NBC Poll: Trump Leads Nationally 48-46%; Leads the Battleground States 48-47%; Now Has Higher Favorability Ratings Than Harris

Trump's net favorability isn't great, but it's better than he's ever had: He's at -6, net, favorable minus unfavorable. 42% favorable, 48% unfavorable.

But Harris is at -10. She's at only 39% favorable, 49% unfavorable.

That said: A guy on Twitter was being a real rag. He was complaining about Republicans showing irrational exuberance, which will lead to Republicans thinking they've got it in the bag and not doing much of anything to help get out the vote. Or even vote themselves.

We did our endzone dancing before we actually put the ball in the endzone in 2022. Good thing we got our endzone dancing in early, because we never scored.

He makes a good point and I hope everyone realizes that if this is even close, they will steal it. They will only not steal it if Trump's victory is so clear that it would require cheating on such a level that it could not be disguised. The Democrat vote-counters in Atlanta will only not discover thousands and thousands of new votes at 4am if they know that the cheating will be obvious and that they will face state police raids and prosecutions if they dare it.

So take this not a good news but merely animating news. If you're discouraged, don't be. Your vote will count, even if it's only to pad the margin in a state Trump wins. Trump just pulled ahead in Miami-Dade in the early vote (assuming Republicans vote for Trump and Democrats vote for Harris). Yes, Miami, a liberal blue city.

If you're a Republican in safe Florida, it is still imperative to vote, to canvass, to knock on doors, to join call centers, to volunteer to bring voters to the polls because a huge, say, 18 point victory will make it extremely suspicious if Georgia "goes for Harris" only because more Democrat voters were counted in Fulton County than the actual number of voters living in Fulton County.

If you're a Republican in New Mexico, do not assume the state is going to the Democrats and sit on your ass. There's a "shock" poll -- though I'm not all that shock -- that New Mexico is now gettable for Trump.

It's difficult to believe the former President Donald Trump can win New Mexico, but a newly released poll by KA Consulting claims the Republican ticket is only down three percentage points against Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
KA Consulting's metrics claim a much closer race than the symphony of major pollsters, all of whom have Harris comfortably carrying the Southwestern state. KA Consulting polled 612 likely voters between October 16 and 18 and cited a recent NBC poll that found Trump's position strengthening among Hispanics as evidence that Trump can pull off a shocking upset in the Sun Belt. Nearly half of the state's population identifies as Hispanic, and the politics of a border state cannot be discounted during an election cycle where illegal immigration has dominated policy discussions.

Bear in mind that Kamala Harris's only has a couple of paths to victory, by which I mean, states she could conceivably win to get her to just slightly above 269 electoral votes. If she loses a "safe" state like New Mexico, she has no chance. None.

If she loses New Mexico, she has to make that up by flipping a solid Trump state like, say, Missouri. That's impossible.

Furthermore, a Trump win in New Mexico or even a very narrow loss would make the Sudden Discovery of tens of thousand of Harris ballots in Philadelphia or Madison look like a crime.

They will only not cheat if they know their cheating will be punished with jail time, and they will only know that if they see that it is simply Too Big to Steal.

There is good news all over, but it must be taken as merely a call to action, not a call to inaction. So many people have changed their party registration from D to Independent or D to Republican that the Democrat registration advantage in PA has gone from a million voter advantage for Democrats to less than 300,000.

The Wall Street Journal poll confirms a wave for Trump:

InteractivePolls
@IAPolls2022

National poll by Wall Street Journal
2-WAY
Trump: 49%
Harris: 46%
Last poll (9/28 ) - Harris +1
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FULL FIELD
Trump: 47%
Harris: 45%
Last poll - Harris +2
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October 19-22 | N=1,500

Polls are bullshit, only votes count: But these polls demonstrate that your votes will count, if we cast enough of them.

Townhall's Rebecca Downs quotes from the (paywalled) WSJ:

Views of Harris have turned more negative since August, when equal shares of voters viewed her favorably and unfavorably. Now, the unfavorable views are dominant by 8 percentage points, 53% to 45%. Moreover, voters give Harris her worst job rating as vice president in the three times the Journal has asked about it since July, with 42% approving and 54% disapproving of her performance.
By contrast, views of Trump have turned rosier. Voters recall his time as president more positively than at any point in this election cycle, with 52% approving and 48% disapproving of his performance in office--a 4-point positive job rating that contrasts with the 12-point negative rating for Harris.

Real Clear Politics has Harris up 0.2 nationally, but that is only due to the absurdly-skewed Democrat Morning Consult "poll," which isn't even poll (they pay a chosen panel to keep calling them). That poll has it Harris +4, which is preposterous, and is the only thing keeping Harris above water in the average.

Also, of course: Harris needs to win nationally by 3% to have a 50/50 chance of winning in the electoral college. A tied national vote is a big Trump electoral drubbing.

But all of this depends on us not allowing the Democrat/Media Regime to demoralize us into thinking we are already defeated before the contest is even run, propandizing us into believing we will lose because we are losers and the Democrats are strong and will crush us because we are weak and cowardly.

I don't think we are -- but if we lose this, we will be proven to be paper tigers who talk a lot but then when it's time to do a simple ten-minute task -- or a twenty minute task if you have to register still -- we decide we'd rather lose and be dominated by remorseless authoritarians who do, in fact, plan to imprison us for resisting their efforts to take America into the third world.

.@SteveKornacki says Kamala Harris' popularity has tumbled off a cliff in the blink of an eye just two weeks before the election @DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/oNzWTs5FzK
— Nicole Silverio (@NicoleMSilverio) October 24, 2024

Gallup's numbers on Trump's favorability are even better: According to Gallup, Trump is at 50% majority favorability for the first time in his entire political career.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
#NEW NATIONAL poll - favorable/unfavorable rating
Trump: 50%-48% (+2)
Harris: 48%-50% (-2)
*First election Trump has entered with a positive favorability rating

Gallup | 10/22

It's nice to have an early lead, as Trump did with Biden.

It's better to have a late lead, as Trump does now.

David D. Chapman @davidchapman141 4h
New Hampshire early voting. 13 days to go. 2020 vs 2024
2020
74,295 (+45,267)
29,028
2024
14,976 (+2,745)
12,231
Holy Moly!
Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh 7h
OH MY GOD.
PENNSYLVANIA MAIL-IN UPDATE:
Republicans out-requested ballots almost TWO-TO-ONE.
Republican: +19,300
Democratic: +10,100
GOP also gained nearly 2 points on RETURNS in one day...
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC)

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh 8h
BREAKING: North Carolina Republicans just took the lead in the MAIL-IN + early voting.
Republicans: 686,624
Democrats: 683,301
Others: 638,268
Data: @MichaelPruser
Posted by: andycanuck

As Alec Baldwin's character said in Glengarry Glenn Ross: " They're sitting out there waiting to give you their money. Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it?!"

A friend said to me, "I don't want to start celebrating early, but you can feel the tide turning in real time."

Again, I do not want to encourage inaction, but action.

Let's remember what this is about: The feeling of outright out-of-body elation we felt in 2016, and avoiding the feeling of disorientation and dread we felt in 2020 and 2022.

There's going to be a Coffin Dance for one half of the country or the other.

I say we make sure we're the ones carrying the coffins, not the ones carried in them.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:42 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 24, 2024 04:42 PM (Q3Jz2)

2 2

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 24, 2024 04:42 PM (Q3Jz2)

3 3

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 24, 2024 04:42 PM (Q3Jz2)

4 Liberal cow worker losing her mind in real time.

Posted by: Eromero at October 24, 2024 04:43 PM (i+bC1)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 04:43 PM (Zz0t1)

6 Keep praying.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 24, 2024 04:43 PM (jyAD3)

7 D +15 minimum samples across the board, I'm guessing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 04:43 PM (Zz0t1)

8 NBCnews: Trump says he would 'fire' Jack Smith 'within two seconds' if elected

Posted by: SMOD at October 24, 2024 04:44 PM (ZJlxc)

9 A friend said to me, "I don't want to start celebrating early, but you can feel the tide turning in real time."

Again, I do not want to encourage inaction, but action.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ea1f1GXsVI

Simpsons did it!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)

10 I'd like to hear the dem strategists going over their decision to pick Harris over a primary fight.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 24, 2024 04:44 PM (jyAD3)

11 Vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote!

Then, get your kids in for voting (if they agree with us...and if they don't, spend the next few weeks educating them and THEN bring them in).

Chat with your neighbors, your friends, your siblings...

Vote, vote, vote, vote, vote...and then make sure someone votes some more for straight R ballots...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 24, 2024 04:45 PM (exHjb)

12 Heh! The Bee: Tulsi Gabbard finally realizes she is far too attractive to be a Democrat.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 24, 2024 04:45 PM (kzHlT)

13 Hmm, Trump flipping a state is much more likely than the converse. Interesting thought.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 04:45 PM (tT6L1)

14 says Kamala Harris' popularity has tumbled off a cliff in the blink of an eye just two weeks before the election
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Or they were lying a out her popularity all along to engineer a fake preference cascade and keep it close enough to steal.

One or the other.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 04:45 PM (lX8VI)

15 >>8 NBCnews: Trump says he would 'fire' Jack Smith 'within two seconds' if elected

TWO seconds? What a cuck.

Posted by: ace at October 24, 2024 04:45 PM (KRtlO)

16 The democrats have a Hitler Bus.

-
And they love trains. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at October 24, 2024 04:46 PM (L/fGl)

17 8 NBCnews: Trump says he would 'fire' Jack Smith 'within two seconds' if elected
Posted by: SMOD at October 24, 2024 04:44 PM (ZJlxc)

Of course. Along with the AG who appointed him.

He will also fire every US Attorney - there won't be any "maybe we save a few so it's not political like the Ds are"...and he'll fire the FBI Director, which is not always done...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 24, 2024 04:46 PM (exHjb)

18 ok so there's a video on x right now that was created to demoralize us

it's supposedly a poll worker in bucks opening and destroying Trump mail ins

THIS IS - I'm 99 percent sure - FAKE

it exists to demoralize us here in PA to make us give up

DO NOT

be calm; if it's real (which I sincerely doubt, the ballots were unsealed) it's being investigated.

just VOTE

these last two weeks will be FUD 24/7

try to stay frosty!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 24, 2024 04:46 PM (s3qiR)

19 Someone please do one of those Hitler movie clip memes with it being Kamala’s advisors telling her she’s all but officially lost the election !!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 24, 2024 04:46 PM (Hkcdp)

20 speaking of defeatism

Jeff Winger had a great line in Community:

"I don't want to be a defeatist, but we're defeated."

Posted by: ace at October 24, 2024 04:46 PM (KRtlO)

21 Remember Kamala went from *unpopular to popular* in the "blink of an eye". The complete opposite of what they are telling you now.

They lie you in so many different directions you almost forget that's what actually happened.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 04:47 PM (lX8VI)

22 How can this be? Just yesterday the nooz was breathlessly informing me that Harris was up 3% nationwide over Orange Hitler.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 24, 2024 04:47 PM (SD7Vh)

23 14 says Kamala Harris' popularity has tumbled off a cliff in the blink of an eye just two weeks before the election
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Or they were lying a out her popularity all along to engineer a fake preference cascade and keep it close enough to steal.

One or the other.
Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 04:45 PM (lX8VI)

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I'm much more willing to believe the polls that are relatively consistent over time.

Some have shown a 1-3 point race consistently since June.

Why should I dilute that perceptive look at how political races are set early and don't really move all that much with wild and noisy polls in an aggregate?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 04:47 PM (GBKbO)

24 We'll all be severely disappointed when maricopa county comes in after 10 days to swing Arizona and put Kamala over the line.

Posted by: InZona at October 24, 2024 04:47 PM (jm895)

25

Ace!

It's a broad-based GOP tsunami! (at the moment)

Check out the 2024 Generic Congressional Vote preference numbers.

CNBC - Dems 44 GOP 48 +4 GOP
WSJ - Dems 45 GOP 49 +4 GOP

(RCP Latest Polls)

Landslide.

Posted by: mrp at October 24, 2024 04:47 PM (rj6Yv)

26 NBCnews: Trump says he would 'fire' Jack Smith 'within two seconds' if elected

TWO seconds? What a cuck.
Posted by: ace at October 24, 2024 04:45 PM (KRtlO)
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Did PDT perchance elide over, "out of a cannon?"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 04:47 PM (tT6L1)

27 There can be no complacency when going up against the massive Democrat Cheat Machine. It can't be stressed enough.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 24, 2024 04:47 PM (qBdHI)

28 One or the other.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 04:45 PM (lX8VI)

It's a mystery.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 24, 2024 04:47 PM (eAk5e)

29 When Trump fires Jack Smith he should say,

"I don't want anyone else to go through political persecution like I did, he has to go."

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 24, 2024 04:47 PM (jyAD3)

30 Trump should get Musk a ban hammer and cut his ass loose to Conan on their asses.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 24, 2024 04:48 PM (kzHlT)

31 nooded

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at October 24, 2024 04:48 PM (hovnC)

32 No amount is too big for Dems to steal. They will delay and delay until they "get" the votes they need. They dont care if they get caught.

They know they have DA's and judges at all levels in their pockets.

The fix is always in.

Posted by: meh at October 24, 2024 04:48 PM (yjRHe)

33 WLNSSEODQY.

Posted by: Winston Wolfe at October 24, 2024 04:48 PM (a3Q+t)

34 Watch Brett Baier call PA, VA, NC, and AZ for Harris at 8:01 pm EST and then Trump voters stay home.

Anyways, who's gonna be at the Trump rally on Sunday in NYC? I'm thinking about making a sign that references AoS.

Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 04:49 PM (gUzGB)

35 Dropped off my Oregon ballot today. Sure to be destined for the shredder once they open it.

Posted by: Halfhand at October 24, 2024 04:49 PM (Td1I1)

36 13 Hmm, Trump flipping a state is much more likely than the converse. Interesting thought.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 04:45 PM (tT6L1)

A "fair" southwest should ALWAYS be in play with the border disaster...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 24, 2024 04:49 PM (exHjb)

37 Should be blasting on every speaker:

"Hey people, this is the last chance you have of stomping those assholes that have made you so miserable."

Go out and VOTE.

Posted by: pawn at October 24, 2024 04:50 PM (QB+5g)

38 Trump has done a great job at rallies calling out NRA members and Catholics who tend NOT to vote in large numbers.

Dipshits.......WTF man?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 04:50 PM (Zz0t1)

39 lots of interesting new nics here eeyoring

helpful!

you guys are so so SO SMART!

I never thought of just being defeatist! you're so clever

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 24, 2024 04:50 PM (s3qiR)

40 The Congressional Vote is vital. A new Congress is sworn in to office during the first week of January, weeks before the inaugural. For people concerned about the post-election frolics, a healthy GOP majority in the House and Senate is important.

Posted by: mrp at October 24, 2024 04:51 PM (rj6Yv)

41 The democrats have a Hitler Bus.

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And they love trains. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at October 24, 2024 04:46 PM (L/fGl)

You know who else had a Hitler bus?

Fucking Hitler.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 24, 2024 04:51 PM (eAk5e)

42 David D. Chapman @davidchapman141 4h
New Hampshire early voting. 13 days to go. 2020 vs 2024

2020
🟦 74,295 (+45,267)
🟥 29,028

2024
🟦 14,976 (+2,745)
🟥 12,231

Holy Moly!

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh 7h
OH MY GOD.

PENNSYLVANIA MAIL-IN UPDATE:

Republicans out-requested ballots almost TWO-TO-ONE.

🔴 Republican: +19,300
🔵 Democratic: +10,100

GOP also gained nearly 2 points on RETURNS in one day...

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at October 24, 2024 04:51 PM (hovnC)

43 39 lots of interesting new nics here eeyoring

helpful!

you guys are so so SO SMART!

I never thought of just being defeatist! you're so clever
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 24, 2024 04:50 PM (s3qiR)

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"It's so in the bag, don't even vote, guys!"
-Todd

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 04:51 PM (GBKbO)

44 We voted on the first day of early voting and I pray every day for our country and for Donald Trump.
If we lose, I'm going to be very very depressed and if we win I will be beyond overjoyed.
No matter what, I will continue to pray.

Posted by: ALH at October 24, 2024 04:51 PM (xJEPL)

45 Well it's over.

Sky News Britain has just wheeled out Omarosa to endorse Kamala and call Trump Hitler.

And it doesn't get more popular or likeable than Omarosa.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 04:51 PM (lX8VI)

46 I'm voting in Minnesota, because who knows? Walz is a drain on the ticket even here

Posted by: Bhedrick at October 24, 2024 04:51 PM (N7uUF)

47 They're setting you up for riots, and for leftards to be killed.

They will blame Trump and the funerals and investigations will overtake the next 2.5 years. Watch.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 04:52 PM (lX8VI)

48 In a sane world, Kumswala would've never made it to DC. In a SANE world, Kumswala would've never been a VP.
In a SANE WORLD, Kumswala wouldn't be in the same atmosphere in an election against Trump.

But, in today's hyperpoliticized, anti-depressant riddled world, that stupid c*nt is not only within cheat, she's winning states.

Her approval rating as VP 4 months ago was 28%...........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 04:52 PM (Zz0t1)

49 Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh 8h
🚨 BREAKING: North Carolina Republicans just took the lead in the MAIL-IN + early voting.

🔴 Republicans: 686,624
🔵 Democrats: 683,301
🟡 Others: 638,268

Data: @MichaelPruser

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at October 24, 2024 04:53 PM (hovnC)

50 48 In a sane world, Kumswala would've never made it to DC. In a SANE world, Kumswala would've never been a VP.
In a SANE WORLD, Kumswala wouldn't be in the same atmosphere in an election against Trump.

But, in today's hyperpoliticized, anti-depressant riddled world, that stupid c*nt is not only within cheat, she's winning states.

Her approval rating as VP 4 months ago was 28%...........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 04:52 PM (Zz0t1)

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America has a long, storied history of morons making it to DC.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 04:53 PM (GBKbO)

51 But all of this depends on us not allowing the Democrat/Media Regime to demoralize us into thinking we are already defeated before the contest is even run, propandizing us into believing we will lose because we are losers and the Democrats are strong and will crush us because we are weak and cowardly.
_________________

Classic communist tactic: try to give the impression that everyone supports the communists, who in fact are a tiny minority. See, e.g., the "Bolsheviks" as a case in point.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 04:53 PM (YqDXo)

52 I live in blue ass blueville where blue people run around to shoot my ass with blue pellets made of communism, but still voted

I want Trump to win the popular vote, bigly

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at October 24, 2024 04:53 PM (M7vhK)

53 "It's so in the bag, don't even vote, guys!"
-Todd

and this is also a sneaky, possibly-an-op, message

I freaked out last night over the "25 percent overseas voters" thing with the PA SoS

Im still pissed about it but now I think it's probably half a message out just to disparage us

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 24, 2024 04:53 PM (s3qiR)

54 They will only not cheat if they know their cheating will be punished with jail time, and they will only know that if they see that it is simply Too Big to Steal.

I see this differently. I think 2020 was very obvious. I'm pretty sure polls (yes, polls!) of the American public have already shown a majority does not believe that 2020 was on the up and up. So I don't think there is an outcome that is so one-sided that it puts it beyond fraud. People think for some reason that the public won't stand for it, but I think they will because they have. And really, who wants to be the nail standing up if it's stolen again? What is anyone really going to do about it? Nothing.

Harris is in Houston tomorrow. Everyone thinks that's stupid, and it would be if this was a real election. But if the outcome is decided, why not?

Posted by: Hoist the Blackpill at October 24, 2024 04:53 PM (bDO8y)

55
Fucking Hitler.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 24, 2024 04:51 PM (eAk5e)

I had a chance to see that movie, but declined.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 04:53 PM (Zz0t1)

56 Sky News Britain has just wheeled out Omarosa to endorse Kamala and call Trump Hitler.

2016: Trump is Hitler and will start WWIII

2020: Trump is Hitler and the bastard refused to start WWIII

2024: Trump is Hitler and he'll start a WWIII, but one that we don't want, or like ban tranny kid surgeries or something evil like that

Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2024 04:53 PM (oZhjI)

57 It's interesting that the WaPo and the LA Times refused to endorse the Communist.

Posted by: ALH at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (xJEPL)

58 Tide isn’t turning.

Pollsters are “adjusting” since they know now it won’t be close and it’s no use faking 50-50 for the Dwmonrat vote thieves.

It’s just approaching reality so that they don’t look like complete hacks.

Posted by: Justin Pinochet Castreau at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (l5yVc)

59 2022 I knew we were screwed, and said so, when eternal RINO backstabbing jackass Lindsey Graham proposed a LUNATIC abortion bill that he knew goddamn well would never pass right before the election, for no other reason than to give Democrats campaign fuel.

And of course he hasn't said a fucking word about abortion since.

That's the greatest danger. The ones that are on 'our side' stabbing us in the back. Bitch McConnell just tried yesterday.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (lCHt6)

60 I have no doubt if only real people voted Trump would win.

Posted by: Skip at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (fwDg9)

61 40 The Congressional Vote is vital. A new Congress is sworn in to office during the first week of January, weeks before the inaugural. For people concerned about the post-election frolics, a healthy GOP majority in the House and Senate is important.
Posted by: mrp at October 24, 2024 04:51 PM (rj6Yv)

Amen - vote R up and down the ticket, even for local dogcatcher...everyone needs to be red. A message needs to be sent that we'll never put up with the last 4 years again...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (exHjb)

62 "But all of this depends on us not allowing the Democrat/Media Regime to demoralize us into thinking we are already defeated before the contest is even run, propandizing us into believing we will lose because we are losers and the Democrats are strong and will crush us because we are weak and cowardly."

Thanks for the encouragement, Ace. Bill Jacobsen over at "Legal Insurrection" also encouraged people not to be demoralized in an article a couple of weeks ago.

Me, I'm taking the week off before the election to avoid the, "It's all over." "No way the Democrats won't cheat their way to a win" folks, as well as the trolls who will inevitably show up to do the same.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (MQJVv)

63 Her approval rating as VP 4 months ago was 28%

*******************

Watch how it magically goes back to 28% November 6th

Magic

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (M7vhK)

64 48 In a sane world, Kumswala would've never made it to DC. In a SANE world, Kumswala would've never been a VP.
In a SANE WORLD, Kumswala wouldn't be in the same atmosphere in an election against Trump.

But, in today's hyperpoliticized, anti-depressant riddled world, that stupid c*nt is not only within cheat, she's winning states.

Her approval rating as VP 4 months ago was 28%...........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 04:52 PM (Zz0t1)
_________________

In a sane world she'd make her living giving beejers at the Mustang Ranch, presuming she's any good at that.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (YqDXo)

65 Posted by: meh at October 24, 2024 04:48 PM (yjRHe)

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There will be shitbirds like this whose only goal is to demoralize.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (2UnvF)

66 Remember also, if you live in a blue state (as I do), your vote for Trump is important because it would be wonderful if Trump won the popular vote - it would be hilarious if the Democrats were made to shut up about how UNFAIR the Electoral College is.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 24, 2024 04:55 PM (uxCna)

67 New Hampshire early voting. 13 days to go. 2020 vs 2024

Driving around NH the only place I see Harris signs are in AWFL enclaves. In 2020 there were plenty of Biden signs in middle class neighborhoods and outside of the cities (well cities by HH standards)

Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2024 04:55 PM (oZhjI)

68 Hell yes!!! Moron Horde take action!!! Vote, make calls to friends and get them to vote!!!! Take BIG ACTION!!

Posted by: Rand at October 24, 2024 04:56 PM (npE0I)

69 63 Her approval rating as VP 4 months ago was 28%

*******************

Watch how it magically goes back to 28% November 6th

Magic
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (M7vhK)

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The left will have no reason to like her. She stole the nomination from the only one who could beat Trump, Biden, (I don't believe this) and blew it.

It'll be 20%. Max.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 04:56 PM (GBKbO)

70 "Let's remember what this is about: The feeling of outright out-of-body elation we felt in 2016, and avoiding the feeling of disorientation and dread we felt in 2020 and 2022."

Amen! I'm too old to give up now but the great reminder is appreciated.

That and were we better off under lying Obama and, now another 4 years, for the same promises and lies.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 24, 2024 04:56 PM (NFX2v)

71
In a sane world she'd make her living giving beejers at the Mustang Ranch, presuming she's any good at that.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (YqDXo)

It's got her to where she is, so there's GOT to be some talent there, in that area.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 04:56 PM (Zz0t1)

72 I have no doubt if only real people voted Trump would win.

Posted by: Skip at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (fwDg9)
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I said that to my wife. In an honest election, Trump would win in a romp.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 04:56 PM (YqDXo)

73 Hear, Hear, Ace!!

Posted by: hamitchell at October 24, 2024 04:56 PM (kE/nb)

74 Early voted to today for the first time in my life. In deep red East Texas, still a 15m wait.

Posted by: redchief at October 24, 2024 04:56 PM (xd+LM)

75 Posted by: Hoist the Blackpill at October 24, 2024 04:53 PM (bDO8y)

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This one too.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 24, 2024 04:56 PM (2UnvF)

76 Things in Arizona are too nutso for me to figure out.

Weird stuff reported by those who live there.

This is not the election to sit out!

Posted by: KT at October 24, 2024 04:56 PM (xekrU)

77 65 Posted by: meh at October 24, 2024 04:48 PM (yjRHe)

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There will be shitbirds like this whose only goal is to demoralize.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 24, 2024 04:54 PM (2UnvF)

Correction - they are here b/c they are PAID to demoralize.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 24, 2024 04:57 PM (exHjb)

78 You know how the progs claim Trump called veterans suckers and losers? Well, you know who's the real sucker and loser?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at October 24, 2024 04:57 PM (L/fGl)

79 Everyone needs to remember what I told you on Tuesday.

Maine, New Hampshire, Virginia, Minnesota, and New Mexico are winnable if certain demographics vote in certain ways. So vote, your vote very much can matter this year.

I've already voted in Florida. Yes Trump will win the state by 11, but that margin makes it much harder to justify holding back the calls in Georgia and North Carolina.

CBD and I have a bottle of bourbon riding on Maine.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 24, 2024 04:57 PM (kUKuE)

80 I have no doubt if only real people voted Trump would win.

If you assume that there wasn't an unheard of increase in votes in 2020 for that political dynamo Joe Biden then yeah Trump won by over 10M votes in 2020...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2024 04:57 PM (oZhjI)

81 Respectfully, I don't really subscribe to the idea that if a side thinks they're going to win, they don't show up.

To me the analogy is when a sports team has a good season or a bad season. If fans know they're going to lose, attendance is poor. A winning team though, and the place is packed with fans.

We should never assume we have it in the bag, but for he side that looks like it's a lost cause, they're the ones that give up and dont participate.

Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 04:57 PM (QKtVi)

82 It’s just approaching reality so that they don’t look like complete hacks.

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That's basically what Rasmussen said, their polling has been Trump +2 or +3 literally all year. The only thing that fundamentally changed are other hack pollsters trying to align back to reality

As they always do for basically the last 20 fucking years

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at October 24, 2024 04:57 PM (M7vhK)

83 ON a lighter note.

Daughter is coming home for the weekend.

First Lady is quite happy about that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 04:57 PM (Zz0t1)

84 67 New Hampshire early voting. 13 days to go. 2020 vs 2024

Driving around NH the only place I see Harris signs are in AWFL enclaves. In 2020 there were plenty of Biden signs in middle class neighborhoods and outside of the cities (well cities by HH standards)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2024 04:55 PM (oZhjI)

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Biden had an image of middle class and moderate appeal. It was all bullshit, but he had the image, the brand.

