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(102,327 posts)and NO ONE will weep for ole Kanye.
irisblue
(33,011 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,311 posts)but those all appear to be done by the same person. What percentage of people dot their i with a circle?
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)The signatures are worthless.
The comments are priceless.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)ends up in Kanye's pocket.
Mr.Bill
(24,311 posts)how much Trump is going to stiff him for.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)herding cats
(19,566 posts)He doesn't take meds for his bipolar disorder and just rides out his waves, or so they (his family) also say.
I expect he suffers greatly, if this is true, when he's in a depressive state.
It is dangerous for bipolar people to not manage their health. I've lived it with a loved one. It can end horribly.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)the same lawyer who sued a tv station in Wis on behalf of tRump for running an anti tRump ad.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Including kanyaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
catbyte
(34,416 posts)I know that trump has made the presidency a big fat joke, but come on. Someone lasso Kanye into the nearest mental health center.
Link to tweet
Auggy74
(60 posts)Marcuse
(7,497 posts)Marcuse
(7,497 posts)Under the original system, electors did not distinguish between candidates for the nations top two offices; the candidate with the most votes became president, while the runner-up became vice president. The 12th Amendment, adopted in 1804 after two chaotic elections, mandated that electors cast separate ballots for president and vice president. However, the rule preventing an elector from voting for two people from his home state remained in effect under the new system.
In most elections, this quirk in the system wouldnt even matter. In 2008, Barack Obama could have chosen a running mate from his home state of Illinois in either 2008 or 2012 with no adverse effect; the same goes for Ronald Reagan in 1980 or 84, George H.W. Bush in 1988 and Bill Clinton in 1992 or 96.
But if an election turns out to be particularly close, the rule could potentially come into play. It almost did in the notoriously contentious election of 2000. When Texas Gov. George W. Bush chose Dick Cheney as his running mate on the Republican ticket, Cheney had been living and voting and paying taxes for five years in Texas. Shortly before the election, however, Cheney obtained a Wyoming drivers license and put his Dallas home on the market. (He had a vacation home in Wyoming, which is the state he had formerly represented in the U.S. Congress.) Good thing for him he did: The Bush-Cheney ticket ended up winning with 271 electoral votesjust a slim five-vote marginover Al Gore and Joe Lieberman, a total they certainly wouldnt have hit without Texas 32 votes.[link:https://www.history.com/news/can-the-president-and-vice-president-be-from-the-same-state|