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Built 4 Cuban Linux posted:As happy as I am right now I get the feeling he'll still be polling at 40% next week and there will be enough Clinton scandals or other events to make this nerve wracking til the end. Quoth The Donald, "Arzy more."
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Built 4 Cuban Linux posted:As happy as I am right now I get the feeling he'll still be polling at 40% next week and there will be enough Clinton scandals or other events to make this nerve wracking til the end. I'm sure a high single digit lead for Clinton will be quite panic inducing
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Mahoning posted:Will the DNC and/or the PACs supporting Democratic Senate candidates start running ads shaming the GOP candidate for not rebuking Trump? Because that could work. I think Maddow just had a story on about how John McCain's Dem challenger is doing just that.
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All right, I had a bet with a friend of mine Trump v. Clinton for a hundred bucks. This was months ago when I bet that Trump would blow up harder than the democrats could get in their own way. Normally we get along and it was his bet to put my money where my mouth was in regards to this election because I was telling him in no uncertain terms how bad of a train wreck would he would be. We talk politics constantly and while we disagree often about politics we're normally congenial which is weird in these days of echo chambers. Would offering him to buy me out for twenty bucks and a six pack that we can share condescending? I really don't want to be condescending, but at this point when Trump is making fun of dead veterans, attacking their families, dissing babies, not supporting Ryan or McCain and generally being a loving mess everywhere I can't see him spinning this back in his favor. I'm not sure if any amount, big or small, of the dems tripping over their own dicks can sink this election for them. Should I let it ride or have a hard talk about it?
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I don't think I've seen this posted here yet. https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/760714702955700224
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Aug 3, 2016 07:04
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Anos posted:Next time you are out drinking see if you can pinpoint the moment you would make a worse candidate than Trump. oh my god this is a great game and will help me be more self-aware while plastered i think that means i'm already losing though
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blue squares posted:I don't think I've seen this posted here yet. No, but you see, the real criminal empire is the Clinton Foundation
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Aug 3, 2016 07:08
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Ice Phisherman posted:All right, I had a bet with a friend of mine Trump v. Clinton for a hundred bucks. This was months ago when I bet that Trump would blow up harder than the democrats could get in their own way. Normally we get along and it was his bet to put my money where my mouth was in regards to this election because I was telling him in no uncertain terms how bad of a train wreck would he would be. We talk politics constantly and while we disagree often about politics we're normally congenial which is weird in these days of echo chambers. Don't gently caress over your friends. If you want to keep the friendship, give him an out. It's not condescending unless you're a total dick about it. That being said, you totally get a free "I told you so"
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Aug 3, 2016 07:09
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One of my friends lost $200 to a high school friend from Idaho when he bet that Trump wouldn't be nominated. I haven't spoken with him since the convention, so I'm not sure if he's paid up or not. I'd suggest he make a double or nothing bet, but I don't like his track record.
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Aug 3, 2016 07:16
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It might be seen as condescending if your friend is/is still emotionally invested in Trump and dealing with crushed expectations. If he's not hinting at wanting an out, let it ride and plan to spend your winnings on the bar tab post election.
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Aug 3, 2016 07:18
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Trump on election night 2012. https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/760683576195215360 He's totally gonna try to start a civil war when he loses.
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Aug 3, 2016 07:19
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Deploy FBI teams to every federally owned building abandoned for the winter!
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Pakled posted:Trump on election night 2012. See if he was trying to make a Trump Youth, even a small one, I would have some concern. But he isn't, and now it's probably too late.
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Aug 3, 2016 07:23
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Nessus posted:it would be astoundingly short-lived if so. He doesn't have a military arm the way a lot of fascist parties did. They tried but he kept having the babies kicked out.
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Nessus posted:it would be astoundingly short-lived if so. He doesn't have a military arm the way a lot of fascist parties did. Yeah, I'm sure whatever violence he calls for will fail to materialize in any way that seriously threatens the government, but I worry that it might lead to increased violence against minorities.
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Nessus posted:it would be astoundingly short-lived if so. He doesn't have a military arm the way a lot of fascist parties did. What about Tarp Man's kids
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Pakled posted:Yeah, I'm sure whatever violence he calls for will fail to materialize in any way that seriously threatens the government, but I worry that it might lead to increased violence against minorities. Legitimizing the rise of white nationalist groups is valid, but I wouldn't sweat the "delegitimize the election" scenarios. If this week has given me anything, it's a renewed sense of faith in the overall American electorate. Trump is lovely as all gently caress, but he's not up to the challenge of destroying America.
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BeefThief posted:What about Tarp Man's kids Scattered when the electric fence went down and CPS decided that maybe it wasn't the best environ for foster kids.
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Pretty confused by Trump's tweets because Obama won by every metric
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weekly font posted:Pretty confused by Trump's tweets because Obama won by every metric Probably happened when Cali was first called for Obama but before the actual vote counts were in.
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weekly font posted:Pretty confused by Trump's tweets because Obama won by every metric Most likely, he'd spent the last few weeks unskewing polls and consuming media that maintained despite all evidence that Romney would win in a landslide, so he just took it for granted that Romney DEFINITELY won the popular vote.
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weekly font posted:Pretty confused by Trump's tweets because Obama won by every metric Except the key metric measured with a paper sack.
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I have a theory. It's the only one that makes sense to me. The world we live in is actually a series of Onion articles where they invented the most ridiculous possible candidate and keep topping themselves with a story about his latest antics. Reality thinks we're hilarious. The Lone Badger fucked around with this message at 07:53 on Aug 3, 2016 |
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Pakled posted:Trump on election night 2012. lol, Obama won the popular vote by 5 million. C'mon Trump. 
