U.S. Presidential Election Day Megathread [Official]

[Glorious Leader]

Ahh yes. Hillary's Deplorables comment. Which I am sure you actually heard the entirety of. Because if you did, you would have understood that the people you claim to represent were not included in that basket. But since I am 99% sure that you never got the entire quote, and instead just got the partial soundbite that the Trumpsters like to quote out of context, let me present you with what Hillary actually said:



See that bolded part. No matter how you try to pretend, those people actually exist. And they make up a DISTURBINGLY large portion of the people who helped put Trump in the white house. Now you, you might exist in that second group, and believe me, the left does know of your existence, and your problems, but when you decided to put Trump in charge of the nation, you directly legitimized that first basket. And that is not a good thing.

The best part is these people even only hearig the half quote ASSUMED THAT SHE MUST BE TALKING ABOUT THEM (closet racists?) then got offended and needed a safe space.

[Sylfaine]

a LOT of people voted for Trump because they are sick of seeing the lazy get all their free shit and Trump was the one least likely to give even more free shit. We ABSOLUTELY voted Trump for that reason. Obama doubled our debt in his 8 years. He spent more money than the previous 43 presidents combined. We need to slow spending, And Trump will run the country more like a business and less like a kid with a American Express Black card

Lol, you funny.

[Surfd]

thank you for proving my point
if the democrats doesn't do some sore searching and eradicate it self from the smug elitist condescending liberals like you just displayed they will never again win another national election. Democrats are going to need the votes of those white rural Americans and who would want to vote for a party that has so much underlying distain for them

This works both ways my friend. It is hard not to have disdain for a bunch of grown ass men and women who objectively believe that the solution to their problems is to roll the state of the world back 60 years, and who stick their fingers in their ears and pitch infantile tantrums when someone tries to explain to them that that isn't a viable solution to their problems. Exactly how are you supposed to reason with, or respect the opinion of, someone who firmly believes that trying to keep a deathgrip on things as they were in the golden age of their parents is going to solve their problems, while the world moves on and leaves them behind? We can't bring back their Family Farms. We cant bring back their manufacturing jobs. We cant bring back big coal. But they refuse to move forward, and we cant make the entire fucking rest of the world move backwards to make them feel better.....

[Xyonai]

I hope he is able to help the poor working, and blue collar workers. If not, and he is another Bush Jr who crashes the economy he will pay for that during the next election cycle.

Maybe someone like Bernie will win.

Even if Trump tanks everything the Democrats would be absolutely naive to try and prop up another white-bread Establishment candidate like they did this time around, unless they found someone with very few (If any) damning scandals and only shallow roots within the Establishment.

So, if people are still thirsty for a Populist 'Outsider' then, yes, Bernie could stand a very good chance against Trump if things go too south.

[Surfd]

a LOT of people voted for Trump because they are sick of seeing the lazy get all their free shit and Trump was the one least likely to give even more free shit. We ABSOLUTELY voted Trump for that reason. Obama doubled our debt in his 8 years. He spent more money than the previous 43 presidents combined. We need to slow spending, And Trump will run the country more like a business and less like a kid with a American Express Black card

Trump will run the country like a business eh? Given his track record, that should be interesting. Anyone know what the process for having a Country file for Bankruptcy looks like?

[Spectral]

Oh oh next you're going to tell me we're not really a democracy!

Thanks Spectral, I'm well aware of the basic facts.

What can I say, I'm a stickler for reality.

[Auxora]

Add Bannon now to the already decent sized list of uber-right extreme radicals that are Trump's senior advisors. It's like Trump went to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck and asked them who they considered to be extreme fringe extremists that were far right of them and that's who he made his list from. Keep thinking it's overreacting and we have nothing to worry about though...

[alexw]

Add Bannon now to the already decent sized list of uber-right extreme radicals that are Trump's senior advisors. It's like Trump went to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck and asked them who they considered to be extreme fringe extremists that were far right of them and that's who he made his list from. Keep thinking it's overreacting and we have nothing to worry about though...

You know, if you wanted to burn down the republican party, I don't think you could think of anything better than what he's currently doing.

[Surfd]

Even if Trump tanks everything the Democrats would be absolutely naive to try and prop up another white-bread Establishment candidate like they did this time around, unless they found someone with very few (If any) damning scandals and only shallow roots within the Establishment.

So, if people are still thirsty for a Populist 'Outsider' then, yes, Bernie could stand a very good chance against Trump if things go too south.

Damning scandals really don't matter. If they did, Trump would have lost purely on the fact that he is a terrible human being when observed objectively. 90% of the reason why Hillary lost is because she has the personality and charm of a mannequin. To quote someone from another forum:

in retrospect, nominating a boring but competent person against a likable and entertaining person always ends horribly, and no political party should ever, ever, ever, ever do it because the public votes entirely on likability. Facts don't matter because nobody agrees on them, and nobody voting understands policy in any detail beyond catchphrases anyway.

