Election Night Open Thread
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wheeeeeeeeeeee….
VA is about to flip from pink to blue on the maps.
Texas is still blue with 50% of votes in.
Drumpfskind is doing very well in the IN-AL axis, along the timezone border…
Dallas’ early vote gave Hillary a 130,000-vote lead, and Harris County gave her 100,000, putting her ahead again for now.
CNN projects AL and SC for the bad guys.
Hil in the lead in TX. Per CNN. omg
KEY RACE RESULTS
re: #2 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Most of the rural counties have not yet reported.
re: #5 Stanley Sea
Hil in the lead in TX. Per CNN. omg
KEY RACE RESULTS
So if H wins TX can we ignore FL? 😛
Whoa, Texas. pic.twitter.com/jiPoSore4D
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2016
Thank you Florida for re-electing someone so committed to your needs and concerns:
I have only said like 10000 times I will be a private citizen in January.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) May 17, 2016
re: #13 b.d.
Thank you Florida for re-electing someone so committed to your needs and concerns:
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Yeah sigh.
Arrest: We can confirm 1 arrested for attempting to vote a second time. Claimed he worked for Trump and was testing the system.
— FBCSO Texas (@FBCSO) November 9, 2016
We have our third voter fraud arrest of the campaign…and it’s a third Trump supporter. Amazing https://t.co/xBIxpUzeO0
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 9, 2016
re: #12 Charles Johnson
Propane Jane was calling this for a while. Looks like it might happen. Definitely more D voters there. They just have to vote.
NSFW For the love of all that is holy, I am replacing my previous comment with this one…
every time Trump wins a state an angel gets its pussy grabbed
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) November 9, 2016
Folks, don’t get too excited about TX.
A million of those counted TX votes are from just Harris county. The rest of Texas is still mostly not reported.
re: #18 Targetpractice
If TX turns blue, the race is over.
If TX turns blue, the GOP as we know it is over.
NBC is reporting that the House will remain in GOP control. Not particularly surprising, since that would have been a huge swing. The question is the margin.
re: #20 freetoken
Folks, don’t get too excited about TX.
A million of those counted TX votes are from just Harris county. The rest of Texas is still mostly not reported.
I doubt anybody really believes the lead will hold, but it’s hilarious nonetheless.
re: #18 Targetpractice
If TX turns blue, the race is over.
But it likely won’t. This is just a good reminder that there are many sane Texans, and they’re just stuck with a lot of blockheads.
re: #24 Targetpractice
I doubt anybody really believes the lead will hold, but it’s hilarious nonetheless.
One can hope!! Don’t take away my hope!
Trump is hurting down-ticket GOP Senate candidates in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, and North Carolina.
Significant harm. #ElectionNight— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) November 9, 2016
Texas won’t go Blue. But that it’s even close at any time is quite a surprise.
Virginia still looking real, real close. Damn.
re: #26 freetoken
Drumpf is now leading in FL.
Same way that TX has a lot of votes yet to be counted - FL has a ton of votes in Broward that have yet to be counted. Enough to more than push Clinton to a major win there.
re: #24 Targetpractice
I doubt anybody really believes the lead will hold, but it’s hilarious nonetheless.
I don’t think Clinton will win TX. However, a significantly narrower GOP margin in TX will be an unmistakeable signal of their impending political demise.
Jill Stein has over 50k votes in florida
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) November 9, 2016
re: #30 Scottishdragon
Virginia still looking real, real close. Damn.
See my post earlier, our heavily populated areas don’t come in until late in counting.
Got streaming coverage from NPR, got Pizza (Brooklyn style w/ Pepperoni), got my ginger ale and got LGF. We are good to go.
RBS
Welp, gotta cook dinner, so I’ll be 600 posts down before I get back. Please try to keep your stress levels at a minimum—there is no mathematical way Trump can win.
Jill Stein has over 50k votes in florida
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) November 9, 2016
It’s not bad enough for anti-vaxxers to sentence children to death…they are also trying to make Trump POTUS. Fuck.
Miami-Dade and Broward Counties still out — if Hillary keeps her margins there it will put her ahead of Trump.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2016
re: #35 HappyWarrior
See my post earlier, our heavily populated areas don’t come in until late in counting.
NoVa is almost always the last counties to come in. I remember people sweating the gubernatorial race here a couple years ago, then NoVa rolled in and Cuci was left in the dust.
re: #35 HappyWarrior
See my post earlier, our heavily populated areas don’t come in until late in counting.
Rural white voters are coming in at a higher than expected rate.
Trump is beating Romney on that be a significant margin.
re: #41 Targetpractice
NoVa is almost always the last counties to come in. I remember people sweating the gubernatorial race here a couple years ago, then NoVa rolled in and Cuci was left in the dust.
Senate two years ago too.
I really have to question the sanity of my fellow white people, especially college educated ones.
re: #42 Scottishdragon
Rural white voters are coming in at a higher than expected rate.
Trump is beating Romney on that be a significant margin.
He is unfortunately but I don’t think it’s gonna be enough.
Same in OH… Cuyahoga county reporting is the only thing keeping it light blue right now…
Ross ahead of Burr for NC senate. Holy shit!
I seriously doubt Hillary’s going to win Texas, but that she’s even ahead at all with 1/2 the vote is amazing. https://t.co/kOTSLriA87
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2016
#ElectionNight
If Trump wins, pull my finger. pic.twitter.com/21IYrHLXdl— Superman (@SupermanTweets) November 8, 2016
Even if Texas turned blue (which it won’t — there are so very many rural voters), it’d certainly turn back red the next time there was an election. Trump is pushing a lot of reliable Republicans to vote for anyone else — my parents have been Republicans since before I was born, and they voted Johnson this year (and almost voted for Hillary).
Here’s how the electoral map is shaping up so far for #ElectionNight. Trump has 60 electoral votes, Clinton has 44 https://t.co/ECYyJpLf4X pic.twitter.com/1zdKK9cmqy
— NPR (@NPR) November 9, 2016
Wow. Gwinnett County, Georgia’s early vote went to Clinton 54-43.
Charlie Crist is headed to Congress. He was just declared the winner in #FL13. #ElectionNight
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) November 9, 2016
Really?
The NPR map does a good job of showing the value of the different states by EVs, which is the only thing that counts to get to 270.
Far too many people bought into Trump BS nationwide. Deprogramming is needed, but talk radio and Fox News are a big reason why things are the way they are. They’ve created an alt-reality bubble.
Hillary Clinton won Mahoning County early vote by more than 8,000 votes, 59%-38% over Donald Trump.
— Darrel Rowland (@darreldrowland) November 9, 2016
Tammy Duckworth gives Democrats first Senate flip @CNNPolitics https://t.co/ueI2FmqneQ
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) November 9, 2016
Drumpfskind way ahead in the popular vote… but the fat lady (um… that’d be us here in California) is about to sing… and the song is going to be really impressive, operatic in nature.
re: #57 Skandal
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Hope DF appreciates her rather than reflectively opposing her because of party and beating his favorite.
re: #58 freetoken
NY has yet to weigh in on that. Neither has NJ.
Trump winning states proves that there are lots of “No Go” areas all over America.
Paddle faster. I hear banjos.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 9, 2016
Guys, Fla. looks terrible for Trump right now. Scroll over these blue counties and looks what still needs to come in https://t.co/vNnJHstKGz
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) November 9, 2016
There’s a lot of election coverage on Periscope.
re: #60 Eclectic Cyborg
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He has no idea about Va. He’s going to be shattered when NoVa comes in.
re: #28 Tigger2
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And Illinois’ Sen. Kirk shot himself in the foot all by himself with no added assistance from Trump.
Update on that shooting in CA.
Female shooter: 1 dead, multiple people shot near Azusa polling station as heavily armed assailant opens fire https://t.co/uWe67y1e2s
— Richard Winton (@LAcrimes) November 9, 2016
re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yeah that George Washington remark fucked him good.
re: #65 gocart mozart
VoteCastr estimated a much larger turnout in FL this time, over 2008. That vote total is already ahead in counted votes, with some big areas yet to report.
Participation rate may set a (modern) record this year in FL.
Godamnit, Virginia! Just please do the right thing.
re: #33 EPR-radar
I don’t think Clinton will win TX. However, a significantly narrower GOP margin in TX will be an unmistakeable signal of their impending political demise.
Y’all give the Texas Lizards our brief moment of happiness. Some of us have worked our tails off for YEARS to see that pretty, hopeful shade of blue, if only for a moment.
It means our Hispanic brethren have joined us at the polls this election. You have no idea how happy we are to see them.
Pro tip: if your profile pic is a semi-automatic rifle, I will waste absolutely no time before blocking you.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2016
re: #72 steve_davis
Godamnit, Virginia! Just please do the right thing.
Calm the fuck down, we got this.
91% reporting in for FL, Trump has a 110K lead over Clinton.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) November 9, 2016
Should be remembered - when the screen says “91% reporting”, that’s 91% of counties - not 91% of voters. The outstanding counties are bigger
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) November 9, 2016
Yes, I’ve used the election to have the mid-week beers I normally don’t have. But Klys’s photos have brought out some nostalgia. I’m speaking to the first-year (our 10th graders or sophomores) boys. And on the back of the photo, as a 17 year old myself, I wrote: “My speech to the freshmen: ‘…yeah, everybody gets laid on prom night…’.”
Flash report from the 53rd. HRC got most of the votes. I left before all of the tapes were pulled because I had a set back with my allergies.
DON’T MAKE US DO THIS, #Florida!#ElectionNight #UniteBlue #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/I7viSRzNbG
— Tara Dublin I VOTED! (@taradublinrocks) November 9, 2016
re: #71 freetoken
VoteCastr estimated a much larger turnout in FL this time, over 2008. That vote total is already ahead in counted votes, with some big areas yet to report.
Participation rate may set a (modern) record this year in FL.
I’m not so sure about VoteCaster
Slate’s Votecaster thingie doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence when it gives Stein 2% of the vote in Nevada. She’s not on the ballot.
— Armando (@armandodkos) November 8, 2016
And the state doesn’t allow for write ins.
re: #76 Ziggy_TARDIS
Worried there too.
Doesn’t you remember anything about how Florida and Virginia returns came in in 2012?
CNN predicting Clinton will take Illinois, with 14% of the votes in. She’s got a huge lead so far, 69.3% to 26.1%.
@Hesiod2k11 @bmwash374 I don’t agree - Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach still out. Almost a million votes there, heavily Democratic.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2016
For those of you following the election from home… #ElectionNight https://t.co/YPqRYlme7w
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 9, 2016
Is Trump really going to take Florida? Fuck me that’s disappointing.
Don’t worry, if VA goes for Trump, I will honorably commit sudoku.
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This is sad, Canada.
Shock as the two women candidates drop out of Alberta PC leadership race over ‘harassment,’ ‘intimidation’ https://t.co/QllaiiiH0c pic.twitter.com/F0pnSFtQxw
— National Post (@nationalpost) November 9, 2016
re: #80 bratwurst
A few of us could use one of these right about now:
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Or some of these, if they still made them:
Here’s what David Leonhardt Op-Ed Columnist of the New York Times wrote today: … “I’ll largely ignore Virginia (where polls close at 7 p.m., and all times here are Eastern) at first, because it counts votes slowly and Democrats always trail early.”
Interestingly, mid afternoon at my polling station just south of Reston, it was almost empty. No line at all.
re: #94 Targetpractice
Don’t worry, if VA goes for Trump, I will honorably commit sudoku.
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I’ll chug Everclear.//
re: #80 bratwurst
A few of us could use one of these right about now:
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Or three. 😂
My state rep, Rocky Adkins in the Kentucky House (where he is currently Majority Floor Leader), is the only House Dem to win tonight.
And he didn’t win my own county. Fortunately, the other two counties in his district pulled together for the win.
Our Dem House Leader, Greg Stumbo, lost tonight along with every single other Dem running.
goddammit, this sucks so much.
Please remember that cable news is designed by sociopaths to prey on your anxiety
— Matthew Perpetua (@perpetua) November 9, 2016
re: #98 ckkatz
Here’s what David Leonhardt Op-Ed Columnist of the New York Times wrote today: … “I’ll largely ignore Virginia (where polls close at 7 p.m., and all times here are Eastern) at first, because it counts votes slowly and Democrats always trail early.”
Interestingly, mid afternoon at my polling station just south of Reston, it was almost empty. No line at all.
Hey I work in Reston and grew up in Herndon, cool.
re: #103 The Vicious Babushka
Please remember that cable news is designed by sociopaths to prey on your anxiety
“But first, a message from our pharmaceutical sponsor.”
