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#134176: Aug 4th 2016 at 1:55:46 PM

I will be more than happy to see the Republican vote split between Johnson, Clinton, and Trump or his replacement. It makes it almost certain that we'll not only get a Democratic President but also Congress and many state governments. Whether we'll keep them in 2020 is a separate matter.

edited 4th Aug '16 2:07:36 PM by Fighteer

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#134177: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:08:09 PM

I rather doubt that; the GOP's base is going to show up to vote one way or the other and even if they vote third party for President, the vast, vast majority will stay in line as far as congress goes; most congresspeople have good even great approval ratings in their own districts.

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#134178: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:13:44 PM

So it turns out Mrs. Trump may be an illegal immigrant.

Oh man, and this is happening right after the GOP tried to resurrect the Birther conspiracy. Irony's a bitch.

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#134179: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:14:40 PM

[up][up] Don't be so sure. 14 hardline GOP incumbents just lost their primary bids in Kentucky.

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#134180: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:15:48 PM

[up][up]Assuming that's true they'd, probably be torn. She's white, so that would probably not be a big deal to a lot of them, but she's also Russian so...

edited 4th Aug '16 2:16:56 PM by LSBK

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#134182: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:17:27 PM

[up][up]They'll just call it a sour-grapes attempt to turn the tables, immune to the irony.

edited 4th Aug '16 2:17:41 PM by Fighteer

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#134183: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:17:36 PM

Is she? If so, I stand corrected, but I'm sure a lot of people consider them all the same thing.

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#134184: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:19:00 PM

This would probably be a very different matter if this was the UK and not the US. From what I hear, Eastern Europeans are among the lowest rungs of the racism ladder there, even below BMEs in places.

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#134185: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:19:05 PM

I stand corrected as well. Looking it up, she's from Slovenia, not Slovakia.

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#134186: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:20:47 PM

[up]Same thing as Russians are far as some of the crazies in Trump's camp are concerned.

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#134187: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:21:14 PM

Trump has serial mail-order wives, "family values" GOP voters don't give a flying fuck. Typical, really. It should have been obvious with Gingrich.

edited 4th Aug '16 2:24:18 PM by Fighteer

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#134188: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:24:02 PM

[up][up][up] So Southern European, but most people consider all of the Balkans Eastern Europe anyways (Even though Romania and Bulgaria are the only Balkan countries that are truly Eastern European), so it wouldn't matter.

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#134189: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:26:21 PM

Is there any news about Louisiana or anything the candidates are saying about Louisiana or future policies that would impact Louisiana?

I'm from Louisiana, if you can't tell.

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#134190: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:43:26 PM

[up][up][[up]They do, that's why he did very poorly in Utah, among others.

edited 4th Aug '16 3:18:20 PM by TheHandle

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#134191: Aug 4th 2016 at 2:59:24 PM

[up][up]I know from the electoral maps that its still very deep Red. That's about it. My knowledge of state level American politics (beyond which GOP Governor is being an asshole this month) is pretty thin though.

edited 4th Aug '16 3:00:24 PM by Rationalinsanity

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#134192: Aug 4th 2016 at 3:29:54 PM

What big sites are covering the senate races in detail? 538 isn't yet (I'm hoping that it will at some point), it'd be nice to see some polling averages and predictions.

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#134193: Aug 4th 2016 at 3:34:15 PM

"Trump is Trump," observes John Noonan, a former national security aide to Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush who has sworn off voting for the GOP nominee this year. "You can pull somebody out of the insane asylum and staff him with the best people in the business, and he's still going to be in the parking lot screaming about the book of Revelations and there's nothing you can do about it. Hillary's the placekicker on the field. She's shanking every kick. And Trump's the guy pleasuring himself in the stands."

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#134194: Aug 4th 2016 at 3:49:08 PM

More news from the home front here in PA...

According to a post-convention survey of PA voters conducted by Franklin & Marshall College:note 

  • 47% would vote for Hillary Clinton
  • 34% would vote for Donald Trump
  • 10% are undecided
  • 7% would vote for Gary Johnson
  • 3% would vote for Jill Stein

In other news, the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City will be closing after Labor Day. Its current owner, Carl Icahn, decided that he can no longer support a business that's losing millions of dollars every month.

edited 4th Aug '16 4:00:39 PM by pwiegle

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#134195: Aug 4th 2016 at 3:50:50 PM

How does a freaking Casino lose money?

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#134196: Aug 4th 2016 at 3:52:45 PM

[up][up][up] To explain for those who lack knowledge of American Football, The placekicker is the person on the team who kicks field goals, which is generally easy points if it is a placekick. Shanking is when the kicked ball goes in an unintended direction, usually costing the placekicker's team those points. Basically, it is saying that Clinton has easy wins that keep on being screwed up for her while Trump continues to decimate any chance he might have of winning.

edited 4th Aug '16 3:53:36 PM by GameGuruGG

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#134197: Aug 4th 2016 at 3:52:47 PM

[up][up]Competition from the casinos popping up at various other locations across Pennsylvania and New Jersey, for one thing.

[up] I do not get these "shanked kick" metaphors with respect to Hillary. She hasn't always been the most charismatic politician, but she's been entirely competent at her various jobs.

edited 4th Aug '16 3:54:46 PM by Fighteer

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#134198: Aug 4th 2016 at 3:52:53 PM

Not enough players to cover costs.

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#134199: Aug 4th 2016 at 3:54:23 PM

The news item also mentioned a "crippling strike," but I have no details to share...

edited 4th Aug '16 4:08:51 PM by pwiegle

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#134200: Aug 4th 2016 at 3:55:48 PM

So they lost money by underpaying and overworking employees?

Here's a lesson to be learned.

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