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So the big news is ofc that Trump has won and he has won pretty bigly. Remember when bigly was funny because lol the wacky tv man is running for office lets make jokes about him. let's treat him like a joke while giving him endless tv time and talking about how he's SO CRAZY that he wants to deport mexicans and stop gay marriage, aka the things the republican party wants their candidates to do. you loving idiots you did this so anyway it turns out that democrats decided not to go with the populist Bernie Sanders, who was doing well with demographics that democrats often struggle to get into polling booths such as the youth and new voters and instead chose hillary clinton because they are idiots. you can believe it was race fixing if you like, or you can just believe that it was a stupid decision made fairly, that's up to you. but then even though literally every polling prediction company in america said hillary would win, donald trump won and the democrats lost and they lost heavily. sure dems had a few wins -- tammy duckworth took over a senate seat, for example -- but it's a far cry from the wave they needed to take the senate. with one scotus hole already extant and more likely on the way it's going to be a very different supreme court. trump has vowed to destroy roe v wade but there's plenty other civil rights contingent upon supreme court rulings and nothing else. For example, gay marriage in states with no gay marriage laws is solely a right because of a 5-4 decision in the Supreme Court. And of course scotus can overturn any law they want, too, as they did with much of the voting rights act and may do with the rest of it. but they will also make america great again. i guess? anyway have fun in november and stuff. welcome to the year 2000 bitches!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L9kJtAM4D0 corn in the bible fucked around with this message at 08:58 on Nov 9, 2016 |
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Dreylad posted:Sorry man, but it was so bizarre watching the hillary people talk about how OF COURSE all the unaffiliated latinos were voting clinton, she must have an impossible lead. in reality she got about 60% which is obviously more than half but not some kind of magic bullet
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Nov 9, 2016 08:04
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maybe latinos were white all along
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Nov 9, 2016 08:06
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Dreylad posted:Good Lord (har har) remember how having that scotus vacancy was supposed to make the gop look bad? i'd argue it's actually a huge part of why they did so well -- it's the first election since roe v wade where they were able to say definitively "vote for us and abortion will be banned" and be right. hell, they might very well be able to ban gay marriage, too! none of this "maybe rbg will die" nonsense, there's a straight chance to get back 50 years of civil rights changes in one election and they seized on it like their souls depended on it
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Nov 9, 2016 08:07
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Also, the much lauded LEGALIZE WEED DUDE propositions that have been passed will be meaningless if a Trump DOJ decides to enforce the still-present federal laws and go shut down the dispensaries like they used to do for medical marijuana. There's a ton of stuff we've just gotten used to, because government has been deadlocked for so long, that all of a sudden is back in action.
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Nov 9, 2016 08:17
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no, no, i am sure all those whites will die in the next 4 years and we can retake the senate and house and save freedom. clinton 2020
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Nov 9, 2016 08:43
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Relin posted:i wonder how democrats will deal with more latinos (the fastest growing population) voting republican as time goes on president julian castro
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Nov 9, 2016 08:50
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i made this before the election but its even more relevant now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L9kJtAM4D0
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Nov 9, 2016 08:56
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 but its hillary clinton
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Nov 9, 2016 09:46
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Schizotek posted:Berniebros tank election, smugly gloat about how its everybody but their fault. Glad ya'll could crucify my future as part of your tantrum. did you just forget hillary clinton was white
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Nov 9, 2016 09:49
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like if you think white people are the problem why did you vote for White Hillary in the primaries. did you think "abuela" meant she was latino
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Nov 9, 2016 09:59
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white establishment ruins electoral chances of brave jewish man
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Nov 9, 2016 10:06
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SpaceDrake posted:The Trump Party has control of every single part of the government, of course those things are going away. Anything that could challenge White Male supremacy and will make others miserable and weak so that White Men can feel stronger will happen. This is how Dominance Culture works. plessy v ferguson 2.0
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Nov 9, 2016 10:31
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Pollyanna posted:So, what now? Are we really gonna see the progress of the last 8 years undone? Is this really going to go as bad as we thought? yes
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Nov 9, 2016 10:49
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here how about this one: shoulda picked elizabeth warren
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Nov 9, 2016 10:55
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Ragnar34 posted:What the gently caress does "repeal and replace Obamacare" mean, anyway? I spent the election ignoring Trump and now I have to work out what to expect from an all-GOP government. it means repeal Obamacare
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Nov 9, 2016 10:56
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what i actually hope the dnc learns is what the gop learned in 2012: pragmatism is boring and nobody wants to vote for it.