If we take VA and NC, that’s the ballgame, without OH or FL. So far, it’s looking pretty good for us to win both. In sum: we have many paths to victory, Trump has only one.
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
My state rep, Rocky Adkins in the Kentucky House (where he is currently Majority Floor Leader), is the only House Dem to win tonight.
And he didn’t win my own county. Fortunately, the other two counties in his district pulled together for the win.
Our Dem House Leader, Greg Stumbo, lost tonight along with every single other Dem running.goddammit, this sucks so much.
Kentucky — the new Kansas.
Last time I was here was election night, 2012. The stakes seem much higher.
FL is too close for me to cast a symbolic protest vote. I voted AGAINST Trump, and FOR Hillary. Here I explain why: https://t.co/yg79sOaDfr
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) November 7, 2016
When you look at FL, that’s percentage of counties reporting, not the percentage of voters - and most voters live in D areas - Broward/Miami
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 9, 2016
By same token, FL voted to send @marcorubio back to the Senate, despite him admitting he wasn’t doing, and wont do, his job.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 9, 2016
re: #56 MsJ
Darrel Rowland @darreldrowland
Hillary Clinton won Mahoning County early vote by more than 8,000 votes, 59%-38% over Donald Trump.
8:19 PM - 8 Nov 2016
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That is good news for Ohio. Early on polling showed that area might go Trump and he did work the area real hard based on that polling. Makes me think Ohio may go Hillary, but it will be close. Freetoken only mentions Cuyahoga county (Cleveland), Franklin (Columbus), Lucas (Toledo) and to a degree Hamilton (Cincinnati) can bring her big numbers too.
re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth
OT. Thanks for the recipe last night.
re: #110 lawhawk
There’s also this, which is fucked up at multiple levels:
This is pretty remarkable - in 41 counties in Florida, Trump’s share is better than the best share that any R has gotten since 2000.
— Steve Schale (@steveschale) November 9, 2016
You’ve got NoVa, Richmond and the Norfolk area.
Relax.
re: #74 Charles Johnson
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Thank you, Charles. The LGF experience is the best only because of you.
This is even more stressful than the snakes chasing that baby iguana.
— Grant Imahara (@grantimahara) November 9, 2016
Ohio’s about to flip; our lead’s down to 28 votes.
re: #84 PhillyPretzel
Thanks for doing the work.
re: #75 Targetpractice
Calm the fuck down, we got this.
I’m calm. I picked up an Apple Music subscription with the 3-month free trial, so I’m binge-listening to the Stones 1963-1971 collection. This is the first time I’ve actually listened to “Carol” somewhere other than Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out. I’m embarrassed to discover that that was in their catalogue from their first album.
CNN Projections:
Good guys- NY
Bad guys- KS, NE, WY, ND, SD
Hillary Clinton wins New York. That’s a big one with 29 electoral votes.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2016
Medical marijuana for a narrow set of conditions legalized in Florida.
re: #118 Brian J.
Ohio’s about to flip; our lead’s down to 28 votes.
I really hope Trump doesn’t get Ohio and Florida.
Haven’t needed my anxiety pills in months.
Just took one to be on the safe side
re: #122 Brian J.
CNN Projections:
Good guys- NY
Bad guys- KS, NE, WY, ND, SD
Any chance of an NE electoral split giving us 1 vote?
re: #125 Eclectic Cyborg
I really hope Trump doesn’t get Ohio and Florida.
Even if he does, so long as we take NC and VA things will be fine, even if NH also flips.
As the great John Oliver once said. #ElectionNight #DemVotes pic.twitter.com/IqIz6P2lXn
— Black Girl Nerds (@BlackGirlNerds) November 9, 2016
re: #127 Backwoods_Sleuth
gobsmacking it is
I feel your pain. KY’s been sliding into right-wing oblivion for several years now.
re: #112 MsJ
OT. Thanks for the recipe last night.
Just remember the immersion blender. It takes a few minutes but the fluffiness will start out of nowhere. Once that happens, get ready to move it into the pie shell. You’ll need to use a flexible spatula to gently make the transfer.
Best part is that there’s no sinking of the pie filling when it’s done and cooled.
Dammit. Swing state are are all starting to tilt toward Trump.
re: #126 Kragar
Haven’t needed my anxiety pills in months.
Just took one to be on the safe side
This better work out ok or I’m calling my psychiatrist tomorrow for a prescription for lorazepam. I’m going to need something to keep me calm.
Edit: I am not panicking. I’m just saying this has been my plan all along if something was to go wrong. I would call Dr. Z in the morning and see if I could get another scrip for lorazepam.
BREAKING: Clinton wins Illinois. @AP race call at 9:00 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall pic.twitter.com/Uo75B3xk4y
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) November 9, 2016
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
Just remember the immersion blender. It takes a few minutes but the fluffiness will start out of nowhere. Once that happens, get ready to move it into the pie shell. You’ll need to use a flexible spatula to gently make the transfer.
Best part is that there’s no sinking of the pie filling when it’s done and cooled.
I’m going to try what the other recipe calls for; first immersion blender then push it through a star Aimee. They say it makes it like custard.
re: #141 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Yeah. Worried
re: #137 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I feel your pain. KY’s been sliding into right-wing oblivion for several years now.
And, sadly, soooo damned proud of it.
BREAKING NEWS: S&P 500 futures turn negative.
— Breaking News Feed (@pzf) November 9, 2016
re: #141 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Dammit. Swing state are are all starting to tilt toward Trump.
The good news is that those were our safety margin. The bad news is we don’t have many such states left.
Hey, Colorado’s just given us a 40,000-vote lead to start with.
re: #150 Scottishdragon
I think he might win.
An impressive, deeply satisfying win for Democrats: 24-year GOP Rep. John Mica, chair of Transportation Committee, has lost re-election.
— Taniel (@Taniel) November 9, 2016
re: #104 HappyWarrior
I live just south of Foxmill. Software developer by trade, mostly Java.
Herndon is an interesting town. Named after a ship captain who went down with his ship in one of the worst US nautical disasters in the 19th Century. Also has a bunch of Civil War history. When I first moved into the area, it really had the atmosphere of an old Southern town.
Although I do not live in the town, the post office allows me to use Herndon as the town. And it is a lot more interesting than the made up name I would have to use otherwise.
re: #146 HappyWarrior
Guys please be patient.
Exactly. I’m looking at CNN’s stuff and they’re calling states based on something like 2000 votes. It’s ridiculous.
Why did so many people turn out for Trump? We spent all day asking Texans, & legit, their answers may surprise you. https://t.co/FtYFGVL3vt
— Autumnal Grimes (@andreagrimes) November 9, 2016
And I have to wonder just how effect the Comey letter (and subsequent walkback at a much lower volume) had to play. I’d say substantial.
re: #151 Ziggy_TARDIS
I think he might win.
You should go to bed, or a movie or do something other than watch these returns. Hillary is winning.
re: #151 Ziggy_TARDIS
Could you please keep your defeatism to yourself?
We’re still waiting to see on Ohio and Florida #ElectionNight https://t.co/lSr9KiPLyP pic.twitter.com/xUg2OZjlnD
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) November 9, 2016
re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth
And, sadly, soooo damned proud of it.
KY is trying really hard to live up to its redneck/hillbilly stereotypes. The urban areas and college towns are still halfway sane, though.
re: #154 ckkatz
I live just south of Foxmill. Software developer by trade, mostly Java.
Herndon is an interesting town. Named after a ship captain who went down with his ship in one of the worst US nautical disasters in the 19th Century. Also has a bunch of Civil War history. When I first moved into the area, it really had the atmosphere of an old Southern town.
Although I do not live in the town, the post office allows me to use Herndon as the town. And it is a lot more interesting than the made up name I would have to use otherwise.
President Arthur’s father in law. Great place to grow up.
re: #151 Ziggy_TARDIS
I think he might win.
This wasn’t supposed to be a race. Republicans ran a shit sandwich for President and now even Republican commentators Nicole Wallace and Steve Schmidt are starting to look nervous.
I can’t get CNN’s stream to work, so I’m stuck with NBC, ABC and PBS streams for now.
Other than FL are there any she wins/it’s over states left?
FLORIDA
Trump’s current lead: 116,000
Johnson/Stein votes: 248,000
NORTH CAROLINA
Clinton’s current lead: 32,000
Johnson votes: 79,000— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 9, 2016
You third party shitweasels!!!
re: #157 Big Beautiful Door
I don’t see it. WHAT am missing?
I know I am in a bad place mentally otherwise though.
Old guys on channel 12 in Florida are talking about how Hillary thought she had it in the bag, but it’s all trending toward Trump. They’re overexcited because Trump won a string of wasteland states, and are pretty much calling the election for Trump.
re: #144 MsJ
I’m going to try what the other recipe calls for; first immersion blender then push it through a star Aimee. They say it makes it like custard.
Please let me know how that works out!
Looking at VA, seems like lots of votes still to be counted in areas where Clinton is solid/winning: Fairfax/Loudoun/Richmond/Henrico
— Charlie Mahtesian (@PoliticoCharlie) November 9, 2016
re: #165 Skip Intro
Other than FL are there any she wins/it’s over states left?
North Carolina or Arizona would put a real crimp in his plans, but neither would be quite fatal.
re: #168 Ziggy_TARDIS
I don’t see it. WHAT am missing?
I know I am in a bad place mentally otherwise though.
Heavily populated areas.
re: #168 Ziggy_TARDIS
Just remember that the media have an enormous financial incentive to keep the race as close as possible.
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) November 9, 2016
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
Please let me know how that works out!
Jesus. Autocorrect. Push it through a strainer.
re: #168 Ziggy_TARDIS
I don’t see it. WHAT am missing?
I know I am in a bad place mentally otherwise though.
You’re missing the fact that some big blue areas haven’t come through in FL and VA yet. Also, so long as we hold VA and NV, we can afford to lose NH and OH and FL and NC and still win with 275 votes.
Trump won Texas, as I predicted. Still, that race was much closer than anyone expected.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2016
CNN calls Texas and Arkansas, a shame but not a surprise.
re: #165 Skip Intro
Other than FL are there any she wins/it’s over states left?
Ohio, NC, Az for example
Trump over performing rural white vote is the story on MSNBC right now.
When you consider CO a battleground, that tells you where the ground has shifted.
Demographics are a key - rural areas going for Trump, urban areas are for Clinton. And when you run the numbers, this should give Clinton the edge.
Well damn, now MSNBC is scaring everyone with James Carville and others worried about the states like Florida and Virginia.
Grrrrrr….
re: #165 Skip Intro
Other than FL are there any she wins/it’s over states left?
James Carville just said Virginia could be Trump’s firewall.
God, this is stressful lol
re: #187 darthstar
James Carville just said Virginia could be Trump’s firewall.
He’s smarter than that. Romney led Obama this time too.
My worst case scenario Electoral College map #ElectionNight pic.twitter.com/MFhJsX3yJM
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) November 9, 2016
re: #186 ObserverArt
I’m getting stressed out.
Remember some of you freaking out about Va in 2012?
I do.
Spouse getting really angry and demanding I turn the tv off. She is depressed.
re: #193 Varek Raith
Remember some of you freaking out about Va in 2012?
I do.
Virginia doesn’t seem to be the problem. His lead there is melting away nicely.
re: #191 jaunte
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Which is exactly the map that gets you to 275 for Clinton. Not ideal, but I’ll take it if it keeps Trump out of the White House.
re: #180 nickzi
You’re missing the fact that some big blue areas haven’t come through in FL and VA yet. Also, so long as we hold VA and NV, we can afford to lose NH and OH and FL and NC and still win with 275 votes.
I’m pretty positive Nevada is going Clinton. I live here. I saw the huge turnouts for early voting. Trump really riled up the Latinos and women.
BBC World Service was reporting that a lot of new registered voters who didn’t appear on anybody’s radar may be the key to the election. If that’s the case, all bets are off.
NYT just colored WI pink…
The wingnuts who look at the NYT map now will not accept the results 24 hours from now.
re: #179 MsJ
Jesus. Autocorrect. Push it through a strainer.
I figured that one out. Your autocorrect was yowser. :D
MSNBC….Hillary running out of room in Broward.
If Trump wins the popular vote our long national nightmare will have just begun.
re: #184 Scottishdragon
Trump over performing rural white vote is the story on MSNBC right now.
Because they are dumber than a box of rocks.
re: #197 nickzi
Which is exactly the map that gets you to 275 for Clinton. Not ideal, but I’ll take it if it keeps Trump out of the White House.
