US election 2020 thread

[wiskey]

She must have heard you

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

She must have heard you

A full 23 hours before he even mentioned it!! Wow.

 

[Flavour]

Bit more squeaky bum time about Arizona

 

[kabbes]

I spoke too soon ...

She comes across there a hell of a lot better than the last time I saw her interviewed (quite a few years ago). She seems to be more reflective, albeit that I’m sure her politics are as reactionary as ever. It wouldn’t surprise me to see her re-emerge as a darling of the right.

 

[bimble]

new york times seems to have removed its paywall temporarily (i can't usually read it at all anyway).
lots of demos going on all over by the looks of things, as you'd expect when the mad emperor declares himself winner for no reason.

 

[gentlegreen]

Not sure I can see the point when the count is actually continuing and Trump and his fan base are self destructing all by themselves..

 

[TomUS]

America is not being united by this election. A narrow Biden victory also means Trumpism has been legitimized. It's embedded in the Republican party now. McConnell and Graham will set their sights on 2024 by crippling Biden and smearing Harris. He won't be permitted to undo what Trump has done and he'll be hobbled by the economic damage of the pandemic. Republicans will put the blame for it on him, and rally round a 2024 Trumpist candidate. Maybe Don Junior.

It should have been a landslide. The Dems. seem incapable of mounting a really effective campaign, even though they will win this one. They lost 5 seats in the house and gained only one senate seat. Their next pres candidate may be Sen Tom Cotton of Arkansas who gained fame trying to wreck the Iran nuke deal while Obama was still pres.

 

[maomao]

The Dems

Ie. you Tom.

 

[kabbes]

It should have been a landslide. The Dems. seem incapable of mounting a really effective campaign, even though they will win this one. They lost 5 seats in the house and gained only one senate seat. Their next pres candidate may be Sen Tom Cotton of Arkansas who gained fame trying to wreck the Iran nuke deal while Obama was still pres.

You told us that the BLM protests had handed the election to Trump.

 

[JTG]

There are signs that the GOP is stepping away from the President. When Mitch McConnell and others are saying "count all the votes" and not really doing much to support Trump, the writing's on the wall.
He'll continue to make noise but he's running out of friends

 

[TomUS]

You told us that the BLM protests had handed the election to Trump.

They tried their best.

 

[kabbes]

They tried their best.

You were very wrong. Even though Biden was (just about) the worst candidate that the Dems have ever had, he’s going to win anyway. And now the galvanised left, already used to getting out there to protest, are ready to defend that win.

 

[Spymaster]

The candidate was nuts though, how else can you deal with it?.

“It’s fraud, they stopped counting”

Maitliss: “but they’re counting now”

But they stopped last night

Maitliss: “I don’t understand. All the votes will be counted”

“But they stopped last night then started again”

Maitliss: “are you saying that negates the validity of the election”

“I’m saying we won in Pennsylvania and Detroit”

Maitliss: “But they’re still counting their votes too” ....


That was pure gold.

 

[rubbershoes]

We didn't think he was ever going to concede, did we? He would never make a public admission of defeat or accept that he was wrong on anything

 

[sleaterkinney]

.

 

[JTG]

We didn't think he was ever going to concede, did we? He would never make a public admission of defeat or accept that he was wrong on anything

Quite but he tells on himself - "the damage is done" he said last night

 

[David Clapson]

It should have been a landslide. The Dems. seem incapable of mounting a really effective campaign, even though they will win this one. They lost 5 seats in the house and gained only one senate seat. Their next pres candidate may be Sen Tom Cotton of Arkansas who gained fame trying to wreck the Iran nuke deal while Obama was still pres.

Disappointment is the only thing the Dems are consistent at. Even Obama, with 8 years as actual President, left 2.3 million people in jail and killed a record number of people with drones.

 

[maomao]

Disappointment is the only thing the Dems are consistent at. Even Obama, with 8 years as actual President, left 2.3 million people in jail and killed a record number of people with drones.

Maybe they're not socialists after all.

 

[TomUS]

You were very wrong. Even though Biden was (just about) the worst candidate that the Dems have ever had, he’s going to win anyway. And now the galvanised left, already used to getting out there to protest, are ready to defend that win.

I'm delighted the orange Mussolini was unsuccessful.

 

[TomUS]

Disappointment is the only thing the Dems are consistent at. Even Obama, with 8 years as actual President, left 2.3 million people in jail and killed a record number of people with drones.

I have to agree with you about the huge numbers he left in prison. He should have used his pardon powers.

 

[JTG]

Anyway - overnight counts:
PA - Trump's lead down to 164,000 with maybe 750,000 left to count
AZ - Biden's lead has narrowed to 68,000. Maricopa County (Phoenix) not due to release more results until tonight (so wee small hours for us). Last night's count was Trump +18 and it's not clear how many left to count so it does feel like the AZ call was premature
GA - Trump's lead is down to 23,000, less than a percentage point. Still plenty of ballots out around Atlanta and Savannah
NV - no change, nothing doing until later today

 

[David Clapson]

One thing about the Americans which impresses me today is the voter turnout. We have it easy here, but most Americans don't get a civic holiday on voting day. Plenty of rich republican employers won't give time off for low wage employees to vote because they''ll probably vote Dem. And as we all saw, many people have to spend 8 or 10 hours queuing to vote, which is a bit rich when you only get 2 weeks annual leave and you have to sacrifice one day of it for a fucking election.

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[magneze]

We have it easy here, but most Americans don't get a civic holiday on voting day.

Neither do we, unless I missed something? Perhaps I'm owed some days

 

[David Clapson]

Don't we? It's been so long since I was an employee I can't remember!

 

[magneze]

No, we don't.

 

[Yossarian]

Bit more squeaky bum time about Arizona

With the swing to Trump among Latino voters and a Georgia win for Biden now appearing likely, looks like there's a chance the Electoral College could end up Biden 269, Trump 271 if Trump wins both Arizona and Nevada.

 

[gentlegreen]

CNN have re-grayed their whole map ...

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm getting nervous again ...

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

We don’t, but voting here takes 5 mins, not 5 hours.