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GOP
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Here is the question we put before readers last week:
(V) & (Z) ask: If you had to come up with a new motto for the United States, one that uses 8 words or less, what would it be?
There was an unbelievable response. We'll share some here, and probably some more at some future date (and note, there were a fair number of similar/duplicate suggestions; we chose the earliest specimen of those):
A.A. in South Orange, NJ: Freedom for me, but not for thee.
D.S.R in Tempe, AZ: I've got mine, fu** you.
S.R.S. in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Lasciate Ogne Speranza, Voi Ch'Intrate (Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here)
D.C. in Teaneck, NJ: Deploribus unum (A union of deplorables)
D.F. in Norcross, GA: Perhaps this is still the lingering anger and despair talking, but the new motto for the country would be something directed at the rest of the world. To wit: So long, suckers. You're on your own now.
P.C. in Toronto, ON, Canada: The inmates have taken over the asylum.
P.C. in Vero Beach, FL: No one is above the law... Except HIM.
R.R. in Chewelah, WA: Non curamus; non habemus. (We Don't Care; We Don't Have To.)
D.C. in Jacksonville, FL: Potius quam proficimus, damus tibi Trump. (Rather than progress, we give you Trump.)
J.W. in Hillsboro, OR: Elections have consequences.
G.L. in Winter Park, FL: Америка теперь российская область (America is now Russian oblast)
V.M. in Cincinnati, OH: Trying to achieve your equanimity but not there yet, probably because I have two young, mixed race daughters. Given that, it feels like we should go with: We fu**ed around, now we find out.
K.V. in Albuquerque, NM: Feles comedunt. Canes comedunt. (They eat cats. They eat dogs.)
A.B. in Wendell, NC: Si non es alba et recta, exi. (If you're not white and straight, get out.)
R.B. in Santa Monica, CA: Quoting Dick Trickle: The people have spoken. The bastards.
B.R. in Helena, MT: A republic—if we can keep it
J.L. in Walnut Creek, CA: Given the polarization of the country, it seems the best new motto for current times would be: E Pluribus Duobus (Out of Many, Two)
W.H. in Seattle, WA: Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero (Enjoy today—trusting little in tomorrow)
S.D. in Homer, AK: Not having a meaningful understanding of Latin, I enjoyed some amusing minutes with an English to Latin translator, exploring options for our nation's new motto. They ranged from the obvious: Ab uno, multi (From the one, many) to the tragic: Amici magis nos timent, adversarii nos minus timent (Friends fear us more, adversaries fear us less) to the merely horrifying: Ubi veritas moritur (Where truth goes to die). I briefly considered a language hybrid: Kooks cum nukes. However, I settled on something simpler: Uh oh.
Note: Please do not send us e-mails correcting our Latin grammar. There is a certain... poetic license allowed for this exercise.
Here is the question for next week:
D.D.W. in St. Louis, MO, asks: On January 20th, who will be the Leader of the Free World?
Submit your answers to comments@electoral-vote.com, preferably with subject line "New World Order"!