I hope that doesn’t happen, because those shitweasel faithless electors will send this thing to the House.
re: #200 Eric The Fruit Bat
Repeating myself here, but VoteCastr’s tracking during the day showed very high voter turnout in FL.
re: #179 MsJ
Jesus. Autocorrect. Push it through a strainer.
But I wouldn’t push it through a strainer because it would ruin the essential fluffiness. But that’s just me.
2.7% difference in VA right now. Loudon came in. Prince William and Fairfax still out. Not much left for Trump in VA. pic.twitter.com/P3YSoKnFNB
— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) November 9, 2016
re: #204 Skip Intro
If Luthor wins the popular vote our long national nightmare will have just begun.
It already has. America did not crush his awful campaign in a landslide.
re: #179 MsJ
Jesus. Autocorrect. Push it through a strainer.
I have a star student named Aimee would not like to have things pushed through her, tyvm.
LOL
re: #192 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’m getting stressed out.
If this is stressing you out too much, you need to go do something else, something good for yourself, and take your mind off of things. No matter what happens, the world is NOT going to fall apart. Seriously. Go take care of yourself.
re: #96 MsJ
This is sad, Canada.
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Alberta is Canada’s Texas, complete with foaming wingnuts, who call themselves the Forward-Backward Party. Sorry, Progressive Conservatives.
I’m saddened to say this doesn’t surprise me at all
re: #193 Varek Raith
Remember some of you freaking out about Va in 2012?
I do.
I don’t. But as I’ve always said, if you remember 2012, you weren’t there, man. :-)
The biggest batch of precincts not reporting from Florida is from Broward (48% in). Clinton is polling 2-1 so far in the county, and if this holds for the rest of the county, she’ll pick up enough votes to put her over the top.
But it’s a real squeaker and will probably go to a mandatory re-count (sigh!).
I was hoping for a short night and to get some sleep. I guess not.
Betting markets starting to shift in Trumps favor according to 538.
re: #210 No Country For Old Haters
It already has. America did not crush his awful campaign in a landslide.
I can’t say what I wish would happen to Comey without violating LGF site policies.
Clinton won my county bigly.
Clinton 11604, Trump 4754 bennett 11383, Glenn 7379. polis 3128, Morse 1504. Tipton 6487, Schwartz 8094
— Eagle County Clerk (@ECClerk) November 9, 2016
I voted write-in for “Bridget Fonda to start making movies again.” #imwithher
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) November 8, 2016
I am at a Trump rally in Manhattan, and thousands are chanting “We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back”. Disgusting
— Simon Rowntree (@SRowntreeNews) November 9, 2016
How’s that Johnson/Stein protest vote looking? https://t.co/QeG68WfHak
— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) November 9, 2016
re: #192 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’m getting stressed out.
I’m pissed at the coverage. Yeah stuff might be close, but there are big details missing.
Guess there’s more evil pieces of shit in this country than we thought.
re: #210 No Country For Old Haters
It already has. America did not crush his awful campaign in a landslide.
This.
I am dismayed in the number of Americans who would even consider Trump a viable candidate for president. Even if Clinton wins, she’ll spend the next four years trying to convince those people she’s not the Devil Incarnate.
Religion is what @GovMikeHuckabee sells because he doesn’t have the ethics to be a used car salesman.
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) November 9, 2016
re: #224 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
This.
I am dismayed in the number of Americans who would even consider Trump a viable candidate for president. Even if Clinton wins, she’ll spend the next four years trying to convince those people she’s not the Devil Incarnate.
Anyone who willingly casts a vote for Trump already believes that and will not be convinced otherwise.
Ziggy, turn the tv off or watch something else. There really is nothing we can do.
re: #211 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I have a star student named Aimee would not like to have things pushed through her, tyvm.
LOL
do NOT google “star Aimee”…just saying.
re: #225 gocart mozart
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re: #194 Scottishdragon
Spouse getting really angry and demanding I turn the tv off. She is depressed.
Mine fell asleep, which is a good thing: this is not, sad, to say, shaping up as the election we wanted to watch: it doesn’t help that the networks seem to be gleefully slavering over every minor-state Trump win, and razor-thin swing-state margin: that the Republican Party can run such a wildly incompetent and unfit candidate for President, and not be losing - nationally - in a blowout is a seriously depressing thought.
Wow I never thought it would be this close.
Thirty. Eight. Red. States. I’m gonna end my life in a prison camp. Or at least be forced into going back to presenting male.
— Chrysi Cat (@chrysicat) November 9, 2016
Presented with no further comment.
According to WashPost 40% of Fairfax still not reported. On the counted FFX votes Clinton leads 60% to 30%
re: #227 Jenner7
I’m muslim. I have a right to be stressed. And I am at a Democratic Party thing.
re: #236 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’m muslim. I have a right to be stressed. And I am at a Democratic Party thing.
You don’t have a right to project your stress on others.
re: #221 Kragar
I am at a Trump rally in Manhattan, and thousands are chanting “We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back”. Disgusting
Pretty sure this is bullshit.
Michigan’s down to a projected 1% margin… and we’re out of safety states if it falls.
re: #236 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’m muslim. I have a right to be stressed. And I am at a Democratic Party thing.
Stop it. Just STOP IT.
You aren’t the only one.
re: #230 Jay C
Mine fell asleep, which is a good thing: this is not, sad, to say, shaping up as the election we wanted to watch: it doesn’t help that the networks seem to be gleefully slavering over every minor-state Trump win, and razor-thin swing-state margin: that the Republican Party can run such a wildly incompetent and unfit candidate for President, and not be losing - nationally - in a blowout is a seriously depressing thought.
Kournaki gleefully explaining how small counties in Ohio that went for Romney by 12 are going for Trump by 40 points or more.
That is why this is not going the way we thought it would 3 hours ago.
The Brexit thing is being replicated to some extent.
re: #239 Brian J.
Michigan’s down to a projected 1% margin… and we’re out of safety states if it falls.
Holy shit.
re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth
do NOT google “star Aimee”…just saying.
No way! LMAO! Oh, autocorrect. You slay me.
Blue wall still holding. Trump needs a big shift to breach it. pic.twitter.com/9K4fWiOPTR
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) November 9, 2016
re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth
Speaking of which, it seems your fellow Kentuckians went really hard for Drumpf. He was always expected to win there, but it seems the Dem turnout machine perhaps overlooked the need to be sure your state Dem assemblyfolk got the support they needed.
re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That picture is some minutes old. Her chances are now down to 58%.
Everybody STOP PANICKING. Remember what I said last week. IF Trump wins - and I stress the IF - we will survive it. We will, I swear it. It will not be the literal end of the world if Donald J. Trump is sworn in as the next President of the United States. Deep breaths, relax, it’s not over until it’s over and even if Hillary loses, it’s still not over until the nukes start flying, so let’s all just drink and reminisce and CHILL THE FUCK OUT.
re: #236 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’m muslim. I have a right to be stressed. And I am at a Democratic Party thing.
My sister is Muslim. I have a whole Mexican side of the family. Lots of gay and/or transgender friends and family. Suck it up and deal with it. You are just making yourself miserable and I’m getting sick of watching it. You know that you have depression and yet you are putting yourself right in the middle of a situation that is going to make you depressed. That makes absolutely no fucking sense to me.*
*Reason why I decided not to become a psychologist because I knew at some point I’d snap and shake the person and yell at them.
I’m told that someone has called Michigan for Clinton. That’s preposterous. She’s in serious trouble there as well.
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 9, 2016
re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth
Fine…can we fast forward to the end of the night and call it that way?
The whitest U.S. counties are voting for Trump by an unprecedented margin. pic.twitter.com/nmwJrVZn5E
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) November 9, 2016
I’m sweating through my clothes, but it ain’t done yet and I remain hopeful :)
Smoking like a coal-fired plant though.
re: #246 freetoken
Speaking of which, it seems your fellow Kentuckians went really hard for Drumpf. He was always expected to win there, but it seems the Dem turnout machine perhaps overlooked the need to be sure your state Dem assemblyfolk got the support they needed.
The Dems here are mostly blue dog Dems/Republican lite.
They are easily scared by every single GOP boogieman that can be invented.
re: #254 Alyosha
I’m sweating through my clothes, but it ain’t done yet and I remain hopeful :)
Smoking like a coal-fired plant though.
I poured myself a double.
re: #253 lawhawk
Well that doesn’t surprise me, most of his base is white after all.
Don’t worry, everyone. When President Trump does nothing about climate change, Florida will be the first to go.
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) November 9, 2016
Earlier the Hill reported that they voted for Clinton.
George W. and Laura Bush left their presidential ballots blank https://t.co/ykeGLD9p4R pic.twitter.com/K74IkueEtn
— The Hill (@thehill) November 9, 2016
If Trump takes CO, AZ and MI is that enough?
At this moment I think marijuana legalization could pass everywhere.
— Emo Philips (@EmoPhilips) November 9, 2016
re: #238 Charles Johnson
Yeah, its been debunked as a troll
re: #260 Ziggy_TARDIS
Sorry. I don’t know. And, it didn’t last.
Look, we all knew (or should have known) that Clinton has serious baked-in negatives that was going to hurt her outside of the targeted Obama states.
The map as it now appears should not be a surprise.
Maybe America is more misogynistic than we ever realized.
re: #271 freetoken
Look, we all knew (or should have known) that Clinton has serious baked-in negatives that was going to hurt her outside of the targeted Obama states.
The map as it now appears should not be a surprise.
Yes.
re: #241 Scottishdragon
Kournaki gleefully explaining how small counties in Ohio that went for Romney by 12 are going for Trump by 40 points or more.
That is why this is not going the way we thought it would 3 hours ago.
The Brexit thing is being replicated to some extent.
Add in that good old 30 years of Clinton hate too. Everyone is saying the Red is more red, this still comes down to women and minorities.
Men have failed us. And as a white male I am steamed.
lol
What if @mitchellvii is the new @NateSilver538
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) November 9, 2016
I can’t bring myself to watch. I’ve stayed off social media for most of the day.
Please tell me that Hillary still has a chance.
My precious state going blue and then back to red is like I’m the raccoon with the dissolving candy floss.
— Ana Mardoll (@AnaMardoll) November 9, 2016
Michigan’s down to 0.3% projected margin, and Pennsylvania under 2%. Arizona might be able to plug one of those holes, but not both.
re: #272 Eclectic Cyborg
Maybe America is more misogynistic than we ever realized.
And racist.
But we knew that already, too.
@CNBC @lovemrpibb2 Trump isn’t even elected and he’s already staring to cause a recession.
— jim (@jlcoffeecup) November 9, 2016
No. Chicken. Littling.
I’m not here as your Valium Valet Service. I’d rather be us than them right now. Buck up for a longer night.— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) November 9, 2016
Early voting from the People’s Republic of Travis County- 50% of registered voters voted early:
Clinton 247,000
Trump- 97,000
re: #272 Eclectic Cyborg
Maybe America is more misogynistic than we ever realized.
That’s my first thought, and that would include women who want a man in charge.
Another factor is that white people are much more likely to heavy Fox users, trained to hate the Clintons.
re: #272 Eclectic Cyborg
Maybe America is more misogynistic than we ever realized.
Right now it’s as misogynistic as I’ve ever know during my 64 years living here.
re: #272 Eclectic Cyborg
Maybe America is more misogynistic than we ever realized.
Nope. I think deep down we all knew it and then it was confirmed as soon as this election cycle started.
re: #283 No Country For Old Haters
That’s my first thought, and that would include women who want a man in charge.
Another factor is that white people are much more likely to heavy Fox users, trained to hate the Clintons.
Being a woman doesn’t prevent someone from being misogynistic. Unfortunately.
Assuming Clinton wins, this is still scary. The next white supremacist demagogue to come around might be smarter and more organized than Trump.
re: #287 No Depression
Assuming Clinton wins, this is still scary. The next white supremacist demagogue to come around might be smarter and more organized than Trump.
That is true.
The entire country right now. pic.twitter.com/KacReeNQAp
— Dorothy Snarker (@dorothysnarker) November 9, 2016
This is a true toss-up. https://t.co/g00fSV2j75 pic.twitter.com/0C1ayTEic2
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 9, 2016
re: #272 Eclectic Cyborg
No, I knew. Ever since the Republican party knighted Rush Limbaugh the so called “leader of The Republican Party” in the 90’s, I have been saying, that if the Right ran a man like Rush for President, he would win the vote of 75% of American white men.
Hi everyone!
re: #287 No Depression
Yes, the next successful Republican candidate will be sorely tempted to play the same cards as Drumpfskind did.