Then, Democrats conspired to force him off the ticket and replaced him with a San Francisco progressive who barely won her own Senate race in California, dropped out of the 2020 presidential primary before Iowa despite starting the race as the frontrunner, and can't speak.

But there were never going to be negative consequences to that. Never. Democrats would just rally.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 04:57 PM (GBKbO)

85 As a lifelong Republican:

No amount is too big for Dems to steal. They will delay and delay until they "get" the votes they need. They dont care if they get caught.

They know they have DA's and judges at all levels in their pockets.

The fix is always in.

This message is brought to you by the Democratic National Committee.

Remember, voting is pointless, so don't bother.

Posted by: A DNC Ringer! at October 24, 2024 04:58 PM (uxCna)

86 66 Remember also, if you live in a blue state (as I do), your vote for Trump is important because it would be wonderful if Trump won the popular vote - it would be hilarious if the Democrats were made to shut up about how UNFAIR the Electoral College is.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 24, 2024 04:55 PM (uxCna)

Yes, a wave of vote support (aka a popular vote win) gives him the truest sense to all that he has a mandate to stop this sh&t...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 24, 2024 04:58 PM (exHjb)

87 14 says Kamala Harris' popularity has tumbled off a cliff in the blink of an eye just two weeks before the election
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Or they were lying a out her popularity all along to engineer a fake preference cascade and keep it close enough to steal.

One or the other.
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A little of both. A largely unvetted Kamala slid into the race without a lot being known about her compared with any modern candidate for the presidency since primaries began.

So, as they get to know her, not being California where races are fixed, a lot of the public gave her a chance and now doesn't like her based on what they've seen.

Furthermore, Kamala's attempt to turn this into a base election by negative advertising and making it all about Trump gives people no reason to actually vote for her if they don't like what Biden has done in office. She won't or can't dump on Biden and she won't or can't chart a newer popular course. Instead she relied on fakery, obscurity, and staying in friendly settings. She could not even manage that.

Going negative with FUD on Trump worked best in 2016 Now, though, he has a prior positive track record at variance with the Dem slime tactics.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 04:58 PM (ctrM5)

88 Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.

Let's not get cocky but we may have moved outside the Margin of Cheat. Now hard to pull off as it requires steals in several states, some now hardened, and it would be more than obvious.

White Non-College is 35% of the electorate and I predict a turnout tsunami coming that the public polls will miss. Without an Obvious Cheat, the Rs should pick up in the Senate and hold or gain in the House.

The Junta didn't expect Trump to be alive and thriving at this point and may have run out of planned options. Playing the Chaos Card is all they may have left.

Developing ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 24, 2024 04:58 PM (Gqoy+)

89 America has a long, storied history of morons making it to DC.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense

Hell, I used to live there.

Posted by: Miklos, a Moron at October 24, 2024 04:58 PM (FRB3p)

90 The left will have no reason to like her. She stole the nomination from the only one who could beat Trump, Biden, (I don't believe this) and blew it.
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I say again, the Reds should have drafted Hillarhoid. She's no more popular than Kalamari, but she's not as stupid as Kalamari either, and she would keep the broads onside for the Dems.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 04:58 PM (YqDXo)

91 NC purging 700,000 names from the voter rolls this year didn't hurt.

Posted by: mrp at October 24, 2024 04:58 PM (rj6Yv)

92 82 That's basically what Rasmussen said, their polling has been Trump +2 or +3 literally all year. The only thing that fundamentally changed are other hack pollsters trying to align back to reality

As they always do for basically the last 20 fucking years
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at October 24, 2024 04:57 PM (M7vhK)

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Atlas Intel and Trafalgar have been saying the same thing.

But they should be dismissed because they are just incapable of doing bad Trump polls, or something. Instead, we should use the RCP aggregate...which includes all three.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 04:59 PM (GBKbO)

93 There can be no complacency when going up against the massive Democrat Cheat Machine. It can't be stressed enough.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 24, 2024 04:47 PM

Agreed. I try to emphasize this from time to time.

Posted by: Winston Wolfe at October 24, 2024 04:59 PM (a3Q+t)

94
Vote like Trump is down by 3.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 24, 2024 04:59 PM (+oR7L)

95 If you don't vote, you're a pussy. And an asshole. And a taint.

I live in Maine. I always cast losing votes. So what? I drag my ass to the polls and vote anyway, because if I say "What's the point?" and stay home, I'm a pussy. And an asshole. And a taint.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at October 24, 2024 04:59 PM (5YmYl)

96 IF you don't vote in this, the election of ALL elections, you don't care about your country and deserve to suffer a miserable existance.

I'm just sad my father, I don't think, cast an absentee ballot before he passed.

He was Trump all the way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 04:59 PM (Zz0t1)

97 PDT and the new GOP are going full court press. They're not backing down and they're continuing to push.

Good. The wailing and gnashing of teeth should become real, if trends hold, by about the middle of next week.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 04:59 PM (tT6L1)

98 I wonder if Democrats will in the future try to roll back early voting if they come to believe that it makes it harder for them to cheat (believably, at least to a LIV) now that the GOP is buying into it.

Posted by: Anti-Faucist at October 24, 2024 05:00 PM (qUkBO)

99 I am going to early vote tomorrow here in Texas.

Posted by: IC - #FJB at October 24, 2024 05:00 PM (EmT/E)

100 Someone downstairs mentioned 2 Generic congressional polls showing Gop +4.

Blue state Senators will fall in that scenario.

PA NV MI WI

Posted by: It's happening at October 24, 2024 05:00 PM (8odFl)

101 97 PDT and the new GOP are going full court press. They're not backing down and they're continuing to push.

Good. The wailing and gnashing of teeth should become real, if trends hold, by about the middle of next week.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 04:59 PM (tT6L1)

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'Member when Romney just gave up in 2012?

Honorable, severely conservative Romney?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)

102 Furthermore, Kamala's attempt to turn this into a base election by negative advertising and making it all about Trump gives people no reason to actually vote for her if they don't like what Biden has done in office.
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This. Her response to all stimuli is to dump on Trump. That's not a winning formula, even with our retarded electorate.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 05:00 PM (YqDXo)

103 I have never been contacted by the NJ state Republican party.

I have however been contacted by the Democrats, presumably because I am Jewish and they think I will vote for them.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 24, 2024 05:00 PM (d9fT1)

104 Everyone needs to just call that friend/acquaintance family member that is not that political (but leans Republican) and get them to vote.

Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (QKtVi)

105 Pray that St Michael the Archangel continues to protect President Trump.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (Wx316)

106 Dropped off my Oregon ballot today. Sure to be destined for the shredder once they open it.
Posted by: Halfhand at October 24, 2024 04:49 PM (Td1I1)

We always drop ours off. I don't trust the postal carriers to "accidentally " burn and scatter its ashes, especially when we were bombarded with Trump donation mailings for the past 7 months.

Posted by: Beartooth at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (WuJwx)

107 They will only not steal it if Trump's victory is so clear that it would require cheating on such a level that it could not be disguised.

It was really disguised in 2020, was it? More like it was blatant but ignored by the MSM and courts. What's the margin of intentional ignorance?

Posted by: Oddbob at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (/y8xj)

108 Posted by: Anti-Faucist at October 24, 2024 05:00 PM (qUkBO)

The only way we're gonna get them to end stupid stuff like mail-in voting is if it works against them.

Watch them spin around fast.

Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (gUzGB)

109 I'm voting in IL just to cancel out a Harris vote. I also will tell everyone that votes for Harris that I am doing that deliberately to cancel THEIR vote. They're stupid enough to take the bait.

Posted by: Roy at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (z+ik4)

110 I am going to early vote tomorrow here in Texas.
Posted by: IC - #FJB at October 24, 2024 05:00 PM (EmT/E)

We voted this afternoon. The polling place had more booths in it than I've ever seen and there was a steady stream of people.

Thursday afternoon around 1:30........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (Zz0t1)

111 Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at October 24, 2024 04:59 PM (5YmYl

Good for you. I can relate; I live in NJ.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (MQJVv)

112 I'm going to repeat myself, but:
More and more, it's looking like last week's "NEVER AGAIN" rant was the moment that Harris was told it was over, she can't win.

That she herself came up with that as a response, believing that it wasn't her fault, it was the voters--and she needed to force the voters to pay attention to how bad Trump will be.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (6miZe)

113 Anywho, I subsisted primarily on legumes and grains -- necessary to get your complete set of amino acids (the failure to do so is one of the primary reasons many vegetarians become unhealthy & sick)

You can feel your body “hit the wall”, it has to work at it, compared with animal protein. The latter is required for a healthy human diet.

I like to save this little factoid to freak out the freaks. Owsley Stanley, the LSD distributor for much of the 1960s was kind of a strange cat, one of his beliefs was that plants are poisonous and will kill us, he was a carnivore only kind of guy. I’m just waiting to run into somebody tripping balls on acid and explain all this very carefully

Posted by: Common Tater at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (a62lp)

114
Watching Kamala at that CNN townhall, it really does look like she is shrinking. Like she's an 8 year old wearing her moms dress clothes standing in front of the mirror pretending to be a grown up.

She's a facade and the veneer is coming off.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (+oR7L)

115 Yeah, too many clever doomsayers today. Go to each state's Secretary of State early vote count. You can get great data from NC, Nev, Fla and others. She's running way behind Biden's '20 early returns. Why trust jerryrigged polls when early voting results by Party is available. Republicans are outpacing Democrats in Florida right now by 9% and roughly 1/3 of the State's total vote is counted. Seven Florida Man counties have even yet to post data which will increase this spread. She's getting steamrolled here when Biden only lost by 3. You can make inferences for other states from particular Florida counties. Unlike 2022 when particular Senators were running, these results do not operate in a vacuum. https://flvoicenews.com/florida-ge-live-data/

Posted by: Spike at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (ea6hu)

116 Vote, old ones, Vote like the wind!

Posted by: Ned Nederlander at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (Aqu9a)

117 Or they were lying a out her popularity all along to engineer a fake preference cascade and keep it close enough to steal.

The usual pollsters lied in 2020 and claimed that Biden was going to win in a landslide until right before the election.

Posted by: A DNC Ringer! at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (uxCna)

118 What does this have to do with your least favorite vegetable?

Posted by: wth at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (v0R5T)

119 I'd like to hear the dem strategists going over their decision to pick Harris over a primary fight.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 24, 2024 04:44 PM (jyAD3)

To be fair, Biden's inner circle forced them to acclaim Harris at the convention. The closed primary protected Biden, sure, and Harris. But the coup forcing out Biden was a huge unforced error.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (n7h9X)

120 Pray that St Michael the Archangel continues to protect President Trump.

Leftist witches have been complaining on twitter that Trump is being protected by someone/something.

Yes this seems like an insane topic in 2024 but the left has a devoted coterie of witches and they are apparently failing to hex. From the party of science people...the party of science.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (oZhjI)

121 If you don't vote, you're a pussy. And an asshole. And a taint.

I live in Maine. I always cast losing votes. So what? I drag my ass to the polls and vote anyway, because if I say "What's the point?" and stay home, I'm a pussy. And an asshole. And a taint.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at October 24, 2024 04:59 PM (5YmYl)

F*ckin' A!

I agree. I live in NJ, and I have never cast a vote for the winner in any national or statewide election.

And I vote every time...happily..gleefully!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (d9fT1)

122 117 Or they were lying a out her popularity all along to engineer a fake preference cascade and keep it close enough to steal.

The usual pollsters lied in 2020 and claimed that Biden was going to win in a landslide until right before the election.
Posted by: A DNC Ringer! at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (uxCna)

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Roughly 40% of all polls in 2020 had Biden up by double digits.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (GBKbO)

123 That Harris would be batting sub-.400 in popularity, with all of the institutions in her corner, is something I never thought I'd see. This is an incredibly terrible candidate whose presence can only be understood as a gift from a God who loves the world.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (xQWhS)

124 'Member when Romney just gave up in 2012?

Honorable, severely conservative Romney?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)
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Mitt is as useful as a boneless pork rectum that's gone "off."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:03 PM (tT6L1)

125 Sunburned taint <<<<< taint

Posted by: Josh Brolin at October 24, 2024 05:03 PM (a3Q+t)

126
Sky News Oz >>>>>>> Sky News Blighty

Posted by: mrp at October 24, 2024 05:03 PM (rj6Yv)

127 114
Watching Kamala at that CNN townhall, it really does look like she is shrinking. Like she's an 8 year old wearing her moms dress clothes standing in front of the mirror pretending to be a grown up.

She's a facade and the veneer is coming off.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (+oR7L)

Underneath will be a physical caricature of a combination of Nancy Pelosi and Andrea Mitchell. It's a long 60 years.

Posted by: Roy at October 24, 2024 05:03 PM (z+ik4)

128 If Trump wins the "national popular vote" it will cause millions of heads on the left to explode.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 24, 2024 05:03 PM (QNSds)

129 I live in Maine. I always cast losing votes. So what? I drag my ass to the polls and vote anyway
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Californian here, but I vote anyway, partly out of stubbornness, partly to contribute to Trump's popular vote. I live in hope that he wins not only the EC but also the popular vote, just to shut up all the stupid twats bleating about the latter.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 05:03 PM (YqDXo)

130 I'm voting for Trump. NY, but what the Hell.

Posted by: Sid at October 24, 2024 05:03 PM (V2RPD)

131 If Trump wins the "national popular vote" it will cause millions of heads on the left to explode.

I suspect CA will report 100M votes for the Coconut if necessary to stop that

Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2024 05:04 PM (oZhjI)

132 Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 04:58 PM (ctrM5)

I will tell you the mistake they made, as I recognized it about six weeks ago - and then changed my mind and said Trump was going to win, even beyond The Steal.

