2016 US Presidential Election Thread 2 - Always Darkest before Don

first thread devolved into shitposting, here's a new one

 

[Huitzilopochtli]

Give it up TK, even Trump has given up.
I've changed the title of the thread to reflect how things are currently going.

I'm pretty sure this is another election that will end up in the hands of the SCOTUS.

 

[Shugo]

https://twitter.com/HuffPostPol/status/789023617703182336

Didn't HuffingGlue say they were only going to cover Drumpf on entertainment pages?

Also, the end of their 'article:'

Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

The only comments I've been seeing that Trump has "Given up" are all from people who were anti-Trump to begin with.

This debate was a hoke, yes, but this election isn't over until November 8th. Every vote is supposed to count right? Enough for even two or so votes to bring Trump over the top state-by-state.

I'm pretty sure this is another election that will end up in the hands of the SCOTUS.

Yes.

 

[Absolutego]

Romney hadn't even written a concession speech because he was so confident he'd win, which was why there was such a delay for him to concede in 2012. No candidate wants to accept defeat. But Trump actually saying he may or may not accept the results of the election on the debate stage is unprecedented in the history of televised debates. I'm sure Ryan and maybe McConnell will say something about it in the coming days.

Not sure what effect it'll have on voters though, or if it'll just be something that drives the news cycle for the next few days before fading in the background when Trump says or does something even stupider.

I imagine most voters over age, say, 35 will see any panicking about that statement for the massive overreaction it is. Gore took the election results all the way to the Supreme Court and the Republic survived. Trump is unprecedented only in being a blowhard about it, he's not about to tear down the country if he loses. The ridiculous pearl-clutching by the media at that statement (even by some journalists I recall making claims of Jeb Bush rigging the 2000 election) is just another case of them shooting themselves in the foot by being far too hyperbolic in their characterization of Trump. In fact, doing so only makes more Americans lose trust in our institutions when they see the media so obviously in the tank for one candidate over the other, which leads them to embrace more extremist candidates the media freaks out over and the whole system feeds back on itself.

 

[Randall Fragg]

Only Cyborg Sean Hannity can save us from the Lizard Queen now.

 

[Chiang Kai-shek]

https://twitter.com/HuffPostPol/status/789023617703182336

Didn't HuffingGlue say they were only going to cover Drumpf on entertainment pages?

Also, the end of their 'article:'

Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.

But that's how you're supposed to interpret the Constitution. I fail to see the issue here.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

Yesterday afternoon, 538 said 11% for Trump.

After the debate, it read 12%

This morning, it reads 13%.

NOTHING IS CONCRETE.

 

[RG 448]

Every vote is supposed to count right?

Supposed to, yeah. It's pretty iffy though. Not "democrat supporting Bernie" iffy but still.

 

[Chiang Kai-shek]

Trump supporters.mp4

 

[Shugo]

But that's how you're supposed to interpret the Constitution. I fail to see the issue here.

Were you aware that when the constitution was written, SLAVERY was legal?

That's right. We shouldn't listen to a piece of paper that SLAVEOWNERS wrote.

That's actually what the 'article' says.

 

[Aquinas]

Alright, there goes all rights, lets make this shit a communist republic

 

[*Asterisk*]

https://ballotpedia.org/Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016/LGBTQ_rights

In essence, while Trump is against same-sex marriage, he doesn't seem to to be as utterly batshit as most of the former Republican candidates are on the subject.

Neither Clinton nor Trump have LGBT records worth admiration nor defence. Clinton publically supported DOMA and DADA, both coming to life in her husband's administration, and Trump has always been willing to throw any community under the bus at any time for anything he thinks'll give him an edge.

The only reason they both don't openly give both barrels to queers is the Gay Public-Opinion Shift of the Double-Os. And as the nation of Russia has shown on the subject, there's no guarantee it'll stay in the same place it's in now.

We can't be exactly sure, but we do know that it was because of his help that his good friend Steve Rannazzisi escaped.

