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rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#149826: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:40:37 PM

It's not every year we have a pseudo-fascist running.

EDIT: [nja]'d

edited 8th Nov '16 5:41:13 PM by rmctagg09

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#149827: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:41:02 PM

That's not a valid answer when the fluctuation is to be expected. You all keep asking if this "slight lead" is a doomsday sentence only to see like a few minutes later it isn't.

In that regard Trump doesn't change anything.

edited 8th Nov '16 5:41:58 PM by LSBK

randomdude4 Since: May, 2011
#149828: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:41:06 PM

I'm not panicking; I was just asking a question. I didn't know how key a state it was for her.

edited 8th Nov '16 5:41:33 PM by randomdude4

"Can't make an omelette without breaking some children." -Bur
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#149829: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:41:07 PM

Yeah, mostly Trump. I get that panicking doesn't necessarily help things but it's natural to get nervous as results trickle in, especially if you're one of the minorities being given the middle finger in the event of a Trump presidency.

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#149830: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:41:28 PM

@149806

[up]The usual "antichrist" worries.

edited 8th Nov '16 5:42:11 PM by nervmeister

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#149831: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:42:20 PM

I think it's fairly self-evident that, however events actually unfold, this election is not like other elections.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#149832: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:42:37 PM

Trump started as an amusing source of entertainment but is now a threat to American freedom. Also, he might declare war on Mexico if he wins.

Lennik (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#149833: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:42:56 PM

I'm sorry, nervmeister, are you forgetting all the racist things Trump has said and done?

That's right, boys. Mondo cool.
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#149834: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:43:32 PM

@lakingsif: I checked your source - they do not have Delaware or New Jersey in Trump's corner. Quite the opposite.

Oh God! Natural light!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#149835: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:43:38 PM

[up][up][up][up]Considering the reaction was the exact same with Romney, and I suspect Bush...

edited 8th Nov '16 5:44:18 PM by LSBK

randomdude4 Since: May, 2011
#149836: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:44:48 PM

Uh Trump can't declare war on anyone without congressional approval, and that's highly unlikely if the House/Senate goes democrat.

"Can't make an omelette without breaking some children." -Bur
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#149837: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:45:00 PM

Just saw an AP notification calling Rhode Island for Clinton

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#149838: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:45:03 PM

@LSBK: Romney and Bush are not Trump. Have you seen Trump?

edited 8th Nov '16 5:45:19 PM by RBluefish

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#149839: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:45:23 PM

Is there still hope in Florida?

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#149840: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:45:26 PM

How can HRC recover from losing FL?

Do not obey in advance.
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#149841: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:45:27 PM

@Democratic Congress Stopping Trump from declaring war: That is not going to happen if Trump wins. If Trump wins they control all three branches.

edited 8th Nov '16 5:46:00 PM by Kostya

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#149842: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:45:30 PM

@Lennik

[up]He's, for lack of a better word, a douche, no doubt. But even if he wins, his wackier ideas can at least be held in check by an increasingly democrat-occupied Congress. That, and the GOP is kind of......well.....imploded at the moment. So stagnation is probably the worst case scenario.

edited 8th Nov '16 5:47:18 PM by nervmeister

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#149843: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:46:26 PM

[up]If he wins Congress will be dominated by Republicans. It probably will be even with a Hillary win.

SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#149844: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:47:13 PM

Switch back to NBC, where Trump is winning in Virginia.

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149845: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:47:27 PM

random: the US has not issued a formal declaration of war since 1941. Hasn't stopped pretty much every president since Truman from sending troops into combat.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#149846: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:48:14 PM

Trump not being Romney or Bush doesn't make the actual process different. With the reaction being the same, I just figure you'd all be used to this by now.

Galadriel Since: Feb, 2015
#149847: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:48:31 PM

She doesn't need Florida if she can take Virginia, New Hampshire, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. But 538 is admitting that Virginia looks shaky now - and it's extremely unlikely that she would lose Virginia and win North Carolina or Ohio.

So if she loses both Virginia and Florida, Trump will win.

edited 8th Nov '16 5:48:48 PM by Galadriel

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#149848: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:48:35 PM

Wasn't Vietnam declared officially as a conflict instead of war because it was never voted as such in the Congress? So in theory the president doesn't need to vote for war if he/she plays the cards right or some fuck up happens.

Inter arma enim silent leges
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#149849: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:48:42 PM

The process is the same, but the stakes are not.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149850: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:48:52 PM

Virginia's big counties still haven't reported fully yet.

Florida is a disappointment though.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

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