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Vampireandthen In love with an Uptown Girl from Northern Ireland Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: A teenager in love
In love with an Uptown Girl
#151426: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:48:49 PM

All Hail President Elect Donald Trump, the first of his Name, lord of the White People, the Irish, builder of Walls, grabber of Pussies, and With Lord.

Please allow me to introduce myself, I am a man of wealth and taste. Nice to meet you, hope you can guess my name.
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#151427: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:49:00 PM

I'm not American, but I'll take one of those upside-down flags now, please.

jedimaster1701 from Canada Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#151428: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:49:26 PM

Maybe Clinton finally realised that America doesn't want her and would rather a Talkign ORANGE over her and she got depressed

MAD doctorine is counterproductive
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151429: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:49:27 PM

It would have been hypocrisy not to concede. At the very least, HRC will go down as a Graceful Loser.

I might still make my trip back to America for the holidays. I live in California, which is apparently one of the few bastions of sanity left in the country.

edited 8th Nov '16 11:51:00 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#151430: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:49:54 PM

Final precincts reporting:

Democrats win popular vote, Republicans win electoral college

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#151431: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:49:56 PM

I mean, Trump could probably become bedridden from all the stress the job deals with, the guy is already obese so it's not like that's doing him any favors.

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
dragonfire5000 from Where gods fear to tread Since: Jan, 2001
#151432: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:49:59 PM

Well, if that's that, then that's that. I hope that all those considered minorities in the United States will be safe for the four years to come. Here's hoping that, even with Trump as President, that someone does something about the hate groups that have crawled out of the woodworks because of him.

Stay safe, everyone.

"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#151433: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:50:04 PM

I just hope Hillary doesn't run again in 2020.

She's proven that she's a horrible candidate. Even with Trump doing all the wrong things, she still lost.

She lost to Obama, she nearly lost to a Democratic Socialist even with things worked in her favor and she lost to Donald Trump and not by a small margin.

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#151434: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:50:08 PM

@Unsung: It's not showing up. You need to enable avatar sharing in your profile settings first.

edited 8th Nov '16 11:50:44 PM by RBluefish

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Sharysa Since: Jan, 2001
#151435: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:50:45 PM

I finally stopped watching the news at 11:20PM, so I'll just go to bed and wonder what happens with my despairing tweet to Cap('s actor).

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#151436: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:51:05 PM

@R Bluefish Huh. I thought I did.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#151437: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:51:11 PM

Trump is making his speech.

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#151438: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:51:23 PM

I have never wished so hard before that Captain America was real.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151439: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:51:43 PM

[up]x9 OH WTF!

edited 8th Nov '16 11:52:20 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#151440: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:51:49 PM

@Mad Skillz: She lost to Trump because angry white men banded together and decided man who "tells it like it is" and "say what we're all thinking" would be a better president than a woman with actual political experience.

edited 8th Nov '16 11:51:57 PM by PhysicalStamina

i'm tired, my friend
SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#151441: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:51:58 PM

This is kinda as ridiculous when you guys elected actor for president ._.

But yeah, yay end of the world is coming I guess? .-.

TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#151442: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:52:11 PM

Gore retracted his the last time, so Hillary could too if something happens to swing the election back. More than likely won't, but being a Graceful Loser doesn't automatically remove any chance of contesting the results.

YamiVizziniX Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
#151443: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:52:25 PM

There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only... Hooty.
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#151444: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:52:30 PM

Unsung, you've got it now.

I should go to sleep. I've barely slept at all in the last two days. But I don't think I can right now. I don't know what I should do right now.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
chartoc Since: Apr, 2010
#151445: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:52:32 PM

Congratulations to President Trump. He still has that fraud case against him.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151446: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:53:00 PM

She won the popular vote?

Well, at least she can say that more of the American people wanted her to be POTUS.

Disgusted, but not surprised
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#151447: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:53:40 PM

Hey, here's a thought for the room! If the electoral college wasn't such bullshit the world might not be doomed right now!

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#151448: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:54:24 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, Pennsylvania, Maine Second District, Wisconsin

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

    Leading 

Michigan, Arizona, Alaska

Minnesota, New Hampshire

    Other 

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%.
  • Best Republican numbers since Bush Sr.
  • British morning papers announce Trump win.
  • Senate remains Republican with Pennsylvania win
  • Alaska, the final State to close polls, begins reporting with a Republican lead
  • DOW Jones suspended
  • US Dollar falls
  • Clinton calls Trump, concedes
  • Senate: +1 -1
  • House: +5 -5

Electoral College:

Clinton 218 | 275 Trump

Updates:

  •    President Trump   
  • Clinton wins popular vote

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#151449: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:54:41 PM

I. I'm.

I'm just going to sleep.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151450: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:54:43 PM

[up][up][up] If we didn't have the electoral college back in 1999, we would have had Gore. Then maybe 9-11 would not have happened.

Are we living in a Bad Future or something?

edited 8th Nov '16 11:55:03 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised

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