Is today the day Trump advances the ball to within inches of the goal line on 1st down?

LooseGoose wrote:He's pulling out all the stops - now accusing Cruz's Dad of being part of the JFK killing.

Trump accuses Cruz's father of helping JFK's assassin

LooseGoose wrote:He's pulling out all the stops - now accusing Cruz's Dad of being part of the JFK killing.

Trump accuses Cruz's father of helping JFK's assassin

steveschneider wrote:I can't believe Donald Trump is going to win the nomination.

Death Roe wrote:

steveschneider wrote:I can't believe Donald Trump is going to win the nomination.

Pretty sad day for this country. No real good candidate out there.

LooseGoose wrote:Cruz ends his campaign.


Jesus Christ it's Hillary & Trump.....2 absolutely horrid candidates.

LooseGoose wrote:Cruz ends his campaign.


Jesus Christ it's Hillary & Trump.....2 absolutely horrid candidates.

In Bill’s Historical Abstract, which came out in 2001 — so, 15 years ago — he went on a little interlude about Rafael Palmeiro’s ludicrous Gold Glove victory in 1999. You might recall, Palmeiro won the Gold Glove at first base even though he only played 28 games at first base, with the rest as a designated hitter. As Bill and many others pointed out, it’s hard to be the best defensive first baseman in the league when you are not the best defensive first baseman ON YOUR OWN TEAM.

Bill saw the problem as one of mathematics.

To quote:

“The larger point, it seems to me, is that a badly designed voting system will fail sometimes, no matter who votes. The Gold Glove is decided by what could be called an unconstrained plurality, meaning:

1. A voter can vote for anybody.

2. If the top vote-getter gets 15% of the vote, he wins, the same as if he had received 80%.”

You might already see where this is going. Still, it’s worth the big finish. Bill continued (and please remember once again that this was 2001):

“A voting structure like this is an open invitation to an eccentric outcome. If the United States were to use a system like this to elect the President, the absolutely certain result would be that, within a few elections, someone like David Duke, Donald Trump, or Warren Beatty would be elected President. If you can win an election with 15% of the vote, sooner or later somebody will. An unconstrained plurality vote gives an opening to someone or something who has a strong appeal to a limited number of people.”