Pay attention because this here is gold and, unlike the other shit I say, I probably will never repeat it.

The mistake they made was they attempted to present Kamala as a blank slate, anything to anyone, everything to everyone. Yes there were some attempts at making her a brat or a girl boss or whatever other shit they could stick to her (they couldn't), but in reality they tried to pull an Obama with someone who can't fucking speak.

And what that all did, inadvertently and I'm not sure how they missed it other than sheer fucking hubris, is it left the door wide open for the branding king himself to *define* her.

I think they expected a nickname, and had specific plans to handle that eventuality, but what they didn't expect was a relentless - absolutely targeted and relentless - branding exercise that would shape the world's perception of her. That cackle at the end of every other Trump ad (usually showing death, rioting, depression and destruction) was magical.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:04 PM (lX8VI)

133 I mean, her ranting about "never again" and the laughably false claim that Trump will be Hitler?

Tell me how that will improve her favorability.

When 30 days ago, she had better numbers, was avoiding the media, and were so confident they'd coast to victory.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 24, 2024 05:04 PM (6miZe)

134
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 24, 2024 05:04 PM (tljrc)

135 If Trump wins the "national popular vote" it will cause millions of heads on the left to explode.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 24, 2024 05:03 PM (QNSds)
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That would be glorious, wouldn't it?

Slight correction: their heads will implode, not explode, because there's precious little inside their heads.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 05:04 PM (YqDXo)

136 Watching Kamala at that CNN townhall, it really does look like she is shrinking. Like she's an 8 year old wearing her moms dress clothes standing in front of the mirror pretending to be a grown up.

She's a facade and the veneer is coming off.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (+oR7L)

Booze is nothing but empty calories and zero protein.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (Zz0t1)

137 “Outside the margin of cheat”

Oh, you sweet summer child

Posted by: Common Tater at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (a62lp)

138 VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (Gpgvi)

139 Trump wants to win NY.
Does he have a chance? Who knows.
If NY is called for Trump by some miracle, it will be an early night.

Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (gUzGB)

140 116 Vote, old ones, Vote like the wind!

Posted by: Ned Nederlander at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM

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How can you tell it's a mail plane?

Posted by: Dusty Bottoms at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (+oR7L)

141 121 If you don't vote, you're a pussy. And an asshole. And a taint.

I live in Maine. I always cast losing votes. So what? I drag my ass to the polls and vote anyway, because if I say "What's the point?" and stay home, I'm a pussy. And an asshole. And a taint.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at October 24, 2024 04:59 PM (5YmYl)

F*ckin' A!

I agree. I live in NJ, and I have never cast a vote for the winner in any national or statewide election.

And I vote every time...happily..gleefully!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 24, 2024 05:02 PM (d9fT1)

Reagan was the last and only time I've voted for the winner.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (hLwLr)

142 g'early evenin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 24, 2024 05:04 PM (tljrc)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (Zz0t1)

143 I have best good friend, since we were 10. He hates Trump. But then, I thought about it:

fuck Reagan, fuck Bush, fuck Clinton, fuck Dubya, fuck Obama...

He seems to harbor a dislike for politicians.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Balding American at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (Ad8y9)

144 I'd like to hear the dem strategists going over their decision to pick Harris over a primary fight.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 24, 2024 04:44 PM (jyAD3)

To be fair, Biden's inner circle forced them to acclaim Harris at the convention. The closed primary protected Biden, sure, and Harris. But the coup forcing out Biden was a huge unforced error.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Weren't there some real legal roadblocks?

Not an election lawyer, but my understanding was you could swap Biden with Harris, but someone else outside at the top of the ticket would have been more difficult with all these state election laws.

And then you have the issue of who does everyone support?

Kamala seemed to be the only play out of Biden.

Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (QKtVi)

145 81 Respectfully, I don't really subscribe to the idea that if a side thinks they're going to win, they don't show up.

To me the analogy is when a sports team has a good season or a bad season. If fans know they're going to lose, attendance is poor. A winning team though, and the place is packed with fans.

We should never assume we have it in the bag, but for he side that looks like it's a lost cause, they're the ones that give up and dont participate.
Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 04:57 PM (QKtVi)

Or they panic and have Bill Gates give them $50M to directly pay for votes...

So, our side needs to vote, vote, vote!

Posted by: Nova Local at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (exHjb)

146 I was not elated in 2016. I was one of the few people who was 100% sure Trump would win.

Monday night before the election, I was drinking wine and laughing while Joe Mannix and my parents were fretting. "Don't fret," I said. "Trump has this in the bag."

I said no such thing in '20, and I won't now, either. Everything has changed.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (7oYYI)

147 Also remember that the more votes Trump/Vance get, the higher the mandate. This matters not just to rebut the wailings of the MFM but also to force the GOP to understand that old ways are dead ways.

The GOP is ascendant not because of GOP but because of Trump and his influence to move the party to MAGA. GOPe on its own is done; it's a failure because it was perpetuating a lie of its "conservative" platform.

Tea Party, Conservative Populism, MAGA, or whatever you want to call it is the movement of the nation right now. It's a good idea to remind the GOP of that. Trump dominance will a) empower Trump and b) check the GOP.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (aXxgO)

148 a pussy. And an asshole. And a taint.

Trifecta!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (X/FL+)

149
How can you tell it's a mail plane?
Posted by: Dusty Bottoms at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (+oR7L)

Visible petcock.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (Zz0t1)

150 I am having a "Get out and Vote BBQ" at my place. Everyone who votes in my neighborhood gets ribs and burgers.

Doing all the things this year.

Posted by: Sifty at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (o8zcc)

151 I've early voted, and I will get in touch with a member of my former writing group who is reasonably sane. Hannity has "The Harris Files" and "The Walz Files" on his website, listing (in their own words) the real positions, actions, and statements of those two criminals all in one place. Those are things that average voters and low-information voters may never have heard or seen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (J2vNu)

152 Why are early voting lines in Myrtle Beach SC (true MAGA country) 1.5 hours to get through at 8 am? It feels like a new form of voter suppression.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 24, 2024 05:06 PM (wBaIH)

153 I think they expected a nickname, and had specific plans to handle that eventuality, but what they didn't expect was a relentless - absolutely targeted and relentless - branding exercise that would shape the world's perception of her. That cackle at the end of every other Trump ad (usually showing death, rioting, depression and destruction) was magical.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:04 PM (lX8VI)

With Kamala, there is no there there. They went the DEI route to select their candidate and are now discovering what so many corporations and universities have long ago discovered:

DEI hires ruin everything.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 24, 2024 05:06 PM (KbCG3)

154 Driving around NH the only place I see Harris signs are in AWFL enclaves. In 2020 there were plenty of Biden signs in middle class neighborhoods and outside of the cities (well cities by HH standards)
Posted by: 18-1
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Dems invested in the stock market have done ok is part of it or in gubmint/ngos/contractors due to huge deficit spending. Welfare types view the Dems as a piggie bank. But, contrary to Romney, that is probably only 43-44 percent of voters which is about the lowest Biden polled. Trump probably starts out with about 45-46 percent and usually, a referendum election ends up with the remaining 10 percent going 2:1 or better to the challenger.

Leaving aside cheating, I think 52-53 is about the ceiling for Trump which in EV terms would be sizable gains. House and Senate, since polling is apparently broken are chancier predictions with Trump bringing in low propensity voters that might ticket split. Senate probably goes GOP at this point regardless. House turns on a small number of swing districts where almost all media polling is shoddy. EV totals are probably the best proxy for that right now.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:06 PM (ctrM5)

155 Mitt is as useful as a boneless pork rectum that's gone "off."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:03 PM

Given pigs are haram, where do the boned ones come from?

Posted by: Duncanthrax, asking the questions the MSM doesn't ask at October 24, 2024 05:06 PM (a3Q+t)

156 Rick Wilson: It begins. Arizona ballots damaged after USPS collection box set ablaze in Dem-leaning county: report

35-year-old Dieter Bradford Klofkorn was arrested for an outstanding and unrelated warrant. While in custody, authorities say he admitted to the arson because he “wanted to be arrested” and claimed his actions “were not politically motivated” and unrelated to the upcoming election.

believable, given the times we are living in. I hope the perpetrator is charged with terrorism.

Not limited to just burning books anymore. So ballots are now fair game as well. In essence, the perpeTRAITORS are setting fire to the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of free and fair elections.

Looks like they are afraid they are going to lose. Why else destroy ballots? They know the loser is losing it. That means they’re losers too.

This is why I feel that Dems must VOTE IN PERSON. It's too important to risk things like this and similar acts are going to occur everywhere.

That's Why I Dropped Our Ballots Off at an Attended Voting Site. Too nervous about DeJoy and the other nutcases out there. Hope Kari Lake and the Orange Goon go away.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 24, 2024 05:06 PM (JCZqz)

157 That would be glorious, wouldn't it?

Slight correction: their heads will implode, not explode, because there's precious little inside their heads.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 05:04 PM (YqDXo)

I think it will be more like a hiss, like air out of a balloon.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 24, 2024 05:06 PM (VNX3d)

158 How can you tell it's a mail plane?
Posted by: Dusty Bottoms at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (+oR7L)

Did you see it's little balls?

Posted by: Ned Nederlander at October 24, 2024 05:06 PM (Aqu9a)

159 Next up:

It's not just Hitler's generals that Trump likes, but all of Hitler's U-boat captains as well!!!!

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 24, 2024 05:06 PM (Vyll1)

160 random thoughts. It's been a while since the GOP candidate was surging into the lead with 10 days to go.

W was up at this point in October 2004, but the media was trying to generate a "Kerry getting late surge! Could take Ohio!" story around this time, too.

The story now is Trump is surging and Harris is fading, and there's just not enough time left to turn that around. Even in the days before there was so much early voting, the America Electorate seems to make a decision with around 10 days to go, to the point where no October Surprise or shocking revelation can sway them this late in the game, unless one of those eace time/prosperity era elections where there's no sense of urgency on either side. That's how it was in 2000, and W's DUI thing cost him a ton of late deciders. This isn't that kind of election becuase the nation is in shambles and all the metrics wildly favor one candidate over the other.

Mid-to-late October surges tend to happen because undecided people start becoming decided, and usually it happens in a cascade, where non-political people just go with the candidate that will be better for their pocketbooks.

That's Trump.

Posted by: Shenanigans at October 24, 2024 05:06 PM (pZ0Mr)

161 Yes there were some attempts at making her a brat or a girl boss or whatever other shit they could stick to her (they couldn't), but in reality they tried to pull an Obama with someone who can't fucking speak.
______________

Brat
Joy
Whatever

Shoulda gone with DC. And I don't mean District of Columbia.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (YqDXo)

162 I saw Pussy, Asshole and Taint open for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young at One-Up Fest in' 78.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (Zz0t1)

163 AZ here, obviously voting PDT and Lake. But, we've got some amendments I really need to get out and vote against. The only one that's any good is the "need signatures from multiple counties before a ballot initiative can be approved" or some such.

That's a yes, because I don't like Pima or Maricopa county being the "go to" when the left wants to pass something stupid.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (tT6L1)

164 128 If Trump wins the "national popular vote" it will cause millions of heads on the left to explode.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS

It would be funny.

But my commute to work will NOT be fun.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (Gpgvi)

165 Don't think of it as casting an unnecessary vote. Think of it as "make the rubble bounce". Like when we kicked Liz Cheney's worthless fat ass to the curb. A 30 point drubbing is way better than a slim win.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (Q0bKc)

166 >>And what that all did, inadvertently and I'm not sure how they missed it other than sheer fucking hubris, is it left the door wide open for the branding king himself to *define* her.

The grand master who used the Golden Arches himself to attack her.

Posted by: Roy at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (z+ik4)

167 I like to save this little factoid to freak out the freaks. Owsley Stanley, the LSD distributor for much of the 1960s was kind of a strange cat, one of his beliefs was that plants are poisonous and will kill us, he was a carnivore only kind of guy. I’m just waiting to run into somebody tripping balls on acid and explain all this very carefully
Posted by: Common Tater at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (a62lp)

Our genetics and gut and tooth construction show that we are set up to be omnivores, foraging for plant products and suplementing it with animal products, which is why we can afford to skip making some amino acids in the body from scratch. But we don't have optimizations to fully process plants and get all the nutrients out like gizzards and extra stomachs do in some herbivores.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (n7h9X)

168 147 Also remember that the more votes Trump/Vance get, the higher the mandate. This matters not just to rebut the wailings of the MFM but also to force the GOP to understand that old ways are dead ways.

The GOP is ascendant not because of GOP but because of Trump and his influence to move the party to MAGA. GOPe on its own is done; it's a failure because it was perpetuating a lie of its "conservative" platform.

Tea Party, Conservative Populism, MAGA, or whatever you want to call it is the movement of the nation right now. It's a good idea to remind the GOP of that. Trump dominance will a) empower Trump and b) check the GOP.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (aXxgO)

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The mandate is a fiction, trotted out when necessary by the media.

They will not trot it out for Trump, no matter the size of the win. They will not pressure Mitch to allow all of Trump's appointments without question. Mitch will fight as much as he can through his surrogates and replacements.

Trump could 1984 the shit out of this election, and there'd be no mandate because Republicans don't get mandates.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (GBKbO)

169 Things in Arizona are too nutso for me to figure out.

Weird stuff reported by those who live there.
......

I thought Area 51 was in Nevada.

Posted by: wth at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (v0R5T)

170 That cackle at the end of every other Trump ad (usually showing death, rioting, depression and destruction) was magical.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:04 PM (lX8VI)

I don't watch ads, but that does sound like gold.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (eAk5e)

171 News | Politics & Elections
Trump Is Reportedly Considering Aileen Cannon to Be His AG If He Wins Election
Some commentators have said that the decision to pick Cannon could be a potential quid pro quo.

