacks in Government jobs. Like Chris Coons regretting getting rid of the filibuster this is typical progressive whining when they lose under rules everyone knew before hand. If we required 50 percent runnoffs like in Lousiana Clinton would never be President. Trump, Johnson and, ahem, McMullin exceeded Clinton-Stein. A coalition government would be even more conservative.jjvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223110296462634454noreply@blogger.com