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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#142401: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:25:15 PM

edited 8th Oct '16 1:27:32 PM by AngelusNox

Inter arma enim silent leges
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#142402: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:25:16 PM

Its a secret ballot, you don't have to tell anyone who you voted for/tell the truth about it.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#142403: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:26:13 PM

[up]x4 Even if your vote won't "count", you should still vote for what you think is best. I'm in a fairly strong Blue State, and I still plan to vote a straight Democratic ticket.

edited 8th Oct '16 1:26:38 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#142404: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:27:13 PM

[up]x6 : Well, standard counter point to that: the parties look at the voting results to plan efforts for future years

edited 8th Oct '16 1:27:55 PM by Elle

Soopor Agent Peacock from Talon IV (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Agent Peacock
#142405: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:27:46 PM

[up][up][up] Technically, yes. But I'm tired of arguing with my family and attempting to defend a candidate that I'm not especially fond of. She's a million times better than Trump, but everyone else in this family is convinced otherwise. Also, my vote doesn't count. It does on everything else, but when it comes to the presidential vote, this state's decision is already foretold.

edited 8th Oct '16 1:28:19 PM by Soopor

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#142406: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:28:44 PM

Wow, the statement from Schwarzenegger about not voting for Trump is pretty awesome. [awesome]

[up]When all else fails, defy. Be the one that's woke, even if literally everyone else votes opposite from you

edited 8th Oct '16 1:29:54 PM by BearyScary

Do not obey in advance.
Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#142407: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:33:41 PM

There are actually several redder states than Louisiana, including but not limited to Wyoming, Arkansas, West Virginia, Idaho, Tennesse, Nebraska's two at-large electoral votes, Oklahoma, and the actual reddest electoral vote on the map, Nebraska's third district (however, in my neck of the woods, Nebraska's second district has roughly 50/50 odds of going red or blue).

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#142408: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:35:10 PM

[up][up][up] If you're going there to vote anyway, might as well vote for HRC. At the very least, it's one more in the Popular Vote. True, that doesn't count but a high enough difference would send a message.

edited 8th Oct '16 1:35:44 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#142409: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:41:54 PM

538 says that the Trump tapes could mean that a Clinton landslide (a double digit victory in popular vote) is now slightly more likely than Trump winning at all.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-bottom-could-fall-out-for-trump/

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#142411: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:45:19 PM

Maybe I'm just in denial, but this can't be real.

Ivanka's relationships with other men would give more clues as to how Trump raised her. Anyone got any details?

Do not obey in advance.
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#142412: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:49:56 PM

It's worth noting that Hillary has 40% of Louisiana vote.

Of the states that are so Red that they'd still be safely Red even if Hillary wins the popular vote by a landslide, Louisiana is the least Red.

But really what I'm getting at is that the whole 'Red state / Blue state' thing is self-enforcing and more defined by prespection than reality. Trump's strongest state, Wyoming, still has 29% percent of the vote going Blue. And I'm pretty sure that'd be notable higher if everyone who said 'what's the point of voting Blue in a Red state' voted anyway.

And, of course, the reverse is true for 'Blue' states like New York and California.

edited 8th Oct '16 1:51:22 PM by Gilphon

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#142413: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:52:20 PM

Didn't See That Coming. Very elegant.

I did. Das Governator has been accused of being a RINO since he was elected to office. "Not a real conservative" as my real conservative friends say.

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#142414: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:54:20 PM

[up] Arnie's more of an old-school, Nixonian Republican anyway.

Keep Rolling On
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#142415: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:54:55 PM

First Skittles and now this, the makers of Tic Tacs have denounced Trump over the video.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/woke-kings-of-freshness?utm_term=.vjJA0Nm1N&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#.ijlBP7vQ7

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#142416: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:57:41 PM

A Week in Trump...and the New Dawn... Trump's week summarized.

Robert De Niro has been quoted saying he wants to punch Trump in the face. Now, now, if DeNiro did, he'd probably get sued, especially because Trump loves to sue people. But DeNiro is probably thinking it'd be Worth It.

edited 8th Oct '16 2:03:35 PM by BearyScary

Do not obey in advance.
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#142417: Oct 8th 2016 at 2:02:05 PM

John Mc Cain has pulled his endorsement of Trump.

New Survey coming this weekend!
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#142419: Oct 8th 2016 at 2:03:59 PM

McCain's withdrawn support for Trump too.

Edit: [nja]'d, F*** my internet connection.

edited 8th Oct '16 2:05:41 PM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#142420: Oct 8th 2016 at 2:04:09 PM

I'm surprised it took him this long. I wish he'd kick Trump's ass. You know he could.

Do not obey in advance.
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#142421: Oct 8th 2016 at 2:05:24 PM

I want to be happy about that, but I expected better from Mc Cain a long time ago.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#142422: Oct 8th 2016 at 2:16:14 PM

[1]

Notice how all the women have their crotches covered near Trump

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#142423: Oct 8th 2016 at 2:20:42 PM

uh huh

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#142424: Oct 8th 2016 at 2:26:25 PM

EDIT: NVM.

edited 8th Oct '16 2:29:22 PM by Draghinazzo

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#142425: Oct 8th 2016 at 2:35:33 PM

I was out shopping today at our local flea market, and one of the stands had Trump banners, tee shirts, and a life-sized stand-up cardboard cutout of The Donald Himself, in addition to their other merchandise. I took one look at the cutout, and immediately thought: "That would make a nice target at the shooting range..."

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