One of the most annoying things about Twitter is when people keep replying to something you tweeted a while back, after you’ve already tweeted several other things on the same subject.
re: #290 Ziggy_TARDIS
They’re pushing the horse race to get you to click.
It’s a game the website/media companies are playing with you.
whitebeach, are you as shocked as I am?
BREAKING: Trump wins Louisiana. @AP race call at 9:30 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall pic.twitter.com/CWUnWpwaXT
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2016
Someone refresh my memory. Wasn’t it exactly like this the last two election cycles?
re: #296 Backwoods_Sleuth
I wonder if Mr. KKK will win enough votes to get on the ballot?
re: #294 Ziggy_TARDIS
About to throw up.
Go take a walk, seriously. Take a moment to catch your breath.
re: #296 Backwoods_Sleuth
whitebeach, are you as shocked as I am?
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re: #290 Ziggy_TARDIS
The Weather Channel is running an escape from politics program until midnight
re: #297 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Someone refresh my memory. Wasn’t it exactly like this the last two election cycles?
Yes, yes it was. So much angst, anxiety, and clutching of pearls. Truth be told, I come here to avoid negativity, not wallow in it. Yes, shit’s going to be close, but we knew that. This election was guaranteed to be one of the most hotly contested elections in history, with unprecedented levels of turnout. You can’t tell me we didn’t see this coming. Everyone needs to just breathe in, breathe out, and focus on doing what we can to keep the world running, no matter who is moving into the White House in January.
re: #302 Belafon
Looks like a lot of racism.
This is the election model that Drumpfskind went after, the VDARE crowd. His campaign was designed to exploit fear of brown people.
What this shows is that Drumpfskind knew his audience. He succeeded in that regard.
I think everyone needs to chillax. This ain’t over yet.
Two small drops, but my daughter in Iowa and my nephew in KC have both voted for Clinton. Not sure about the rest of the fambly.
re: #294 Ziggy_TARDIS
About to throw up.
Seriously. Give it a fucking rest already.
Everyone here understands how you feel. Everyone here is sympathetic.
How about showing a little consideration for everyone here who is constantly considerate of you?
I’m watching my recording of Sunday’s The Walking Dead.
While all of Negan’s broken stomped down people are “We are all Negan”, right now I am solidly in the I don’t give a shit “We are all Daryl” camp.
Ah, remember 2012?
Romney is winning. Romney is winning. Romney is winning. Romney is winning. Romney is winning. Romney is winning. Romney is winning. Romney is winning. Romney is winning. Romney lost.
re: #263 Alyosha
On my second cider. Baccardi’s in the cupboard.
The Famous Grouse will stay in the drawer until morning when I get home from work. At that point it will be commiseration or celebration.
Remember when everyone was laughing at @NateSilver538
— Political Capital (@PoliticalLine) November 9, 2016
Ayup. But the night still early, and Clinton can still pull this out, particularly as places with heavy D votes have yet to weigh in, like Broward County. That’s turnout that needs to come through.
Rural/urban areas are a huge split. People who are open to having a woman or a black as President versus those who refuse to consider either.
Misogyny and bigotry are still strong with a lot of people.
They’ll have to come kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.
The flip side is that there aren’t enough people who stand up to the likes of a Donald Trump, which means that if the Senate stays in GOP control, will mean very bad things for a generation on the Court.
For Trump to do this well with fuck all of a ground game is either very impressive or very sad.
The Michigan projection (from the NY Times) just flipped. Now we’ve got to pick up a state where we’re projected to lose.
No battleground states have been called for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. #CBSElection #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/DnseuLQs38
— CBS News Politics (@CBSPolitics) November 9, 2016
0/13 battleground states have been called so far. #ElectionNight https://t.co/uGERqflFLT
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) November 9, 2016
I kinda wish I was still cynical and disengaged like I was in college. The 2012 election wasn’t nearly this stressful.
re: #316 Eclectic Cyborg
For Trump to do this well with fuck all of a ground game is either very impressive or very sad.
Both.
It goes to show how much things like the Comey letter got to shift attitudes against Clinton, and how little the sex predator on tape (grab ‘em by the pussy) moved attitudes away from Trump.
Misogyny is alive and well.
Not ready to concede this by any stretch of the imagination, but, should HRC lose to the blattering yam, who steps up to take him on in 2020?
re: #316 Eclectic Cyborg
For Trump to do this well with fuck all of a ground game is either very impressive or very sad.
Trump threw the political rule book into the fire and we are all biting our fingernails now.
Hey everyone.
To start with, I have been a lurker in the comments over the past few months. I had voted for the Republican nominees since 2000.
Until today. I defected and voted for Hillary.
Long story short, what Charles Johnson experienced with his 2009 defection applied to me this year. I finally saw the intellectual and moral rot that the GOP has willing reduced itself to.
And yes, I cannot help but be horribly nervous right now. I got fired from my job because the CEO was a fanatical Trump supporter.
God, I hope we don’t f this up.
re: #323 Whack-A-Mole
Not ready to concede this by any stretch of the imagination, but, should HRC lose to the blattering yam, who steps up to take him on in 2020?
I’d like to think that by 2020, if Drumpf is in fact the President, we could run a talking llama and win.
re: #323 Whack-A-Mole
Not ready to concede this by any stretch of the imagination, but, should HRC lose to the blattering yam, who steps up to take him on in 2020?
One of those immigrant people has voted in California.
Rocked my vote this morning! Now off to work to kick some ass!! #ProudCitizen #USA #Vote #agentsofshield
It looks like we may be seeing a shy Trump voter effect, plus some systemic failures by the pollsters. I still think Clinton’s going to take this, but it’s going to be narrower than we would have liked and we need a very serious conversation about the Democratic party and its bench, starting tomorrow.
re: #325 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Welcome!
Trump won’t be president anyway, Pence will be. Trump doesn’t work.
Pence as POTUS is equally awful.
re: #325 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Welcome!
Remember when the Cubs won the World Series. That was pretty great!
— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) November 9, 2016
re: #325 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Welcome, hatchling! You came at a very stressful time, but thank you!
re: #331 MsJ
Trump won’t be president anyway, Pence will be. Trump doesn’t work.
Pence as POTUS is equally awful.
Worse in some ways.
re: #323 Whack-A-Mole
Not ready to concede this by any stretch of the imagination, but, should HRC lose to the blattering yam, who steps up to take him on in 2020?
I’ve always been concerned that the Democrats have no one ready to run. Granted, the Republicans have a billion people who wear their lust for the Oval Office on their sleeves, but there are damn few Democrats who seem interested in the Big Chair…
This is gonna be a three-diaper night.
— Keith Knight (@KeefKnight) November 9, 2016
re: #325 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Welcome Friend.
re: #326 thedopefishlives
Or maybe a rock wearing a wiglet.
If Trump does win, I kinda hope the Dems obstruct him as much as possible. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander and all that.
Right now, the makers of Xanax are high fiving the shit out of each other
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 9, 2016
re: #331 MsJ
Trump won’t be president anyway, Pence will be. Trump doesn’t work.
Pence as POTUS is equally awful.
Trump will spend all his time getting even.
re: #325 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Welcome. Have some hard liquor. We all need it.
re: #299 Eclectic Cyborg
Go take a walk, seriously. Take a moment to catch your breath.
Well, I’m feeling the retch coming up, too: as much as the MSM loves a nail-biter election, the possibility that Donald Trump might actually become President - and with a Republican or Republican-dominated Congress behind him is a truly terrifying prospect.
And I’ve seen a lot of elections go by since 1976: I haven’t liked the results in a lot of them, but I’ve never felt that the result might actually put the country in danger like I have this year. I didn’t like (or vote for) people like George Bush or Mitt Romney, but the prospect of their becoming President was merely disappointing - not terrifying.
Not just partisanality: a Trump Administration with a compliant Congress is a nightmare scenario.
re: #321 No Depression
I kinda wish I was still cynical and disengaged like I was in college. The 2012 election wasn’t nearly this stressful.
Yeah, because as unlikable as Romney was, he was at least human. I think.
re: #341 No Depression
If Trump does win, I kinda hope the Dems obstruct him as much as possible. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander and all that.
It’s not like they won’t do the same to Clinton.
A top Clinton aide tells CBS News that “their electoral strategy does not rely on Florida,” where the two candidates are currently tied pic.twitter.com/ErENUK2WJP
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 9, 2016
re: #325 Myron Falwell (no relation)
welcome hatchling!
Positivity is the word for tonight here, despite some angst.
re: #325 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Welcome hatchling.
re: #323 Whack-A-Mole
Not ready to concede this by any stretch of the imagination, but, should HRC lose to the blattering yam, who steps up to take him on in 2020?
Julian Castro?
FFS, I look away for two seconds, come back and everybody’s become a Cubs fan.
Looking on the bright side, if Trump does win by some horrible cosmic joke, I’ll have plenty to write about for the next four years.
re: #353 Targetpractice
FFS, I look away for two seconds, come back and everybody’s become a Cubs fans.
GO NATS
re: #325 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Hey everyone.
To start with, I have been a lurker in the comments over the past few months. I had voted for the Republican nominees since 2000.
Until today. I defected and voted for Hillary.
Long story short, what Charles Johnson experienced with his 2009 defection applied to me this year. I finally saw the intellectual and moral rot that the GOP has willing reduced itself to.
And yes, I cannot help but be horribly nervous right now. I got fired from my job because the CEO was a fanatical Trump supporter.
God, I hope we don’t f this up.
Welcome! And I love your name. LOL.
Assuming Trump doesn’t shut down blogs like LGF.
I wonder if other countries are making a lot of arms deals right now.
re: #357 Charles Johnson
Assuming Trump doesn’t shut down blogs like LGF.
He’d send his best friend, Chuck C. Johnson, over to shut you down personally. You know, as a favor.
re: #354 Charles Johnson
But will you be permitted to publish it?
Americans.
Y’all sure love your panic attacks!— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) November 9, 2016
re: #354 Charles Johnson
Looking on the bright side, if Trump does win by some horrible cosmic joke, I’ll have plenty to write about for the next four years.
Optimistic, aren’t we. That there’ll be 4 years. /
Some bad news locally. Ugh. Too warm.
Keystone, Breckenridge ski resorts postpone opening days indefinitely https://t.co/ZjnnUowBT7
— Vail Daily (@VailDaily) November 9, 2016
re: #335 thedopefishlives
Welcome, hatchling! You came at a very stressful time, but thank you!
It was either that or stress out on Twitter (like heck I’m watching CNN et al.)
re: #328 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
So used to seeing her with a perpetual scowl in Agents of Shield that I hardly recognized her.
Christ, I should have spent the night playing Civ V. At least there, when people are panicking, it’s because my tanks are steamrolling their spearmen.
re: #354 Charles Johnson
Looking on the bright side, if Trump does win by some horrible cosmic joke, I’ll have plenty to write about for the next four years.
So shall we all…
re: #341 No Depression
If Trump does win, I kinda hope the Dems obstruct him as much as possible. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander and all that.
The GOP will get rid of the filibuster when the Senate comes into session and they will start running everything they can. Get rid of the entire last 8 years, get rid of medicare, medicaid and make social security a state block grant.
Oh, and start a shooting war with Iran and trade wars with the rest of the world.
re: #363 teleskiguy
Some bad news locally. Ugh. Too warm.
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Of course Fox is terrified. If Republicans own everything and everything goes to shit, who are they going to blame?
Lots of states in tight battles. Wasn’t kidding. Just press it https://t.co/UjsLTdWykA pic.twitter.com/3X2xf6V6NK
— Kat Downs Mulder (@katdowns) November 9, 2016
re: #284 Backwoods_Sleuth
Right now it’s as misogynistic as I’ve ever know during my 64 years living here.
It must be the same fears as Muslims and Hispanic/Latinos taking over for the White man. Too many men fear powerful women. Too many white men fear everything. This election is a sure sign of that.
re: #366 Targetpractice
Christ, I should have spent the night playing Civ V. At least there, when people are panicking, it’s because my tanks are steamrolling their spearmen.
Trump may well turn out to be the new Gandhi. In a Civ kinda way.
I’m taking a karmic sort of comfort that it’s raining here tonight. I’m not even watching the results come in and I’m nervous.
As a Latina the prospect of a Trump presidency terrifies me. God help us.
re: #356 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Welcome! And I love your name. LOL.
Hah, it’s an old role-playing name I’ve used on online forums and whatnot.
And yes, it was a parody of said “Reverend.”
I don’t know what they know, but the Detroit Free Press just called Michigan for Hillary, according to their web site.
