US election 2020 thread

[frogwoman]

what's their record for insider scoops on things going on in the very upper echelons of the Democrat Party? I'm guessing it's not brilliant.

The same as any of our records I guess.

 

[killer b]

The same as any of our records I guess.

I jjust had a look and the entire thing seems to stem from some far right rando posting CNN says Dick Cheney will be advising Biden on foreign policy on twitter. There's no clip, and no-one can find one, so we can safely assume it's bullshit.

 

[killer b]

The same as any of our records I guess.

I jjust had a look and the entire thing seems to stem from some far right rando posting CNN says Dick Cheney will be advising Biden on foreign policy on twitter. There's no clip, and no-one can find one, so we can safely assume it's bullshit.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Fucking hell, he's going totally crazy again.

 

[killer b]

bit of an echo in here.

 

[JTG]

Fucking hell, he's going totally crazy again.

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I can't wait to see what damning evidence they produce this time

 

[Raheem]

"Needs a little time statutorily"? Is he expecting Wisconsin to pass a bill saying he won the state??

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I didn't even know Cheney was still alive

He's on his second heart, assuming he had one to begin with, of course.

 

[Sue]

I'm missing the CAPS tbh.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

GA's GOP Senators Perdue and Loeffler have gone all in on demanding the Georgia Secretary of State resign for mismanaging the elections.

No evidence of any wrongdoing, just demand a fellow Republican stand down because they didn't get the desired result

Wow. That's high risk with the runoffs looming. A Georgia Republican civil war for the next two months?

 

[JTG]

Wow. That's high risk with the runoffs looming. A Georgia Republican civil war for the next two months?

Seen a few theories - trying to keep the base energised for the run offs, trying to ensure Trump support for their races etc

Does seem like a good way for Georgia Dems to keep their campaigns on the boil as well though

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Seen a few theories - trying to keep the base energised for the run offs, trying to ensure Trump support for their races etc

Does seem like a good way for Georgia Dems to keep their campaigns on the boil as well though

Surely the only way that doesn't backfire is if serious problems are found with the Georgia count, because by the time of the runoffs, it will all be done and dusted either way. They are hoping, without evidence, that a Republican administration nobbled/buggered up the election in such a way as to let the Democrats win when they really lost.

That's, um, a long shot.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Does it matter that he's not actually a Democrat?

No, in fact its traditional to appoint one person from the opposing party.

 

[Serge Forward]

ACG comment on election of Biden: https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2020/11/09/trump-on-his-way-out-but-big-struggles-ahead/

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I suspect there are going to be a lot of rumours around in the next couple of months. Bernie Sanders for the Department of Labor is another one I've seen mooted.

Lots of wishful thinking on all sides, no doubt.

You won't see any progressives on Biden's list. I don't expect to see Sanders or Warren. You'll notice that the Democratic party leadership are lining up to blame the progressives of losses in state races and the house.

 

[JTG]

Surely the only way that doesn't backfire is if serious problems are found with the Georgia count, because by the time of the runoffs, it will all be done and dusted either way. They are hoping, without evidence, that a Republican administration nobbled/buggered up the election in such a way as to let the Democrats win when they really lost.

That's, um, a long shot.

Here's the Governor:



Something tells me they can keep this going for a while

 

[gosub]

Fucking hell, he's going totally crazy again.

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558,832 ballots ended up rejected in the primaries

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I know its not fair to judge someone solely by their looks, but I see the look in that man's eyes and I think: "wife beater."

 

[planetgeli]

Here's the Governor:



Something tells me they can keep this going for a while

Here's a post of mine from another thread form Oct 5th that got lost in the noise a little.

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Check out Brian Kemp, Republican Governor of Georgia.

Between 2012 and 2018 he cancelled 1.4 million voter registrations.

During the 2018 election (which he won) he held up 53,000 voter applications, more than 70% of them from African-Americans.

He won that election by a coincidental 53,000 votes.

People were having their voter applications cancelled for discrepancies as small as missing out a hyphen in their name.

There's plenty more on his anti-democratic genius, including refusals to accept help against Russian interference in elections, here at wikipedia.

Brian Kemp - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Was Georgia’s Election System Hacked in 2016?

Robert Mueller’s latest indictments raise new questions about the integrity of Georgia’s voting infrastructure. Why is the state stonewalling?

www.politico.com

Georgia: voter suppression allegations roil governor's race

State has become epicenter of fight over voting rights as groups sue after registrations put on hold and absentee ballots rejected

www.theguardian.com

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Here's the Governor:



Something tells me they can keep this going for a while

And just to be clear about the division of responsibilities here, Brad Raffensperger, another Republican, is the elected official with specific responsibility for elections. It's not up to the Governor. He should simply be referring people to Brad.

Raffensperger is not a nice man either, mind.

During the 2020 election, Raffensperger sought to prevent Georgia polling places from having printing paper backups of voter registration and absentee voting information in case polling places would struggle to use voter check-in tablets, called Poll Pads, which had been problematic in Georgia's primary elections earlier that year. The tablets had caused long lines at polling places. Voting rights groups had requested paper backups to prevent a risk of chaos on election day in case the tablets failed

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Pretty depressing poll today. Trump's evidence-free squealing is having a big effect.

A Politico/Morning Consult poll published today revealed that 70% of Republicans don’t believe the election was free and fair, compared to 35% of Republican voters in previous elections. Among these Republicans, 78% said they believe mail-in voting led to widespread fraud and 72% believed that ballots were tampered with. The vast majority of these Republicans believe this was in favor of Joe Biden.

 

[Wilf]

“Mark Esper has been terminated”.

Well harsh.

Mark Esper got shoed out? No, turns out it was just an exercise, an Esper Drill.

 

[Yossarian]

Pretty depressing poll today. Trump's evidence-free squealing is having a big effect.

Trump primed Republican voters months ago to believe it would be a rigged election if he lost - an early October YouGov poll found that only 28% of Republicans were expecting a 'free and fair' election.

 

[Sue]

For shame, Wilf, for shame.

 

[Wilf]

It would also mean the Republican governor of Vermont would be appointing someone to finish Bernie's term which seems... unwise

In the unlikely event of a romney appointment the governor of Utah would appoint also (till the mid terms, when it would be contested). Doesn't matter anyway, it's Utah, the Dems ain't winning it.

 

[Wilf]

For shame, Wilf, for shame.

+ +

 

[Tankus]

Barr (hes alive) is now on the case.

Its an attempted coup

 

[Raheem]

Barr (hes alive) is now on the case.

Its an attempted coup

Except no-one anywhere, even in the White House, has the slightest expectation that it will succeed. Could it be history's first attempt at a failed coup?

 

[Dom Traynor]

ACG comment on election of Biden: Trump on his way out but big struggles ahead

An important intervention

 

[bimble]

I was happy to think its all just a grift to get money from the stupidest of the supporters but what are they doing at this point seriously, with the attorney general joining in, if they really don't think they have a shadow of a chance of trump keeping his crown what is the game?