I’m sure you’ve been hearing all the talk about how President Trump is not a legitimate President because the Russians helped him win the election. On this week’s program, I’m going to tell you the real story about what happened with all the “leaked” emails of Secretary Clinton, John Podesta, and the DNC. Suffice it to say that you can’t believe everything you’ve been told by the media or the administration.
Also, you’ve been hearing howls from the Left about how Mr. Trump is not really the President because he didn’t win the “popular vote.” Once again, it’s irrelevant and the media, as well as the political establishment, know it.
Consider this: In Super Bowl 50, just one year ago, the Carolina Panthers had 315 yards of total offense. The Denver Broncos has only 194 yards of total offense. So Carolina won. Right?
Wrong.
The rules of American football don’t say that you win by gaining the most yards. You win by scoring the most points.
“Total offense” is just an interesting statistic.
In the United States, the Constitution is designed to keep the individual states relevant and with some power in the face of a strong federal government and a population concentrated in a few metropolitan areas. One of the ways the founders did that was by putting states at the center of the process for electing Presidents.
Both sides tried to win as many “electoral votes” as possible by winning the states with the most electors at stake. Neither Trump nor Clinton sought to win the national popular vote. It would be nice to win the popular vote, but it is secondary. It’s the “electors” who elect the President.
I’m sure the Broncos would have enjoyed having more total yards of offense than the Panthers in last year’s Super Bowl, but it wasn’t required to win the game and the championship.
Had the rules of the election been different, the strategies employed by both sides would have been different, too. And we have no way of knowing who would have won.
Speculate all you want, but don’t call the winner “illegitimate” because you don’t like the rules or the outcome. Either we have a Constitution or we don’t. Either that Constitution means something or it doesn’t.
If we cease to be a nation of laws, we become a nation where only the loud and violent have a voice.
transmitted by Hal Lindsey – 1/27/2017
