U.S. Presidential Election Day Megathread [Official]

[ZweiHandler]

LOL, This is rich, Hillary wins and you all cry foul and how the system is old and outdated and "OMG THE WORLD IS GOING TO END"

Get off it, media turned him into the unstoppable monster he became, all the hate and slamming of him, that most of you puked forth got thrown right back at you. O what a glorious day, drinking all your tears is so sweet.

On a side note. If Hillary won, the entire tune would be different. You would tell us that "the people have spoken" "the system works" "what a wonderful country we live in"

[Grapemask]

He did not lose "fair and square". His own party colluded against him and did as much as possible to make him lose via superdelegates. Go and read the Wikileaks e-mails and stop being ignorant.

I think it's true that without super delegates - particularly the way that they were listed as being for Hillary Clinton before even the first primary ballots were cast, and in such numbers that they suggested Clinton already had it in the bag (there are whole courses in statistics about why this kind of thing pushes results to favor a candidate) - Sanders may have been a little more likely to win. But then, I also think super delegates may have been the only way he could have won, because Clinton was from the establishment and Sanders was not, and most people vote solely along party lines.

In the end, it was as I was saying as the primaries started, a bazillion years ago - if the Democrats were smart, they would have picked Bernie Sanders. It had nothing to do with qualifications or policies. This election was about enthusiasm and the American public reaching a boiling point of rage. Bernie Sanders generated enthusiasm, and no matter how much you may not necessarily agree, I doubt many could say they were displeased with Sanders. Hillary Clinton did not generate any enthusiasm whatsoever, and she generated magnitudes of displeasure. We saw this potentiality from the very beginning.

In the end, super delegates failed to do exactly the thing that Democrats insist they are designed to do: pick the more electable candidate.

[Theodarzna]

And yet did latinos act in response as a block? Or woman? Or any group that Trump disparaged. Again the doplorables comment is the dumbest thing progressives could focus on or attribute her loss to. They should recognize that policy matters (this election was almost free of actual policy discussion). Who gives a shit if she called them deplorables? Is she going to help them put food on the table.

Mainly yes, Was she going to help them? Maybe? But Democrats often talk of the White Working Class voter, specifically its male voters as a demographic they just wish would die out enough that they can ignore forever.

Trump managed to also capture the White Working Class female vote as well. So I think this election also proves that women do not collectively form a "Class," of voters.

[Wikiy]

Fun (or not) fact...
Some elector dude from WA came out last week, stating that he will not cast his vote for Clinton, should she win.
Since there's no severe legal recourse, those ppl can actually vote as they please. A few bucks penalty (in his case $1000.00) is all they usually face (state dependent).

Yeah, a thousand dollar fine and a lynch by the Constitution-worshippers that are the general population of the US.

[Tibb]

Trump should totally suggest to appoint Hillary as the embassador in Lybia though.

So. Much. Win.

[zorkuus]

LOL, This is rich, Hillary wins and you all cry foul and how the system is old and outdated and "OMG THE WORLD IS GOING TO END"

Get off it, media turned him into the unstoppable monster he became, all the hate and slamming of him, that most of you puked forth got thrown right back at you. O what a glorious day, drinking all your tears is so sweet.

On a side note. If Hillary won, the entire tune would be different. You would tell us that "the people have spoken" "the system works" "what a wonderful country we live in"

Two can play that game. If trump had won the popular vote but not the EC his supporters would be having an epic meltdown.

[Waaldo]

No. He said "They let you do anything. Even grab em by the pussy"

Saying someone would let you grab them by the pussy, and saying "I grab women by the pussy" are not the same at all.

Oh okay.

HEY EVERYONE!

He only said that he CAN grab random pussy, not that he actually does. MAKE THIS MAN PRESIDENT! PRONTO!

[May90]

Fun (or not) fact...
Some elector dude from WA came out last week, stating that he will not cast his vote for Clinton, should she win.
Since there's no severe legal recourse, those ppl can actually vote as they please. A few bucks penalty (in his case $1000.00) is all they usually face (state dependent).

Hmm, I see it as a plausible scenario for, say, Florida which was very close to end up selecting Clinton. That said, now that Trump has been declared by every media as the victor, they will be much less inclined to do so.

[Bodakane]

Ya know, there is a possibility that Trump has grabbed women by the pussy without sexually assaulting them. It could, *gasp* be consensual.

And?

No one cares if he consensually grabbed anyone.

The problem is, he was bragging about doing it without consent.

[Asiwassaying]

And?

No one cares if he consensually grabbed anyone.

The problem is, he was bragging about doing it without consent.

So the whole part where he said "THEY LET ME" is irrelevant? Okay.

[Breccia]

President Bush 43, by most accounts an ignorant buffoon, won the 2000 election, despite losing the popular vote. During his tenure, we saw the worst terrorist act the world has ever seen, which led directly into two wars (the second was 100% optional and unjustified) which cost thousands of American lives, trillions of American dollars, and further damaged our relations with the Middle East. We also saw the housing bubble burst, plunging our country into a recession, and between 2000 and 2008 he oversaw a net gain of about zero jobs.

If the country survived that, the country will survive Trump. We just don't have to like it.

