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by: calguy Active Indicator LED Icon 1 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 1:51pm  
A Republican elector from Texas says he is resigning his position instead of casting his vote for Donald Trump, calling the Electoral College "corrupted from its original intent" and saying voting for the president-elect would "bring dishonor to God."Art Sisneros was considering in August the possibility of becoming a so-called faithless elector, meaning he would refuse to vote for Trump if the GOP candidate won the Lone Star State and its 38 electoral votes in November.In a Saturday blog post on his website, Sisneros said he had decided he was not comfortable defying his pledge to vote for his party's nominee, but neither could he cast his vote for Trump."Since I can't in good conscience vote for Donald Trump, and yet have sinfully made a pledge that I would, the best option I see at this time is to resign my position as an elector," Sisneros wrote. "This will allow the remaining body of electors to fill my vacancy when they convene on Dec. 19 with someone that can vote for Trump."His decision followed a previous post in which he posed the question of whether it was "acceptable for a Christian to vote for a man like Trump for president," and concluded that he could not "in good conscience" do so. "I do not see how Donald Trump is biblically qualified to serve in the office of the presidency," he said in his Saturday post. "Of the hundreds of angry messages that I have received, not one has made a convincing case from Scripture otherwise. If Trump is not qualified and my role, both morally and historically, as an elected official is to vote my conscience, then I cannot and will not vote for Donald Trump for president."In the lengthy post, Sisneros explained his frustration with both progressives' and conservatives' approaches to the Electoral College and the failure to use the body in the way the founders intended, which Sisneros likened to parents acting "in the best interest of their children" even if in some cases their children desire otherwise."In most homes, kids do not have the right to eat Skittles for dinner. It is not in their best interest," he wrote. "The people will get their vote. They will get their Skittles for dinner," he said. "I will sleep well at night knowing I neither gave in to their demands nor caved to my convictions. I will also mourn the loss of our republic."Meanwhile, a separate movement is openly lobbying for enough electors to refuse to vote for Trump.Calling themselves the Hamilton Electors – a nod to Alexander Hamilton’s explanation of the Electoral College’s job as to ensure “the office of the President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications” – the group spurred by Democratic electors hopes to trigger the selection of another candidate through electors either changing their votes or abstaining from voting for Trump.Electors are set to meet in their respective states across the country on Dec. 19 to formally cast their votes for president.Copyright 2016 U.S. News & World Report  [NOTE FOR THOSE WHO WANTHE SOURCE OF THIS POST! 4951
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ET Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 2:00pm  
I suppose that is his choice.  Sounds like he did the right thing for him. 4951
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thegoodwife Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 2:01pm  
Yeah ONE out of how man?   Whoppee!   did you get a tingle in your pants  Emoticon 4951
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TexasOma Active Indicator LED Icon 14
~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 2:02pm  
and saying voting for the president-elect would "bring dishonor to God."
 
@calguy: Soooooooooo --- casting his electoral vote for Hillary WOULD bring honor to God?  Really? 
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calguy Active Indicator LED Icon 1 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 2:16pm  
@THE GOODWIFEYeah ONE out of how man?   Whoopee!   did you get a tingle in your pants ..No.  Evidently this sort of thing does  "IT" for you.  I understand WalMart has a black Friday special on Depends strictly for Republicans.  Trite and senseless my dear! 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 2:50pm  
Soooooooooo --- casting his electoral vote for Hillary WOULD bring honor to God? Really?
 
