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  • Trump Cancels Election

    From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to All on Sun Mar 8 22:39:04 2020
    Hello Everybody,

    Elections have been postponed or canceled before. It happened
    in New Orleans, after Katrina, with the mayoral election being
    postponed. And also other places.

    If the coronavirus spreads, as is widely expected, to the point
    where it becomes unsafe or impractical to hold the presidential
    election this coming November, will there even be an election?

    What if President Trump is so far behind in the polls that he
    has no chance of winning, but he decides to use the coronavirus
    as an excuse to cancel the presidential election so that he can
    remain in power for virtually as long as he wants? Can anybody
    stop him from doing so? Just declare a state of emergency,
    as the governor of California did, and crown himself king?

    Nah. I think he prefers to be called "pResident" rather than
    anything that would remind him of a guy whose real name was King.

    https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/coronavirus-elections/

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Lee Lofaso on Tue Mar 10 18:42:00 2020
    Lee Lofaso wrote to All <=-

    Hello Everybody,

    ... Lots of Leftie drivel removed...

    What if President Trump is so far behind in the polls that he
    has no chance of winning, but he decides to use the coronavirus

    Well, let's see....

    Trump is the incumbent and it's almost a done deal that he will win the Republican nomination. So you'd think most Republicans probably won't bother to vote in the Primary.

    Compared to the Dems, who have a (supposedly) hotly contested race.

    Yet Trump STILL has more people voting for him in the Primary than the Dems.


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Ron Lauzon on Wed Mar 11 15:13:58 2020
    Hello Ron,

    .. Lots of Leftie drivel removed...

    What if President Trump is so far behind in the polls that he
    has no chance of winning, but he decides to use the coronavirus

    Well, let's see....

    Trump is the incumbent and it's almost a done deal that he will win the >Republican nomination. So you'd think most Republicans probably won't
    bother
    to vote in the Primary.

    Compared to the Dems, who have a (supposedly) hotly contested race.

    Yet Trump STILL has more people voting for him in the Primary than the Dems.

    Only because Democrats and Independents are not allowed to vote
    in Republican primaries.

    --Lee

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  • From Richard Miles@1:3634/24 to Lee Lofaso on Wed Mar 11 10:17:46 2020
    On 11 Mar 2020, Lee Lofaso said the following...

    Only because Democrats and Independents are not allowed to vote
    in Republican primaries.

    Depends on where you are at. I can vote either here in Georgia.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Richard Miles on Thu Mar 12 16:57:18 2020
    Hello Richard,

    Only because Democrats and Independents are not allowed to vote
    in Republican primaries.

    Depends on where you are at. I can vote either here in Georgia.

    Yeah. Republican presidential primary in Georgia is open.
    But with Trump as the only candidate, what does it matter?

    With the coronavirus pandemic, it really would be better
    for all primaries to be cancelled. As well as the conventions.
    Just imagine the nightmare if all the politicians got sick
    and died and there was nobody left to replace them ...

    --Lee

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  • From Richard Miles@1:3634/24 to Lee Lofaso on Thu Mar 12 17:07:20 2020
    On 12 Mar 2020, Lee Lofaso said the following...

    for all primaries to be cancelled. As well as the conventions.
    Just imagine the nightmare if all the politicians got sick
    and died and there was nobody left to replace them ...

    Is there a down side to that?

    -=>Richard Miles<=-
    -=>Captain Obvious<=-
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