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LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#151051: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:05:54 PM

I love how the election is not even done yet and over a trillion dollars on the markets just went poof.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
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
#151052: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:06:19 PM

[up][up][up][up]I'd go for the Anti-Nihlist route. Nothing we do lasts so let's make sure we do good.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:06:32 PM by fredhot16

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
Mr.Didact Keep Hope Alive from Winterfell Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Naked on a bearskin rug, playing the saxophone
Keep Hope Alive
#151053: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:06:23 PM

Whatever else happens, it's been an honor. And may we persevere together.

Stand Fast, Stand Strong, Stand Together
Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#151054: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:06:46 PM

But claiming we survived Reagan and Bush?

Not all of us did.

Montegoraon Since: Jan, 2011
#151055: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:07:35 PM

Bernie Sanders would have won. He would have creamed that hairy orange with double digit margins in the popular vote.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#151056: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:07:50 PM

And Trump is worse than Bush and Reagan.

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
#151057: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:08:02 PM

I will pray for you, guys. I will pray for everywhere and everyone and I will pray for the safety of a nation I still call my home and a people that I still care about regardless.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:08:38 PM by fredhot16

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#151058: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:08:02 PM

Canada's Immigration website has crashed
Let me guess: Too many US citizens trying to check if immigrating to Canada is a good option?

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
TropesForever God forbid women do anything from wait where is she Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
God forbid women do anything
#151059: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:08:12 PM

This thread is starting to turn into the "Insecurity, Sadness and Anxiety" thread.

thebeatles.com/careers
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#151060: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:08:52 PM

This thread has meant a lot to me over the months, and will probably continue to do so.

Stay woke, people.

Do not obey in advance.
LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#151061: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:08:56 PM

The Clintons will go down as the worst thing to ever happen to the modern Democratic Party.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#151062: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:09:03 PM

Ugh. Talking heads are still pushing the "left behind" line to explain Trump supporters.

Guys, stop legitimizing them. It's hate. It's hate, pure and simple.

Damn the media. Damn them to hell for not doing their goddamn jobs.

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
#151063: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:09:03 PM

[up][up][up][up]Ooooohhhhhh, buddy. You don't know the half of it.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:09:26 PM by fredhot16

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#151064: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:09:07 PM

@lighly: Good point. I'm really surprised I saw a non CIS person support Trump for president. Because she doesn't like our military and her gay roommate gets harassed. Pence is going to be worse for both of those things!

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#151065: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:09:32 PM

Bernie Sanders would have won. He would have creamed that hairy orange with double digit margins in the popular vote.

Yup. He was strong in all the right states.

Hillary should've gone for VP Bernie or Elizabeth Warren.

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
#151066: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:09:45 PM

As much as I loathe the Bushes and Reagan, they had a plan that resembled something a country could go on with, even if they were bad policies, Trump doesn't.

At worst Trump actually tries to do the things he promises and makes things worse, setting back the US on social issues and economy growth by 8 years, hopefully doesn't start a stupid war over his damn ego and all the ignorant and racist rednecks, all the dumbfucks who bought his sensationalist crap, all the idiots who said fuck you I got mine, all the women who don't see nothing wrong with Trump attitude towards women get a taste of what they asked for when they realize not only Trump can't deliver his promises but he backtracks on them and makes things worse exactly for the people who hailed him as a hero who will make America great again.

At best Trump leaves things to Pence and his advisors, the Democrats fight like hell to bar all the regressive laws and measures they try to pass and we hope all the minorities in the US don't get caught up in the crossfire.

this is me being spiteful 

Inter arma enim silent leges
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#151067: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:09:58 PM

But claiming we survived Reagan and Bush? Not all of us did.

No, you're right. I don't think anybody is trying to minimize the costs and the people who suffered through those times and didn't make it.

That's why it's important for the people who did survive and anyone who survives this to keep fighting. Even if we're doomed I'd rather go down being able to say I did my best rather than give in to nihilism and apathy.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#151068: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:10:16 PM

I'll try to be somewhat positive and believe a bit in people on the Republican to say enough noes to Trump that it'll count along with the Democrats.

There's bound to be at least 30 sane individuals there?Though I'm not quite aware about how your system over there works.

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#151069: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:10:31 PM

Bernie Sanders would have won. He would have creamed that hairy orange with double digit margins in the popular vote.

...But you did vote for Clinton, right?

lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#151070: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:10:51 PM

    Announced 

Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, TEXAS, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Missouri, Ohio, Florida, Idaho, North Carolina, Utah, Iowa, Georgia

Vermont, Massachussetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Illinois, New York, Connecticut, New Mexico, Virginia, Colorado, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Nevada

    Leading 

Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Maine 2

Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska 2, New Hampshire

    Other 

Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Hampshire

  • Removing Democratic strongholds, Trump would need 28 States.
  • North Carolina extending voting time in 8 precincts
  • New Jersey announced Democrat as soon as voting closed, as votes are being counted it currently stands Republican lead [1]
    • Voting concludes. Democrat win in NJ.
  • One person dies after being shot on their way to a polling place in Los Angeles.
  • DOW Jones Futures down 300
  • Florida: (47.7:49.2) >99% reporting (10:50 pm ET)
    • Broward County 13 precincts not reporting
    • Palm Beach 27 precincts not reporting
    • Monroe County 1 precinct not reporting
    • Bay County: All precincts now reporting
    • Miami-Dade: All precincts now reporting
  • All States reporting except Alaska
  • Canada's Immigration website has crashed.
  • Clinton tweets "thank you for everything"; Democratic HQ in silence
  • Mexican peso crashes
  • Michigan, New Hampshire, too close to call
  • Nebraska District 2, too close to call
  • Trump's biggest demo. in Mid West "white women"
  • DOW Jones Futures down 800
    • Sterling rises
  • House of Representatives remains Republican
  • The BBC predict draw.
  • Javits Center, Democrat HQ, emptying
  • European markets open, down 4%.
  • Senate: +1 -1
  • House: +4 -4

Electoral College:

Clinton 215 | 244 Trump

Updates:

  • Best Republican numbers since Bush Sr.
  • British morning papers announce Trump win.

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#151071: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:10:59 PM

Doesn't surprise me, if Caitlyn Jenner can continue to vote Republican and sleep sound at night then all bets are off the table.

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
#151072: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:11:05 PM
Thumped: This post has been thumped with the mod stick. This means knock it off.
Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
Assassin-sensei Since: Jun, 2014
#151073: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:11:29 PM

If Trump can be president in 2016 Kanye West can be president in 2020. I'm not even joking, nothing is impossible. Shit, I'll be able to vote in 2020. If it's Kanye vs. Trump, I'll vote for Kanye!

I never thought I would have to say that.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:12:05 PM by Assassin-sensei

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#151074: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:12:22 PM

I can't believe it. Even now it's just starting to sink in.

Someone endorsed by the KKK is going to become the most powerful man in the world.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
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
#151075: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:12:53 PM

[up]...Grim determination not to die, buddy. Grim determination.

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.

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