US election 2020 thread

[littlebabyjesus]

I'm going with him conceding today - some time prime time TV in the US tonight - then starting off on a load of lies again and being cut off by all the networks.

 

[rutabowa]

All the presenters are blatantly on meth.

 

[Dogsauce]

Mmmmm, dunno. An earnest belief in the need for checks and balances is a thing so a number of people believe in not aligning the legislature and executive

But, loads will happen between now and January

I know that it used to be a thing with rw libertarians that they liked it when the two were split, as it effectively paralysed the government and stopped them implementing socialism (the sort of people who regarded Bush as a socialist).

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Trump will leave the Whitehouse with his head held high, and his feet held higher as he is thrown out of the door.

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[moochedit]

Someone must have done a downfall video by now surely?

 

[JTG]

Fox are hedging their bets on that.

Trump has no plans to immediately concede election as Biden leads in battlegrounds, source says

President Trump does not have plans to immediately concede the election, despite Democratic nominee Joe Biden leading in key states that could deliver him enough electoral votes to declare him the winner of the 2020 presidential race, a senior aide told Fox News.

www.foxnews.com

He's known the jig's up for a while. Since the last few days before the election he's very clearly been alternating between despondency and defiance. Give him some time to chuck stuff round the Oval Office and eventually he'll come out and fall on his sword

 

[JTG]

Someone must have done a downfall video by now surely?

About 48 hours ago I think

 

[steveo87]

ah there's the problem

death stars don't have cylinders, they have an integrated kyber crystal power source

so if the republican death star had cylinders, it's like running a diesel car on urine

and that's why the (figurative) wheels came off

You can expand the Death Star analogy further:

Big, brash, has one purpose, and has a fundamental weakness at the centre of it.

 

[killer b]

Someone must have done a downfall video by now surely?

several, but they're all shit.

 

[ffsear]

Someone must have done a downfall video by now surely?

No but we've had this one....

 

[mx wcfc]

Someone must have done a downfall video by now surely?

Pretty sure I saw one on Twitter last night. On my phone atm so no chance of finding it for you. Sorry.

 

[JTG]

If anyone is wondering about the networks calling the race, they're probably waiting for the recount threshold to be cleared - so 0.5% ahead

 

[Raheem]

Pretty sure I saw one on Twitter last night. On my phone atm so no chance of finding it for you. Sorry.

"Unfortunately, on this occasion we have not been able to find a Downfall parody meme, Mein Fuhrer."

 

[JTG]

This is why trying to fight the Republicans in the South is such a grim, attritional battle

 

[prunus]

just put some food in a bowl and turn away for a few minutes

That works for cats too.

 

[Raheem]

That works for cats too.

It's also fun to do, even if you don't have a cat.

 

[StoneRoad]

Oh, hell.

If they stay in late vote counting or get into recount territory, this unholy mess is going to drag out for days, if not weeks.

 

[prunus]

It's also fun to do, even if you don't have a cat.

You do it, you might find you suddenly do have a cat.

 

[JTG]

Oh, hell.

If they stay in late vote counting or get into recount territory, this unholy mess is going to drag out for days, if not weeks.

Not really. The PA count is wrapping up today and is just a question of extending Biden's lead out to maybe 100k. The networks just wanna be sure before they call it, especially given the potential for... a reaction shall we say

 

[Jeff Robinson]

 

[Dogsauce]

‘You’re Fired’ is trending on Twitter, predictably enough.

 

[belboid]

Not really. The PA count is wrapping up today and is just a question of extending Biden's lead out to maybe 100k. The networks just wanna be sure before they call it, especially given the potential for... a reaction shall we say

They’re still accepting postal votes (appropriately post marked) until Tuesday, but they’re not expecting many.

 

[brogdale]

‘You’re Fired’ is trending on Twitter, predictably enough.

Has Sugar carked?

 

[Wilf]

They’re still accepting postal votes (appropriately post marked) until Tuesday, but they’re not expecting many.

It's going to be like one of those stories about a Japanese soldier emerging from the jungle 40 years after the war was over.

 

[Sprocket.]

Has Sugar carked?

Trump fronted American Apprentice.

 

[brogdale]

Trump fronted American Apprentice.

I knew I should have 'd it!

 

[Sprocket.]

I knew I should have 'd it!

But Sugar shuffling off would be too much good news for one day.

 

[JTG]

They’re still accepting postal votes (appropriately post marked) until Tuesday, but they’re not expecting many.

I got some sleep btw

wrt to the theoretical possibility of a row over the EC delegations, I can't see the PA legislature being THAT daft and they'd have to fight the governor over it anyway

The fact that it's a theoretical possibility shows what a bloody silly system it is though

 

[cupid_stunt]

‘You’re Fired’ is trending on Twitter, predictably enough.

 

[eoin_k]

Toddlers don't concede

That's insulting to young children.