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No matter how far we evolve as a society, democracy is still full of poo poo-slinging madness. The only difference is we let our surrogates call the opponent the son of a whore now.
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Kro-Bar posted:lol Paul Ryan is pathetic  ing this hard in the closing days of the election lends support to the idea that RNC internal polling suggests a blowout and possible loss of the House.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:17
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How are u posted:I'm canvassing 40 hours a week in Michigan, good work friend gently caress yeah.  I wish I could do it full time, but I'm starting a new job on Monday and I can only phone bank in the evenings. But I'll be there. The Bad Hombre rides again.  E: Canvassing and phone banking are great ahti-Arzying (auto-corrected to anti-anxiety  ) measures because you know you've done your part for Democracy.
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Part of me wishes I was American. You guys still have hope.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:19
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Kilroy posted:The fact that the leader (heh) of the GOP is I still really doubt the House is in play but its still nice to see them squirm.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:19
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Kilroy posted:The fact that the leader (heh) of the GOP is it's good to dream, friend just how big of blowout would that even have to be? i think someone said ten points?
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Nov 6, 2016 01:20
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Blurred posted:On the latest 538 podcast, they said Latino early voting is up: Thank you Donald
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Nov 6, 2016 01:20
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Kilroy posted:The fact that the leader (heh) of the GOP is Alternatively, they're seeing a tightening race like everyone else and a possible path to victory via the Midwest, which helped convince Ryan to drop his opposition.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:20
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Spaced God posted:https://twitter.com/scottlincicome/status/795021812073660416 Good thing dumbass progressives gave them money for postage....
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Nov 6, 2016 01:21
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Kilroy posted:The fact that the leader (heh) of the GOP is I'd hope so, but it could just be that we're witnessing Ryan giving up what remained of his spine
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Nov 6, 2016 01:21
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AriadneThread posted:it's good to dream, friend Seven or eight, I think it becomes do-able, I remember Nate Silver saying.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:21
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Josef bugman posted:Part of me wishes I was American. You guys still have hope. It takes the hopeful to help the hopeless see a future. 💪
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Bloops Crusts posted:Seven or eight, I think it becomes do-able, I remember Nate Silver saying. Less than that if the makeup or tendencies of the electorate changes, thanks to GOP Gerrymandering. For instance, if white suburban women were to abandon the GOP for some reason this election, and we saw a spike in Hispanic voters.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:25
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Blurred posted:On the latest 538 podcast, they said Latino early voting is up: LV screens are getting turbofucked this cycle. In 2020 all polls will be presented with filtering options so you can see results based on 2004, 2008, and 2016 electorates
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If we've already got our Arzying and trolling quota reached, I'd like to volunteer for providing voices of hope and inspiration here in DnD.  We're going to see Hillary win, the first female American President in history. Sanders has successfully pulled Hillary to the left; especially on issues of free trade agreements, minimum wage, public higher education costs and loan refinancing, and more. She will appoint a leftist Supreme Court Justice and reverse Citizens United. She will do all this and more. We can fight and argue Hillary on things like Israel or whatever after we humiliate an outright fascist mysognist baby-handed orange gremlin. Dump his rear end in the dustbin of history, then we can move on to a brighter future! I'm fighting here in Ohio. What about you? Teriyaki Koinku fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Nov 6, 2016 |
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Nov 6, 2016 01:29
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Geoff Peterson posted:Less than that if the makeup or tendencies of the electorate changes, thanks to GOP Gerrymandering. For instance, if white suburban women were to abandon the GOP for some reason this election, and we saw a spike in Hispanic voters.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:30
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Nessus posted:But why would white suburban women abandon a master persuader like Donald? Something about him just doesn't grab them.
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Geoff Peterson posted:Less than that if the makeup or tendencies of the electorate changes, thanks to GOP Gerrymandering. For instance, if white suburban women were to abandon the GOP for some reason this election, and we saw a spike in Hispanic voters. 
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Nov 6, 2016 01:34
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Teriyaki Koinku posted:I'm fighting here in Ohio. What about you? Knocked on about 50 doors today in Cleveland, talked to about 30 people, everyone's already voted or will vote on Tuesday for  
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Teriyaki Koinku posted:If we've already got our Arzying and trolling quota reached, I'd like to volunteer for providing voices of hope and inspiration here in DnD. cyphr555 posted:Knocked on about 50 doors today in Cleveland, talked to about 30 people, everyone's already voted or will vote on Tuesday for
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Nov 6, 2016 01:38
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Also, the difference I've noticed in my motivation for volunteering for GOTV between 2012 and now in 2016: 2012: Fear that Obama and the American people could have the rug swept from underneath them by a swindling, empty-suit Republican and his prick of a VP choice (gently caress you, Paul Ryan!  ).2016: Personal hatred and desire to humiliate a thin-skinned fascist clown and sexual assaulter. Also pragmatic measure and gradual transition of heart-felt support from Sanders to Hillary. Pence also sucks and is from Indiana, so I need to one-up Indiana as an Ohioan for marginal smugness.