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Nov 9, 2016 10:57
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Cabbit posted:I really don't understand what the crossover appeal is between Bernie and Trump. How do you jump from the guy significantly to the left of every major presidential politician to the guy significantly to the right? it's populism you idiot
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Nov 9, 2016 11:42
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i can't see how the amazing slogan "if you oppose the transpacific partnership you are a stupid racist" did not catch on. gj hillary
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Nov 9, 2016 11:44
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T.S. Smelliot posted:Haha lol you got loving curbstompted care to comment op im pretty sure my comment of hillary and the dnc ruined everything was v clear
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Nov 9, 2016 11:45
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bernie didnt vote for the iraq war and hadnt been investigated by highly public gop committees for years prior to the election, aka big things that helped trump portray her as a corrupt part of the establishment.
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Nov 9, 2016 11:51
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well whatever it doesnt matter now cause we got president trump and you better hope you aint a gay cause if you are you're gonna die just like in russia
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Nov 9, 2016 11:53
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im thinking we should organize a bet on how far back the scotus deletion is gonna go. gay marriage is obvious, roe v wade is obvious, letting gays organize on campus is obvious, etc. but will they go back on brown v board? who knows! maybe even further!
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Nov 9, 2016 12:11
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NoNotTheMindProbe posted:The Scopes Monkey Trial drat i didnt even think of that
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Nov 9, 2016 12:14
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my cousin came out of the closet last month. bad timing on his part
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Nov 9, 2016 12:17
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haha remember when dems owned both houses and the presidency and couldnt even pass a health care bill without gutting it and then they passed a weird limp-wristed insurance reform and didnt do anything they promised and lost the entirety of progressive reform for the last fifty years in an election
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Nov 9, 2016 12:31
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entire island of cuba to be turned into supergitmo
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Nov 9, 2016 12:34
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gay murder ruled legal in a 7-2 decision
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Nov 9, 2016 12:35
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Nelson Mandingo posted:Presidential elections happen. lovely candidates get in. Donald Trump isn't the first, and he won't be the last. Time has a way of erasing problems of the day. yeah but 50 years for all the scotus peeps to die sure sucks a lot to wait through!!
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Nov 9, 2016 13:07
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WampaLord posted:Won't there be massive D turnout like in 2006? well a hard right scotus could also repeal all voting protection laws so.......
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Nov 9, 2016 13:22
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Party Plane Jones posted:This one I don't see happening unless we get a Constitutional Amendment, which really would drive Democratic voting through the roof. you're an idiot then
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Nov 9, 2016 13:50
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Inspector Gesicht posted:It doesn't count as treason wishing for him to be assassinated from a non-US citizen, seeing as he isn't facing justice for anything. Though Pence is disliked and otherwise a non-entity, would he be a less volatile candidate? pence supports brutal gay conversion camps and stuff like that. he's only better than trump if you like your republicans politely hateful
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Nov 9, 2016 13:53
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pence is worse than trump
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Nov 9, 2016 14:04
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actually, bernie should run in 2020
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Nov 9, 2016 14:16
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Fojar38 posted:Don't the Dems have enough to fillibuster still? If the GOP was able to be obstructionist as gently caress for the past 8 years can't the dems be as well? gop will repeal filibuster probably
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Nov 9, 2016 14:25
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Fojar38 posted:Isn't that a really bad idea only if you lose the senate (they won't lose the senate)
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Nov 9, 2016 14:26
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Crowsbeak posted:Oh yes, the dems will be back in power in ten years and it will be angry millennials and gen x ers leading them. We'll probably pretty much turn it into a rubber stand parliament and use the presidincy in a way that would make Trump proud. yeah, all those conservative white voters will vanish into an abyss in ten years
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Nov 9, 2016 14:33
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Ragnar34 posted:Yes. Right this second, Putin's actual dick is inside of Trump's rear end in a top hat. They're both having a wonderful time. trump finally pivots on the gay rights issue
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Nov 9, 2016 15:38
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actually only stupid fuckwits laughed at the "bernie bros" but i guess that does describe most major dnc staffers
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Crowsbeak posted:If he goes tariff war, they probably wont. At the moment they think he;'ll just get the police to kill the poor. drat i didnt know Gerald Kaufman posted here
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