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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#135126: Aug 13th 2016 at 1:18:40 PM

[up][up][up] That's what they said in many tampered elections by future dictators.

For the life of me calling for election fixing like that has to be a crime. Someone stop him...

edited 13th Aug '16 1:23:00 PM by Memers

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#135127: Aug 13th 2016 at 1:23:26 PM

While he is obviously pandering to his base's concern about "voter fraud," right now the actual "recruitment" just looks a cheap tactic for grabbing donations.

What the people signing up for it are thinking, on the other hand...

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#135128: Aug 13th 2016 at 1:24:52 PM

[up] Yes, and I have a feeling that's Trump's plan. So long as it doesn't tie back to him, I doubt he cares what his supporters do and what laws they break in order to get him votes.

@Handle: Any means necessary? Well no, Trump getting elected legitimately is something that would (probably) be the lesser evil to him losing illegitimately; were the democrats to be caught red handed cheating, or were Trump to be assassinated...Well the odds of someone more competent but no more scrupulous taking up the Trump mantle would be much better.

edited 13th Aug '16 1:28:00 PM by CaptainCapsase

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#135129: Aug 13th 2016 at 1:30:52 PM

Any means necessary that would result in a desirable outcome. In other words, this goes beyond the usual "pull yourselves together, the political enemy du jour is the worst thing ever". This requires exceptional measures of solidarity, passion, and dedication. None of that right-hand-fighting-left-hand bullshit. If Trump wins, we're all fucked.

edited 13th Aug '16 1:32:40 PM by TheHandle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#135130: Aug 13th 2016 at 1:33:16 PM

I keep getting Trump adds on my Facebook page. Is there a way to stop them from coming?

Leviticus 19:34
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#135131: Aug 13th 2016 at 1:34:19 PM

Tell facebook you aren't interested in his ads.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#135132: Aug 13th 2016 at 1:38:46 PM

The CBC projection now has Clinton getting 270+ electoral votes in states that are considered Safe (Vs Leaning or Likely).

Do they show their state by state methodology anywhere? I can't find it.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
tryrar Since: Sep, 2010
#135134: Aug 13th 2016 at 1:50:09 PM

[up]-sees breitbart link-nope, don't even care. Whatever he said was taken extremely out of context by those assholes

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#135135: Aug 13th 2016 at 1:52:52 PM

>Breitbart

Ah, Trump's news source of choice. Perhaps second only to the fucking National Enquirer.

[up]I read it, and it's just restating what he said elsewhere, just with the emphasis quotes on "cleanse" (no duh). It's quite clear they assume it speaks for itself, to their readers.

edited 13th Aug '16 1:55:23 PM by Eschaton

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#135136: Aug 13th 2016 at 2:27:18 PM

Welp, I just mailed a letter to the NRA:

Dear Sirs:

I am a Life member of the NRA. I am also a professionally-trained gunsmith and a lifelong firearms enthusiast, so I well know the necessity of defending our Second Amendment rights. However, I cannot, in good conscience, agree with your supporting Donald Trump for president. Furthermore, I object to your narrow-minded focus upon a single issue in selecting political candidates for endorsement. One tree does not make a forest.

Your magazine merely repeats the same paranoid propaganda that I’ve been hearing for the last thirty years, and it has grown stale and tiresome. In maintaining a death-grip upon the Republican party (which, I believe, has gone off the deep end in recent times), and by endorsing a lunatic like Donald Trump, the NRA is driving away political moderates like myself. Please cancel my membership immediately.

Sincerely,

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Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#135138: Aug 13th 2016 at 2:39:53 PM

Well done. I've heard multiple gun owners say they only support the NRA because, despite disagreeing with them on nearly everything, they're the only organization that promotes pro-gun legislation at all. If enough people leave because of Trump (or anything else), maybe we can get a gun organization that isn't completely bonkers.

In other news, when are the debates scheduled? And has Trump said anything about them?

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
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Lost in Space
#135139: Aug 13th 2016 at 2:41:34 PM

Linky

Trump has agreed to participate, after it initially looked like he might invent some excuse to bow out.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#135140: Aug 13th 2016 at 2:47:43 PM

...there's an actual town named Farmville? Really?

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#135141: Aug 13th 2016 at 2:52:50 PM

[up][up][up]The NRA isn't the only game in town; there are other lobbying organizations out there. Gun Owners of America, the Second Amendment Foundation, and the National Shooting Sports Federation are a few that come to mind...

Of course, the NRA has always been the biggest kid on the block, but they're shooting themselves in the foot (so to speak) this time.

edited 13th Aug '16 2:56:30 PM by pwiegle

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#135142: Aug 13th 2016 at 2:55:19 PM

Well hopefully one of the more reasonable groups can pick up some of the NRA's membership and influence.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#135143: Aug 13th 2016 at 2:56:13 PM

[up][up]Ha, gun puns are fun, my dum bum loves them chum.

edited 13th Aug '16 2:57:08 PM by Ekuran

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#135144: Aug 13th 2016 at 3:02:46 PM

@Fighteer: I doubt Trump is going to bow out; his flakiness is (from my perspective) part of a conscious effort to force the debate to be hosted on his terms. Trump has a long history of doing these kind of things to get his way.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#135145: Aug 13th 2016 at 3:09:49 PM

So, remember how everyone before 2016 kept saying "X is the most important election of our lifetimes!" and everyone knew it was hyperbolic and nodded along anyway, fully knowing it was just campaign hype?

Yeah, no. This literally IS the most important election in our lifetimes, probably since the election of Lincoln, tbh.

New Survey coming this weekend!
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#135146: Aug 13th 2016 at 3:14:50 PM

[up] Regardless of the outcome of the 2016 election, the 2020 election will be framed in the same way. Campaigns will hype up every election like the current one, regardless of how important or unimportant they are. Which has the unfortunate side effect of making the population skeptical of claims that "this election is the most important EVAH".

edited 13th Aug '16 3:15:31 PM by CaptainCapsase

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.
#135147: Aug 13th 2016 at 3:19:25 PM

When was the last time it wasn't the most important election ever?

Oh God! Natural light!
Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#135148: Aug 13th 2016 at 3:23:49 PM

A McCain victory in 2008 probably wouldn't have been apocalyptic. So, that one, I guess.

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#135149: Aug 13th 2016 at 3:26:50 PM

I can't predict the future, but for the minorities in this country, this is a fucking important election. It'll determine whether or not my neighbors are rounded up and shipped off to another country. It'll determine if my friends are sent to "ex gay therapy". It'll determine if we get three new supreme court justices who could take away my sister's right to an abortion. It'll determine if my niece's best friends have a high risk of being shot by racist cops who get off scot free.

This is the most important election I've lived through.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#135150: Aug 13th 2016 at 3:31:56 PM

[up] Personally, I doubt Trump actually cares about any of those things, and the fact is, most of the GOP establishment that would be fighting over the position of Grand Vizer are no different. Trump's real threat is the threat he poses to American democracy, if not personally than by creating an opening for someone more competent with autocratic ambitions to seize the Republic with his incompetence and his legitimization of bald faced demagoguery and voter intimidation.

edited 13th Aug '16 3:36:47 PM by CaptainCapsase


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