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3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#163326: Dec 19th 2016 at 1:03:18 PM

Maybe the ballots turn into something sane at the stroke of midnight on the 31st.

"You can reply to this Message!"
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#163327: Dec 19th 2016 at 2:01:51 PM

So it's all but official now. Fucking hell. Darkest timeline.

You know what the sad thing is? All those letters, protests, it was all for nothing. One elector even admitted she was moved by the desperate pleas not to vote Trump in the letters... and she still voted for Trump, because she had a "duty". Ugh.

edited 19th Dec '16 2:02:26 PM by speedyboris

Proglottid Since: Mar, 2010
#163328: Dec 19th 2016 at 2:10:03 PM

There really never was any hope of getting rid of him once he was elected.

All that's left it's to strap on cause these are going to be some FUN years with the puppet-king

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#163329: Dec 19th 2016 at 2:15:01 PM

Speaking of puppet kings, Guess Who's Back!

(tl;dr: It's fucking Cheney!!!)

edited 19th Dec '16 2:15:57 PM by CaptainCapsase

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#163330: Dec 19th 2016 at 2:16:47 PM

[up][up][up]Better than one who insulted the letter writer and threatened to sue and dox her for mailing him at least. . .

edited 19th Dec '16 2:16:58 PM by carbon-mantis

Grafite Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: Less than three
#163331: Dec 19th 2016 at 2:16:49 PM

[up][up][up][up] Can't say I was expecting anything different. And even if that woman wouldn't vote for Trump, the result would be the same.

edited 19th Dec '16 2:17:13 PM by Grafite

Life is unfair...
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#163332: Dec 19th 2016 at 2:18:15 PM

Cheney wasn't a puppet master.

That's a myth.

He was certainly more influential than most, if not all, modern V Ps, but a puppet master? Nah.

New Survey coming this weekend!
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#163333: Dec 19th 2016 at 2:19:39 PM

[up] I know that, but that doesn't mean I'm happy about him being back near the levers of power.

Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#163334: Dec 19th 2016 at 2:22:45 PM

Look, nobody could realistically expect the EC wouldn't vote Trump. Nobody should've been pinning their hopes here.

Want to stop Trump? Time to get to work on the grassroots and downticket, people. And damn well support every Democrat on the ballot, even if they don't tickle your fancy how you'd want. In every election.

edited 19th Dec '16 2:23:10 PM by Lightysnake

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.
#163335: Dec 19th 2016 at 2:49:25 PM

[up] I don't know, that sounds...limiting. I mean, what if their policies are genuinely harmful?

Oh God! Natural light!
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#163336: Dec 19th 2016 at 3:00:04 PM

Well, I guess there's probably exceptions, but presumably (from the perspective of someone on the Center or Left) they'd be preferable to the Republican.

And if I may speak for Lightysnake/express my own view, I do not want to see/am dreading Sanders and supporters trying to primary the relatively few Democratic incumbents.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#163337: Dec 19th 2016 at 3:04:04 PM

[up][up]Generally I agree, at the local/state level Republicans are sometimes better than their Democratic alternatives, but when it comes to national races the official Republican platform is so toxic, and the Republicans themselves so hostile towards moderates and dissenters who would try to not follow it, that Democrats are really the only viable options. Better the lizard than the wizard they say.

edited 19th Dec '16 3:09:11 PM by AlleyOop

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#163338: Dec 19th 2016 at 3:06:19 PM

Besides, at this point most Republicans can't be trusted to not fall in line and start goose-stepping along the moment their party puts pressure on them.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#163339: Dec 19th 2016 at 3:47:44 PM

[up][up] I have never heard anyone say "Better the lizard than the wizard." Is it a thing people say?

Anyway, this year seems to adore kicking me in the teeth. I expect to spend much of the next four years drinking.

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#163340: Dec 19th 2016 at 3:50:35 PM

[up] It comes from an election in Louisiana between a horribly corrupt politician and David Duke, head of the KKK, a position called the "Grand Wizard".

It's not a common saying, but it was actually used. The lizard won, if you're curious.

edited 19th Dec '16 3:50:52 PM by Zendervai

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#163341: Dec 19th 2016 at 3:57:35 PM

[up] Ah. Makes sense.

Well, in any event, it looks like we now have a lizard wizard for a President now. Fantastic.

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#163342: Dec 19th 2016 at 4:23:28 PM

Focus on media bias not helping: Even for downticket races, at least acknowledging it's existence and trying to mitigate it should serve as a part of Democrat strategy for the sake of getting their voterbase to actually go out and vote for them instead of trying to live out the political version of Threw It On The Ground.

The idea of a "Breitbart for Democrats" is something I utterly despise, though, and not just because meme pages already have that covered. "Literally don't have the intellectual capacity to digest policy? Here's something badly captioned to share!"

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#163343: Dec 19th 2016 at 4:29:03 PM

The solution is not to make the media even worse by counter-lying, the solution is to fight for a better reporting overall.

DreadKing Since: Oct, 2015
#163344: Dec 19th 2016 at 4:31:32 PM

If nothing else, Lightysnake's advice has more merit than rioting in the streets, lying about hate crimes, and harassing electors.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#163345: Dec 19th 2016 at 4:41:16 PM

What's All this about lying about hate crimes?

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#163346: Dec 19th 2016 at 4:43:36 PM

I "think" it's a reference to this Muslim American college student (?) in New York who evidently lied about Trump supporters ripping off her hijab.

But the post in question seems to be phrased rather broadly/makes me want to grab a bag of popcorn.

Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#163348: Dec 19th 2016 at 4:46:00 PM

Anyone who isn't a WASP don't real because a meme told me we could extrapolate badly.

The Kuwaiti embassy in Washington DC has changed its venue for its National Day celebration to the Trump International Hotel, with a source claiming that the Trump Organization pressured them to do so.

edited 19th Dec '16 4:46:29 PM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
DreadKing Since: Oct, 2015
#163349: Dec 19th 2016 at 4:48:21 PM

[up] "Extrapolate" means to guess, what are they guessing about?

Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#163350: Dec 19th 2016 at 4:54:22 PM

Even before Yasmin came around Trump supporters have been trying to dispute SPLC records, among others.

And that's before all the projection going on. "Second Amendment people" ring a bell?

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot

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