Mega-Thread: 2020 United States General Election

[Felya]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog

GOP only did it originally, just as a ‘no’ yo Hillary care... they never really invested any political capital into it, other than being opposition to democrat plan. It’s why they never had to deal with death panels or the “you lied” bullshit or even getting enough votes to pass it. ACA was pretty much calling the GOP bluff and they responded by flipping the table.

[Elegiac]

GOP only did it originally, just as a ‘no’ yo Hillary care... they never really invested any political capital into it, other than being opposition to democrat plan. It’s why they never had to deal with death panels or the “you lied” bullshit or even getting enough votes to pass it. ACA was pretty much calling the GOP bluff and they responded by flipping the table.

I'm saying that hurting others is in the nature of the Republican Party and expecting them to do otherwise is as foolish as a frog agreeing to give a scorpion a ride across a river.

[Edge-]

https://www.wkrn.com/community/healt...tle-overblown/

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton raised questions Monday about the state’s COVID-19 numbers.

“Now they are using more probable cases, which means there are more people they are using inactive who are not really active,” said the speaker during a Republican bus tour. “In July, it was one out of 100 that were considered probable. Today it’s one out of 10. We think those numbers are a little overblown based on whose probable and not active. We need to focus on the actives.”

Reminder to vote these anti-science death-cult members out of office.

[Felya]

I'm saying that hurting others is in the nature of the Republican Party and expecting them to do otherwise is as foolish as a frog agreeing to give a scorpion a ride across a river.

I get it... I guess I should have responded to the person you did... I thought it would flow better this way...

[cubby]

Wonder how many of those he can do with EO's

I'm hoping a lot - most of the things Trump has tried to do have actually failed. As @Breccia points out many times, Trump has about a 7-8% success rate in the courts when he attempts to undo something Obama did (which are pretty much all of Trump's EO's) and it's because he and his staff are epically unprepared for defending Dipshit-in-Chief's whims.

So one of things I'm kind of wondering is how many things are there to unwind.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog

Yeah, good point. I just want to hold out some hope that even a handful of Republican Senators and Congresspeople learn from the vitriol of McTrump and his Insane Cult Followers.

[Zan15]

The most stupid-ass part of it is that suburbia is a drain on the city. Not a benefit. Suburban development does not pay for its servicing with the property taxes levied against it. It simply costs too much for the square acreage that they take up. They're literally the leeches they're claiming urbanites to be.

Because urban development does pay for its servicing through property taxes. And more; it has to make up the shortfalls created by suburbia.

for 50 years NYC and its metropolis 5 counties have been trying to tell this to the other 80% of the NY land mass and explain it with numbers but they just never want to accept it. they blame "NYC" for all the states problems.

[postman1782]

As 538 said they would, they're aggregating their polling averages far more aggressively in the last 14 days. Investor Business Daily polls are coming in regularly at +2/3/4/5 for Biden. Their methodology involves 200 daily interviews, TIPP will conduct 80 via cellphone, 45 via landline and 75 online.

How do you get an accurate poll with such a little pool? Your margin would have to be huge to mean anything.

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He doesn't even really need to lean, he's a solid moderate.

I'm as libertarian as they come, and I would have voted for him if he had won the nomination. I think he would have taken the military vote from Trump, as well.

The last poll that I saw, for the military at least, showed that Biden was winning the military vote. That was before the RNC and DNC, and before his covid diagnosis though. This was also before the Atlantic piece about Trump hating dead soldiers and current Troops.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/p...ote-for-biden/

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Please don't tell me you actually believe a magic laptop showed up out of nowhere, that Rudy can't confirm with any real evidence, just weeks before the election yet again while nothing have been proven one bit. This is the Disney remake of scandals, it's literally Hillary's emails all over again just with a Biden flavor on it this time.

Of course he does. No matter how much evidence you shove in his face, he will ignore it.

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Ok Pat, tell me more!

Pat Robertson reports that he has been told by God that Trump will win reelection ...
and it will bring about the beginning of the End Times. https://bit.ly/35gnxV5


I'm not seeing the logic here. Does anyone on this plane speak Nutjob?

They think that by beginning the end times, someone will come to save them, without delving into too much religious talk. Problem is, I think this is like the 20th time that Robertson has said the End Times are here.

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It should be pointed out that that poll is for Ohio, not the whole country.

So yes, even Rasmussen thinks that Trump is losing Ohio.