@TexasOma: Well, Calguy didn't say that, and neither did the article. Looks like the guy decided the Republicans didn't pick the right person, from what I read, and did what he saw as his Christian duty, and Calguy was just sharing the information.
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~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 3:06pm  
A Republican elector from Texas says he is resigning his position instead of casting his vote for Donald Trump, calling the Electoral College "corrupted from its original intent" and saying voting for the president-elect would "bring dishonor to God."Art Sisneros was considering in August the possibility of becoming a so-called faithless elector, meaning he would refuse to vote for Trump if the GOP candidate won the Lone Star State and its 38 electoral votes in November.In a Saturday blog post on his website, Sisneros said he had decided he was not comfortable defying his pledge to vote for his party's nominee, but neither could he cast his vote for Trump."Since I can't in good conscience vote for Donald Trump, and yet have sinfully made a pledge that I would, the best option I see at this time is to resign my position as an elector," Sisneros wrote. "This will allow the remaining body of electors to fill my vacancy when they convene on Dec. 19 with someone that can vote for Trump."His decision followed a previous post in which he posed the question of whether it was "acceptable for a Christian to vote for a man like Trump for president," and concluded that he could not "in good conscience" do so. "I do not see how Donald Trump is biblically qualified to serve in the office of the presidency," he said in his Saturday post. "Of the hundreds of angry messages that I have received, not one has made a convincing case from Scripture otherwise. If Trump is not qualified and my role, both morally and historically, as an elected official is to vote my conscience, then I cannot and will not vote for Donald Trump for president."In the lengthy post, Sisneros explained his frustration with both progressives' and conservatives' approaches to the Electoral College and the failure to use the body in the way the founders intended, which Sisneros likened to parents acting "in the best interest of their children" even if in some cases their children desire otherwise."In most homes, kids do not have the right to eat Skittles for dinner. It is not in their best interest," he wrote. "The people will get their vote. They will get their Skittles for dinner," he said. "I will sleep well at night knowing I neither gave in to their demands nor caved to my convictions. I will also mourn the loss of our republic."Meanwhile, a separate movement is openly lobbying for enough electors to refuse to vote for Trump.Calling themselves the Hamilton Electors – a nod to Alexander Hamilton’s explanation of the Electoral College’s job as to ensure “the office of the President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications” – the group spurred by Democratic electors hopes to trigger the selection of another candidate through electors either changing their votes or abstaining from voting for Trump.Electors are set to meet in their respective states across the country on Dec. 19 to formally cast their votes for president.Copyright 2016 U.S. News & World Report  [NOTE FOR THOSE WHO WANTHE SOURCE OF THIS POST!
 
@calguy: Well is simple Sisneros just register yourself as a Democrat. The GOP will not miss you trust me!
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~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 3:08pm  
Trite and senseless my dear![quote-end-tag-mismatch]
 
@calguy: As your post...  
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~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 3:10pm  

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>> A Republican elector from Texas says he is resigning his position instead of casting his vote for Donald Trump, calling the Electoral College "corrupted from its original intent" and saying voting for the president-elect would "bring dishonor to God."Art Sisneros was considering in August the possibility of becoming a so-called faithless elector, meaning he would refuse to vote for Trump if the GOP candidate won the Lone Star State and its 38 electoral votes in November.In a Saturday blog post on his website, Sisneros said he had decided he was not comfortable defying his pledge to vote for his party's nominee, but neither could he cast his vote for Trump."Since I can't in good conscience vote for Donald Trump, and yet have sinfully made a pledge that I would, the best option I see at this time is to resign my position as an elector," Sisneros wrote. "This will allow the remaining body of electors to fill my vacancy when they convene on Dec. 19 with someone that can vote for Trump."His decision followed a previous post in which he posed the question of whether it was "acceptable for a Christian to vote for a man like Trump for president," and concluded that he could not "in good conscience" do so. "I do not see how Donald Trump is biblically qualified to serve in the office of the presidency," he said in his Saturday post. "Of the hundreds of angry messages that I have received, not one has made a convincing case from Scripture otherwise. If Trump is not qualified and my role, both morally and historically, as an elected official is to vote my conscience, then I cannot and will not vote for Donald Trump for president."In the lengthy post, Sisneros explained his frustration with both progressives' and conservatives' approaches to the Electoral College and the failure to use the body in the way the founders intended, which Sisneros likened to parents acting "in the best interest of their children" even if in some cases their children desire otherwise."In most homes, kids do not have the right to eat Skittles for dinner. It is not in their best interest," he wrote. "The people will get their vote. They will get their Skittles for dinner," he said. "I will sleep well at night knowing I neither gave in to their demands nor caved to my convictions. I will also mourn the loss of our republic."Meanwhile, a separate movement is openly lobbying for enough electors to refuse to vote for Trump.Calling themselves the Hamilton Electors – a nod to Alexander Hamilton’s explanation of the Electoral College’s job as to ensure “the office of the President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications” – the group spurred by Democratic electors hopes to trigger the selection of another candidate through electors either changing their votes or abstaining from voting for Trump.Electors are set to meet in their respective states across the country on Dec. 19 to formally cast their votes for president.Copyright 2016 U.S. News & World Report  [NOTE FOR THOSE WHO WANTHE SOURCE OF THIS POST!
 
@calguy: Well is simple Sisneros just register yourself as a Democrat. The GOP will not miss you trust me!
 
