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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#140101: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:00:11 AM

Take a drink if Trump repeats the same word numerous times in ten seconds.

We don't win anymore. We don't win. We haven't won for a long time. I will make us win. We will win, and we will win BIGLY.

(Yes, "bigly" is actually something Trump has said.)

edited 26th Sep '16 6:01:00 AM by speedyboris

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#140102: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:06:29 AM

Strictly speaking, "bigly" is an actual word. It's archaic as hell though.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#140103: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:45:29 AM

Is now the correct time to panic? Trump has a 48.5 chance of winning.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#140104: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:55:19 AM

The now cast has Trump winning. Losing the popular vote mind you, but winning the electoral college.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#140105: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:04:49 AM

No pressure Secretary Clinton, but the fate of human civilization is in your hands tonight.

And every time I look at 538, I start losing my faith in my southern neighbors.sad

[up]The now cast is probably the least useful of the projections (until the final few weeks) but the other two are fucking terrifying.

edited 26th Sep '16 7:05:49 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#140107: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:09:54 AM

The prospect of Trump winning as a toin coss makes me wish guns were legal where I live.

Wouldn't even need to be a big gun, and one bullet is all the ammo I'd ever need.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#140108: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:14:42 AM

And keep in mind that the first debate usually goes to the challenger, so its very possible that Trump could overtake Clinton. Clinton could certainly stage a come back (by winning the 2nd and 3rd debates, having Trump spout off something that crosses the line again, or having a skeleton drop out of his closet that people actually care about) so we aren't totally doomed if tonight goes poorly.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#140109: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:32:34 AM

Pundit said on TV that over 100 million are expected to tune in tonight.

Holy Shit

New Survey coming this weekend!
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
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#140111: Sep 26th 2016 at 7:36:23 AM

[up][up]Not too surprising. It's less of an election, and more of a reality TV show by now.

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#140112: Sep 26th 2016 at 8:09:10 AM

"And every time I look at 538, I start losing my faith in my southern neighbors.sad."

Not at all sad about them. I've never had an ounce of faith in them.

Honestly, what this election demonstrates and damn near proves is that the rifts in our society are eternal, and that the country that we've drawn on the map is at best a polite fiction in terms of social politics.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#140113: Sep 26th 2016 at 8:10:30 AM

[up]Pretty sure they meant the U.S. as a whole, being Canadian and all.

edited 26th Sep '16 8:11:24 AM by LSBK

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#140114: Sep 26th 2016 at 8:11:26 AM

[up][up]You can say that about the majority of the world's countries, especially post-colonial states and/or any state that uses federalism (because the alternative is outright conflict).

[up]Correct.

edited 26th Sep '16 8:12:14 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#140115: Sep 26th 2016 at 8:12:31 AM

Well, I have not much faith in the country as a whole, either. The coasts simply have less gangrene setting in, but it's still there.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#140116: Sep 26th 2016 at 8:19:05 AM

In more bad news, someone shot up a mall in Houston. So far police are reporting that 9 were injured (6 seriously enough to be hospitalized) and the shooter was shot dead by police officers.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/26/us/houston-shooting/index.html

Apparently the suspect was a lawyer and there were "issues" at his workplace, so it looks like this isn't anything more than one nutcase on a rampage.

edited 26th Sep '16 8:20:22 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#140117: Sep 26th 2016 at 8:21:04 AM

[up]It's sad that happened, and I hope those injured make a speedy recovery.

Alas, we all know what's going to happen. Someone's going to whisper "gun control" and hundreds will end up stockpiling guns in deranged anticipation.

edited 26th Sep '16 8:21:20 AM by CrimsonZephyr

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#140118: Sep 26th 2016 at 8:32:48 AM

The 359th this year.

But we don't need gun control, do we? A hero from the Republican party will stand up against them and become a real life action hero to take them down!

Fucking hell.

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#140119: Sep 26th 2016 at 8:38:40 AM

[up][up]Either better gun control or easier access to therapists and prescription meds.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#140120: Sep 26th 2016 at 8:42:48 AM

[up][up] I mean, that actually does occasionally happen, (that spree stabber in Minnesota was killed by an off duty cop with a concealed carry permit) though far less often than people going postal and shooting up their workplace, school, or some public place.

[up] There's a massive urban-rural divide in this issue, as with many others. In rural areas, gun control as we have it now works more or less fine. In Urban areas, serious work is needed. Ideally this would be something that could set on a municipal basis by the central government. Unfortunately, some degree of federalization is more or less mandatory in a country as large and diverse as the United States, and it's fairly unlikely that the constitution will ever be changed to further centralize the power of the federal government.

edited 26th Sep '16 9:07:48 AM by CaptainCapsase

BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#140121: Sep 26th 2016 at 8:54:10 AM

Obama's team isn't laughing at Trump anymore

Not everyone’s inside Obamaworld is down. Some schadenfreude remains.

“He's still exposed and ripped apart factions of the GOP, enhanced their brand as hostile to a rising electorates, and will leave them with no infrastructure,” said a more upbeat former Obama 2008 campaign spokesman Hari Sevugan.

But that doesn't take care of their grief about the state of American politics.

“I’d rather live in a world where the two parties really compete,” Papa said, “than have a political edge on the Republican Party but have to live in a world where white supremacists have a channel and are legitimized.”

JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#140122: Sep 26th 2016 at 9:50:21 AM

Oh god please god don't let Donald Trump be President.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
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Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#140124: Sep 26th 2016 at 10:00:06 AM

Yes, maybe we wouldn't be in this mess if people on the left hadn't decided to turn Clinton into a grotesque caricature of all they view wrong with the political system.

She's an evil warmonger!...who has spoken about the evils of war, and worked for the victims of it, and made one huge mistake in 2003 influenced by bad intelligence...which, incidentally was not intended to BE a vote for war.

She's an evil corporate shill!...when not one of her detractors can point to worse than giving paid speeches as a private citizen. Not a one can name a single damn vote she's changed as a result of this.

Her charity!....an A rated charity that spends 90 percent of its income on charitable endeavors, with no evidence any donors ever received favorable treatment.

edited 26th Sep '16 10:02:14 AM by Lightysnake

JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#140125: Sep 26th 2016 at 10:08:15 AM

[up][up] I never dumped on Hillary. I was With Her all the way back in the dam primary.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.

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