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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I have the suspicion not a single person changed their vote about Hillary's e-mails. It was just an excuse to vote for Trump.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Tucker Carlson says it's time to leave Hunter Biden alone
I.E. It wasn't sticking nor did they have anything substantial anyway lol
Emphatically disagree. The mindset that they were both equally bad/corrupt may have been the result of years of Fox propaganda and sexism, but it was very real. My own grandfather - a lifelong Democrat who explicitly wants to punch Trump in the face - was quite clear that he saw his vote for Clinton as choosing the lesser of two evils.
I don't know how many people could have actually told you the substance of the e-mail story and why it was bad, but... As the saying goes, no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. That's not just limited to committed Republicans.
There is no doubt in my mind that if Biden manages to win, his advantage with the "screw 'em both" block of voters will have played a part.
Edited by nrjxll on Oct 29th 2020 at 11:48:40 AM
Aye, the "shy Trump voter" might be a myth but the "late deciding voter whose eventual preference doesn't necessarily show up in polls" definitively existed in 2016. And it broke for Trump then. This year? It seems like more of that group prefer Biden and since the October Surprise today is the third wave of COVID-19 that is bringing Wisconsin's hospitals (and elseqhere) to the breaking point, it wouldn't be surprising.
Edited by SeptimusHeap on Oct 29th 2020 at 6:47:28 PM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanThe last time I checked before the wave Wisconsin was already way out of margin of error range for Biden at like what, 8 points or something? At the moment, 538 gives the race a 93% chance of going to Biden, I'm assuming part because of that newer poll where he was 17% on Trump. I don't think the margin he'll win by will be that big but I think the fact that it was done by a highly rated pollster with good methodology at least indicates Biden is quite strong there atm.
It's Wisconsin's neighbor I'm concerned about as far as the election is concerned. A number of polling locations in Iowa are shutting down because of the virus.
Oh it’s too close to the election to be pulling that. I know Iowa has a slight red leaning but crap.
Edited by Memers on Oct 30th 2020 at 1:13:19 AM
OTOH this will mainly hinder in-person voters and Iowa is not that heavily reliant on them as noted in the article. And as has been discussed elsewhere, in person voters are likely to be Trump voters.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanYeah while an area might be heavily Democratic it will still have Republican voters, if they can’t get to the polls while Democrats have all voted by mail, that helps Democrats.
It sucks for democracy though, well it does and it doesn’t, Republicans being rendered unable to vote is in a vacuumed very bad for democracy, but them not voting could be what enables democrats to bring through fixes to the barriers to voting.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranGlenn Greenwald resigns from the Intercept over ‘editorial freedom’
Glenn Greenwald resigned from The Intercept for the High Crime of his editors doing their jobs.
The Apple of Discord is an article in which he bashed the Media for not going into a feeding frenzy about the Hunter Biden story from the NYP, which honestly tells me everything I need to decide which side I believe here
Edited by 3of4 on Oct 30th 2020 at 11:28:28 AM
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My reaction (and probably the editors' reaction too):
The following is how I imagine things went down when he decided to quit:
Glenn Greenwald: Screw you guys! I'll go and Start My Own news site!
Intercept editors: ...You already did. You're one of this site's cofounders.
Glenn Greenwald: ...<starts ranting about censorship before retreating>
Edited by M84 on Oct 30th 2020 at 6:38:21 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedHere's the nasty thing.
Joe Biden wanted to go back to normalcy with the Republican Party. Build bridges. Stay the course. Repeatedly, the Republicans have gone after his FAMILY with criminal charges. As such, Joe has gone further and further left.
What did they think was going to happen?
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.

That is my point, sorry if I was unclear.
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