We’re not going to know the results until tomorrow.
re: #353 Targetpractice
FFS, I look away for two seconds, come back and everybody’s become a Cubs fan.
From 538:
In Virginia, Clinton is now down by just 5,000 votes with 14 percent of precincts still remaining. Clinton still has a good chance of winning the state.
From me = 514k reported votes so far, but county has 685k active voters and 747K registered voters. County vote is 60% for Clinton so far.
re: #378 The Vicious Babushka
We’re not going to know the results until tomorrow.
Nope. And maybe not even then.
Usually, I’m snarky as a coping mechanism. But this Tweeter speaks for me:
Please show your disabled friends love tonight too
We are scared as hell.— 19th Amendment-Henry (@snarkbat) November 9, 2016
Jesus, this fucker is going to win this, isn’t he?
re: #368 Scottishdragon
The GOP will get rid of the filibuster when the Senate comes into session and they will start running everything they can. Get rid of the entire last 8 years, get rid of medicare, medicaid and make social security a state block grant.
Oh, and start a shooting war with Iran and trade wars with the rest of the world.
Hopefully in that scenario, things will be such a clusterfuck that it kills the GOP for good.
re: #373 nickzi
Trump may well turn out to be the new Gandhi. In a Civ kinda way.
That involved the image of Gandhi shouting “Our Words Are Backed With NUCLEAR WEAPONS!” for those who don’t get the joke. In Civ V, an error made him absurdly willing to throw nukes around if/ when he developed them.
re: #380 ckkatz
From 538:
In Virginia, Clinton is now down by just 5,000 votes with 14 percent of precincts still remaining. Clinton still has a good chance of winning the state.From me = 514k reported votes so far, but county has 685k active voters and 747K registered voters. County vote is 60% for Clinton so far.
Virginia’s hers, as it was Obama’s in 2012. The problem is MI/ PA.
re: #296 Backwoods_Sleuth
whitebeach, are you as shocked as I am?
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Shocked, shocked I tell you, to learn that a substantial majority of the people in this state are ignorant racist assholes.
But then again, lots of Americans probably feel that way about the whole country right now.
We seem to have a disturbing number of white nationalists in the US. Or at least people who are OK with white nationalists.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2016
Ok, for those of you wanting a nice story as a break from the election, I just posted a page about an act of kindness by a fellow named Chris Shiflett… :)
re: #382 The Vicious Babushka
My bad, but still I would think the Michigan paper should know what is happening. The projection was made at 9:35pm.
re: #384 Mattand
Jesus, this fucker is going to win this, isn’t he?
No, but it’s going to be a bastard of a night until sanity finally crawls over the finish line.
re: #375 Lidane
I’m taking a karmic sort of comfort that it’s raining here tonight. I’m not even watching the results come in and I’m nervous.
As a Latina the prospect of a Trump presidency terrifies me. God help us.
It’s pouring down rain here in the Backwoods.
And getting kinda cold.
Might have to fire up the pellet stove.
Hillary is now up 5000 votes in VA. @AngryBlackLady
— Golden Goose (@golden__dawn) November 9, 2016
re: #386 Brian J.
That involved the image of Gandhi shouting “Our Words Are Backed With NUCLEAR WEAPONS!” for those who don’t get the joke. In Civ V, an error made him absurdly willing to throw nukes around if/ when he developed them.
Actually an error going back to Civ 1. Basically the moment a country moves into the modern era, their hostility parameter goes down a notch. But Gandhi was written from the start of the game with a hostility of 0. So as soon as he hits the modern era, he goes -1 and comes back around to be the most hostile fucker on the map. Montezuma is known to say “Dude, take it down a notch.”
re: #380 ckkatz
From 538:
In Virginia, Clinton is now down by just 5,000 votes with 14 percent of precincts still remaining. Clinton still has a good chance of winning the state.From me = 514k reported votes so far, but county has 685k active voters and 747K registered voters. County vote is 60% for Clinton so far.
Virginia was not supposed to be close.
Nate Silver looking more and more like he was right.
I’ve closed down the trackers. I can recognize when the stress isn’t doing good things for me.
That I’m mapping out the practical personal changes a Trump presidency would bring about terrifies me, but it’s at least something I can do.
What we’re seeing, very clearly, is that Drumpfskind has successfully garnered the poor white vote in rural America. He designed his campaign to appeal to them.
Resentment - that is why we are seeing on those maps.
Clinton probably won overwhelmingly in most counties where the average income is in the upper third of the national distribution.
Resentment is what drives people to watch Fox and listen to the hate-talkers on radio.
re: #393 nickzi
No, but it’s going to be a bastard of a night until sanity finally crawls over the finish line.
Hope you’re right. I’m getting that same sick feeling I got in 2000, though.
PSA: DOGS WILL STILL EXIST IN THE MORNING
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) November 9, 2016
Clinton just went ahead in Virginia. If she wins, this was the moment. pic.twitter.com/qLTk4Icym3
— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) November 9, 2016
I can’t imagine how stressed Americans are feeling right now. I’m Canadian and I’m chugging maple syrup and just punched a moose.
— Jason Sweeney (@sween) November 9, 2016
lol
I’m currently getting ads for “Man in the High Castle” pic.twitter.com/CWfgErAzxF
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) November 9, 2016
Seeing rumors online that square-jawed, manly Joe Manchin is publicly considering switching parties.
The Kremlin is happy with the results so far.
re: #400 freetoken
Somewhere showed that the average Trump supporters is doing better than those around them.
So apparently the smooth jazz on the Weather Channel isn’t an effective stress reliever.
re: #405 teleskiguy
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He punched a moose? Weak sauce. Imma run out and wrestle a grizzly.
re: #408 nickzi
Seeing rumors online that square-jawed, manly Joe Manchin is publicly considering switching parties.
So courageous.
re: #399 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I am going to Canada. AT least or a little while.
re: #403 jaunte
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re: #404 A wild WITHAK appeared!
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I’ve run out of nails to bite! Of course my nails haven’t yet fully recovered from the World Series last week…
re: #401 Mattand
Hope you’re right. I’m getting that same sick feeling I got in 2000, though.
You know that Trump’s gonna file legal challenges everywhere; IMO, I think that may be a reason why he’s phoned it in on his ground game and ad buys for the most part, he’s counting on his lawyers to win it for him.
Goddamnit, I was contentedly watching Forensic Files reruns on HLN, when fucking Wolf Blitzer’s mug popped in. I don’t need that shit.
So … apparently all the flights to Costa Rica are booked
That’s weird— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 9, 2016
If Trump wins, prepare for a stock market crash of epic proportions. Thanks a lot, you fucking hillbillies.
— Bill Harnsberger (@BillinPortland) November 9, 2016
Still room in NC. Please oh please oh please.
I think Florida is lost, but we will see.
In case it’s not overly obvious. The random order in which precincts report is meaningless.
Only the final all done per state result counts.
When you have that then you know something.
re: #417 Myron Falwell (no relation)
I’ve run out of nails to bite! Of course my nails haven’t yet fully recovered from the World Series last week…
Look on the bright side, you can’t rain delay an election.
/
Right now, I’m starting to wish that Hillary Clinton had the awesome election rigging capabilities that various Bernie fanatics insisted she had in the primaries.
re: #425 Ubiq
Right now, I’m starting to wish that Hillary Clinton had the awesome election rigging capabilities that various Bernie fanatics insisted she had in the primaries.
Or that Trump himself insinuated that she had.
When this election is done, I won’t be able to look at most of my fellow whites (especially the men) quite the same way. I’ll always be wondering about the darkness that might dwell in their hearts.
re: #425 Ubiq
Right now, I’m starting to wish that Hillary Clinton had the awesome election rigging capabilities that various Bernie fanatics insisted she had in the primaries.
They’re going to be insufferable if she loses.
Good evening, everyone. Well, I wish it were a better night.
Anyway, the fear I’ve long had deep in the back of my mind if it ever came to that was Chile: Latin America’s most succesful, stable democracy, with a 17 year interlude of right-wing death squads, torture sites, and international terrorism.
But I think of Pinochet, and then Trump, and to compare the two is ludicrous. Pinochet was a smart, ruthless, determined military professional. Trump is a pathetic d-list celebrity buffoon. There is no way he could ever pull off the kind of right-wing dictatorship that Augusto did.
I hate that this is what I’m believing in right now to keep me sane, but there it is.
re: #427 No Depression
When this election is done, I won’t be able to look at most of my fellow whites (especially the men) quite the same way. I’ll always be wondering about the darkness that might dwell in their hearts.
I know and I’m a white guy.
Consider my way of thinking: Hillary is still going to win and the fleeting taste of victory is gonna make the coming implosion of the GOP all the sweeter.
If I’m wrong, may God strik
On that CA shooting.
Gunman in Asuza shooting is dead. Shooting had nothing to do with election according to LASD Lt. John Corina
— James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) November 9, 2016
re: #427 No Depression
I know so many who basically said they held their nose and voted for Trump because they couldn’t stand Hillary.
re: #410 Belafon
Somewhere showed that the average Trump supporters is doing better than those around them.
Vox.
re: #431 Scottishdragon
Nate Silver still her at 73% to win.
BUTBUTBUT NEW YORK TIMES!!!!!
[Clutches pearls.]
And Fox calls Virginia for Clinton
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) November 9, 2016
re: #419 RinaX
Goddamnit, I was contentedly watching Forensic Files reruns on HLN, when fucking Wolf Blitzer’s mug popped in. I don’t need that shit.
I Know! I thought the dog sat on the remote and changed the channel.
re: #427 No Depression
When this election is done, I won’t be able to look at most of my fellow whites (especially the men) quite the same way. I’ll always be wondering about the darkness that might dwell in their hearts.
re: #430 HappyWarrior
I know and I’m a white guy.
As am I.
Even if she prevails, it’s still demoralizing to not only know that they exist, but would flaunt their hatred in front of cameras and on social media.
re: #434 Eclectic Cyborg
I know so many who basically said they held their nose and voted for Trump because they couldn’t stand Hillary.
I can’t stand those people
re: #440 Targetpractice
See, what did I tell ya? We got this shit.
Everybody take a deep breath. Then take a shot. Then fuck right off and loosen up, because I’ve been saying it all week - it’s going to be close, but the world will not, in fact, be ending tomorrow.
re: #427 No Depression
When this election is done, I won’t be able to look at most of my fellow whites (especially the men) quite the same way. I’ll always be wondering about the darkness that might dwell in their hearts.
One thing I’ll say for most of the white men where I live: You won’t have to wonder for very long.
re: #408 nickzi
Seeing rumors online that square-jawed, manly Joe Manchin is publicly considering switching parties.
Oh, so he’s finally going to admit he’s been a Republican all along.
Well, let’s see if Florida can finally do the nation a solid to make up for the debacle of 2000.
re: #434 Eclectic Cyborg
I know so many who basically said they held their nose and voted for Trump because they couldn’t stand Hillary.
Biden would have been the better candidate.
I like a lot about Hillary and I was proud to vote for her. The GOP has thrown 30 years of shit at her and 90% of it was utterly fucking unwarranted and utterly dishonest. I get that.
Something about the name “Clinton” just drives half of America bugfuck in a way that I cannot comprehend…and she was honestly not the strongest candidate we could have put up.
re: #434 Eclectic Cyborg
I know so many who basically said they held their nose and voted for Trump because they couldn’t stand Hillary.
Something is seriously wrong with anyone that finds Clinton more repulsive than Trump. Her only crime is coming off as cold and inauthentic at times, whereas Trump is a compulsive liar, a psychopath and a bigot.
re: #427 No Depression
When this election is done, I won’t be able to look at most of my fellow whites (especially the men) quite the same way. I’ll always be wondering about the darkness that might dwell in their hearts.
Well, as an African-American woman in a predominantly white field who has to get along with a co-worker who has blatant anti-Obama signs all over his desk (he’s always helpful, though), you learn to live with the permanent inner side-eye. I have it for pretty much any white person that I’m not sure is a Democrat, and a real one at that.
re: #440 Targetpractice
See, what did I tell ya? We got this shit.
Fuckit, I’m just going to bounce between reading LGF, watching Real Genius, and playing a couple of rounds of Battlefield 1.
re: #445 thedopefishlives
Everybody take a deep breath. Then take a shot. Then fuck right off and loosen up, because I’ve been saying it all week - it’s going to be close, but the world will not, in fact, be ending tomorrow.
I quit drinking 11 years ago. Not going to start again.
re: #450 nickzi
Well, let’s see if Florida can finally do the nation a solid to make up for the debacle of 2000.