Trump can't wave a magic wand and make all his promised policies come true. Myself and most of my family won't actually be directly affected by most of them anyhow, but my heart goes out to the poor denied health care, or health care subsidies, when the ACA is revoked; any minorities who are stopped and frisked just for being "suspicious"; any gay and/or Muslim Americans who will face increasingly difficult times ahead sanctioned by our President's and Vice President's open public statements and proposed policy; and especially the single parents whose taxes will provably go up under Trump's tax plan. I'm pre-emptively saddened for any jobs that could be lost if Trump's trade plans and diplomacy cost us trade -- 45% tariffs are no joke -- or families that find themselves at increased hardship when overseas items (such as Mexican produce) become more expensive. Experts differ on how many, but it's a very realistic result.

The only silver lining I see right now, is that Putin won't have to flex his muscles now that Trump is in power. In theory, he'll decide that Ukraine and Syria are enough. I hope that's the case, and by all logical accounts it should be -- Russia's not in a great place economically, and they have bigger things they need to worry about than a Cold War.

But we are a great country. We are strong. We shall endure. We've been through worse.

We just don't have to like it.

[Deleted]

Ya know, there is a possibility that Trump has grabbed women by the pussy without sexually assaulting them. It could, *gasp* be consensual.

Hahaha, this...

You really win stupidest comment of the day!
But yes, everything before and after that statement made it absolutely clear he was talking about consensual!

hahahaha

but yeah, not interfering as a german here, what do we know. =)

[Wildtree]

Hmm, I see it as a plausible scenario for, say, Florida which was very close to end up selecting Clinton. That said, now that Trump has been declared by every media as the victor, they will be much less inclined to do so.

The guy thought Bernie was a better choice for native indigenous Americans.

http://mynorthwest.com/449688/washin...fuses-clinton/

[Stormspellz]

Ya know, there is a possibility that Trump has grabbed women by the pussy without sexually assaulting them. It could, *gasp* be consensual.

nothing of the video implies its consent

[Bodakane]

So the whole part where he said "THEY LET ME" is irrelevant? Okay.

Oh I see, you don't know how consent works.

If a woman is being raped and can't stop it, I guess that's consent in your book too?

[ZweiHandler]

Two can play that game. If trump had won the popular vote but not the EC his supporters would be having an epic meltdown.

I agree with you 100%. But for months I have sat here and watched these forums and seen the media. Sorry I can't help but smile right now.

[alexw]

Millennials understand that to move this country forward we need green energy, healthcare, and reasonable work conditions. As an older millennial it is heartening to see the spirit of younger millennials to be part of the political process. They are the future for 2020 IMVHO.

Yeah the democrats need to dump the centrist corporate third way politico's. That wing got their chosen candidate in Hillary Clinton this year, and she lost to the worst possible candidate to run in decades if not hundreds of years. One of the few bright things from the Trump win is that it will destroy the power this wing holds in the democratic party.

Accept that millennials are your future. Accept their brand of politics and what they believe in. The millennials are the future of voting and they hate what the republican party stands for. They will dominate elections for decades to come. All the democrats need to do is give them a reason to come out and vote.

[Asiwassaying]

1:18

"And when you are a star they let you do it. grab em by the pussy..."

Funny how people go deaf at that part.

Oh I see, you don't know how consent works.

If a woman is being raped and can't stop it, I guess that's consent in your book too?

No. But if she lets the guy have sex with her...that's not really rape. You know what the word "let" means right?

LET:


not prevent or forbid; allow.

[caervek]

Anyone else find it somewhat comical that when Trump was running for nominee then president he complained the system was geared against him and people like Clinton laughed at him, but now despite Clinton apparently getting more votes he's going to be president due to how the system works haha.

Turnabout is fair play.

We did, thanks.

Epic burn.

[zenkai]

President Bush 43, by most accounts an ignorant buffoon, won the 2000 election, despite losing the popular vote. During his tenure, we saw the worst terrorist act the world has ever seen, which led directly into two wars (the second was 100% optional and unjustified) which cost thousands of American lives, trillions of American dollars, and further damaged our relations with the Middle East. We also saw the housing bubble burst, plunging our country into a recession, and between 2000 and 2008 he oversaw a net gain of about zero jobs.

If the country survived that, the country will survive Trump. We just don't have to like it.

Trump can't wave a magic wand and make all his promised policies come true. Myself and most of my family won't actually be directly affected by most of them anyhow, but my heart goes out to the poor denied health care, or health care subsidies, when the ACA is revoked; any minorities who are stopped and frisked just for being "suspicious"; any gay and/or Muslim Americans who will face increasingly difficult times ahead sanctioned by our President's and Vice President's open public statements and proposed policy; and especially the single parents whose taxes will provably go up under Trump's tax plan. I'm pre-emptively saddened for any jobs that could be lost if Trump's trade plans and diplomacy cost us trade -- 45% tariffs are no joke -- or families that find themselves at increased hardship when overseas items (such as Mexican produce) become more expensive. Experts differ on how many, but it's a very realistic result.

The only silver lining I see right now, is that Putin won't have to flex his muscles now that Trump is in power. In theory, he'll decide that Ukraine and Syria are enough. I hope that's the case, and by all logical accounts it should be -- Russia's not in a great place economically, and they have bigger things they need to worry about than a Cold War.

But we are a great country. We are strong. We shall endure. We've been through worse.

We just don't have to like it.

This just in, Bush could have prevented 9/11.