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Pakled posted:Yeah, I'm sure whatever violence he calls for will fail to materialize in any way that seriously threatens the government, but I worry that it might lead to increased violence against minorities.
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Aug 3, 2016 08:00
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Zerilan posted:Probably happened when Cali was first called for Obama but before the actual vote counts were in. Yeah, If my memory doesn't fail me, Obama's win was obvious enough and early enough that it was called before the official vote count actually reflected the reality. Which, of course, caused a lot of kneejerk reactions from people who seemingly never paid attention to an election night before. In fact, I remember it being called on Fox in the middle of Karl Rove explaining how Romney could still pull out a victory (unless that was 08).
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Ice Phisherman posted:All right, I had a bet with a friend of mine Trump v. Clinton for a hundred bucks. This was months ago when I bet that Trump would blow up harder than the democrats could get in their own way. Normally we get along and it was his bet to put my money where my mouth was in regards to this election because I was telling him in no uncertain terms how bad of a train wreck would he would be. We talk politics constantly and while we disagree often about politics we're normally congenial which is weird in these days of echo chambers. This is the problem with liberals, you don't know how to gloat in victory.
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weekly font posted:Pretty confused by Trump's tweets because Obama won by every metric FIRST TIME posted:lol, Obama won the popular vote by 5 million. C'mon Trump. California has a lot of the population of the US in it, and is one of the last states to close (sorry Hawai'i). It's also reliably dem that it could have its EV counted prior to the final voter tally entered in. So for a while you had Obama trailing Romney by a few million votes. That rapidly shifted once stuff actually got counted. Of course Drudge, Breitbart, and Fox are never ones to let facts get in the way of a good immediate narrative so they leaped on the disparity/2000 callback. By sometime in the AM (eastern time) Obama had both the EV majority and the popular vote, and the latter finally settled with Romney getting the deeply ironic 47%.
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That makes sense then, knowing that he was complaining before they even finished counting the all votes. It's almost as if Trump doesn't know how the Electoral College works! :v
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The cool part about 2012 was this one video shot by a lady alone in her loving trailer, drinking butterscotch liqueur and smoking while swearing up and down about how everyone betrayed Romney and how libertarians were garbage and how the world was gonna end, and in the middle of it she blurts out a loving prayer to Andrew Breitbart who by that time had dropped dead due to his coke habit. I wish I could find the drat thing because it was just the sheer epitome of a deluded person reentering reality at Mach 18.
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FAUXTON posted:The cool part about 2012 was this one video shot by a lady alone in her loving trailer, drinking butterscotch liqueur and smoking while swearing up and down about how everyone betrayed Romney and how libertarians were garbage and how the world was gonna end, and in the middle of it she blurts out a loving prayer to Andrew Breitbart who by that time had dropped dead due to his coke habit. I wish I could find the drat thing because it was just the sheer epitome of a deluded person reentering reality at Mach 18. If it makes you feel better I remember this too, so at least you aren't insane.
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I love that in the span eight tweets, he goes from frothing rage, calling for open revolution to "welp, better luck next time." And in the intervening 20 minutes, someone explained to him how the electoral college works and he managed to misspell a three letter word. Edit: FAUXTON posted:The cool part about 2012 was this one video shot by a lady alone in her loving trailer, drinking butterscotch liqueur and smoking while swearing up and down about how everyone betrayed Romney and how libertarians were garbage and how the world was gonna end, and in the middle of it she blurts out a loving prayer to Andrew Breitbart who by that time had dropped dead due to his coke habit. I wish I could find the drat thing because it was just the sheer epitome of a deluded person reentering reality at Mach 18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLoqti0lzAw
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OAquinas posted:California has a lot of the population of the US in it, and is one of the last states to close (sorry Hawai'i). It's also reliably dem that it could have its EV counted prior to the final voter tally entered in. Luckily the US won't have that problem this year when Clinton sews up 270 EVs before the California polls even close.
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DemeaninDemon posted:Except the key metric measured with a paper sack. Also isn't an R. But yeah non-white is the bigger issue.
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CongoJack posted:If it makes you feel better I remember this too, so at least you aren't insane. http://wonkette.com/489380/nice-lady-goes-on-epic-23-minute-potty-rant-because-her-friends-didnt-share-her-romney-posts-on-facebook I forgot the part where she slings vitriol at everyone who didn't share her bullshit on Facebook.
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smg77 posted:I can't believe it was only a week ago that we were all freaking out over Trump's convention bounce in the polls. Oh hi. As someone who was actually around in LF and D&D when Obama was elected, lemme just say that everyone was worried as gently caress and LF ended up hating Obama like 2 months into his Presidency if not earlier. Our gay forums are not good at being calm with anything that can be identified as the status quo
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Yeah the convention bounce creates artificial poll drama, and anyway, it's looking like Hillary's convention was much more effective by every metric. Clinton currently has at minimum a 5-point lead in every poll. Trump's post-convention polls basically brought him to a statistical tie. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-is-clintons-lead-a-bounce-or-a-new-equilibrium/
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Lester Shy posted:I love that in the span eight tweets, he goes from frothing rage, calling for open revolution to "welp, better luck next time." And in the intervening 20 minutes, someone explained to him how the electoral college works and he managed to misspell a three letter word. The oldest tweets are on the bottom, not the top. He started out going "back to the drawing board" nonchalantly and then within 10 minutes has become a frothing lunatic because Trump has no self-control or reason. Presumably someone took away his phone at that point and then Trump's rage was redirected to whatever poor staffer made that mistake
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OAquinas posted:Don't gently caress over your friends. If you want to keep the friendship, give him an out. It's not condescending unless you're a total dick about it.
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