Dunno, Florida Man and all.
mr. klys is home which just means there are two of us to pace around the house nervously.
re: #434 Eclectic Cyborg
I know so many who basically said they held their nose and voted for Trump because they couldn’t stand Hillary.
That would be the highly educated people I work with at my defense contractor here now Texas.
re: #456 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I quit drinking 11 years ago. Not going to start again.
That’s fair enough. Take a non-alcoholic shot, then. On me.
Fox News projects @HillaryClinton wins Virginia. #ElectionNight #FoxNews2016 pic.twitter.com/UNdTUkSVO7
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 9, 2016
re: #443 Myron Falwell (no relation)
As am I.
Even if she prevails, it’s still demoralizing to not only know that they exist, but would flaunt their hatred in front of cameras and on social media.
Nothing has made me more ashamed to be white and male than observing the behavior of my fellow white men over the years.
re: #458 klys (maker of Silmarils)
mr. klys is home which just means there are two of us to pace around the house nervously.
And cats. Mustn’t forget the cats.
I’m home from the watch party and so glad to not have the jibber-jabbering of MSNBC going on. If Steve Kornacki jumped around any more, I was afraid he was going to launch himself into outerspace.
I still think she’s going to pull it out, but I am ashamed that there are so many ignorant, hateful people in this country to make it this close and I find in extremely depressing.
Need to go look at numbers in NY, which I’m hoping she takes 80-20, because above all else, that will really rankle the disgusting piece of refuse.
I’m here with you all now (like it or hate it) for the duration.
Neither Iowa nor Arizona has been called, but the exit polls show them -3 and -4 respectively… and they’ve been too generous to us all night.
Nervous Donald Trump staying calm by squeezing a stress-relieving vagina. #ElectionNight
— ClickHole (@ClickHole) November 9, 2016
re: #446 whitebeach
One thing I’ll say for most of the white men where I live: You won’t have to wonder for very long.
They must wear it on their sleeve. Up north, I have to wait for them to out themselves on Facebook. //
Pretty sure Florida is dead set on being, well, Florida.
;P
re: #458 klys (maker of Silmarils)
mr. klys is home which just means there are two of us to pace around the house nervously.
GROUP HUG!!!
re: #459 Belafon
That would be the highly educated people I work with at my defense contractor here now Texas.
And include a lot of callers I deal with at Social Security. Amazing how they hate the President and that hate doubles down on Hillary…
re: #450 nickzi
Well, let’s see if Florida can finally do the nation a solid to make up for the debacle of 2000.
It’s fuckin Florida. So they’ll fuck with the nation for a little while longer. Because this seems to be their permanent role.
re: #460 thedopefishlives
That’s fair enough. Take a non-alcoholic shot, then. On me.
It is time for my clonazepam, though. ;-)
re: #472 lawhawk
It’s fuckin Florida. So they’ll fuck with the nation for a little while longer. Because this seems to be their permanent role.
They are, after all, the drooping dick state.
re: #462 nickzi
Nothing has made me more ashamed to be white and male than observing the behavior of my fellow white men over the years.
I used to mock the very idea of white guilt itself. I totally get it now.
Still no call for GA, what the fuck is that about?
re: #445 thedopefishlives
Everybody take a deep breath. Then take a shot. Then fuck right off and loosen up, because I’ve been saying it all week - it’s going to be close, but the world will not, in fact, be ending tomorrow.
If Trump wins, it may actually be the end of the Republic in her current form. Some sort of American may survive, but very possibly with different boundaries and a different type of government.
Proto fascist demagogues tend to do that. Not kidding a bit.
FL will end up doing what it’s done since 2000: Come down to the last few thousand votes, giving the winner just a thin enough margin that the other side swears there was massive cheating going on.
re: #458 klys (maker of Silmarils)
mr. klys is home which just means there are two of us to pace around the house nervously.
Yeah. Mr. C. is not a happy camper either. This fails to help me relax.
re: #454 RinaX
Well, as an African-American woman in a predominantly white field who has to get along with a co-worker who has blatant anti-Obama signs all over his desk (he’s always helpful, though), you learn to live with the permanent inner side-eye. I have it for pretty much any white person that I’m not sure is a Democrat, and a real one at that.
That makes this older white woman sad.
I hate my fellow Americans sometimes.
Colorado votes in favor of legalizing assisted suicide, NBC News and ABC News project https://t.co/14tNWhf21g
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) November 9, 2016
Well we can all move to Colorado and kill ourselves…. https://t.co/WsLJMMYgfZ
— Aaron Briggs (@awbriggs58353) November 9, 2016
re: #478 Scottishdragon
If Trump wins, it may actually be the end of the Republic in her current form. Some sort of American may survive, but very possibly with different boundaries and a different type of government.
Proto fascist demagogues tend to do that. Not kidding a bit.
I know you’re not kidding, none of us are. I am not denying that a Drumpf Presidency will be disastrous. I, however, am going to disagree. I don’t think that the Republic will be over.
re: #443 Myron Falwell (no relation)
As am I.
Even if she prevails, it’s still demoralizing to not only know that they exist, but would flaunt their hatred in front of cameras and on social media.
Yes, we have a lot of “unfortunate” white men here. But we also have some of the best men in the world as well (thank dog). I have been around the world enough to make that assertion.
re: #477 Eclectic Cyborg
Still no call for GA, what the fuck is that about?
Half the vote is still out for some reason.
Clinton wins New Mexico, per NBC.
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) November 9, 2016
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton wins New Mexico, @NBCNews projects https://t.co/QNhE5djKi7 #Decision2016 pic.twitter.com/zWEPEcD7AC
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) November 9, 2016
What is up with New Hampshire? Have they been called? One of the first states to close and it isn’t that big population wise. Do they bring in results by horse?
Looking for trends in @nytimes’s presidential forecast needle? Don’t look too hard - the bounce is random jitter from your PC, not live data pic.twitter.com/pwcV6epee7
— Alp Toker (@atoker) November 9, 2016
Honestly someone is going to have a heart attack tonight because a front-end engineer at the NYT got too clever https://t.co/D7OxRa7A2U
— Casey Kolderup (@ckolderup) November 9, 2016
re: #489 Ziggy_TARDIS
IT’S over then.
I will finish school, and I will leave.
Good grief. Just stop it.
re: #489 Ziggy_TARDIS
IT’S over then.
I will finish school, and I will leave.
Don’t zig when you can zag, my nervous friend.
re: #459 Belafon
Yup. What I labeled “baked-in” hatred of the Clintons, particularly Hillary.
But we knew this back in the primary.
So many of the younger, and female, Hillary supporters probably never appreciated how despised Hillary is with a large fraction of the population.
Pollsters knew this - which they demonstrated easily with the negatives that showed up in the polling. Only Drumpf was least liked than her.
Hillary won the nomination because she was the choice of the Democratic machinery (this is not a Bernie conspiracy I’m peddling - rather it’s based on Hillary’s decision to move to NY to run for Senate, the one state she knew she could win.)
Hillary will win tonight because of the Democratic machinery too. The Obama states will put her into office. But many Americans will have voted against her because they detest her.
re: #489 Ziggy_TARDIS
DUDE, SHUT THE FUCK UP! GO SOMEWHERE ELSE IF YOU’RE GOING TO DO THIS SHIT YOU FUCKIN’ MOMO!
re: #477 Eclectic Cyborg
Still no call for GA, what the fuck is that about?
the freakout if it’s called for Hillary will be breathtaking.
re: #494 Scottishdragon
WTF is happening in Michigan??
Hrm.
OK — in #Michigan — Trump up 49k votes. But only 120k votes counted in Wayne County. (808k cast there in 2012: Obama 73% Romney 26%)
— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) November 9, 2016
Sorry, but ProLifeLiberal is being an annoying jackass.
BREAKING: US stock futures down 500 points (-2.7%) on fears of a Trump win #ElectionNight
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) November 9, 2016
Details:
Looking for trends in @nytimes’s presidential forecast needle? Don’t look too hard - the bounce is random jitter from your PC, not live data pic.twitter.com/pwcV6epee7
— Alp Toker (@atoker) November 9, 2016
re: #470 Joe Bacon
And include a lot of callers I deal with at Social Security. Amazing how they hate the President and that hate doubles down on Hillary…
They’re gonna love it when the GOP screws them bigly.
re: #486 thedopefishlives
I know you’re not kidding, none of us are. I am not denying that a Drumpf Presidency will be disastrous. I, however, am going to disagree. I don’t think that the Republic will be over.
What will happen is that the country will move a lot closer to what it was 100 years ago. Things will get tougher for minorities and women. And it’ll take a long time to overcome the SCOTUS makeup.
re: #489 Ziggy_TARDIS
IT’S over then.
I will finish school, and I will leave.
Good thing you aren’t also a woman.
re: #506 gocart mozart
Thank you, useless fucking media with your horse race bullshit.
re: #509 A wild WITHAK appeared!
Oh FFS. Are they SERIOUS?
I guess so! This is right up Charles’ alley!
re: #500 teleskiguy
DUDE, SHUT THE FUCK UP! GO SOMEWHERE ELSE IF YOU’RE GOING TO DO THIS SHIT YOU FUCKIN’ MOMO!
I’m sick of it, too, but that’s just too much.
re: #501 Backwoods_Sleuth
the freakout if it’s called for Hillary will be breathtaking.
Very few precincts are in from Cobb, DeKalb, or Gwinnett Counties, which are the three biggest Atlanta suburbs and make up about a quarter of the state’s population. If we pull off really high voteshare and turnout, we might have a chance.
I’m glad I picked up 10 grams of Purple D shatter yesterday…lol! Time for another dab and kick back to watch the mess unfold…
I buy in bulk and get a great price… :)
re: #513 Eclectic Cyborg
Thank you, useless fucking media with your horse race bullshit.
This!!!!!!!!!
More times than I got. What a wasted commentary
re: #494 Scottishdragon
WTF is happening in Michigan??
They believe that Trump will be bringing the coal mines back. On the bright side here in CA, a Trump wins means there is no drought and he’ll “open up the water”, so we’ve got that going for us.
re: #450 nickzi
Well, let’s see if Florida can finally do the nation a solid to make up for the debacle of 2000.
Not looking like it, unfortunately.
re: #510 Belafon
What will happen is that the country will move a lot closer to what it was 100 years ago. Things will get tougher for minorities and women. And it’ll take a long time to overcome the SCOTUS makeup.
Which will suck. It will. I am not going to lie, it will be hard to deal with a Trump presidency. However, I still firmly believe that we are an amazing country with amazing people, and that we will endure the hardship and eventually (hopefully sooner rather than later) reverse the damage that gets done.
Why is Drumpfskind still ahead in FL?
Because FL is full of old people, who have hated Hillary for 24 years.
This 25th year was not going to change their minds.
Hate to break it to miners but, natural gas killed yer jerbs.
Some uplifting election stuff.
Fabio Alvarado, 91, originally from El Salvador was sworn in as a US citizen on election day and is one of more than 100 million Americans who are voting to decide their next president. Here Mr Alvarado arrives with his wife Marta, 80, to vote in California.
PHOTO: REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
#BBCSnapshot #ElectionDay #ElectionNight #Election2016
I have closed the Tweetdeck. Do not know if I will ever open it again.
One thing seems sure:
The polling is off. The margin for Clinton in state after state is much thinner than we thought a day ago.
That may well be because Trump actually is bringing in occasional or unreliable voters who were discounted in polls.
re: #522 thedopefishlives
I’m oo burned out to go through that. I will leave.
re: #513 Eclectic Cyborg
Thank you, useless fucking media with your horse race bullshit.
And their $2 billion in free advertising they gave him.
re: #508 MsJ
They’re gonna love it when the GOP screws them bigly.
MsJ, they don’t care because they got Jesus! And Jesus is coming in a few weeks to turn on the Holy Hoover Vacuum Cleaner to rapture them!
Look, I understand the freaking out. I understand that many thought this would be a landslide. Truth is, it was always going to be close. It’s why I’m not all panicky. Pretty much what I was expecting.
re: #403 jaunte
This just in: Generalissimo Trump, on the occasion of his 127th birthday, declares the existence of dogs the final barrier to his long-promised plan to Make America Great Again.
Despite not having made any public appearances since mid 2025, the latest emanations from Trump Tower continue to assure the public that Generalissimo Trump is in “tremendous health”, and continues to have a winning disposition.
For those wondering why we called Michigan for @HillaryClinton this early, we explain here: https://t.co/z767QbyNXc #Election2016
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) November 9, 2016
re: #531 Eclectic Cyborg
NH might go for Trump, what the fuck?
