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Well I'm looking forward to this 

1 hour ago, LondonLax said:

You could probably say the same about Clinton really. 

Clinton didn't suffer any electoral penalty because he wasn't up for re-election.

He was impeached in 1998 towards the end of his 2nd term.

Just now, DCJonah said:

I'd take Trump in jail over villa winning the league.

Thats a really tough one. 

Just now, ml1dch said:

See also:

Hispanics may have turned away from the Democrats, but revenge is a dish best served cold.

GA / AZ / PA / CO

Very well played Sir.

1 minute ago, Vancvillan said:

That combination of pearl clutching and titillation has become their signature...

They also always have the swooning couch ready for Lindsay (he's not gay and definitely not into under age boys allegedly no siree) Graham.

Fox are actually slamming him for his behavior (although slightly excited about it all at the same time.)

Pence just said "We will make America Great Again, Again."

Should I buy a weapon?

He just said it's a fraud.

and now he has just claimed victory.

FFS - This is beyond awful.

FFS - he is announcing that he's going to the Supreme Court to stop all counting now.

He will start a war.

Trump trying to blame "The announcers" that he hasn't won yet.

He's also been sniffing Adderol 

Just now, coda said:

 Is this normal?

NONE OF IT IS!

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Just now, Awol said:

Antifa have been rioting for months, calling for the end of capitalism, defunding the police etc. The Dems were going around the country bailing out the people arrested for burning down mom and pop businesses.  That plays well with a certain part of the electorate and disgusts the other. There's every chance Biden still wins, but given Covid the fact it's even a question shows how badly the Democrats have pitched themselves.  

Ok where to start with those sweeping statements. (FFS I was going to bed here!)

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defunding the police etc.

Which means reallocation of police funds to mental health professionals, social workers etc. Admittedly a terrible tag line for a great idea.

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The Dems were going around the country bailing out the people arrested for burning down mom and pop businesses. 

Left leaning organizations were fundraising online for folks. It isn't like Tom Perez was taking a private plane with Obama flags tied to one wing and Biden flags on the other to break Che Guevara out of prison. Target, Walmart etc. aren't mom and pop stores. They are huge companies traded on the NYCSE.

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Antifa

The group that hates fascists? Yeah, I'm kinda down with that. Sorry I don't like fascist c*nts.

Ok - It's after midnight here. I'm going to bed. 

Sadly I think things are going to get worse before they get better.

Just now, Awol said:

Latinos who've come or whose families have come from central America, Cuba etc. loathe socialism - having seen its extreme manifestations in action. Likely they've been scared off by the extreme wing of the Dem's (I don't think Biden is a socialist btw). 

The "extreme wing" that advocates for health care for everyone and a $15 per wage. How is that extreme or "Radical?" (as in the radical left)

I think demanding to have an infinite number of guns and automatic weapons and denying science as extreme and radical.

Just now, DCJonah said:

This is the problem with politics around the world. 'I'm ok so **** the rest of them.'

For any benefits he might bring, there are currently over 500 kids who have been separated from their parents and now are lost to them because of him. This is the kind of stuff people are voting for. 

Don't forget the FORCED hysterectomies on asylum seekers.

Just now, Genie said:

Lets be honest, if Trump wins a second term then he's a genius. 

Yuge Genius. The best genius. Very big brain. A very stable genius.

1 minute ago, Vancvillan said:

I should have said very occasionally

Ok , $400 is fine, thanks.

Georgia has tightened*

*(Kenneth please!)

1 minute ago, HanoiVillan said:

Eh, I think Biden is more likely to win than not.

The Senate has been a complete car crash though, I can't disagree there.

Maybe I have PTSD from 2016 but now I think Trump takes this or steals it.

2 minutes ago, Vancvillan said:

3. The economy was going great for some, not for others working two jobs on zero hours contracts in a country where healthcare is privatized. Biden's "tax hike" affects only people who make above a certain threshold, and on the odd occasion that I've breached it I would have been happy to pay extra tax if it meant poor kids in my neighborhood weren't going hungry.

 

The Biden tax increase is for folks who earn over $400K so er... can you lend me $500? Pretty please? 

Just now, Genie said:

I was really hoping it would be all done bar the shouting by the time I was up for work. 
this sentence on the BBC makes me shudder

 

Yeah mate. It's not looking good.

1 minute ago, Awol said:

BBC saying the counters have been sent home for the night in Georgia. Given the stakes, that seems pretty crazy. 

Isn't that the state that was only allowed to start counting mail in ballots this morning at 10am? So they've been going for 16 hour straight.

Give 'em a break! 

5 minutes ago, LondonLax said:

Look, as I keep saying on here (and in the Tory party thread), if people’s only response to these election results is to say the other team are a bunch of racist idiots this is going to keep happening over and over. 

 

I'm not sure why you've quoted me as I didn't say that. Although you do regularly seem to quote me with something you think I've said that I haven't.

Please stop doing that - cheers!

1 minute ago, Awol said:

Probably projecting personal bias - really liked Yang!

Early shout was Trump via the EC, if I'd bet on it then wouldn't be cashing out yet..

Yang had some interesting proposals for sure. But that would appeal for Millennials and progressive  30/40 somethings.

Trying to win what is a binary decision in a country this large with so many demographics is like trying to thread a needle. You have to appeal so many different ages groups, lifestyles etc. 

Sadly it looks like he'll either sneak the EC or it will be close enough that he can tie everyone up in litigation and take us all down a path we've never been before.

1 minute ago, Awol said:

I'm exaggerating slightly, but disagree that he's 100% all there. That's been obvious since his mental Corn Pop speech - imho. Andrew Yang or even Tulsi would have done Trump over with ease.

Gabbard or Yang? I'm sorry my friend, you are way off the mark here. There is absolutely no way they would have succeeded against Trump.

3 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said:

Loads of your adopted countrymen love this shit

Yes - there are a lot of people over here who love to be sold any old shit. (Just watch the infomercials.)

Trump has just managed to sell himself as the anti-hero Politician and he has built on years of poor education, years of Fox news hate, and years of struggle for the average blue collar worker. He has then presented himself as a swashbuckling Messiah and a lot of people have fallen for it hook line and sinker.

Perhaps the US is a victim of its own... something. I'm clutching at straws tbh.