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Teriyaki Koinku posted:Also, the difference I've noticed in my motivation for volunteering for GOTV between 2012 and now in 2016: I canvassed for Obama in 08 (primary and general) because I believed in him. I canvassed for Obama in 12 because I was furious about Romney going on tv and looking all  about the death of Vilerat.I've been really busy at work so I haven't had any chance to go canvassing but I'm hoping to make it out at least on Election Day and continue my streak.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:42
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Chomskyan posted:https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/794232437337247744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Uh is he coked out of his mind. Cause this is what it seems like you replace his words with a pitch about a screenplay by someone you don't know at 2am at a LA late night spot who accidently mistakes you for a network executive and it's basically this.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:43
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axeil posted:I canvassed for Obama in 08 (primary and general) because I believed in him. Yeah, Romney being about Vilerat pissed me off and was right about when I felt enough was enough and started working full time canvassing in late August (early September?) of that year. That was a major emotional factor for me as a veteran Goon and one-time EvE Online player, but it was mostly the pragmatic desire to stop empty-suit Republicans.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:44
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Another sign Clinton's poised to win Nevada: Trump's pre-emptively whining about it being rigged https://twitter.com/kevcirilli/status/795061237029556225
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Josef bugman posted:Part of me wishes I was American. You guys still have hope. Americans are a hopeful people. The liberals hope we can make a more equal society, and the conservatives are okay with screwing over the poor because they hope that one day they will be rich.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:46
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Canvassers are the foot soldiers of Democracy. Phonebankers are the support crew, and nice people who drop off food and drinks are healers. Donators are Patreon Kickstarters and Greenlight Early Access contributors.
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thetoughestbean posted:Americans are a hopeful people. The liberals hope we can make a more equal society, and the conservatives are okay with screwing over the poor because they hope that one day they will be rich. The Europeans fought the Nazis out of survival, the Americans fought the Nazis because the Japanese spit in our eye and we wanted to show them Japs and Krauts what fer! There's a reason Inglorious Basterds was made as it was by an American director.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:49
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Isn't it normal practice for voting locations to just stop letting people into line at the time they're supposed to close but stay open as long as it takes for everyone remaining in line to vote? Isn't that what happened in Nevada yesterday?
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Saturday Night Canvass Crew: Hope is the Truth and Everything MattersPakled posted:Isn't it normal practice for voting locations to just stop letting people into line at the time they're supposed to close but stay open as long as it takes for everyone remaining in line to vote? Isn't that what happened in Nevada yesterday? It is. People seem to forget that every single year.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:52
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Pakled posted:Isn't it normal practice for voting locations to just stop letting people into line at the time they're supposed to close but stay open as long as it takes for everyone remaining in line to vote? Isn't that what happened in Nevada yesterday? I mean, pretty much. But, y'know, Trump and his followers hate the idea of an active democracy. EDIT: The lines wouldn't be so drat long if we had more places for people to vote, but Republican Governors don't exactly agree with minorities voting.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:53
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Pakled posted:Isn't it normal practice for voting locations to just stop letting people into line at the time they're supposed to close but stay open as long as it takes for everyone remaining in line to vote? Isn't that what happened in Nevada yesterday? IIRC, yes, but in Chicago there have been lines long enough that people have pretty much sneaked in because it was like 400+ people waiting in line outside.
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Nov 6, 2016 01:55
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I'd love to see some flimsy evidence that later hours in the day favors scarequotes Democrats when the hard working real americans get to the polls bright and early.
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Nov 6, 2016 02:01
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AriadneThread posted:i thought washington was one of the states with laws against faithless electors? although i suppose i'm not really sure what 'laws against faithless electors' actually entails if you can't compel them to vote a certain way It does have a law that punishes faithless electors, but the punishment is a $1000 fine. At least one of these electors has said they're willing to pay that.
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Nov 6, 2016 02:03
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https://twitter.com/nielslesniewski/status/795068979970768896 Woah
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Nov 6, 2016 02:03
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True Blue Triumph posted:Hey guys and gals. I might be a steadfast lurker, but I just wanted to let you all know that I (and I think I can speak for many of the lurkers) love you all and I appreciate the wonderful posting you all do. You guys have been my morning news, my lunch break catch-up, and my evening tethering for the last 18 months, and I wouldn't trade you all for the world, as we ride out the end of this crazy train. Seriously, in spite of all this madness, this is the best political forum on the internet. Seconding this, and so glad election chat is back. I've learned more about US politics from following D&D than anywhere else either in print or online. For content, did the Trump campaign's Facebook strategy get discussed? Apparently Facebook is really good at very precisely targeting people with advertising now, and they've had ads both aimed at getting right-wing assholes to donate, and at African Americans in swing states to get them not to vote. (ugh) http://adage.com/article/campaign-trail/trump-camp-rnc-facebook-ad-onslaught-brought-donors/306003/ http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/27/13434246/donald-trump-targeted-dark-facebook-ads-black-voters I mean, there's been a lot of discussion on how the Trump campaign has been massively under-spending on TV ads, but could this kind of strategy make up for that? I feel like Facebook might have greater penetration than TV these days.
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Nov 6, 2016 02:03
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The Secret Service just rushed Trump off a stage. Trump supporters are shoving media members around. Okay then.
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AriadneThread posted:i thought washington was one of the states with laws against faithless electors? although i suppose i'm not really sure what 'laws against faithless electors' actually entails if you can't compel them to vote a certain way Yes it does, and it will likely be ruled unconstitutional in the courts. You cannot force an elector to vote in a specific way because that violates the 1st Amendment right to free speech and/or freedom of association. The party is free to administratively sanction them, but the state and federal governments themselves cannot make it illegal.
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Hey, Trump's got himself a celebrity surrogate: https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/795067973320855552 Also, I hate these people so much. https://twitter.com/briantashman/status/795064216382279680
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Your Boy Fancy posted:No matter how far we evolve as a society, democracy is still full of poo poo-slinging madness. The only difference is we let our surrogates call the opponent the son of a whore now. By 2028 US political discourse will be the two candidates just standing there and shout calling each other paedophile.
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