It is a “conservative” state… but the populated areas… well, what goes for a populated area, still has many precincts not yet reporting.
Glenn Beck being interviewed by Lester Holt on NBC News. Has the whole world gone CRAZY?!?
re: #533 Varek Raith
Look, I understand the freaking out. I understand that many thought this would be a landslide. Truth is, it was always going to be close. It’s why I’m not all panicky. Pretty much what I was expecting.
Thank you for your calming voice.
I’ve got a horrible feeling right now… trying to find the chillax pills…
re: #530 Targetpractice
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/Totally didn’t kill him in my playthroughs <_<
re: #527 Scottishdragon
One thing seems sure:
The polling is off. The margin for Clinton in state after state is much thinner than we thought a day ago.
That may well be because Trump actually is bringing in occasional or unreliable voters who were discounted in polls.
i think part of it is con-artists like Jill Stein taking votes from people who thought it was safe to parade their vacuous “principles”. And then there’s the sad fact that a lot of white men aren’t ready for a female president and hate Clinton with a passion.
Burr declared winner for senate from NC.
Fuck.
Florida looking grim.
re: #522 thedopefishlives
I still firmly believe that we are an amazing country with amazing people, and that we will endure the hardship and eventually (hopefully sooner rather than later) reverse the damage that gets done.
Now imagine that you’re wrong.
PREACH!
Folks, this is how it works
If you don’t have a sense of humor, you’re not going to make it.— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 9, 2016
re: #528 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’m oo burned out to go through that. I will leave.
Do you have somewhere to go? Seriously? Do you? Because with all the blather I hear from Americans who claim they are going to leave and go to some other country, they have the audacity to think that all the countries one might want to move to would actually take them.
re: #484 MsJ
Honestly, it makes me sad to feel this way. And it’s gotten worse over the past eight years. Sadly, I’m less open now than I was when I was younger, when I went out of my way to not let my parent’s prejudices color my thinking. They grew up in North Florida. My mother used to have to walk home down this road where this truck full of racist white boys would yell things at her every day and frighten her to death. And my father experienced equally horrible things.
My niece and nephew are the sweetest, most open things at 10 and 11, who will openly challenge any one of us who slips into generalities about any race, which I’m extremely proud of. But tonight they were truly frightened when they caught a glimpse of the projections showing Hillary down. They’re really intelligent, and I realized that they *get* it. My nephew, sadly, asked me if it was because of white people, and that really depressed me. I told him things would be fine and sent him to bed. I hope to god they will be by the end of the night.
re: #542 nickzi
i think part of it is con-artists like Jill Stein taking votes from people who thought it was safe to parade their vacuous “principles”. And then there’s the sad fact that a lot of white men aren’t ready for a female president and hate Clinton with a passion.
Part of it is all the votes haven’t been counted yet
re: #538 teleskiguy
Glenn Beck being interviewed by Lester Holt on NBC News. Has the whole world gone CRAZY?!?
re: #541 Varek Raith
Ok, not that guy.
/Totally didn’t kill him in my playthroughs <_<
I picked up the Special Edition the other day and so I gave to the chance to kill him in HD graphics on my XBone. I consider it my treat to myself after not freaking the fuck out tonight.
No matter what happens.
I AM DARYL
That is all.
re: #533 Varek Raith
Look, I understand the freaking out. I understand that many thought this would be a landslide. Truth is, it was always going to be close. It’s why I’m not all panicky. Pretty much what I was expecting.
The ultimate shame is that it shouldn’t have been.
re: #537 freetoken
It is a “conservative” state… but the populated areas… well, what goes for a populated area, still has many precincts not yet reporting.
Still feeding the horses. The riders needed to pee and then they will be back on the horses and on their way with the results.
And Upshot now has Wisconsin projected to go for Trump… but there are now three states (WI, PA, IA) all in his column by less than 1%. Get them back and win anything else, and she can still prevail.
If Hillary pulls out Michigan (and, we can hope, the race) it would be beautiful and supremely ironic if it was the Muslim vote in Wayne County and other MI areas that turned the tide.
re: #552 Myron Falwell (no relation)
The ultimate shame is that it shouldn’t have been.
Very much true. But it is. I do my best to change it but won’t stress myself the hell out when things get tough. It’ll be an annoying slow process.
Whee!
re: #551 Backwoods_Sleuth
No matter what happens.
I AM DARYL
That is all.
Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform?
Actually, it’s looking like the person with the most accurate predictions was Michael Moore -_-
Brit Hume twisting himself into a fucking pretzel on Fox while pimping Trump.
be
re: #558 Varek Raith
Very much true. But it is. I do my best to change it but won’t stress myself the hell out when things get tough. It’ll be an annoying slow process.
Whee!
I’d have a coronary right now if the TV was on. You guys are my only source right now.
re: #548 dangerman
Part of it is all the votes haven’t been counted yet
True, but it is pretty clear that Trump is much closer than he “should” be - and that, I think, is due partly at least to the factors I cited.
There sure are a lot of stupid people in this world.
re: #547 RinaX
I know how I feel. I’m 56 and white. I can’t imagine how POC, LGBT, disabled or non-Christian’s feel. I’m frightened. You guys have to be terrified.
I’m sorry. From the bottom of my heart.
re: #557 whitebeach
If Hillary pulls out Michigan (and, we can hope, the race) it would be beautiful and supremely ironic if it was the Muslim vote in Wayne County and other MI areas that turned the tide.
I’ve always said that Sharia would come through for Hillary….
Ilhan Omar, a Somali-American Muslim woman who spent 4yrs in refugee camp, won her race https://t.co/OvxY5K1XMe https://t.co/2QVojjZffA
— Amanda Holpuch (@holpuch) November 9, 2016
re: #522 thedopefishlives
Which will suck. It will. I am not going to lie, it will be hard to deal with a Trump presidency. However, I still firmly believe that we are an amazing country with amazing people, and that we will endure the hardship and eventually (hopefully sooner rather than later) reverse the damage that gets done.
And I feel that if a majority of the people in the country vote for Trump to be president, it’s all over but the shouting.
re: #528 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’d be right there with you if any other English-speaking country didn’t have Americans on their ‘last in line for a residency permit’ list.
As it is…
So, who gave me shit a few weeks back for saying this would be incredibly close and that Trump might win?
re: #556 Brian J.
And Upshot now has Wisconsin projected to go for Trump… but there are now three states (WI, PA, IA) all in his column by less than 1%. Get them back and win anything else, and she can still prevail.
So we’re down to this now? What the hell happened to this country? I don’t recognize it any more.
If it remains close and Hillary still wins you can bet Trump will not concede.
Fuck, calling Ohio for Trump. I haz a big sad.
They called Ohio for the Orange One.
re: #571 Wozza Matter?
The same people who gave me shit last year for arguing that Clinton will pull defeat from the jaws of victory.
Well, with the arrival of the smug condescension I think I’m off to the bar.
re: #573 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
If it remains close and Hillary still wins you can bet Trump will not concede.
I didn’t think he’d concede even if he lost in a landslide.
re: #573 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
If it remains close and Hillary still wins you can bet Trump will not concede.
I was never expecting him to regardless.
With 8% reporting, results for marijuana legalization in Massachusetts are still tight https://t.co/IQXIqvpm2l #ElectionNight #Question4 pic.twitter.com/qAHLfYmIb8
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) November 9, 2016
#Question4 looks to be a tight race. https://t.co/UgL5TmYHgm
— William Legault (@legaultatlarge) November 9, 2016
Good god, Man. If I wake up one year from now and Glen Beck’s pivot makes him the ‘voice of reason’ I’ll finallly punch that kitten who’s been egging me on.
re: #547 RinaX
Honestly, it makes me sad to feel this way. And it’s gotten worse over the past eight years. Sadly, I’m less open now than I was when I was younger, when I went out of my way to not let my parent’s prejudices color my thinking. They grew up in North Florida. My mother used to have to walk home down this road where this truck full of racist white boys would yell things at her every day and frighten her to death. And my father experienced equally horrible things.
My niece and nephew are the sweetest, most open things at 10 and 11, who will openly challenge any one of us who slips into generalities about any race, which I’m extremely proud of. But tonight they were truly frightened when they caught a glimpse of the projections showing Hillary down. They’re really intelligent, and I realized that they *get* it. My nephew, sadly, asked me if it was because of white people, and that really depressed me. I told him things would be fine and sent him to bed. I hope to god they will be by the end of the night.
This hurts my heart. Please know that this white woman’s two children 9 and 11 go to schools where they are in the minority (10%). One of my daughters had to go to the neighborhood school for the first week this year until we got a call for the magnet school where she switched. She actually commented to me that she felt more comfortable at the new school, and not the the white-bread school.
Please let your niece and nephew know that there are a lot of white people who are trying to stomp out this bigotry and racism and we stand with you.
re: #581 Sherlock Hound
Not caring right now.
Election update: I am shitting things I didn’t eat into pants I’m not wearing. #ElectionNight
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 9, 2016
In parts of western Nebraska, Drumpf is getting over 80% of the vote.
Certainly, Drumpf was expected to win that Congressional district big… and he did.
re: #566 MsJ
I know how I feel. I’m 56 and white. I can’t imagine how POC, LGBT, disabled or non-Christian’s feel. I’m frightened. You guys have to be terrified.
I’m sorry. From the bottom of my heart.
I’m a white male who has known some real bigots. I think this might be deserved punishment.
.@DrJillStein: “I’m really looking forward to the cracks in the system… I think we’re going to see buyer’s remorse tomorrow” #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/R3p1M27evG
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) November 9, 2016
Fuck you, Jill Stein. https://t.co/i3TXX8briw
— AynRandPaulRyan (@AynRandPaulRyan) November 9, 2016
Reminder: Polls have consistently shown that most Americans would vote against most of the Bill of Rights. #Democracy
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) November 9, 2016
.@DrJillStein: “I’m really looking forward to the cracks in the system… I think we’re going to see buyer’s remorse tomorrow” #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/R3p1M27evG
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) November 9, 2016
re: #575 Edge of a dream AKA Cankles Mccellulite
They called Ohio for the Orange One.
Pre-election polling indicated a narrow Drumpf win in OH.
This is not surprising.
Lots of grievance-playing in the Rust Belt.
@Mitch_Stewart @anamariecox Oakland (my home county) holding Obama ‘12 margin. Detroit always reports late,everyone nervous. 27% in. Chill.
— Michael Simon (@mbsimon) November 9, 2016
Hope in MI https://t.co/cYVo4aELNQ
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 9, 2016
Jill Stein, dime store anarchist and anti-vaxxer of convenience. How did that idiot ever escape from the asylum?
re: #592 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Jill, do you remember what happened to Ralph after he managed to get Dubya elected? That will be a paradise compared to what’s in store for you if you help Der Trumpenfuhrer win the White House.
Shit. ABC’s “battleground” chart now shows Trump projected to get 276 EVs:
And what is with that huge margin in Ohio?
Sure am glad we scrapped the voting rights act. Great call there assholes.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 9, 2016
re: #602 nickzi
Jill Stein, dime store anarchist and anti-vaxxer of convenience. How did that idiot ever escape from the asylum?
You know…the people voting for her would likely never have voted for Hillary anyway.
Far left purity ponies won’t sully themselves.
re: #544 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Well, if Fishy’s wrong, but civilization doesn’t get ended worldwide by nuclear war, then at least we can rest assured that the country won’t be allowed to elect another Trump.
Because he will get us into WWIII to support Russia’s ‘reinstatement’ of the Baltics to their empire, and US morale will be low enough suddenly being forced to be allies of people who are against everything non-white-supremacist Americans embody, that the EU and China will be able to beat the American-Russian alliance.
And I sincerely doubt they’d let us keep the political system that got us into a war of aggression.
When the books are written on this, we’ll record hat Clinton got punished for doing too much, and for being a woman. People keep talking about the hatred of Clinton, but the hatred is entirely based on vapor ware. We have found out that a huge portion of the public can be duped into thinking that if you attack someone enough, there must be something there.
And don’t forget the racism. We’re seeing even more whites shift to the Republicans. I continue to think that Republicans will become minority party, but it is going to take a while.
Looks like I picked the wrong election to quit smoking. I have to wait another 90 minutes before I can have a nicotine lozenge.
Well, I’m switching to scotch, sackcloth and ashes.
Virginia called for Hillary over an hour after we thought she would have wrapped that up.
re: #592 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Fuck you, Jill Stein, popped right into my head and then I scrolled down and saw that I was not alone.
re: #605 Jay C
Shit. ABC’s “battleground” chart now shows Trump projected to get 276 EVs:
And what is with that huge margin in Ohio?