By Chris Walker , Truthout
Published October 23, 2024
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I have no idea if the ^ article is accurate. However, bear in mind that Cabinet members and heads of independent agencies serve "at the pleasure of the president" and can be removed without cause.

And that's what the deep state truly fears.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (NFX2v)

172 I'm voting tomorrow. I live in a swing state. Somehow I feel a heavy weight on my shoulders. Seems fanciful, but still.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (SfhV1)

173 Catturd ™ @catturd2 8h
I'll be voting early for Trump in 2 days here in Florida - the first day of early voting in my county.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (hovnC)

174 The GOP is ascendant not because of GOP but because of Trump and his influence to move the party to MAGA. GOPe on its own is done; it's a failure because it was perpetuating a lie of its "conservative" platform.

Tea Party, Conservative Populism, MAGA, or whatever you want to call it is the movement of the nation right now. It's a good idea to remind the GOP of that. Trump dominance will a) empower Trump and b) check the GOP.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel

True. If a Trump win occurs, we shall see if Vance though is a worthy heir or not. DeSantis knows how to wield a shiv--not sure that Vance does.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (ctrM5)

175 How can you tell it's a mail plane?
Posted by: Dusty Bottoms at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM

Experience, boss.

Posted by: Tattoo at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (a3Q+t)

176 Trump wants to win NY.
Does he have a chance? Who knows.
If NY is called for Trump by some miracle, it will be an early night.
Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM

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If NY is remotely close, half of CNNs decision desk will say Fuck This on air and go home.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (xQWhS)

177 156 That's Why I Dropped Our Ballots Off at an Attended Voting Site. Too nervous about DeJoy and the other nutcases out there. Hope Kari Lake and the Orange Goon go away.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 24, 2024 05:06 PM (JCZqz)

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So, they'd support the illegalization of unmanned drop boxes, right?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (GBKbO)

178 AZ here, obviously voting PDT and Lake. But, we've got some amendments I really need to get out and vote against. The only one that's any good is the "need signatures from multiple counties before a ballot initiative can be approved" or some such.

That's a yes, because I don't like Pima or Maricopa county being the "go to" when the left wants to pass something stupid.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (tT6L1)

States need something like the EC to avoid having sections of the state dominate and abuse other parts of the state.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:09 PM (n7h9X)

179 I have no idea if the ^ article is accurate. However, bear in mind that Cabinet members and heads of independent agencies serve "at the pleasure of the president" and can be removed without cause.

And that's what the deep state truly fears.
Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (NFX2v)

Everything the media throws out there about Trump is pure speculation with no evidence or corroboration whatsoever as they're doing everything they can to keep themselves relevant.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:09 PM (Zz0t1)

180 USPS lost a large insurance check for my mother.
I don't trust them with ballots.

Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 05:09 PM (gUzGB)

181
But my commute to work will NOT be fun.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (Gpgvi)

Carry. Locked n' loaded. Multiple mags.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:10 PM (Zz0t1)

182 But we don't have optimizations to fully process plants and get all the nutrients out like gizzards and extra stomachs do in some herbivores.
Posted by: Oldcat
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What a coincidence, we happen to have a mRNA vaxx that does just that. Coming to a pharmacy and doc office near you soon!!!

Posted by: Pfizer and Moderna at October 24, 2024 05:10 PM (ctrM5)

183 10 I'd like to hear the dem strategists going over their decision to pick Harris over a primary fight.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 24, 2024 04:44 PM

I thought it had to do with the "Biden/Harris" funds. If it wasn't her, all the money would be tied up. I don't know if that's true or legit, though.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 24, 2024 05:10 PM (Rbu5d)

184 The small comfort I take about "mail-in" voting in Colorado is that we have the option of dropping the ballots in collection points, thus avoiding the travesty that it the US postal service. There is a drop box two blocks away from my office.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Balding American at October 24, 2024 05:10 PM (Ad8y9)

185 'Member when Romney just gave up in 2012?
_____

I also remember when McCain suspended his campaign before the 2008 election because of the financial crisis.

Posted by: Anti-Faucist at October 24, 2024 05:10 PM (qUkBO)

186 "Honorable, severely conservative Romney?"

Mitt lost before he started because he didn't see a way to expand the Country Club GOPe base. He even whined about it in private talks that got leaked.

Trump saw White Non-College as undeveloped beach-front property and built on it. Now he's selling condos. This will be a lasting legacy as he's redefining the R party to be a slightly right-of-center populist party.

We can turn things around by being America First.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 24, 2024 05:10 PM (Gqoy+)

187 Tea Party, Conservative Populism, MAGA, or whatever you want to call it is the movement of the nation right now. It's a good idea to remind the GOP of that. Trump dominance will a) empower Trump and b) check the GOP.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel

We'll see about that.

Posted by: Mitch M., John C., and "Miss" Lindsay G. at October 24, 2024 05:11 PM (a3Q+t)

188 True. If a Trump win occurs, we shall see if Vance though is a worthy heir or not. DeSantis knows how to wield a shiv--not sure that Vance does.
Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (ctrM5)

Vance should be trained in shiv wielding by giving him jobs shiving various agencies and programs along with Elon, Tulsi, and RFK. The more the merrier.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:11 PM (n7h9X)

189 Oh I am voting for the Rs and against commie crap ballot measures. For local races my vote does count, and even though the commies will vote on behalf of people who never vote to pad their numbers, I will always rhetorically flip the bird to those overbearing Karens and their soy boys by voting against their B.S.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 24, 2024 05:11 PM (CKOCg)

190 Another reason to vote is that the NPV movement is gaining steam. It's on the ballot in Colorado, and Colorado is stupidly blue enough to pass it. I dread the thought that it's going to come, but once the States using NPV to determine their electoral votes hit 270 EVs, we will be firmly into a democracy, instead of a Republic, where your rights depend upon the majority.

Regardless of how much you or I might despise Trump, I despise NPV a good deal more. A spoiler vote or a non-vote encourages NPV. Let's not let that happen.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at October 24, 2024 05:11 PM (bufu1)

191 111 Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at October 24, 2024 04:59 PM (5YmYl

Good for you. I can relate; I live in NJ.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (MQJVv)

I still visit NJ and have family there. You have decay and business closures like I've never seen in SJ (in the expensive parts of Cherry Hill and Voorhees). Do not give up on your state. Even if you don't shock with a Trump win, some of the down races, especially in the House, are winnable (and I still think that state could shock...I couldn't believe the state the state was in May 2024)...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 24, 2024 05:11 PM (exHjb)

192 A good reason to get out and vote is not only because of Trump v. Harris, but also all of the ballot initiatives that will be voted on, such as abortion, legalized gambling, and ranked-choice voting. (and that's just here in MO).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 24, 2024 05:11 PM (7fElN)

193 Wow.........

Just got an email from LinkedIn:

Key jobless metric hits 3 year high.

2 weeks before election day. I'm shocked they sent that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:11 PM (Zz0t1)

194 The grand master who used the Golden Arches himself to attack her.

Posted by: Roy at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (z+ik4)

Yes good point. Associating himself with possibly the most well known brand on the planet.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:12 PM (lX8VI)

195 Did PDT perchance elide over, "out of a cannon?"
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 04:47 PM (tT6L1)

Trebuchet

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 24, 2024 05:12 PM (Rbu5d)

196 AZ here, obviously voting PDT and Lake. But, we've got some amendments I really need to get out and vote against. The only one that's any good is the "need signatures from multiple counties before a ballot initiative can be approved" or some such.

That's a yes, because I don't like Pima or Maricopa county being the "go to" when the left wants to pass something stupid.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
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I voted "yes" on that county prop.

My guess is most of the props go down except for the 9 month abortion one, unfortunately.

Even in redder states than AZ, people want a blank check on abortion.

Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:12 PM (QKtVi)

197 Insty had a graphic the other day, showing the leads of Hillary and Biden at this time compared to now.

It was stark how big the change was.

Seeing NH flip to Trump by 10pm Eastern would not only call off the steal in other states. But absolutely crush down-ticket Dems.

An early indicator of how the nation will go is if the R gov candidate wins in NC.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 24, 2024 05:12 PM (6miZe)

198 I really think that unless you're so wealthy that you're completely in a bubble and mostly care about abortion everywhere, that the combination of Democrats including Kamala ignoring and/or covering up Biden's dementia, open borders (I feel like I live in Guatemala or Mexico when I go into the local convenience shop early in the morning, as it's only the staff that are speaking English aside from me) rising crime/no bail/no jail and billions spent on illegals while nada for people affected by hurricanes as well as inflation will cause more people to turn out than turned out last time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 24, 2024 05:12 PM (MQJVv)

199 Mitt lost before he started because he didn't see a way to expand the Country Club GOPe base. He even whined about it in private talks that got leaked.

Trump saw White Non-College as undeveloped beach-front property and built on it. Now he's selling condos. This will be a lasting legacy as he's redefining the R party to be a slightly right-of-center populist party.

We can turn things around by being America First.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 24, 2024 05:10 PM (Gqoy+)

I don't see GOPe as an issue going forward because with Trump's crew working they are a dying breed. They should be required to work with us or gtfo.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:13 PM (n7h9X)

200 I'm not buying pudding until after Trump is declared President. I'm pretty sure it was my bad on 2020.

Posted by: Roberto at October 24, 2024 05:13 PM (B6bnv)

201 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Balding American at October 24, 2024 05:10 PM (Ad8y9)

Oh, and it's the County Building. not a kiosk on a street corner.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Balding American at October 24, 2024 05:13 PM (Ad8y9)

202 "Views of Harris have turned more negative since August, when equal shares of voters viewed her favorably and unfavorably..."

Look at her most recent appearances anywhere from the last two weeks or even since the Vance/Walz debate. It's getting so bad for Harris that pretty much every TV newsreader is getting frustrated with Harris - all of them but for the most radical hacks from MSNBC. It's quite a spectacle.

Harris simply cannot do the job and every turn/pivot reveals more incapability. Her disapproval is going to continue to increase. It's really her brand.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at October 24, 2024 05:13 PM (aXxgO)

203
I read the obituaries daily, and this week I wondered "I hope they voted" after reading one.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 24, 2024 05:13 PM (+oR7L)

204 Jill: I hate that bitch, Joe, and I want you to tank her chances.
Joe: I already said she's responsible for everything we did, what else can I do?
Jill: Head on down to Arizona and apologize for Christian mistreatment of Indians.
Joe: Okie Doke!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 24, 2024 05:13 PM (2UnvF)

205 Republicans don't get mandates.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 05:07 PM (GBKbO)

I beg to differ

Posted by: Rick Grenell at October 24, 2024 05:13 PM (lX8VI)

206 Weren't there some real legal roadblocks?

Not an election lawyer, but my understanding was you could swap Biden with Harris, but someone else outside at the top of the ticket would have been more difficult with all these state election laws.

And then you have the issue of who does everyone support?

Kamala seemed to be the only play out of Biden.

Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM

It was about the money they had already been donated. IIRC it was over 250,000,000 and the only one who could touch that was harris if they dumped biden. Quarter of a billion $$$ sitting on the table and as they said in the Highlander movies.....there can be only one.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 24, 2024 05:13 PM (QNSds)

207 I used to think Obama was the most unworthy POS to step foot inside the WH, then they installed the Meat Puppet, and now they are trying to install two people who are so bereft of anything you could even gauzily call meritorious, that it beggars the imagination.

The country is finished if they manage to get these grotesque, literally un-American pieces of garbage installed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 24, 2024 05:13 PM (XV/Pl)

208 Look out! Dey's mad!

Nicholas Fondacaro@NickFondacaro
Whoopi rages at Trump and proclaims that he's not allowed to talk about Democratic election interference.
Sunny Hostin whines that Kamala is supposedly being held to a "different standard."
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Whoopi rages at Trump and proclaims that he's not allowed to talk about Democratic election interference.
Sunny Hostin whines that Kamala is supposedly being held to a "different standard."
. . . .
Hostin is still suggesting that Trump will launch all of America's nukes is he becomes president again:"...people are holding her to this different standard, because you have a maniac on the other side..."
Despite Kamala being the border czar, Hostin says she's not responsible.
. . . .
The View claims "it's very important" for Kamala speak in her rambling circular style of repeating herself because "Statistically you have to hear things three times to remember them."
They also claim Kamala has only been around and in the race for "20 minutes." [Plus she has IQ of, like, 20.]

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at October 24, 2024 05:14 PM (L/fGl)

209 The small comfort I take about "mail-in" voting in Colorado is that we have the option of dropping the ballots in collection points, thus avoiding the travesty that it the US postal service. There is a drop box two blocks away from my office.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,
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I dont mail my early ballot, I drop them off at a courthouse that has cameras inside.

Your postman knows how you vote, I have no doubt at small level that sort of thing happens where ballots go in the shredder.

Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:14 PM (QKtVi)

210 How in hell do we know what the early voting totals are? Self-reporting is what screws up the polls, so why not this?

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 24, 2024 05:14 PM (LNOmA)

211 Key jobless metric hits 3 year high.

2 weeks before election day. I'm shocked they sent that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:11 PM (Zz0t1)

Likely because its really a 9 year high and will be adjusted later.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:14 PM (n7h9X)

212 foraging for plant products and supplementing it with animal products

No, vegetables and plants are what we forste for when meat isn’t available. Apart from palatability nutrition wise not even close to enough calories, especially when laboring heavy or cold weather. We can’t process grains the way critters do, though Corn does bulk people up I guess, from a glance.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 24, 2024 05:14 PM (a62lp)

213
True. If a Trump win occurs, we shall see if Vance though is a worthy heir or not. DeSantis knows how to wield a shiv--not sure that Vance does.
Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (ctrM5)

He's a son of Appalachia. His mom and grandmother were meaner 'n snakes when riled. Knife, gun, hand-to-hand, baseball bats - working class Kentuckians are honey badgers when tread upon.

