The GTP Unofficial 2020 US Elections Thread

[GTFan24]

 

[BobK]

OK. Joe Biden is no Aragorn ... but this feels like LOTR book three. After the evil lord Sauron & his henchman Saruman & evil orc hordes run rampant over the land in book two, finally good triumphs & balance is restored.

I think it's more like "less bad triumphs" rather than "good triumphs".

 

[TexRex]

Is it just routine now, & hilariously fitting that the QAnon boys who got caught in the Hummer were found trying to deliver fake ballots?

Jesus Christ, I had to look that one up. I am so out of the loop.

I'm still very interested in the remainder of the states of course. We've known that PA was statistically very likely to deliver a win (though I'm surprised that NV and AZ didn't finish first).

It still want to see all of NV, AZ, and GA end up in the biden box to cement a victory. Because there are going to be some ugly shenanigans coming if it's just one state.

Edit:

I've been in kindof a low tension state since yesterday when it became clear that Trump would lose but it hadn't been called. Now that it has been called, tension is rising again as I'm wondering what the next move is.

I'm right there with you; just trying to temper my excitement.

That goose sure looks cooked, but it's not on the table yet.

Edit: It'll be so much more satisfying when it's all done and dusted.

 

[Northstar]

He has to get as many rounds as he can in while he can still bill it to the taxpayers.

 

[McLaren]

Par for the course.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

He has to get as many rounds as he can in while he can still bill it to the taxpayers.

If only he did that until January

 

[Brett]

He has to get as many rounds as he can in while he can still bill it to the taxpayers.

Par for the course.

He has to pay for those bills coming due soon somehow.

 

[Touring Mars]

This explains a lot - what with his golf habit and the previous election, Trump must think that the person with the lowest score always wins...

 

[Famine]

Like so many tyrants, ending his reign in a bunker.

 

[numbnuts70]

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Yes, very clever (not), Bravo (not).

FYI, I was never looking for an echo chamber but I sure found one here, full of people who still seem to think that voting for someone (Red) rather than someone else (blue) is gonna change anything at all.

 

[McLaren]

Yes, very clever (not), Bravo (not).

FYI, I was never looking for an echo chamber but I sure found one here, full of people who still seem to think that voting for someone (Red) rather than someone else (blue) is gonna change anything at all.

If voting for Joe means no longer going every week, "Ah ****, what did the President say/do now?", that's good enough change for me.

 

[PzR Slim]

I'm not sure a forum name has ever been so appropriate...

 

[Vspectra]

 

[TexRex]

Yes, very clever (not), Bravo (not).

FYI, I was never looking for an echo chamber but I sure found one here, full of people who still seem to think that voting for someone (Red) rather than someone else (blue) is gonna change anything at all.

Then you haven't been paying attention. Like...at all.

 

[UKMikey]

HAHAHAHA OF COURSE TRUMP IS PLAYING GOLF RIGHT NOW

Par for the course.

If he thinks he can make up the difference, then he has a fairway to go.

AP also caught this footage at the golf course after Trump was told the news.

 

[Joey D]

FYI, I was never looking for an echo chamber but I sure found one here, full of people who still seem to think that voting for someone (Red) rather than someone else (blue) is gonna change anything at all.

*Laughs in third-party voter*

 

[TexRex]

*Laughs in third-party voter*

Laughing on the outside and crying on the inside?

 

[Dennisch]

*Laughs in third-party voter*

It seems to me that you're a rare breed during this election, and for that I applaud you.

 

[NotThePrez]

Yes, very clever (not), Bravo (not).

FYI, I was never looking for an echo chamber but I sure found one here, full of people who still seem to think that voting for someone (Red) rather than someone else (blue) is gonna change anything at all.

If Biden being president means not constantly going "what stupid 🤬 did he say now," not having to worry about my rights as a citizen being constantly under threat and/or assaulted, and not having to worry (as much) about the integrity of the electoral and judicial systems of my country being upheld, amongst many other things, then I'd say that's a good deal.

Granted, I'm not expecting Biden to do much if anything (which isn't helped by Moscow Mitch running the Senate), but I'm also confident in saying the US's situation would get worse if Trump had another term.

Regardless, the fact that you're trying to minimize this election as if it's just "voting for the Blue Guy over the Red Guy" is quite disingenuous.

 

[McLaren]

*Laughs in third-party voter*

I actually saw some of the usual right-wing talking heads on Twitter upset with the Libertarian turnout.

You did a good thing, even if it wasn't for Biden.

 

[Scaff]

If / when Biden wins, I wouldnt mind betting he gets impeached after investigations into his dodgy dealings with his son Hunter in the Ukraine.

