US Politics XXIX: The Final Thread Before XXX

[gump]

So, not for nothing, but in my home country of Brazil, we get results for every single district, including the most remote place in the Amazon, not more than 2 hours after polls close. This is atrocious!

At least we new early that we elected that clown Bolsonaro and skipped the 7 stages of grief as results were coming in.

 

[gump]

Georgia not over, guys.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Question of the night - does Karnacki wear a catheter?

 

[Irvine511]

Just wait until they ram all those “you have to understand the disenfranchised white voters in the heartland” articles down our throat, starting with tomorrow, for the next 4 years.



And not a single Republican will be likewise told to try to understand the feelings and fears of urban voters.



Exhausting.



Maybe some of you guys should join us. We’ll offer better maple syrup and bagels in exchange for Trader Joe’s.

I’ll take your government any day of the week.

But I like our actual piece of land a lot.

 

[DaveC]

PBS actually has sane, reasonable people talking intelligently and rationally about things, in case anyone else is interested in something that will lower their blood pressure.

 

[mikal]

I flipped on Fox News and they were all pretty distraught that Arizona was going for Biden and they couldn't see a reasonable path left for Trump without it.

Meanwhile the left has unbearable heartburn and panic attacks because we didn't take Texas.

This guy on Fox doing the map is awful. Completely ignoring the fact that MI hasn't counted early votes or that Milwaukee County has barely reported results.

 

[DaveC]

I’ll take your government any day of the week.

But I like our actual piece of land a lot.

we'll trade you alberta for california

 

[Hewson]

Bed time.

 

[Hewson]

we'll trade you alberta for california

You'll have to throw in a Province to be named later.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

You'll have to throw in a Province to be named later.

And a bag of pucks

 

[Irvine511]

I flipped on Fox News and they were all pretty distraught that Arizona was going for Biden and they couldn't see a reasonable path left for Trump without it.

Meanwhile the left has unbearable heartburn and panic attacks because we didn't take Texas.

This captures it.

I stopped drinking wine tonight because of the heartburn.

 

[BEAL]

Half this country wants another Hitler.

There’s no healing, no moving forward with politics as usual. Biden can’t bring this country together.

Only splitting it up can move it forward. Doing it now before a more sinister and more competent authoritarian figure takes over would be best

But that’s just delusion on my part. We’re going to keep going in this cycle.

Also, 94k covid cases today. We’ll probably break 110 by end of week.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Arizona does not end this election, come on people. There’s the whole fucking Midwest

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Fox News is happy to call everything early - I respect that. Texas to the GOP.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Half this country wants another Hitler.

There’s no healing, no moving forward with politics as usual. Biden can’t bring this country together.

Only splitting it up can move it forward. Doing it now before a more sinister and more competent authoritarian figure takes over would be best

But that’s just delusion on my part. We’re going to keep going in this cycle.

Also, 94k covid cases today. We’ll probably break 110 by end of week.

Good news is Trump is old as fuck and is an enigma. Trumpism might die but to repeat what he has done is damn hard.

 

[anitram]

I’ll take your government any day of the week.

But I like our actual piece of land a lot.

You have probably the most stunningly diverse landscape of any country. It’s my goal to make it through all the national parks in my lifetime. Just stunning.

But dear God it’s a massive problem that such a massive % of the population supports outright cruelty. How do you have a functioning, cohesive country this way?

 

[womanfish]

He seems... less certain today?

This is the most optimistic I've felt all night, though. I just hope this AZ call is not Florida 2000.

Ralston on msnbc right now. Saying that there was very low Election Day votes. Still sounds confident. Says first numbers released will be heavy Trump rural votes.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Ralston on msnbc right now. Saying that there was very low Election Day votes. Still sounds confident. Says first numbers released will be heavy Trump rural votes.

It’s so hard to read western states by county when in fact we need to read them by precinct to make sense of what’s going on.

 

[gump]

Arizona does not end this election, come on people. There’s the whole fucking Midwest

It doesn't, but it makes Trump's path so difficult. Plus the polling in MI/WI was much more robust than in PA, which takes him to 269.

 

[phanan]

Midnight. That’s it for me.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I do feel for Nevada. The pandemic has crippled their economy probably more than any other state.

 

[Irvine511]

You have probably the most stunningly diverse landscape of any country. It’s my goal to make it through all the national parks in my lifetime. Just stunning.



But dear God it’s a massive problem that such a massive % of the population supports outright cruelty. How do you have a functioning, cohesive country this way?

I think that’s the problem. We dont have a cohesive country. Multiracial democracy is apparently really hard. What kept us together post-WW2 was the Cold War and reasonably good divided government.

It seems the upheaval of the 60s hit harder and lingers longer here than other places.

150 years ago there was a Civil War with 800,000+ deaths. I’ve spent a lot of time in the south, they spend a lot of time thinking about it.

And fuck. Ohio.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Iowa staying Republican, it looks like . Fucking hell, Iowa. Come on.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

It doesn't, but it makes Trump's path so difficult. Plus the polling in MI/WI was much more robust than in PA, which takes him to 269.

Look I’m really freaking hoping it’s that simple but I’ll believe it when I see it.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I've officially reached the point of the evening where I need to go to bed but absolutely will not be able to sleep

 

[gump]

NYT needle now has Biden favored in Georgia. That's quite the turnaround. The only remaining votes are in Atlanta, the question is whether they are enough.

 

[anitram]

NY Times has just changed the needle for Georgia, giving Biden 62% chance of winning it.

Oh please oh please oh please

 

[LuckyNumber7]

I was also about to come in and say hi Georgia

 

[mikal]

NYT Needle is pointing Biden for GA again

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I feel left out so GEORGIA