Posted by: mrp at October 24, 2024 05:14 PM (rj6Yv)

214 Turning the Page in Trump's favor is also for J.D. Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Byron Donalds, Tim Scott, Markwayne Mullin, and so many others now and in the near future.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 24, 2024 05:15 PM (NFX2v)

215 I don't know one person be they Trump, Republican, in person or online that thinks Trump has it in the bag in spite of what polls are supposedly indicating. Every single person stranger or friend thinks the Dems/left will engage in shenanigans and these are people here in California. People here in Cali want to contribute to the overall ballot/vote total here and are voting as if their life depends on it because it does. Not sensing any complacency at least in my neck of the woods, Bay Area Cali or Reno/Sparks NV.

Posted by: JROD at October 24, 2024 05:15 PM (IlL6s)

216 You don't want Trump to just win. You want Obamaphiles completely dejected, humiliated, horrified, fetal-position helpless weeping.

You don't want a close win. Not only because they'll cheat, but also because with a close Trump win they'll think there's a reason to keep fighting in the years to come.

You have to overwhelm them with the force of so many votes that they know better than to ever try this progressive crap ever again.

This may not be a realistic outcome, but it is the outcome that should motivate you as an activist, not merely a Trump victory.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at October 24, 2024 05:15 PM (GD2xa)

217 States need something like the EC to avoid having sections of the state dominate and abuse other parts of the state.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:09 PM (n7h9X)
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Agreed. I got a text wanting me to vote FOR ranked choice voting in my state so that cities can run their elections the way they want. Screw the rural and semirural areas.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 24, 2024 05:15 PM (7fElN)

218 Views of Harris have turned more negative since August, when equal shares of voters viewed her favorably and unfavorably..."
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And pray tell, what happened right after August? What changed?

Oh yeah, Trump's terrible awful debate (9/10/24) where he didn't know what he was talking about and handled all the questions badly and let himself get beat up.

Or maybe....... he got the very message out that he wanted to get out about Harris.

Probably not, though, because he's just stupid and lucky and dumb.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:15 PM (lX8VI)

219 They also claim Kamala has only been around and in the race for "20 minutes." [Plus she has IQ of, like, 20.]
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at October 24, 2024 05:14 PM (L/fGl)

Compared to those harridans, she probably seems quite the brainiac.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 24, 2024 05:16 PM (LNOmA)

220 I dont mail my early ballot, I drop them off at a courthouse that has cameras inside.

Your postman knows how you vote, I have no doubt at small level that sort of thing happens where ballots go in the shredder.
Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:14 PM (QKtVi)

When I lived in Chicago proper and subbed to the Limbaugh Letter I'd get about 1 of three issues. When I moved out to the burbs I got all of them. Funny how that works.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:16 PM (n7h9X)

221
He's a son of Appalachia. His mom and grandmother were meaner 'n snakes when riled. Knife, gun, hand-to-hand, baseball bats - working class Kentuckians are honey badgers when tread upon.
Posted by: mrp at October 24, 2024 05:14 PM (rj6Yv)

DeSantis was in the Navy. Vance was in the Marine Corps.

Advantage: Vance

Bigly

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:16 PM (Zz0t1)

222 The mandate is a fiction, trotted out when necessary by the media.

They will not trot it out for Trump, no matter the size of the win. They will not pressure Mitch to allow all of Trump's appointments without question. Mitch will fight as much as he can through his surrogates and replacements.

Trump could 1984 the shit out of this election, and there'd be no mandate because Republicans don't get mandates.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I don't think media has the pull or reach it used to. It killed that on the altar of preserving Dems in office. Latest trust in media figures are absolutely appalling. GOP at 12 percent, Independents 27 percent, and even Dems at only 54 percent. They are on the path to irrelevance in driving narratives now.

What is sure, if Trump wins the popular vote and the probable EV over his 2016 election, then he will proclaim it and the media will do the witless counterproductive fact checking that actually gets Trump's message across.

2020 was the demarcation point where normal politics and political rules no longer apply. That is fairly typical of a regime (in this sense the whole shebang of our institutions) is in crisis. We are off the map.

Posted by: Pfizer and Moderna at October 24, 2024 05:16 PM (ctrM5)

223 "Trump wants to win NY. Does he have a chance? Who knows."

If Staten Island had the population of Brooklyn, NYS would map closely to the nation at large. It can still be won but it would take a huge wave election.

Lee Zeldin's recent kamikaze run for Governor almost worked and it flipped House seats else we'd still have Speaker Pelosi.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 24, 2024 05:16 PM (Gqoy+)

224 Prospects for The Donald look good, but I'm not buying pudding cups until Ace and Dave in Fla say go buy them.

Posted by: Gref at October 24, 2024 05:16 PM (aBgBM)

225 The country is finished if they manage to get these grotesque, literally un-American pieces of garbage installed.

Humiliation is part of the Kink. Can’t think of any other explanation

Posted by: Common Tater at October 24, 2024 05:17 PM (a62lp)

226 Been away to Greenville NC, for wife's tests. (Operation will be needed.) But she noticed some Trump signs that were there on the way down, but have disappeared. (She can no longer drive.) Also she told me someone was arrested because he was caught on tape stealing Trump signs. One he stole was in front of a black-owned restaurant.

I'm starting to be a little less Eeyorish.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 24, 2024 05:17 PM (1bNHn)

227 I'm sure it's been said, but the more Trump pulls ahead in the polls the more i hope he tightens his personal security

Posted by: brak at October 24, 2024 05:17 PM (4sYV0)

228
It's not just Hitler's generals that Trump likes, but all of Hitler's U-boat captains as well!!!!
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 24, 2024

***
I find this flattering!

Posted by: Zombie Kapitan-Leutnant Prien at October 24, 2024 05:17 PM (J2vNu)

229 Plan J: Congress doesn't allow Trump to take office because he actually won in 2020 and he can't serve more than two terms.

Posted by: Plan J from MSNBC at October 24, 2024 05:18 PM (qUkBO)

230 Rush used to always say that the pollsters push the Dims until a week or 2 before the vote because they want to be "right" in the projections when it is most remembered.

Posted by: dingbat63 at October 24, 2024 05:18 PM (arDfu)

231 I'm voting for Trump. NY, but what the Hell.
Posted by: Sid
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Two of these types of posts in one day? Somebody must be socking Sid.

Posted by: scampydog at October 24, 2024 05:18 PM (2bFN5)

232 I've already voted in Florida. Yes Trump will win the state by 11, but that margin makes it much harder to justify holding back the calls in Georgia and North Carolina.
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I'd forgotten the total BS in 2020, how they held back calling FL and TX for so long.

And we were like, "How the F have they not called TX yet?!!"
Because they needed to delay the calls on all state to:

get to justify the counting pauses ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 24, 2024 05:19 PM (6miZe)

233 He's a son of Appalachia. His mom and grandmother were meaner 'n snakes when riled. Knife, gun, hand-to-hand, baseball bats - working class Kentuckians are honey badgers when tread upon.
Posted by: mrp

Not whether they can commit personal violence. It is more whether one can wield power to bring political opponents to heel. DeSantis has done that in Florida repeatedly from Brenda Snipes, to Disney, to the tranny lobby.

By 2028, we may need a Cromwell more than a Trumpist reformer whether Trump wins or loses.

Posted by: Pfizer and Moderna at October 24, 2024 05:19 PM (ctrM5)

234 I voted early on Tuesday. Wife voted early today. That’s two in the can

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 24, 2024 05:19 PM (ANuwa)

235 Agreed. I got a text wanting me to vote FOR ranked choice voting in my state so that cities can run their elections the way they want. Screw the rural and semirural areas.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 24, 2024 05:15 PM (7fElN)

Ranked choice is the devil. Promotes boutique parties selling their choosers, fraud. Parties should be coalitions that moderate policies not special purpose factions that can't govern.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:19 PM (n7h9X)

236 Nicholas Fondacaro@NickFondacaro
"We're in trouble."
Whoopi (who claimed the Holocaust wasn't about race) RAGES at undecided voters, suggesting their stupid: " If you don't know what you're doing now, I don't know what else to tell you. I don't know what else to tell you."
. . . .
Joy Behar lashes out at undecided voter who wants the candidates to stop trashing each other and talk policy.Behar claims the voter is ignorant: "This woman doesn't know what she's talking about if you want my opinion."
. . . .
"I'm having a breakdown!"
Behar then demands the woman "get off the fence":
"It's a presidential candidate with credentials versus some kind of a nut case. That's what you are up against. Stop with the fence already! I'm sick of it! I can't take it anymore!"

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The Big Whoop loses her mind.

https://is.gd/7FUkvF

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at October 24, 2024 05:19 PM (L/fGl)

237 Signs point to yes.

Posted by: Magic 8 Ball at October 24, 2024 05:19 PM (Aqu9a)

238 Agreed. I got a text wanting me to vote FOR ranked choice voting in my state so that cities can run their elections the way they want. Screw the rural and semirural areas.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 24, 2024 05:15 PM (7fElN)

Up here the dark money from the Lower 48 is hammer and tongs for ranked choice. They claim that you would have to register as a repub or democrap to vote. It's horseshit lies, but what else do they have to run on? RCV is going down hard here.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 24, 2024 05:19 PM (LNOmA)

239 Everyone keeps telling me not to get cocky.

But that's silly talk: Cocky people vote too.

I plan on voting AND being cocky.

Posted by: Shenanigans at October 24, 2024 05:20 PM (pZ0Mr)

240 This may not be a realistic outcome, but it is the outcome that should motivate you as an activist, not merely a Trump victory.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at October 24, 2024 05:15 PM (GD2xa)

Absolutely, 110% correct.

Trump's re-election means nothing. A mass movement that re-elects him and terrifies our evil regime means everything.

It's not about the stupid, useless Presidency.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 24, 2024 05:20 PM (7oYYI)

241 Hey there, Hordelings! How's everyone doing?

Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:20 PM (a1415)

242 Plan J: Congress doesn't allow Trump to take office because he actually won in 2020 and he can't serve more than two terms.
Posted by: Plan J from MSNBC at October 24, 2024 05:18 PM (qUkBO)

"Won, but didn't serve. Red-Shirted. One more term of eligibility."

- - - - DCNCAA

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:20 PM (Zz0t1)

243 Rush used to always say that the pollsters push the Dims until a week or 2 before the vote because they want to be "right" in the projections when it is most remembered.
Posted by: dingbat63 at October 24, 2024 05:18 PM (arDfu)

It was especially obvious in those years when Reagan got all the EVs aside from about 10.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (n7h9X)

244 I voted "yes" on that county prop.

My guess is most of the props go down except for the 9 month abortion one, unfortunately.

Even in redder states than AZ, people want a blank check on abortion.
Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:12 PM (QKtVi)
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Well, it will hinge on turnout and whether or not the McCain machine has been blunted. I can't tell you how much I loathe that man and the political machine he left behind.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (tT6L1)

245 Hey there, Hordelings! How's everyone doing?
Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:20 PM (a1415)

Enjoying some cold Black and Tan's........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (Zz0t1)

246 "It's a presidential candidate with credentials versus some kind of a nut case."
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That's not really fair. I would say she's more of a nut housing than a nut case.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (lX8VI)

247 How bad is Trump actually beating her?

This bad:
He hasn't had to cut an ad of her saying "You're accountable for what happens in your administration."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (6miZe)

248 227 I'm sure it's been said, but the more Trump pulls ahead in the polls the more i hope he tightens his personal security
Posted by: brak
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Picking Vance was his insurance policy. If it had been some snake like Nikki, the Deep State would have him dead and buried by now. Same for the lawfare projects, if Trump wins, trying to take him out via lawfare/impeachment/insurrectiony certification stuff would elevate Vance (who if he is smart brings in someone even more hateful to the Deep State as VP to be).

Posted by: Pfizer and Moderna at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (ctrM5)

249 Train is finally moving.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (kUKuE)

250 It's not just Hitler's generals that Trump likes, but all of Hitler's U-boat captains as well!!!!
Posted by: Curly Shuffle

Possible campaign slogan: "A Tiger tank in every garage!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (L/fGl)

251 My brother and I agree that Clinton is sabotaging Harris/Obama as payback for shanking Biden and for Hillary in 2008.

Posted by: Jamaica at October 24, 2024 05:22 PM (IG7T0)

252 That's not really fair. I would say she's more of a nut housing than a nut case.
Posted by: ...
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I saw what you did there.

Posted by: Pfizer and Moderna at October 24, 2024 05:22 PM (ctrM5)

253 Early voting station here today.

To pop up tents. Both red. Both pimping R candidates.

One Harris sign at entrance that I saw.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:22 PM (Zz0t1)

254 I'd forgotten the total BS in 2020, how they held back calling FL and TX for so long.

AZ got called before TX. That's how far in advance the fix was in. Because that's preposterous.

Posted by: Hoist the Blackpill at October 24, 2024 05:22 PM (bDO8y)

255 ScampyJunior mailed his in from college. He mentioned they'd probably change his vote. I borrowed the AoS line and mentioned he is much too young to be that cynical.

Posted by: scampydog at October 24, 2024 05:22 PM (2bFN5)

256 Ace is correct to warn against irrational exuberance. I still have PTSD from 2022, when I was seeing a lot of optimism, and then Democrats annihilated every last MAGA candidate in every contested election.

Posted by: Glenn John at October 24, 2024 05:22 PM (t+2o1)

257 Ribeye, tortellini Alfredo, and a bourbon on Blenheims hot ginger ale.

That's how I'm doing.

Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 05:22 PM (QfvaV)

258 I'm having a breakdown!"
Behar then demands the woman "get off the fence":
"It's a presidential candidate with credentials versus some kind of a nut case. That's what you are up against. Stop with the fence already! I'm sick of it! I can't take it anymore!"

