Trump vs. Biden - the Final Showdown

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:22 pm

Jaymann wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:01 amTrump is reduced to fortifying his bunker and having his minions attack bridges and buses.

Let's all sit back and imagine what his cultists will do for the next three months after his loss. With nothing left to lose. Under a man who thinks he can't lose. And has no morals. Or rock-bottom.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:45 pm

Octavious wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:11 pm I'm so glad I was able to just drop off my ballet in a box.

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Spoiler:

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:48 pm

Paingod wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:22 pm
Jaymann wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:01 amTrump is reduced to fortifying his bunker and having his minions attack bridges and buses.
Let's all sit back and imagine what his cultists will do for the next three months after his loss. With nothing left to lose. Under a man who thinks he can't lose. And has no morals. Or rock-bottom.

Hopefully with no need to support a President who has become a black sheep, and with no looming election, his support among the party will wane as they start looking at their image for 2022 and beyond.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:49 pm

I have a feeling that if Trump loses, he'll all but disappear from politics. Sure, he'll still post the daily "You should have voted for me!" diatribes, but as for power in Washington? He won't have any himself. Some candidates might invoke his name in states where he did especially well, but I suspect that will actually diminish not long after he leaves office.

No, I truly believe that if he loses, we're going to see a lot of bigger names essentially disavowing him both directly and indirectly.

Yojimbo · Post by **Yojimbo** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:52 pm

Octavious wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:11 pm I'm so glad I was able to just drop off my ballet in a box. I'm hiding the next two days. I would have taken the whole week but I have too much going on with work.

I'm streaming WMOT (roots music) so I have "noise" without hearing any of the fear/hype/crazy election "coverage". My plan is also to dive into work for a few days and emerge to find out who's brand of crazy won out. My our republic survive and even thrive.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:54 pm

Trump just dropped another *off the wall* propaganda EO. This one is clearly pushing back on the 1619 project. "Promoting Patriotic Education". GTFO with this totalitarian shit.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 4:01 pm

Nothingburger. I saw some Trump ads during football (before I could kill the sound) that are trying to paint Biden as a racist (he looked about 27). Ouch! There goes the Black vote...

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 4:07 pm

If that's coming out now, I can only imagine what will be floated later this week.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 4:17 pm

What about January 15th?

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 6:00 pm

Octavious wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:11 pm I'm so glad I was able to just drop off my ballet in a box. I'm hiding the next two days. I would have taken the whole week but I have too much going on with work.

I sacrificed my ballot to science. Mailed the 28, arrived the 30th, got notification that it was "being accepted" on the 30th.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:00 pm

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:14 pm

I think this was the only of those stories I hadn't heard of. Somehow.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:32 pm

Imagine hearing that in mid-November 2016. It would sound like giberish.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:17 am

Kidney stone. Not voting today. Never made it on Friday. I am filled with shame and despair.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:38 am

LordMortis wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:17 am Kidney stone. Not voting today. Never made it on Friday. I am filled with shame and despair.

If Biden loses by one vote.....!!!

Hope you feel better. Kidney stones are the worst.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:39 am

LordMortis wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:17 am Kidney stone. Not voting today. Never made it on Friday. I am filled with shame and despair.

On the one hand I say feel better. On the other, I say that this year of all years was not the one to procrastinate while living in a state with an unsure outcome.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:34 am

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:39 am
LordMortis wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:17 am Kidney stone. Not voting today. Never made it on Friday. I am filled with shame and despair.
On the one hand I say feel better. On the other, I say that this year of all years was not the one to procrastinate while living in a state with an unsure outcome.

This is the first time I could have been an absentee voter in a general, the first time presidential election I've ever missed, and from where I sit the most important election of my lifetime. I'm very unhappy with myself for not making time to go on Friday. Despair, narcotics, and pain that breaks through are not a good combo. I'm so sorry to everyone.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:38 am

Somebody sounds tired. Or maybe it's the ultimate realization of what a loss could mean.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:49 am

He doesn't sound tired. He sounds sick.

When he's not actively campaigning they probably dial down his painkillers, uppers, and decongestants that let him keep going with COVID.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:53 am

this is going to be a long 9 hour wait...

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:56 am

I’ll be honest, the enormity of today feels a bit...overwhelming.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:57 am

Countdown to election:

D Day!!!!!!*

*Dump Trump Day

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:59 am

It's hard to grasp that this day is finally on us.

