Metropolis Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 The media really glossed over the fact that no one was showing up for these Clinton rallies, while droves were showing up to Trump rallies. It showed that people were listening to his message. Not too dissimilar from they way Al Gore pounded the pavement and W rates on his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 New game!How much of the ridiculous things Trump wants to do will actually happen if the Senate and House are also Republican controlled? IS it the Fourth Reich? Will I get my wish for a civil ware and west coast succession?Nope. You can have an the massive earthquake if you want. Don't worry, though. You can blame it on climate change while you're trying to find a raft.You can't play cause you'd vote for Hitler given the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Hillary really couldn't connect where it counted. Senate seats too are going in a certain way too. Internet is getting overloaded for some sites so I've not been able to get as much detail as easily but really close in some states. The only state that went truly Hillary was California. Not surprising. Texas is still in single digits for the split between Democrats and Republicans which is impressive as we're kind of a guaranteed red state. Last i checked Hillary was losing by 8 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 If Hillary calls for recounts in any of these states...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Dameron Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I want to fight with you, but I don't disagree fully. You find the very word LIBERAL to be so dirty that it throws me off.I disagree with liberal ideology. What I find to be dirty is their tactics. Democrats consistently prefer to win not via argument. Not via the ballot box or legislation. But by shutting down debate and declaring that their side wins and nothing can be done about it ("Why are you arguing anymore?"). They try to keep their power by cutting America up into pieces, openly attacking and mocking white males as the enemy of all the rest. Trump, ironically, took advantage of that very tendency and became the equal and opposite. Both sides are deplorable in their methods. When I saw my side employing tribalism as an electoral strategy, I walked away and said I want no part of this. What I don't understand is why Democrats don't do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavonis Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Well, last week I figured there was a 1-in-3 chance of Trump winning. So, what will President Trump actually accomplish? The Republican leadership wasn't enamored with him, but if Republicans control the White House and Congress, what kind of cooperation can we expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 New game!How much of the ridiculous things Trump wants to do will actually happen if the Senate and House are also Republican controlled? IS it the Fourth Reich? Will I get my wish for a civil ware and west coast succession?Nope. You can have an the massive earthquake if you want. Don't worry, though. You can blame it on climate change while you're trying to find a raft.You can't play cause you'd vote for Hitler given the chance.Well he is my grandfather and you have to stick by your family. Weird guy though. Say what you will about the holocaust, most of us in the Hitler fam really have a harder time with the golden showers. Pretty sure you'd be ok with it, though. Bring a towel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Dameron Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 From the land of things that probably don't matter: Looks like Clinton will win the popular vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I love that California gets 55 electoral votes, yet only 10 percent of the population showed up to vote. Of course that doesn't count the mail ins and absentees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kurgan Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 This article makes for an excellent post-mortem of Clinton's campaign, and the broader political forces that supported and opposed it. It's common knowledge that progressive America has been in its own little ivory echo chamber for quite some time now, looking down on everyone outside of it. Now they pay the price for that. I fear that the whole world will now pay a price for it. Of course, as I write this, the fat lady has not yet sung ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Dameron Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I love that California gets 55 electoral votes, yet only 10 percent of the population showed up to vote. Of course that doesn't count the mail ins and absentees. Looks closer to 50% by my guesstimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I want to fight with you, but I don't disagree fully. You find the very word LIBERAL to be so dirty that it throws me off.I disagree with liberal ideology. Fiscally? Socially? Foreign policy? All of it? I can get behind so much of conservative thought-- but the social stuff just stops me cold. The GOP is not the part for minorities and the poor. Their meddling in basic human rights is so appalling to me I just can't get behind them. But I digress. To Spam's point-- I know its an easy liberal line to just saw a vote for Trump is a vote for hatred, but I really wonder what this would be with Sanders or Biden as the Dem nom. I think at least half of Trump's votes aren't people voting for him, but voting against Hillary. She's just so polarizing and so representative of the system that people think have failed-- which I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Dameron Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Fiscally? Socially? Foreign policy? All of it? No, not all of it. I'm aligning more with paleoconservatives as I age on foreign policy. I'm a mix on social policy: Conservative on the judiciary. Very disturbed by government running over conscience and religious objections. Very much against bureaucracies setting controversial social policy and then demanding that everyone live with their fiats. Squishy on gun, but acknowledging that the 2nd Amendment exists. Against the death penalty. For gay marriage. Against illegal immigration. I'm largely apathetic on fiscal policy these days beyond wanting spending to be low in a large sense. Their meddling in basic human rights is so appalling to me I just can't get behind them. I don't know what basic human rights are being meddled with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Maybe aomeone should send Hillary an email and let her know it's time to concede. Maybe send over Huma for a golden shower. fuck off Hillary. Go far far away. The American people have spoken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 All I have to say is wow. I've never been this surprised by a presidential election in my life. Right now (as of this posting) it looks like if the projections hold it's going to be Trump with 306, and Clinton 232 (right now they are reading 266 Trump, 218 Clinton). I honestly thought it would be right around that, but in Clinton's favor. Not that I liked, or voted for either one, but everything I read and heard indicated Clinton would take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 If they're are any criers out there you can grab some toilet paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I'm already stocked up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainbleh Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Oh bollocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Driver, my liberal friends are devastated and are genuinely scared. A lot of gay friends are worried about their status. Lots of lashing out is happening. Biden or Bernie would have been much better in the long run because they were much more approachable and appealled to some key demographics that Hillary couldn't get to vote which ultimately lost her race, abstaining black voters and millennials. Hillary lost a lot of states Obama easily carried. My internet went down because of a storm but I am kinda glad. Krawlie! Sheriff Joe is out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Hillary ran a stupid campaign. An untrained monkey could have beaten Trump but she remained convinced that she could out insult him and play the victim, so she lost and she deserved to lose. The Democrats aren't going to learn, though, and they will likely always blame Comey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Spoon Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 WTF America? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Alright celebs who threatened to leave the country. Time to ante up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Also: rich white women who went to my wife's expensive college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Watching HuffPo almost makes it worth it. If there's one thing that cost Hillary the election, it was the current liberal strategy of being a victim and shaming anyone who stands against you. The liberal columnists are doubling down on that today. Hopefully they can grow up in four years, or we finally get to start talking about the demise of the Democrats instead of just the Republicans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 So up until today all the talk for 2020 has been what republicans are gonna run--Cruz and Kasich and others rerunning. Who are the options for the democrats? Only name I can think of is Corey Booker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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