Trump has the credentials and four years experience. The cackling cumswallower is the nutcase. It's not hard to figure out.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 24, 2024 05:23 PM (+oonM)

259 I want to see Trump win at least one shocker blue state: NM NJ NY MN VA… even NH. I think NY NJ are out of reach; the others, who knows. This skank needs to be completely blown out and humiliated

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 24, 2024 05:23 PM (ANuwa)

260 The Big Whoop loses her mind.

https://is.gd/7FUkvF
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at October 24, 2024 05:19 PM (L/fGl)

Sounds like Goldberg is looking to work at Disney's PR department.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:23 PM (n7h9X)

261 Concerning RCV, the republicans up here pulled a fast one and all other repub candidates pulled out. That left Peltola (D-Bitch), Begich (R-Concervative), one crazy local dingbat and one dude who is in jail back east somewhere (D-loony). The Dems cried foul and tried to get the other two off the ballot, but once the primary is run, you can't legally do that. So, some will vote R, and the rest get to choose between three idiots. Begich will win.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 24, 2024 05:23 PM (LNOmA)

262 CBD and I have a bottle of bourbon riding on Maine.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 24, 2024 04:57 PM (kUKuE)
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What brand? Inquiring minds you know.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 24, 2024 05:23 PM (GZYu7)

263 Everyone keeps telling me not to get cocky.

But that's silly talk: Cocky people vote too.

I plan on voting AND being cocky.
Posted by: Shenanigans at October 24, 2024 05:20 PM (pZ0Mr)

Have hole in pocket?

Posted by: Confucius at October 24, 2024 05:23 PM (Aqu9a)

264 States need something like the EC to avoid having sections of the state dominate and abuse other parts of the state.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:09 PM (n7h9X)
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Imagine the impact that would have in California. Or Illinois, for that matter.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 05:23 PM (YqDXo)

265 I want to see Trump win at least one shocker blue state: NM NJ NY MN VA… even NH. I think NY NJ are out of reach; the others, who knows. This skank needs to be completely blown out and humiliated
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 24, 2024 05:23 PM (ANuwa)

He wins Cali and the streams have officially been crossed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:23 PM (Zz0t1)

266 Train is finally moving.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (kUKuE)

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Does this mean the chair is against the wall?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 24, 2024 05:24 PM (2UnvF)

267 Well, it will hinge on turnout and whether or not the McCain machine has been blunted. I can't tell you how much I loathe that man and the political machine he left behind.
Posted by: blake
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It is beyond that. You have to get rid of mail in balloting or you will be doomed to the fate of California. That is certainly amplifying the Dem vote by probably 5-10 percent statewide.

Posted by: Pfizer and Moderna at October 24, 2024 05:24 PM (ctrM5)

268 126 Sky News Oz >>>>>>> Sky News Blighty

skynet > sky news

Posted by: anachronda at October 24, 2024 05:24 PM (sGtp+)

269 I'd forgotten the total BS in 2020, how they held back calling FL and TX for so long.

AZ got called before TX. That's how far in advance the fix was in. Because that's preposterous.

I'm not going to assume we've won until I hear what Chris "Excess Avoirdupois" Stirewalt has to say.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 24, 2024 05:24 PM (xCA6C)

270 Trump's re-election means nothing. A mass movement that re-elects him and terrifies our evil regime means everything.

It's not about the stupid, useless Presidency.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 24, 2024 05:20 PM (7oYYI)

Agreed. That's why I really don't care about Biden at all personally anymore, to me he's just a mannikin propped up in a store window from time to time. Inconsequential.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 24, 2024 05:24 PM (wyMQY)

271 That's not really fair. I would say she's more of a nut housing than a nut case.
Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (lX8VI)

A Nut Carafe, if you will.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 24, 2024 05:24 PM (PDf99)

272
Trump has the credentials and four years experience. The cackling cumswallower is the nutcase. It's not hard to figure out.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 24, 2024 05:23 PM (+oonM)

And yet, they're shown within 2 % points everywhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:24 PM (Zz0t1)

273 Which is why they are pushing the Hitler lie so hard.

Posted by: steevy at October 24, 2024 05:25 PM (HJ9BW)

274 Nooded from last thread.

Vance said yesterday on a podcast:

1) Betting sites have more predictive value than polls. When he said this, RCP betting sites aggregate was Trump +23 (today it's Trump +19), which means bettors believe Trump is 20 points or so more likely to win than Harris.

2) Vance also said that a newspaper poll typically costs $10000-$20000 to run. He said a quality internal poll costs $70000, in order to obtain a better sample, i.e., voters who are hard to contact.

3) Vance used his own 2022 Senate race in OH to illustrate his points. Public polls on the eve of that election had him down by 6. His internals had him up by 5-6 points. He won by 7 points.

Posted by: mnw at October 24, 2024 05:25 PM (NLIak)

275 Like a Blue Man Group for funerals.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 24, 2024 05:25 PM (J8LnB)

276 Two of these types of posts in one day? Somebody must be socking Sid.
Posted by: scampydog at October 24, 2024 05:18 PM (2bFN5)
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Either that, or we have two Sids. Or maybe we converted him!

Posted by: bluebell at October 24, 2024 05:25 PM (79pEw)

277 Enjoying some cold Black and Tan's........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (Zz0t1)

You must have gotten them from a swell guy!

Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (a1415)

278 250 It's not just Hitler's generals that Trump likes, but all of Hitler's U-boat captains as well!!!!
Posted by: Curly Shuffle

Possible campaign slogan: "A Tiger tank in every garage!"

*pouts*

Posted by: kdf-wagen at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (sGtp+)

279 Trump has the credentials and four years experience. The cackling cumswallower is the nutcase. It's not hard to figure out.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 24, 2024 05:23 PM (+oonM)
_________________

And things were going great until the chink flu hit. Thanks Fauci!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (YqDXo)

280 @ Common Tater "I like to save this little factoid to freak out the freaks. Owsley Stanley, the LSD distributor for much of the 1960s "

Hat tip to anyone who knows anything about the late Owsley (R.I.P.) Arcane facts like that is why I lurk here and AoSHq is my go to site for the news, etc.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (7lEcl)

281 You must have gotten them from a swell guy!
Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (a1415)

I wish I knew where they came from.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (Zz0t1)

282 Two of these types of posts in one day? Somebody must be socking Sid.
Posted by: scampydog at October 24, 2024 05:18 PM (2bFN5)
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Either that, or we have two Sids. Or maybe we converted him!
Posted by: bluebell at October 24, 2024 05:25 PM (79pEw)
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Socking? More like clubbing with a 2x4.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (tT6L1)

283 To be fair, Biden's inner circle forced them to acclaim Harris at the convention. The closed primary protected Biden, sure, and Harris. But the coup forcing out Biden was a huge unforced error.
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An unliked--or even hated--President with the power of incumbency and some record for him to rally the base has a chance to win.
Much better than a good candidate without the incumbency.

See, W in 2024.

And ... they ... they threw that away in a panic.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (6miZe)

284 Meanwhile, Twitchy had a piece up a few days ago that GA SOS Raffensberger is using his PERSONAL gmail account to raise $5 mil to hire left wing attorneys to do G-d knows what regarding the GA election. 😡😡

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (4tmpE)

285 Plan J: Congress doesn't allow Trump to take office because he actually won in 2020 and he can't serve more than two terms.
Posted by: Plan J from MSNBC at October 24, 2024 05:18 PM (qUkBO)

Unless he was sworn in, he never served. Your premise is false.

Posted by: Run with it! Certified dangerous radical at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (89Sog)

286 We have all mail in voting here in WA. I dropped mine off on Tuesday at the ballot box in my neighborhood.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (OK7+u)

287 Ace is correct to warn against irrational exuberance. I still have PTSD from 2022, when I was seeing a lot of optimism, and then Democrats annihilated every last MAGA candidate in every contested election.
Posted by: Glenn John at October 24, 2024 05:22 PM (t+2o1)

Fraud doesn't make it irrational. They burned a lot of credit, and a lot of GOPe powers had to resign their powers in 2018 to keep gains low. And all it gained them was a partial win for one election cycle.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (n7h9X)

288 If Trump takes a three or four point lead nationally over the next week my greater concern becomes his personal safety.. the dlj let the finish the job memo go four weeks ago and Harris basically green lighted any app from any crazy last night.

Posted by: Roberto at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (B6bnv)

289 Train is finally moving.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (kUKuE)

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Does this mean the chair is against the wall?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Snoopy loves his doghouse.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 24, 2024 05:27 PM (+oonM)

290 There is no current rule on what would happen were an assassin to succeed against Trump now. Voting has been ongoing for a month. Ballots are all printed.

If it were a Dem they would let his wife take office but they would do something like throw out all the ballots for Trump as improper and then allow all non-Trump for President votes.

Because in Virginia for example even though the offices of President and VP are separate they are listed together on the ballot.

Keep praying.

Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 05:27 PM (QfvaV)

291 We in Brattleboro realize the seriousness of this election and have decided to throw our support 100% to Donald Trump.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro Vermouth banged her head at October 24, 2024 05:27 PM (vFG9F)

292 278 250 It's not just Hitler's generals that Trump likes, but all of Hitler's U-boat captains as well!!!!
Posted by: Curly Shuffle

Possible campaign slogan: "A Tiger tank in every garage!"

*pouts*
Posted by: kdf-wagen at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (sGtp+)

Maybe it should be a Schwimmwagen in the southeast, with the recent storms there.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 24, 2024 05:27 PM (VNX3d)

293 256 Ace is correct to warn against irrational exuberance. I still have PTSD from 2022, when I was seeing a lot of optimism, and then Democrats annihilated every last MAGA candidate in every contested election.
Posted by: Glenn John

Trump has a personal constituency--that is not necessarily the same as the GOP. Basically the GOP has a dogshit reputation among persuadable voters.

Look at someone like McConnell as senate leader or the squishy McCarthy and Johnson leadership in the House. All of them have repeatedly done the opposite of what they promised and backstabbed/crushed any of their internal party caucus that opposed them.

Voting for the lesser evil GOP ain't motivating anyone other than Team Red partisans.

Posted by: Pfizer and Moderna at October 24, 2024 05:27 PM (ctrM5)

294 Over at Twitchy there is a video from this morning of Mika absolutely losing her mind. I think the propaganda ministries realize the that Kamala is toast . Some are handling it better than others

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 24, 2024 05:27 PM (O8bOp)

295 Here is my guess for how things are going to turn out.
- There are some states that have cheat potential in place. Other states it is harder, and some states very limited.

-Once the Dems know how many EC votes they need, they will look at what they have in their hand and decide which states have to cheat to get over the top. I do not think there is a realistic limit to how much they can cheat in some states, but there are a limited number of states where they think they can get away with it. So the margin of cheat is measured in EC votes, not percentage ahead. For this reason Trump needs to flip as many states as possible If you are in a Dem state, vote -- it may matter.

For instance, Maricopa County may need 300% turnout for the dems to win AZ. They will do it, declare, and have the courts and judges make it official. This is the purpose behind the "it may take 10 days before we count all the votes" BS (the later the decision, the less time to sue.) And the statements about suppressing talk of a cheat, or the talk of Trump not being willing to concede.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (NEl9E)

296 I'm not going to assume we've won until I hear what Chris "Excess Avoirdupois" Stirewalt has to say.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 24, 2024 05:24 PM (xCA6C)

Y'all call the whole damned race before voting is closed up here.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (LNOmA)

297 Possible campaign slogan: "A Tiger tank in every garage!"

*pouts*
Posted by: kdf-wagen at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (sGtp+)

Eight Shermans in the garage, on the driveway, and parked along the street.

Posted by: mrp at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (rj6Yv)

298 Which is why they are pushing the Hitler lie so hard.

Posted by: steevy at October 24, 2024 05:25 PM (HJ9BW)
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Notice they don't say he's another Lenin, Stalin, or Mao.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (YqDXo)

299 I know photographs are just snapshots--a moment in time but Harris looks completely wasted in every photograph I see of her.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (qHcis)

300 Well if I lose (which I expect) I have the bottle picked out. It's a nice one, he will like it.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (kUKuE)

301 Could we rename it "The Kamala Dance"?

Posted by: Eeyore at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (1bNHn)

302
Notice they don't say he's another Lenin, Stalin, or Mao.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (YqDXo)

Youth of today have no idea who they are and it would carry no weight.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (Zz0t1)

303 I do so love it when a democrat fails.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at October 24, 2024 05:29 PM (gxokI)

304 ... will lead to Republicans thinking they've got it in the bag and not doing much of anything to help get out the vote. Or even vote themselves.
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No part of my brain can comprehend that last sentence.

GET YOUR ASS OUT AND VOTE!!!

It's not that damn hard and doesn't take up THAT much of your time--and if you think it's too much--YOU DESERVE WHATEVER FASCIST DICTATOR the Democrats set before you!

May history not remember you as a fellow countryman...or something Sam Adams said...

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 05:29 PM (krQz2)

305 291 We in Brattleboro realize the seriousness of this election and have decided to throw our support 100% to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro Vermouth banged her head at October 24, 2024 05:27 PM (vFG9F)

Well, when you've lost the Cloggenstein vote....

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 24, 2024 05:29 PM (LNOmA)

306 Well if I lose (which I expect) I have the bottle picked out. It's a nice one, he will like it.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (kUKuE)
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Courage!

Posted by: Dan Blather at October 24, 2024 05:29 PM (tT6L1)

307 226 Been away to Greenville NC, for wife's tests. (Operation will be needed.) But she noticed some Trump signs that were there on the way down, but have disappeared. (She can no longer drive.) Also she told me someone was arrested because he was caught on tape stealing Trump signs. One he stole was in front of a black-owned restaurant.

I'm starting to be a little less Eeyorish.
Posted by: Eeyore at October 24, 2024 05:17 PM (1bNHn)

I hope your wife gets through surgery smoothly and is healthy afterwards - prayers up for her (and everyone else needing them).