I'm nervous as fuck.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:03 am

Unagi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:53 am this is going to be a long 9 hour multi-day wait...[/bigimg]

FTFY.

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:56 am

Great ad.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:04 am

Unagi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:59 amI'm nervous as fuck.

I figured I'd help my fidgety mood with three liters of caffeinated soda. I'm on the second and feeling pretty amped up.

Not optimistic, but it gives me something else to keep me occupied.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:05 am

Unagi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:59 am It's hard to grasp that this day is finally on us.

I'm nervous as fuck.

I'm strangely sanguine about this. Some of it comes down to my belief we won't know much today and also just that today is the beginning of the next phase in whatever happens with Trump.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:09 am

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:03 am
Unagi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:53 am this is going to be a long 9 hour multi-day wait...[/bigimg]
FTFY.

not really,

I am just talking about when the polls close and the ride starts... not when we find out the results.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:10 am

malchior wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:05 am
Unagi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:59 am It's hard to grasp that this day is finally on us.

I'm nervous as fuck.
I'm strangely sanguine about this. Some of it comes down to my belief we won't know much today and also just that today is the beginning of the next phase in whatever happens with Trump.

lol

I mean, half of my anxiety has been planted by YOU.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:15 am

Paingod wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:04 am
Unagi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:59 amI'm nervous as fuck.
I figured I'd help my fidgety mood with three liters of caffeinated soda. I'm on the second and feeling pretty amped up.

Not optimistic, but it gives me something else to keep me occupied.

I'm not as nervous about the election, as I am about 'people' in the next 48 hours...

For the country, we need this to be such a massive landslide - for so many reasons.

Maybe 'nervous' isn't even the word for it - I am 'massively impatient' right now.

So - I need to go get my mind on something else for the majority of the day....

Archinerd · Post by **Archinerd** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:19 am

Unagi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:15 am
Paingod wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:04 am
Unagi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:59 amI'm nervous as fuck.
I figured I'd help my fidgety mood with three liters of caffeinated soda. I'm on the second and feeling pretty amped up.

Not optimistic, but it gives me something else to keep me occupied.
I'm not as nervous about the election, as I am about 'people' in the next 48 hours...

For the country, we need this to be such a massive landslide - for so many reasons.

Maybe 'nervous' isn't even the word for it - I am 'massively impatient' right now.

So - I need to go get my mind on something else for the majority of the day....

Same

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:23 am

Also - we need the damn Senate too.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:25 am

Unagi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:10 am
malchior wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:05 am
Unagi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:59 am It's hard to grasp that this day is finally on us.

I'm nervous as fuck.
I'm strangely sanguine about this. Some of it comes down to my belief we won't know much today and also just that today is the beginning of the next phase in whatever happens with Trump.
lol

I mean, half of my anxiety has been planted by YOU.

Fair enough. Never mean to scare but more informed is better in my book. Knowing the risks are severe but unlikely helps a lot. I'm taking it seriously but don't think worst case is likely and the last few days cemented that. That doesn't mean it isn't going to be bumpy but we were never the ones truly facing those risks tbh. I was worried for others and that is diminishing.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:26 am

I'm feeling pretty confident. I've read enough poll analysis to know that if the data we have now is wrong, then we will never be able to trust polling data ever again. My gut feeling is landslide (or close enough to one), and we'll have a good idea late tonight which way the wind is blowing.

I'm not terribly concerned about Trump supporter backlash. I think most of these people are all talk, and they'll retreat back to their holes and wait for 2024.

While I can't fully embrace it until after we know the results, I also feel an undercurrent of relief and hope. I'm already looking forward to a Biden administration, a new plan to tackle covid, etc. I can't bring myself to even think about the alternative.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:34 am

Fortunately work is absolutely insane today so I can't pay attention to much else (posting here while waiting for a meeting host to start the call). On the way home I'll be picking up a case of Guinness cans and have a conference call scheduled for 10pm to discuss/watch/pretend we're in a bar with some friends.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:52 am

I'm glad that a workshop happened to be scheduled this afternoon, so that will keep me away from constantly refreshing Twitter for at least a few hours.

Lagom Lite · Post by **Lagom Lite** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:01 pm

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:07 pm

Short thread...

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:38 pm

Did Mexico pay for it?

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 1:48 pm

Typing it here forced me out. Fortunately the experience was less than an hour. Absentee voting really reduced the lines. Everything else about the experience sucked bad.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 1:49 pm

Jaymann wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:38 pm Did Mexico pay for it?