This joke needs more love. Not nearly enough people were mean to Rannazzisi for pulling a Hillary in Bosnia from 9/11.

I don't give two flying fucks what Silver says, ELEVEN PERCENT CHANCE IS STILL A CHANCE!

I know where this one belongs.

She knew he was guilty she made that shit up about the little girl and accused her to be a slut going after older men even though she knew he had violently raped her

Then she laughed about it multiple times.

Stop defending that shit what is wrong with you

@Legatus Lanius must be aiming to fill the retardation quotient of the previous thread. It's a hard job without @Brandobaris at his side.

I don't think Trump gives a shit anymore tbh

Trump's never given a shit about anything other than himself.

That alone puts him even with Hillary. What puts him lower is his complete lack of talent in even being a greedy parasite. Any other Republican candidate in the last five elections would've done better against Clinton than him, including Herman "Lybia" Cain.

Yeah... my current plan of survival is to cover the state of Maryland with a dope smoke cloud for the next four years. I'm gonna get started smoking now.

We've also got the advantage that weed is legal in DC. Maybe if our cloud is big enough, President Lizardess will reach for the cheetos instead of the nukes.

Spending last night smoking bowls and listening to Southside Johnny, Bob Dylan, and the Iron City Houserockers really was my best idea.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

This was at least five times funnier than I expected.

I almost forgot to weep

Looks like stabbing Bernie in the back was already being predicted as a bad move. Even amongst those in the DNC.

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Ah, there you are!

I imagine most voters over age, say, 35 will see any panicking about that statement for the massive overreaction it is. Gore took the election results all the way to the Supreme Court and the Republic survived. Trump is unprecedented only in being a blowhard about it, he's not about to tear down the country if he loses. The ridiculous pearl-clutching by the media at that statement (even by some journalists I recall making claims of Jeb Bush rigging the 2000 election) is just another case of them shooting themselves in the foot by being far too hyperbolic in their characterization of Trump. In fact, doing so only makes more Americans lose trust in our institutions when they see the media so obviously in the tank for one candidate over the other, which leads them to embrace more extremist candidates the media freaks out over and the whole system feeds back on itself.

This implies the ability on Trump's part to be forward thinking.

I doubt he'll cause Civil-War violence, but he could easily start up a Cliven Bundy operation based solely on his id. Funny as that siege that ended the fiasco was, it actually did lead to a husband and father's pointless death.

A government bullet may have killed him, but LaVoy Finicum's demise is morally bound in blood to the selfish one-percenter ranchercunt who set up the chain reaction to begin with. The same'll hold true for any violence encited by Ginger Mussolini on his inevitable, needless defeat.

 

[Ahffline]

But that's how you're supposed to interpret the Constitution. I fail to see the issue here.

As Shugo points out, it's important to keep in mind the time period when the document was written. Constitutions evolve as countries evolve. In that sense, constitutions are living documents that are able to change to reflect the nation as it is, not imprison it in a cage of "as the nation was. "

Given that the US Founding Fathers were men of the Enlightenment, it would be very interesting to see what they would think of the country now.

 

[Rou]

Yesterday afternoon, 538 said 11% for Trump.

After the debate, it read 12%

This morning, it reads 13%.

NOTHING IS CONCRETE.

Shit man, 13 percent.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

Shit man, 13 percent.

Better than 11%

 

[*Asterisk*]

Better than 11%

At that rate of growth, he might even have only an eighty-percent chance of an embarrasing loss to the least likeable Democrat of the Century.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

Rassmusen today

Trump - 43%
Clinton - 40%

 

[m0rnutz]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Didn't the supreme court declare congressional term limits to be illegal, revoking state laws covering such?

 

[JU 199]

Its ok @TrippinKahlua

Let it out.

 

[Huitzilopochtli]

https://twitter.com/HuffPostPol/status/789023617703182336

Didn't HuffingGlue say they were only going to cover Drumpf on entertainment pages?

Also, the end of their 'article:'

Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.

Still not seeing a reason not to vote for him...