@coco1248: Sigh...........so he can't be a republican if he thinks the person nominated for the republican candidacy is a reprehensible person? Only a sheep would believe that you have to support somebody no matter what just because of their political affiliation. As if Donald actually represented anything resembling the core values of the republican party.
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~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 3:23pm  
@calguy:  Thank you for posting this article.  As to Mr. Sisneros, he fulfilled what he felt was a personal, moral obligation by resigning and he did it in time for the Republicans to replace him before the Electoral College vote.  I think what he did was admirable. As for myself, I could not bring myself to vote for either of the two main candidates, so I voted for Libertarian Johnson.  Trump won and I'm hoping that he becomes the President that this country needs.Note to others:Despite whatever personal politics you may have, insulting the other party or participant of the other party is uncalled for and is childish. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 3:28pm  

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>> Soooooooooo --- casting his electoral vote for Hillary WOULD bring honor to God? Really?
 
@TexasOma: Well, Calguy didn't say that, and neither did the article. Looks like the guy decided the Republicans didn't pick the right person, from what I read, and did what he saw as his Christian duty, and Calguy was just sharing the information.
 
@deltadawn: I was directing my comment towards the comment that Sisneros made about dishonoring God - I didn't say that Calguy said that and yes, indeed the article said it!!!!!! I copied it straight from the article he posted. It was in the first paragraph - here it the whole first paragraph from above.  A Republican elector
from Texas says he is resigning his position instead of casting his vote
for Donald Trump, calling the Electoral College "corrupted from its
original intent" and saying voting for the president-elect would "bring
dishonor to God."
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~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 3:35pm  
the comments kinda remind me of fights at the black friday sales in this election.no one is actually winning and  neither side is winning the allegiance by acting like ******s. in fact if you think about it, the ******s are winning by having people think they owe allegiance to an aberrational political figure who contradicts the very basic fundamentals of democracy and following the rules. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 3:37pm  
@TexasOma, Paraphrasing, you "Soooo- casting his vote for HC would bring honor to GOD?" and that is what I meant when that is not what the article or Calguy said.  The guy resigned because voting from Trump was dishonoring God, which is not the same as saying a vote for HC is honoring God. Sorry for any confusion. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 3:38pm  
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@coco1248: Sigh...........so he can't be a republican if he thinks the person nominated for the republican candidacy is a reprehensible person? Only a sheep would believe that you have to support somebody no matter what just because of their political affiliation. As if Donald actually represented anything resembling the core values of the republican party.[quote-end-tag-mismatch]
 
@frebu: No frebu u got it wrong as far as I am concern he could vote for a cow if he want to is his choice and right. But is also his choice of words, argument, and fallacy that I find disgusting. Bring dishonor to God? WTF if that is the case he is dishonoring G_d by BREACHING his pledge. So, to make it simple **** no need to call POLITICO. aHHH, BUT no he has to have his 15 seconds of fame. Deal with it Trump is the President Elect he like it or not. And will be his POTUS too. Actually the sheep are those who would follow a guy like him. 
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~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 3:38pm  

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>> Soooooooooo --- casting his electoral vote for Hillary WOULD bring honor to God? Really?
 
@TexasOma: Well, Calguy didn't say that, and neither did the article. Looks like the guy decided the Republicans didn't pick the right person, from what I read, and did what he saw as his Christian duty, and Calguy was just sharing the information.
 
@deltadawn: I was directing my comment towards the comment that Cisneros made about dishonoring God - I didn't say that Calguy said that and yes, indeed the article said it!!!!!! I copied it straight from the article he posted. It was in the first paragraph - here it the whole first paragraph from above.  A Republican elector
from Texas says he is resigning his position instead of casting his vote
for Donald Trump, calling the Electoral College "corrupted from its
original intent" and saying voting for the president-elect would "bring
dishonor to God."
 
@TexasOma: That is indeed a direct quote, however nowhere in the article does it state or imply that he was even considering voting for Hilary. It states that he was considering being a faithless voter(i.e. going against the popular vote) but that vote could go to anyone(himself for all that it matters). Hell the man could have voted for Mr. Roger's ghost because we all need a good neighbor.
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coco1248 Active Indicator LED Icon 7
~ 7 years ago   Nov 28, '16 3:53pm  
A Republican elector from Texas says he is resigning his position instead of casting his vote for Donald Trump, calling the Electoral College "corrupted from its original intent" and saying voting for the president-elect would "bring dishonor to God."
 
@calguy: He should have thought of Bringing Honor to G_d by keeping his pledge. Or, he should have never made it. So he is a hypocrite using G_d for appeal to emotion fallacy to those who 'follow'. So either **** or register as a Democrat. But for his 'sheep followers' calling Politico was the answer. Geez this guy is full of you all know what doo doo!
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