2020 General Presidential Election Thread

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  • Northwestcoug
    Cocked and Loaded
    • May 2011
    • 18075

    #2746
    "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
    "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
    - SeattleUte

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    • Moliere
      One man.....one pie
      • Oct 2009
      • 27926

      #2747
      Originally posted by All-American View Post
      Biden just took the lead in Michigan.
      Yep, Pennsylvania isn’t going to matter at this point. Biden will take Michigan and Wisconsin and only then needs Nevada. This will be inevitable soon and most people will accept it.
      "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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      • Jeff Lebowski
        Corporate lackey for Jesus
        • Nov 2008
        • 69811

        #2748
        Wow. This is nuts. Sleepy Joe might pull it off.
        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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        • SeattleUte
          Faith crisis consultant
          • Nov 2008
          • 20837

          #2749
          Pollsters, economists, epidemiologists. They are the mediaeval physicians of our age: clever at coming up with explanations for what has already happened, useless at forecasting the future.
          When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

          --Jonathan Swift

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          • SeattleUte
            Faith crisis consultant
            • Nov 2008
            • 20837

            #2750
            Nate Cohn, in New York 4:37 AM ET
            This is vaguely reminiscent of 11 p.m. in 2016 ... but in reverse (and in slow motion): Biden’s the narrow favorite in PA, WI, MI, AZ, NV, GA, and it could take a while.
            When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

            --Jonathan Swift

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            • UVACoug
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2013
              • 2685

              #2751
              Nevada is surprisingly close. Biden leads by less than 8,000. I expect Biden to win now, but way to close for comfort. Not sure why it is taking so long to count in PA. Everyone else seems to have been able to count 90%+ in the same amount of time. Is there something special about the vote in PA that has made it more difficult to count?

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              • Jeff Lebowski
                Corporate lackey for Jesus
                • Nov 2008
                • 69811

                #2752
                Would have preferred a more resounding defeat of Trump, but I'll take it (assuming this plays out).

                Having a D president and an R senate has some benefits. Hello gridlock.
                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                • Moliere
                  One man.....one pie
                  • Oct 2009
                  • 27926

                  #2753
                  Does Trump run in 2024?
                  "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                  • BlueK
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2011
                    • 7226

                    #2754
                    Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                    Does Trump run in 2024?
                    Who knows. I wouldn't be surprised, but you would think several other Republicans will also want to.

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                    • Omaha 680
                      Senior Member
                      • Jul 2011
                      • 11207

                      #2755
                      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                      Would have preferred a more resounding defeat of Trump, but I'll take it (assuming this plays out).

                      Having a D president and an R senate has some benefits. Hello gridlock.
                      A Biden win with Republicans holding the senate was my preferred outcome. I too would have preferred a larger repudiation of trump but that probably would have resulted in the senate flipping.

                      I need an updated ruling from Fusnik on whether the American Experiment is over.

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                      • All-American
                        Right, as Usual
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 15688

                        #2756
                        Originally posted by BlueK View Post
                        Who knows. I wouldn't be surprised, but you would think several other Republicans will also want to.
                        Shortly after a break-up you didn't want or ask for, you will be amazed by how much better off you are and wonder how you could have ever put up with her for as long as you did. (Resident experts here can confirm.)

                        Trump can spend the rest of his life squandering his billions in wanton luxury, complaining of fraud to the dwindling few that will still listen.
                        τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν

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                        • BigFatMeanie
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 7139

                          #2757
                          Originally posted by fusnik View Post
                          Lol no but one skill I have in this life is understanding people’s intentions and true thoughts. I don’t understand law, don’t understand engineering, don’t understand medicine but I do understand how to read people based on what they express.

                          It wasn’t hard seeing the outcome of the election simply by reading any political thread here by what should be a group of ‘rational’ educated conservatives. If an accomplished educated conservative wasn’t sprinting from Trump after the last 4 years they most likely were going to vote for him. If y’all were voting for him what do you think the average or below average person in America was going to do?

                          Sure many said they were voting for Biden/third party but it was obvious most were coming home to Trumpism.
                          These have got to be two of the greatest sentences ever uttered on a mostly-anonymous message board. A timeless classic.
                          Last edited by BigFatMeanie; 11-04-2020, 09:23 AM. Reason: grammar

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                          • SeattleUte
                            Faith crisis consultant
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 20837

                            #2758
                            A near perfect outcome for Republicans. A one-term, punchless Democratic president with no mandate and a Vice-President who can’t win next election, control of the senate, and rid of the cancer Trump. With Trump gone, the radical left loss its oxygen.
                            When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                            --Jonathan Swift

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                            • beefytee
                              Board eye candy
                              • Mar 2009
                              • 7542

                              #2759
                              Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                              A near perfect outcome for Republicans. A one-term, punchless Democratic president with no mandate and a Vice-President who can’t win next election, control of the senate, and rid of the cancer Trump. With Trump gone, the radical left loss its oxygen.
                              #NikkiHaley2024!

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                              • All-American
                                Right, as Usual
                                • Nov 2008
                                • 15688

                                #2760
                                Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                                A near perfect outcome for Republicans. A one-term, punchless Democratic president with no mandate and a Vice-President who can’t win next election, control of the senate, and rid of the cancer Trump. With Trump gone, the radical left loss its oxygen.
                                Hear hear.

                                I’m also surprised with the house. The narrative going into Tuesday was that it was safe for Ds and the question was how much could they build on their majority. If all rep races ended where they are now, Democrats would keep the majority by a single vote.

                                Really, the only thing that could have been better in the realm of reality was a presidential election so decisive that no one, not even trump, could cry foul. Oh well.
                                τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν

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