Paving the way for his vice (Harris) to take over the helm.

The very article you just posted says it’s baseless, honestly this has been done to death.

 

[Joey D]

Laughing on the outside and crying on the inside?

I actually saw some of the usual right-wing talking heads on Twitter upset with the Libertarian turnout.

You did a good thing, even if it wasn't for Biden.

I was really hoping Jorgensen would get more than 1.2% of the votes. I knew 5% was pretty much out of reach, but I was at least hoping she'd meet Johnson's 3.3%. The Libertarian party really should've convinced Amash to run, he could've pulled a chunk of voters away from Trump since he definitely leans right.

I do have to wonder, if a third-party ever does make a run at it, how will the nation react? The likelihood of no one getting 270 electoral votes would certainly be a possibility. I guess if there was a serious third-party contender the Democrats and Republicans would actually have to figure out really strong candidates, which wouldn't be a bad thing.

It seems to me that you're a rare breed during this election, and for that I applaud you.

I know it wasn't a popular move and if I'd been in a state where it wasn't a shoo-in for Trump, I probably who've approached my vote differently.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

In Arizona, about 6,000 more people voted for Jo then there were registered Libertarians. About 32,000 left the president vote blank.

I do have to wonder, if a third-party ever does make a run at it, how will the nation react? The likelihood of no one getting 270 electoral votes would certainly be a possibility. I guess if there was a serious third-party contender the Democrats and Republicans would actually have to figure out really strong candidates, which wouldn't be a bad thing.

It would be possibly if all Libertarians moved to one or three states.

 

[Liquid]

I do have to wonder, if a third-party ever does make a run at it, how will the nation react? The likelihood of no one getting 270 electoral votes would certainly be a possibility. I guess if there was a serious third-party contender the Democrats and Republicans would actually have to figure out really strong candidates, which wouldn't be a bad thing.

I think the last time a third candidate won genuine electoral votes not by faithless electors was George Wallace in 1968; he was running on an obviously racist, segregationist platform and took his home state of Alabama and three or four neighbouring states.

What @ROAD_DOGG33J said is quite true. The nature of the EC means that the Libertarian popular vote is going to mean absolutely nothing unless they're all concentrated in a single, hypothetically winnable state and then work from there. Is there not some sort of programme about getting Libertarians to all live in Colorado or something like that?

 

[Jezza819]

If Biden being president means not constantly going "what stupid 🤬 did he say now," not having to worry about my rights as a citizen being constantly under threat and/or assaulted, and not having to worry (as much) about the integrity of the electoral and judicial systems of my country being upheld, amongst many other things, then I'd say that's a good deal.

Granted, I'm not expecting Biden to do much if anything (which isn't helped by Moscow Mitch running the Senate), but I'm also confident in saying the US's situation would get worse if Trump had another term.

Regardless, the fact that you're trying to minimize this election as if it's just "voting for the Blue Guy over the Red Guy" is quite disingenuous.

I agree. Just the return to a basic feeling of calmness will be enough for me. I don't think he really has a chance of getting anything meaningful done until after the 2022 midterms.

I don't know if things such as returning to the Paris Climate Agreement, or reversing his opening up protected lands for drilling and commercial uses, requires congressional approval or not. Those were just two of Trump's things he did I will never forgive him for.

 

[Liquid]

The end of an error.

 

[MatskiMonk]

If he thinks he can make up the difference, then he has a fairway to go.
AP also caught this footage at the golf course after Trump was told the news.

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That Gif looks like Trump to a Tee. There's no need to be so Rough on him though, we can stop trying to Wedge puns in Putting him down.

 

[eiriksmil]

Like so many tyrants, ending his reign in a bunker.

Good ol' #bunkerboy

 

[-Fred-]

Trumpty Dumpty promised a wall

Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall

All the golf courses and all the white men

Couldn't Make America Great Again

 

[TexRex]

I do have to wonder, if a third-party ever does make a run at it, how will the nation react? The likelihood of no one getting 270 electoral votes would certainly be a possibility. I guess if there was a serious third-party contender the Democrats and Republicans would actually have to figure out really strong candidates, which wouldn't be a bad thing.

Let's take that to the extreme and imagine a third party candidate became president. You wouldn't have ~half of the Legislative either loving or hating them, only hating. And then the system starts to work as originally intended with the Legislative acting as an actual check against abuses in the Executive instead of stuff either being wholesale stopped or wholesale pushed through depending on which side has the slight advantage. Then more emphasis is placed on the actual representation of constituents and you get compromises that actually benefit the country.