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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#150901: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:33:31 PM

I guess there's always Elizabeth Warren to try to pull an Obama but she probably lacks appeal to moderates.

lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#150902: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:33:34 PM

Democratic lead in:

  • Minnesota
  • Maine
  • New Hampshire

Republican lead in:

  • Arizona
  • Wisconsin

Too close to call >1% diff

  • Michigan
    • 79% reporting
  • Pennsylvania
    • 96% reporting
    • 48.2:48.2
    • Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, precincts not reporting
    • NY border counties precincts not reporting

edited 8th Nov '16 9:36:53 PM by lakingsif

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#150903: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:33:38 PM

Anyone starting to think a Monarchy might be a good idea? Just pick a great guy and give him almost total control?

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#150904: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:33:43 PM

[up]But the rest of it?

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#150905: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:34:44 PM

Maybe, if the US didn't have nuclear weapons, the rest of the developed world could put it down if it went mad. But they, Trump, have the nuclear triad. There is no stopping the Free American Empire.

edited 8th Nov '16 9:35:29 PM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
jedimaster1701 from Canada Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#150906: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:34:50 PM

King Bernie I

MAD doctorine is counterproductive
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#150907: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:35:15 PM

Well, that reminds me of my next question.

Nuclear war.

Can he do it?

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#150909: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:35:38 PM
Thumped: This post was thumped by moderation to preserve the dignity of the author.
Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#150910: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:35:46 PM

For every Queen Elizabeth there's also at least several George III's or Edward VIII's.

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#150911: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:35:54 PM

Eh, problem is, eventually The Good King dies and eventually you get The Caligula with no checks or Henry VI or some other buffoon who couldn't rule his way out of a soggy paper bag.

Probably going to join the upside-down flag squad if Mango Mussolini gets 270 and I have to write "Free American Empire" over "United States of America" on all my maps.

edited 8th Nov '16 9:36:34 PM by Balmung

Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#150912: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:35:56 PM

fredhot16: Just occasional impeachment power. I don't know, just wishing for anything better than our gerrymandered Democracy.

Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#150913: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:35:57 PM

We will be a failed state.

The most dangerous rogue nation in history.

RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer
#150914: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:36:02 PM

The President has nuclear codes, doesn't he?

Continue writing our story of peace.
optimusjamie Since: Jun, 2010
#150915: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:36:02 PM

Only with complete compliance at every level.

Direct all enquiries to Jamie B Good
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#150916: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:36:15 PM

Anyone starting to think a Monarchy might be a good idea? Just pick a great guy and give him almost total control?

If you have someone who's not an idiot and actually a competent governor it's not so bad. But you don't really want absolute power given to anybody because it is extremely horrible in the wrong hands.

And honestly there have been so many terrible monarchs I would never chance it again.

edited 8th Nov '16 9:37:15 PM by Draghinazzo

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
#150917: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:36:17 PM

Make America Great Britain Again?

Inter arma enim silent leges
TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#150918: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:36:30 PM

Stein barely tracked on the vote totals in most of the battleground states, so blaming her accomplishes nothing (except making you maybe feel a little better).

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#150919: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:36:35 PM

If Trump allows the situation in Europe to escalate to the point that either the United Kingdom, France or Russia panics, yes nuclear war (at least a regional exchange) is possible.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#150920: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:36:46 PM

Johnson is the spoiler if anyone.

Oh really when?
Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#150921: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:37:06 PM

Voter apathy played a major role apparently.

That and Trump rather blatantly running a campaign pandering to White Paranoia.

FluffyMcChicken My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare from where the floating lights gleam Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare
#150922: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:37:10 PM

re: people calling for monarchies

Please, the world has already seen what a mass fascination with "strong leaders" across the globe can do.

Someone in the Russia thread actually made a good point about how this election has potentially done much to discredit the appeal of democratic reforms in the eyes of other peoples in the world. The Russian and Chinese governments especially have incentive to "discover" and present reasons of why the Status Quo Is God to their citizens.

edited 8th Nov '16 9:37:34 PM by FluffyMcChicken

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#150923: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:37:25 PM

...Wait. What about finances? The wallet is the way to go, right?

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#150924: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:37:27 PM

Put simply, if the president orders a nuclear strike, the order must be carried out, with the alternative being a full coup.

thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#150925: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:37:36 PM

Nukes require a lot of sign-off on a long chain and if he tried to launch an unprovoked attack we're looking at a general's coup.

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?

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