My home state of Ohio really let me down tonight.
re: #614 Scottishdragon
Virginia called for Hillary over an hour after we thought she would have wrapped that up.
Just like 2012. Same freakout then, too.
re: #607 Scottishdragon
You know…the people voting for her would likely never have voted for Hillary anyway.
Far left purity ponies won’t sully themselves.
Well, I hope I end up next to her on the chain gang so I can send her a sternly reproving look every hour on the hour.
We are calling the states of Florida, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio for Donald Trump.
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 9, 2016
Holy shit. https://t.co/p3FBtaHV0b
— Alan Kestrel (@AlanKestrel750) November 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton wins Virginia. It ain’t over yet.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2016
.@DrJillStein: “I’m really looking forward to the cracks in the system… I think we’re going to see buyer’s remorse tomorrow” #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/R3p1M27evG
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) November 9, 2016
From every Stein voter who realized they helped Trump win.
Fuck you Jill https://t.co/zi3svXjMkn— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 9, 2016
CNN calls Ohio for Trump.
I’m not buying this WW3 crap. Trump is too stupid even for that. What’s going to happen is that the US will be almost completely isolated by 2020. All the countries we count on as allies and trading partners will have no choice but to align with China and Russia. Hell, even ISIS won’t care about us anymore.
re: #619 Backwoods_Sleuth
What the fuck is decision desk??
To reiterate the point about the map:
Now having won Virginia, Clinton can win presidency with Colorado and Nevada (no FL, NC, IA)— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) November 9, 2016
Hey Charles, might be time for a fresh thread!
re: #366 Targetpractice
Christ, I should have spent the night playing Civ V. At least there, when people are panicking, it’s because my tanks are steamrolling their spearmen.
That’s what I was doing earlier. Playing Egyptians. Got a whole, small, continent to myself. So it’s very peaceful.
re: #610 Single-handed sailor
Looks like I picked the wrong election to quit smoking. I have to wait another 90 minutes before I can have a nicotine lozenge.
If I’m not drinking, you can do the not smoking. You got this!
re: #608 Chrysicat
All this going on good to see ya here.
Geez—I leave you guys alone for an hour…fuck, fuck, fuck!
re: #627 jaunte
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And didn’t someone earlier say CO was projected to go Clinton? So that leaves NV.
re: #635 thedopefishlives
And didn’t someone earlier say CO was projected to go Clinton? So that leaves NV.
The problem is that scenario required Michigan and Pennsylvania to stay put on our side of the line.
It’s not over… but I’m scared that the clock is starting to run out. Of course Ohio going for him is demoralizing.
Are there any paths left???
Michigan is a potential problem. Lose that and we’re in big trouble.
Drumpf still ahead in the popular vote:
34,454,685
32,978,788
I didn’t think that Drumpf would get to Romney’s vote total, but it looks like I may be wrong.
re: #627 jaunte
Does that include OH going for Trump?
re: #639 freetoken
Drumpf still ahead in the popular vote:
34,454,685
32,978,788I didn’t think that Drumpf would get to Romney’s vote total, but it looks like I may be wrong.
There are a lot of dumb fucking racists in this country.
re: #623 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
I’m not buying this WW3 crap. Trump is too stupid even for that. What’s going to happen is that the US will be almost completely isolated by 2020. All the countries we count on as allies and trading partners will have no choice but to align with China and Russia. Hell, even ISIS won’t care about us anymore.
Yeah, that’s a cheery prospect, all right!
So even if a President Trump doesn’t propel us into some stupid shooting war someplace, he’ll start a trade war of some kind to fulfill his campaign promises to Rust Belt, USA? That will work out fine, I’m sure….
re: #627 jaunte
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I posted before reading this. A little bit calmer now… hopefully…
NC and Fl called for Trump?
Jesus.
OK guys….we may be losing this.
Michigan is the firewall and paths to 270 are opening for Trump.
If it comes to Nevada….those fuckers in Washington are saying they will throw the whole thing to the House…and Nevada as the tipping point looks increasingly likely.
re: #637 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Are there any paths left???
For what?
Drumpf has to win MI and NC as well as OH and FL in order to win.
re: #638 weave
Michigan is a potential problem. Lose that and we’re in big trouble.
Weren’t there still many from Wayne county to tally up?
re: #644 Scottishdragon
NC and Fl called for Trump?
Jesus.
OK guys….we may be losing this.
Michigan is the firewall and paths to 270 are opening for Trump.
If it comes to Nevada….those fuckers in Washington are saying they will throw the whole thing to the House…and Nevada as te tipping point looks increasingly likely.
NC and FL have been called by some outfit, not the major networks. Chill. Not over. Not by a long shot.
re: #636 Brian J.
The problem is that scenario required Michigan and Pennsylvania to stay put on our side of the line.
*shrug* I’m really not worried. I’m not. I’m expecting to wake up tomorrow and see the headline reading “Trump Wins”. Not because I genuinely believe he’ll win, mind you; it’s more of a, “Hope for the best, plan for the worst” mentality. Oh fucking well. I know, for women and minorities, this is a genuinely scary proposition, but I’m hoping that sanity and rationality will still prevent the total collapse of our egalitarian society.
re: #386 Brian J.
That involved the image of Gandhi shouting “Our Words Are Backed With NUCLEAR WEAPONS!” for those who don’t get the joke. In Civ V, an error made him absurdly willing to throw nukes around if/ when he developed them.
I understand that error goes back to either the first or second Civ. I can’t help but wonder why they didn’t fix it.
re: #635 thedopefishlives
And didn’t someone earlier say CO was projected to go Clinton? So that leaves NV.
From Reno, I don’t think NV will be the problem - Las Vegas has got it. It’s the others I worry about.
re: #651 Romantic Heretic
I understand that error goes back to either the first or second Civ. I can’t help but wonder why they didn’t fix it.
Probably because it’s so fucking hilarious, who would actually want to fix it?
This is like 2000, except there are 10 Floridas.
— Matt Lanza (@mattlanza) November 9, 2016
re: #651 Romantic Heretic
I understand that error goes back to either the first or second Civ. I can’t help but wonder why they didn’t fix it.
Because the juxtaposition of Gandhi and weapons of mass destruction was too much fun, I guess.
re: #650 thedopefishlives
*shrug* I’m really not worried. I’m not. I’m expecting to wake up tomorrow and see the headline reading “Trump Wins”. Not because I genuinely believe he’ll win, mind you; it’s more of a, “Hope for the best, plan for the worst” mentality. Oh fucking well. I know, for women and minorities, this is a genuinely scary proposition, but I’m hoping that sanity and rationality will still prevent the total collapse of our egalitarian society.
What I am worried about is “little things like Obamacare” that are very important to me. I am on a thin line economic wise and that could be a back breaker for me.
For the next few days, I’ll be looking at my neighbors real funny-like…and not just because I’ve been banging my head against the wall for the past 10 minutes.
ABC just called VA for Hillary.
Small comfort, though.
Still WAY to close for any chill…..
No matter who wins, we’re learning something truly disturbing about our country tonight.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 9, 2016
re: #641 No Depression
There are a lot of dumb fucking racists in this country.
Who knew that all Romney had to do to win in 2012 was to be wealthy, treat women like trash, discriminate against minorities and be a racist, ignorant bigot.
Now we know the qualities that a conservative wants to see in a President.
/wretch
re: #645 freetoken
For what?
Drumpf has to win MI and NC as well as OH and FL in order to win.
I posted before seeing Jante’s post above with Ari Melber’s tweet. Crossing my fingers with Michigan (and as a Buckeye, I never thought I’d say that!).
Clinton wins Colorado.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 9, 2016
re: #602 nickzi
Jill Stein, dime store anarchist and anti-vaxxer of convenience. How did that idiot ever escape from the asylum?
If, Cthulhu forbid, Trump does win; we will at least have the exquisite pleasure of seeing her fed to the crocodile first.
If the orange fascist wins I won’t be watching the news for a long time.
Looking at the electoral map, far too many states let hate, fear, and bigotry win. Yeah, Trump voters, that’s what you wrought & support.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 9, 2016
So, if the Detroit Free-Press is calling MI for Clinton, why isn’t anyone else?
re: #663 Charles Johnson
Yes, we’re learning that the rage furbys, the milos, and the Breitbarts are the future.
279-259 Clinton. My prediction. A win that will feel like a loss.
re: #672 Skip Intro
Yes, we’re learning that the rage furbys, the milos, and the Breitbarts are the future.
That depresses me more than anything.
re: #668 Shiplord Kirel
If, Chthulu forbid, Trump does win; we will at least have the exquisite pleasure of seeing her fed to the crocodile first.
Hell, I’ll even volunteer to put the napkin around its scaly neck.
Going live soon.
We’ll be live here and there throughout the night! Use this link: https://t.co/PmX0MI6Do2
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 9, 2016
re: #646 Eclectic Cyborg
Weren’t there still many from Wayne county to tally up?
There still are last I heard. Its probably why the Free Press called it so early for Clinton.
re: #674 Tyrion
279-259 Clinton. My prediction. A win that will feel like a loss.
I’d take it in a heartbeat!
re: #608 Chrysicat
Well, if Fishy’s wrong, but civilization doesn’t get ended worldwide by nuclear war, then at least we can rest assured that the country won’t be allowed to elect another Trump.
Because he will get us into WWIII to support Russia’s ‘reinstatement’ of the Baltics to their empire, and US morale will be low enough suddenly being forced to be allies of people who are against everything non-white-supremacist Americans embody, that the EU and China will be able to beat the American-Russian alliance.
And I sincerely doubt they’d let us keep the political system that got us into a war of aggression.
If Trump wins, a dozen countries will start (or re-start) nuclear weapons programs within a week.
I remember dreading the prospect of a George W. Bush Presidency on election night in 2000. At that time I argued that he would be the worst President in 100 years, and I think i was proven right. I’m not going to pile on right now (because I’m still hoping against hope), but many of you remember where I stood and the arguments I made about this very thing unfolding.
re: #427 No Depression
When this election is done, I won’t be able to look at most of my fellow whites (especially the men) quite the same way. I’ll always be wondering about the darkness that might dwell in their hearts.
I know the darkness that dwells in mine. I keep it under very tight control.
It’s why I write vampires so well. Mine are all calm, polite and charming until something lets the beast out. Then very unpleasant things happen.
It’s also why I’m such a misanthrope. Human beings generally bring out the worst in me.
re: #663 Charles Johnson
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Years ago, someone said to me: In a future generation “Freedom” will be on the ballot and Americans will vote against it. I don’t know why I remembered that…
re: #669 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
If the orange fascist wins I won’t be watching the news for a long time.
If the orange fascist wins, I will utterly lose faith in this country. Flat out, no bullshit.
re: #674 Tyrion
279-259 Clinton. My prediction. A win that will feel like a loss.
Honestly, I’ll be mildly relieved at that. Not ideal by any stretch but a sparing of total doomsday.
re: #674 Tyrion
Consider that Clinton is trying to do something historically rare by winning a third consecutive White House term for the Democrats in the face of rabid dishonesty, a spineless media and rampant white male victimhood. She’s doing all this as a woman, which makes her path even harder. I’d have liked a yuuuge win, but let’s not pretend that she won’t make history in some impressive ways.
Now, come on, Michigan!
re: #669 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
If the orange fascist wins I won’t be watching the news for a long time.
I might never leave my house again.
1/2 /
re: #510 Belafon
Will a 19th Century nation be able to compete in a 21st Century world. I’m inclined to doubt it.
re: #331 MsJ
Trump won’t be president anyway, Pence will be. Trump doesn’t work.
Pence as POTUS is equally awful.
Trump’s election will trigger Republicans’ backup plan to take control of the White House.
After some Trump scandal involving perjury or obstruction of justice gets orchestrated traction in the media (what better click bait?); the House, having practiced on President Bill Clinton, would initiate impeachment discussions.
Trump is given a choice.
Resign with promise of pardon of all criminal activity, or face impeachment and possible conviction by the Senate.
VP Pence becomes the “Republican dream” president.
re: #565 No Depression
There sure are a lot of stupid people in this world.
You know how stupid the average person is? Well, by definition half of them are stupider than that. - George Carlin
re: #595 teleskiguy
Makes me think of a story I heard on the news years ago, in the early 70s.
A poll-sci class typed up full copies of the Constitution, took them out to the streets and had random people read them.
About two thirds didn’t recognize it. A third thought it was written by Communists.
It caused one of those moment of frisson, where you feel like you’re suddenly half an inch from reality.
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... Cheechako
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Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
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The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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