Reagan: objectively dumb, people liked him, so completely invincible in elections
Bill Clinton: likable, two term president in spite of being sleazy scandal-ridden diet Republican
W: dumb but likable, invincible in elections in spite of failing at everything forever
Obama: infinite charisma, wins every time in spite of being boring centrist

Clinton's objective qualifications never actually mattered to the outcome, and even if her policies were Full Communism Now for White People she would have still lost because nobody actually likes her. This was hidden by the polls all having a +5C skew for some reason right up to the end, but it's the underlying truth of the campaign. Americans never actually LIKED Hillary Clinton, the person, ever.

[Xyonai]

Damning scandals really don't matter. If they did, Trump would have lost purely on the fact that he is a terrible human being when observed objectively. 90% of the reason why Hillary lost is because she has the personality and charm of a mannequin. To quote someone from another forum:

Point taken.

[paralleluniverse]

Seeing as i vote for Johnson, im not sure what you mean by conned. But ill support trump since he is the President elect right up until he does something i disagree with. So far he seems very reasonable in the things he has "back tracked" on. It almost like him doing things not as racist/bigoted/sexist as you folks claimed him to be is hurting your egos just like his win in the first place did. Im really surprised you folks are still out to get your I told you so points when it seems like he really wants to find a way for both sides to get what they want...but hey keep being upset at him because hes not Hitler, it sure to work.

Putting lobbyists and corporate interests in charge isn't what the other side (Democrats) want.

It's everything they oppose.

So stop lying. If you think this is compromise, then you're a dupe, this is doubling down on the far-right agenda.

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EPIC

[Grapemask]

I hope he is able to help the poor working, and blue collar workers. If not, and he is another Bush Jr who crashes the economy he will pay for that during the next election cycle.

Maybe someone like Bernie will win.

I mean, his plans take a direct crap on the poor, so that's unlikely. His tax plans increases taxes for the lowest classes, his foreign trade policies would skyrocket the prices for goods used by the lower classes, and the current line of thought is that he'd have to cut social security benefits to pay for any of his ideas - which again, only is going to touch the lower and middle classes. The supposed payoff is that, half of a generation down the road, this will hopefully cause a return of manufacturing and job growth. You know, after everybody but Trump and his entire class suffers for it.

And that's completely ignoring other things he's voiced, such as a desire to eliminate the Federal minimum wage. Yep, the demographic that voted him in is going to win big league, for sure.

[Wells]

Trump Campaign didn't know they'd need to hire entirely new West Wing staff. Our new government ladies and gentlemen.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/leading-...bus-1479069597

Trump aides were described by those people as unaware that the entire presidential staff working in the West Wing had to be replaced at the end of Mr. Obama’s term.

I think people should calm down, he seems to only be focusing on economic issues.

A) There's no reason to take him at his word
B) There are a million different ways the GOP can make life miserable for gay people besides trying to annul their marriages.

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Gingrich claiming Bannon can't be antiSemitic because.....jewish stereotypes.

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Seriously, nothing about this transition so far should give anyone hope for the future.

[Wells]

There could also be lizard people controlling that Trump says and who he picks for his team.

Could's and what ifs are not good reasons to fear something. If he breaks his word, or republicans start doing bad stuff than there is a reason to worry.

You act like he hasn't already taken actions indicating a hostility to gay rights. A man doesn't pick Pence for VP if he supports LGBTQ liberty.

[Shadowferal]

You act like he hasn't already taken actions indicating a hostility to gay rights. A man doesn't pick Pence for VP if he supports LGBTQ liberty.

Pence can say whatever, his boss has already said that shit is over.

Republicans face divisions over ObamaCare repeal

Reince Priebus named Chief of Staff

Trump is good with Gay Marriage

[RickJamesLich]

You act like he hasn't already taken actions indicating a hostility to gay rights. A man doesn't pick Pence for VP if he supports LGBTQ liberty.

You're right, I can't believe when he said in that one interview: "I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman"..... oh wait a minute that was Obama.

[Wells]

Pence can say whatever, his boss has already said that shit is over.

Republicans face divisions over ObamaCare repeal

Reince Priebus named Chief of Staff

Trump is good with Gay Marriage

Telling people that the policies of a 70 year old fat president's Vice President are irrelevant is beyond bizarre.

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Trump's transition site is plugging his properties.

[Omians]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minut...-lesley-stahl/
Thing of Trump talking on 60 minutes

surprised he enjoyed his time talking to Obama and the Clintons over the phone

[Wells]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minut...-lesley-stahl/
Thing of Trump talking on 60 minutes

surprised he enjoyed his time talking to Obama and the Clintons over the phone

Not particularly. He likes the attention of famous and powerful people. The man is all ego.