Yeah, I think the last Rasmussen poll for the whole country, had Biden up 12, but that was like 2 weeks ago. Apparently their latest one was from the 14th for national, has Biden up 5.

[Edge-]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/20/polit...tee/index.html

She's not up for reelection until 2024, but Feinstein is losing Democratic allies after her performance with Graham. Tiny, tiny little violins.

[Machismo]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/20/polit...tee/index.html

She's not up for reelection until 2024, but Feinstein is losing Democratic allies after her performance with Graham. Tiny, tiny little violins.

I think people forget that Feinstein has long been a pretty conservative Democrat, overall. She and Graham are allies, because they both want more military spending.

[DingDongKing]

How do you get an accurate poll with such a little pool? Your margin would have to be huge to mean anything.

1000 is definitely a small sample size, especially if 375 of those are online. It's not awesome.

[beanman12345]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/20/polit...tee/index.html

She's not up for reelection until 2024, but Feinstein is losing Democratic allies after her performance with Graham. Tiny, tiny little violins.

if she runs again in 24, geez, there is complaining about trump and biden being in their 70's, she'll be in her 90's.

[cubby]

I think people forget that Feinstein has long been a pretty conservative Democrat, overall. She and Graham are allies, because they both want more military spending.

Hopefully she'll be done in 2024 and Newsome can take her spot.

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if she runs again in 24, geez, there is complaining about trump and biden being in their 70's, she'll be in her 90's.

We need to get these fucking boomers out of our decision making process. I'm tired of the "got mine, don't give a shit about yours" attitude.

[Machismo]

Hopefully she'll be done in 2024 and Newsome can take her spot.

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We need to get these fucking boomers out of our decision making process. I'm tired of the "got mine, don't give a shit about yours" attitude.

Nah, I like Newsom even less than I like her.

he reminds me way too much of John Edwards.

[Kallisto]

Ok Pat, tell me more!

Pat Robertson reports that he has been told by God that Trump will win reelection ...
and it will bring about the beginning of the End Times. https://bit.ly/35gnxV5


I'm not seeing the logic here. Does anyone on this plane speak Nutjob?

The end times is essentially for them, all the evil in the world gets smited and then all those good wholesome christians get the owrld to themselves. Part of it is also why these people support Israel so much and at the same time have some heavy antisemetic views. For them Israel needs to exist for end times too but to them jews are also part of the evil that will get smited.

[Fahrenheit]

Hopefully she'll be done in 2024 and Newsome can take her spot.

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We need to get these fucking boomers out of our decision making process. I'm tired of the "got mine, don't give a shit about yours" attitude.

Anyone older than 75, or 76 Years old right now is Silent Generation. But I catch your drift.

[Corvus]

Here's the religious theological logic. Though, frankly, it's not quite what Robertson might think. Or maybe he does.

https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could...vpsWXy8tPizUK0

If you don't want to follow the link (and I'm gonna abide by site rules and not go further than a link); Trump meets nearly every single Biblical descriptor of the Antichrist. Like, moreso than nearly any other world leader in history.

Hah, yeah, I was wondering when exactly someone was going to notice that.

[beanman12345]

Hopefully she'll be done in 2024 and Newsome can take her spot.

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We need to get these fucking boomers out of our decision making process. I'm tired of the "got mine, don't give a shit about yours" attitude.

Think about this for a second, she's been a senator since before any gen z'ers and many millennials were even born.

[Poopymonster]

Rule 174
Dont bother explaining marginal tax rates to conservatives on the internet.




Odd thing is. Most of 50 Cent's songs are about his dick. People know more things about his dick than Jeffery Toobin's.

Somehow, WAP causes more controversy.

They know about dick. Lots of republicans do. On vacation, in bathroom stalls, lots of them know ALL about dick. Reservoir Dogs Madonna speech levels of "dick dick dick".

Bring up a vagina though...pearls are clutched, couches are fainted upon, and the world ends.

The fear what is foreign to them. How did it escape the kitchen?

[Elegiac]

Hopefully she'll be done in 2024 and Newsome can take her spot.

I'm hoping Katie Porter does a Senate run, tbh.

[cubby]

Nah, I like Newsom even less than I like her.

he reminds me way too much of John Edwards.

He's the most likely candidate, and after two terms of CA Governor, he'll be itching for a new post. Newsome could go all the way. He might have been a VP candidate for [hopefully] Presidential candidate Harris, but won't because they are both from CA.