Subj : Re: Trump Rallygoers Go B
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Sep 30 2024 10:45 am

> I don't remember them asking ANY of these questions. I remember them asking
> about Project 2025, Trump tariffs, abortion, Haitian recipes, and that's about
> it.

Afghanistan did come up.  Migrants certainly came up.

> If the media asked questions that the middle class cared about, then I think a
> lot more of us (left/right) would be united. When they ask questions like
> "Isn't Project 2025 a cool thing?" they are obviously just trying to hurt Trum
> and to score points for Harris.

As some one who is in the middle class, I am a little concerned about
Project 2025 and do want reassurance that both candidates see that overall
it is not a good plan.  Trump said it had some good things and some bad
things, which is correct.

>  MP> There have been some rogue individual delegates who do ultimately try to
>  MP> vote for someone else but their votes are not always counted.

> I haven't payed much attention to the contrast between popular vote and
> electoral vote of the years, but I will pay close attention this time because
> this election is so important.

Just remember, for most states, it is still supposed to be the popular vote
*in that state* and not the whole country.  So we could still have a
situation like 2016 where one candidate wins the overall popular vote (HRC)
while the other wins the most electoral college votes (Trump).

>  MP> Some states were playing around with the idea of basically giving up
>  MP> their own voice and requiring their state delegates to vote for the
>  MP> winner of the *national* popular vote.  It was mostly blue states and I
>  MP> don't know whether or not any state decided that.

> So the states can individually make rules for the delegates? That's messed up.
> There's too many hands in the pot.

Yes, they apparently can.  Most all of them want their votes counted
towards who won their own state popular vote because it benefits them as a
state.  Doing it any other way really would not.

> The stuff you're telling me is setting off multiple alarms in my head. Each
> state's party selects the delegates? That sounds like a very bad problem. The
> New York GOP is incredibly corrupt. And those villains have the power to selec
> delegates for the presidential election? That's not good at all. I don't trust
> em! Nobody should ever trust their state's party officials. Not for a second.

That is my understanding of how it works.  Those delegates are sworn to
cast the votes for their party should their party win the popular vote.

> I was under the impression that the national GOP would select all the
> delegates.

The fewer times the national anything tells your state what to do, the
better.

> I don't expect that the MAGA people would riot. It's just not what we do. We
> have jobs, we're not on a quest for free stuff, and we don't have time for
> jail. I assure you that I'm a major MAGA guy and I promise you that I'm not
> gonna protest if something doesn't go my way.

This could be said with a straight face until January 6, 2021.  No one can
say that about their side any more.


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