Posted by: Moki at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (wLjpr)

308 I don't believe polls, not for one second. But I can see with my own eyes for the past couple of weeks that both campaigns firmly believe one thing based on their behavior: Trump is clearly winning.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (IORSH)

309 The election is now less than two weeks away. That's actually hard to believe as it's been dragging on forever.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (qHcis)

310 Been very busy this week and finally clicked on the link to Vic's tribute page. Good job Horde, you did him proud with your comments.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (2NHgQ)

311 289 Train is finally moving.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 24, 2024 05:21 PM (kUKuE)

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Does this mean the chair is against the wall?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Snoopy loves his doghouse.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 24, 2024 05:27 PM (+oonM)

Wound my heart with moonligh - no with mono liquor - no with, ah you know the thing!

Posted by: Joe! at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (aBgBM)

312 Over at Twitchy there is a video from this morning of Mika absolutely losing her mind.
________________

She doesn't have a mind to lose.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (YqDXo)

313 Because in Virginia for example even though the offices of President and VP are separate they are listed together on the ballot.

Keep praying.
Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 05:27 PM (QfvaV)

Texas is vote for ticket, not individual. One vote, one President/Vice President.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (Zz0t1)

314 Remember the 2022 Red Wave that never materialized?

I'm not celebrating until Trump takes the oath of office.

I think they should skip the parades and the balls. Too much risk. Just get to work chopping and firing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (0wzNL)

315 180 USPS lost a large insurance check for my mother.
I don't trust them with ballots.
Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 05:09 PM (gUzGB)

I've seen them refuse to send out mailers for a conservative Christian ministry.

Posted by: Emmie at October 24, 2024 05:31 PM (Sf2cq)

316 The right to deploy Nebelwerfers shall not be infringed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 24, 2024 05:31 PM (Aqu9a)

317 Notice they don't say he's another Lenin, Stalin, or Mao.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (YqDXo)

Because no one knows who they are or what they did?

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:31 PM (lX8VI)

318 You must have gotten them from a swell guy!
Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (a1415)

I wish I knew where they came from.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:26 PM (Zz0t1)

That guy in the shiny gold shirt?

Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:31 PM (a1415)

319 It is beyond that. You have to get rid of mail in balloting or you will be doomed to the fate of California. That is certainly amplifying the Dem vote by probably 5-10 percent statewide.
Posted by: Pfizer and Moderna at October 24, 2024 05:24 PM (ctrM5)

CA was doomed by the Jungle Primary law, not so much by mail in balloting. They had plenty of fraud before that, too. The Jungle Primary means that usually no R is on the ballot at statewide level.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:31 PM (n7h9X)

320 290 There is no current rule on what would happen were an assassin to succeed against Trump now. Voting has been ongoing for a month. Ballots are all printed.

If it were a Dem they would let his wife take office but they would do something like throw out all the ballots for Trump as improper and then allow all non-Trump for President votes.

Because in Virginia for example even though the offices of President and VP are separate they are listed together on the ballot.

Keep praying.
Posted by: blaster

There are actually laws in every state on this matter and death of a candidate is almost always a way to change to the party's nominee for the big job. Usually what happens is the dead guy takes office and is replaced posthumously.

I would suspect that Trump and the RNC have already gamed this out after the two attempts.

There is also the risk that everything goes to shit which will eliminate a lot of the current assholes in office of both parties.

There is always the Charles Guiteau risk but I think Deep State sanctioned attempts are probably less of a risk now.

Posted by: Pfizer and Moderna at October 24, 2024 05:31 PM (ctrM5)

321
Youth of today have no idea who they are and it would carry no weight.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (Zz0t1)
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Youth of today don't really know who Hitler was, either. They've been told, "bad person" and that's all they know. They don't know a thing about his rise to power and how Hitler's rise to power is the current DNC playbook.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:31 PM (tT6L1)

322 Youth of today have no idea who they are and it would carry no weight.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:28 PM (Zz0t1)

They don't know Hitler either, but they need a nasty name.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 24, 2024 05:31 PM (okGHj)

323 I voted early in VA as soon as I could, and have been pestering the rest of my household to vote early so much I'm a little worried they will wait just to piss me off. I don't really believe Trump will win VA, but I still want to pad his popular vote numbers (even though I think that is all BS).

Also...I kind of think VA could be sorta in play...

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at October 24, 2024 05:31 PM (IORSH)

324 When Harris asked for a second debate and Trump said no, it was obvious who was winning.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:31 PM (lX8VI)

325 I'll be casting my vote in election day for the sober candidate.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 24, 2024 05:32 PM (fs1hN)

326 And what that all did, inadvertently and I'm not sure how they missed it other than sheer fucking hubris, is it left the door wide open for the branding king himself to *define* her.

I think they expected a nickname, and had specific plans to handle that eventuality, but what they didn't expect was a relentless - absolutely targeted and relentless - branding exercise that would shape the world's perception of her. That cackle at the end of every other Trump ad (usually showing death, rioting, depression and destruction) was magical.
Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:04 PM (lX8VI)
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You were hinting at this weeks ago.

And you're spot-on absolutely right.

He took fake-ass "joy" ripped it apart and showed America what it really was so thoroughly and completely that he laugh is hated and mocked.

Which goes back to last week and the anger, spittle, yelling.
It was so effective even she now hates it and is avoiding it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 24, 2024 05:32 PM (6miZe)

327 Remember the 2022 Red Wave that never materialized?

I'm not celebrating until Trump takes the oath of office.

I think they should skip the parades and the balls. Too much risk. Just get to work chopping and firing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (0wzNL)

In other words -- let's not start sucking each other's....

Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:32 PM (a1415)

328 238 in AK

God, I sure hope you're right!

So sick of liberal DEMs & RINOs kicking adz time after time in a ruby red state like yours.

Posted by: mnw at October 24, 2024 05:32 PM (NLIak)

329 Mitch McConnell glitched and shit himself after reading these numbers. Ass cancer is too good for Mitch.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 24, 2024 05:32 PM (/U5Yz)

330
The View wenches were in total meltdown today. They were all raving like lunatics.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 24, 2024 05:32 PM (+oR7L)

331 There is no current rule on what would happen were an assassin to succeed against Trump now. Voting has been ongoing for a month. Ballots are all printed.

In God We Trust.
All others keep your hands where we can see them.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 24, 2024 05:32 PM (+oonM)

332
That guy in the shiny gold shirt?
Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:31 PM (a1415)

I guess I missed that guy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (Zz0t1)

333 I read the obituaries daily, and this week I wondered "I hope they voted" after reading one.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 24, 2024 05:13 P

My commie neighbors wife died a couple of months ago. I'll be checking the county voter results to see if she somehow voted from the grave. She was a pleasant, nice woman but her husband is just the opposite.

Posted by: Beartooth at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (WuJwx)

334 The View wenches were in total meltdown today. They were all raving like lunatics.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 24, 2024 05:32 PM (+oR7L)
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Day ending in "Y>"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (tT6L1)

335 Rob Reiner has promised to set himself on fire, Bono has promised to drive off a cliff and many celebrities have promised to go away if Trump wins.
May they be forced to keep their promises.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (qHcis)

336 The View wenches were in total meltdown today. They were all raving like lunatics.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 24, 2024 05:32 PM (+oR7L)

How could you tell the difference?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (VNX3d)

337 309 The election is now less than two weeks away. That's actually hard to believe as it's been dragging on forever.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (qHcis)

There is only one more Wednesday before the election.

Posted by: Joe! at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (aBgBM)

338 I will say, y'all's enthusiasm makes me want to abduct James Carville to keep him in an undersized cage and force him to watch the elections returns with me while I drink. If it comes out the way you think, his suffering in real-time would be exquisite.

Posted by: Hoist the Blackpill at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (bDO8y)

339 39 lots of interesting new nics here eeyoring

helpful!

you guys are so so SO SMART!

I never thought of just being defeatist! you're so clever
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 24, 2024 04:50 PM (s3qiR)
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You cannot accuse me of that. I have been Eeyoring about as long as I've been here.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 24, 2024 05:34 PM (1bNHn)

340
How could you tell the difference?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (VNX3d)

The white cheese in the corners of their mouths.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:34 PM (Zz0t1)

341 The View wenches were in total meltdown today. They were all raving like lunatics.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 24, 2024 05:32 PM (+oR7L)

Just another day then?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:34 PM (qHcis)

342 Texas is vote for ticket, not individual. One vote, one President/Vice President.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (Zz0t1)
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Virginia's ballot this year is different than any before. For the president, you either vote Republican (with Trump/Vance listed below) or Democrat (with Cackle/Walz listed below). So for that you are voting for the party, not the people. I guess because this race has been so crazy, they want to make sure elections go forward no matter what.

The other candidates for Senate, House, etc are as usual - vote by name.

Posted by: bluebell at October 24, 2024 05:34 PM (79pEw)

343 I'm not celebrating until Trump takes the oath of office.

I think they should skip the parades and the balls. Too much risk. Just get to work chopping and firing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (0wzNL)
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We want the win "Too Big to Steal"

Nobody knows exactly what that margin is.

If you are convinced that there is even a slight chance the Dems will manufacture whatever it takes to say they've won the EC, then act like we need every vote.

Because we may.

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 05:35 PM (krQz2)

344 You cannot accuse me of that. I have been Eeyoring about as long as I've been here.
Posted by: Eeyore at October 24, 2024 05:34 PM (1bNHn)
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Yeah, but you're always so cheerful about it.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:35 PM (tT6L1)

345 The View wenches were in total meltdown today. They were all raving like lunatics.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Wait, let me check. Yep, it's a day ending in "y".

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 24, 2024 05:35 PM (+oonM)

346 293 256 Ace is correct to warn against irrational exuberance. I still have PTSD from 2022, when I was seeing a lot of optimism, and then Democrats annihilated every last MAGA candidate in every contested election.
Posted by: Glenn John

Trump has a personal constituency--that is not necessarily the same as the GOP. Basically the GOP has a dogshit reputation among persuadable voters.

Look at someone like McConnell as senate leader or the squishy McCarthy and Johnson leadership in the House. All of them have repeatedly done the opposite of what they promised and backstabbed/crushed any of their internal party caucus that opposed them.

Voting for the lesser evil GOP ain't motivating anyone other than Team Red partisans.
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Plus there were several things in motion in 2022 that hadn't fully played out yet. College-educated white women had completely sold their souls to the godless left. The movement of blue collar to the GOP stalled after the 2020 election. It literally took 4 years of pain for Hispanic and black men to see the world differently. It took a generation of college kids getting a year or two reality under their belt.

Posted by: Roberto at October 24, 2024 05:35 PM (B6bnv)

347 I will say, y'all's enthusiasm makes me want to abduct James Carville to keep him in an undersized cage and force him to watch the elections returns with me while I drink. If it comes out the way you think, his suffering in real-time would be exquisite.
Posted by: Hoist the Blackpill at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (bDO8y)

I just want him to meet his master.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:35 PM (Zz0t1)

348 I'll ask again...
With Trump saying that Kamala taking days off during the campaign, and potentially her knowing something that we don't know regarding the election...
And with that recent DoD Directive 5240.01 (which authorizes the government to use lethal force against civilians), could it be that if Trump is elected, the left somehow declares it null and void, and decrees that Kamala shall be president, so they're just preparing the way for any resistance? Or similarly, the cheat is so big and obvious that people take to the streets, only to be given the Tiananmen treatment?

Posted by: Uncle Jefe at October 24, 2024 05:35 PM (gAuAm)

349 CA was doomed by the Jungle Primary law, not so much by mail in balloting. They had plenty of fraud before that, too. The Jungle Primary means that usually no R is on the ballot at statewide level.
Posted by: Oldcat
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The jungle primary itself is fine if you play the game like they do in LA which is now firmly red. California though with the likelihood of fraud from 10-20 percent of the electorate is simply not winnable for statewide elections by the GOP no matter how the jungle primary benefits the majority party. The stench from Arnie's terms as governor also have something to to with it along with political refugees fleeing the state.

CA GOP would do better to disband and create a statewide party like in Minnesota or NY that runs its own candidates and caucuses at the national level as a swing delegation for the state.

A new party would not have the baggage that the old GOP does in California.

Posted by: Pfizer and Moderna at October 24, 2024 05:36 PM (ctrM5)

350 I guess I missed that guy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (Zz0t1)

He's making another appearance on Saturday night at a costume party. Dude is in demand!

Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:36 PM (a1415)

351 Owsley was a trust fund kid from the South, so he had the wherewithal to play and had some brains. He was an early backer of the Grateful Dead and designed their state-of-the-art sound system which let them play large outdoor shows well, which was critical to their early success.

Anyone can cook meth, but to make a million doses of quality LSD required true skill. "He crossed a diamond with a pearl and turned it on the world."

I'm working on an online book of 100 Americans Who Should Be Famous But Aren't. The "Bear'" is one.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 24, 2024 05:36 PM (Gqoy+)

352 I'm nervous about Wisconsin. Dave in Fla? Reassurances?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 24, 2024 05:36 PM (SfhV1)

353 The View wenches were in total meltdown today. They were all raving like lunatics.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Synchronicity!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 24, 2024 05:36 PM (Aqu9a)

354
He's making another appearance on Saturday night at a costume party. Dude is in demand!
Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:36 PM (a1415)

I'll have to keep an eye out and shake his hand.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:36 PM (Zz0t1)

355 Just another day then?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:34 PM (qHcis)
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No they are quite joyful when somebody suggests Trump is close to going to jail for something.

They almost do a Trump-is-going-to-jail dance.

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 05:36 PM (krQz2)

356 I changed my registration to "unaffiliated" years ago and am voting early this Saturday. I wonder how that will be interpreted.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 24, 2024 05:37 PM (bNf8H)

357 I guess someone demanding Doof leave makes that an accurate statement.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:37 PM (tT6L1)

358 Ace is correct to warn against irrational exuberance. I still have PTSD from 2022, when I was seeing a lot of optimism, and then Democrats annihilated every last MAGA candidate in every contested election.
Posted by: Glenn John

In an alternate universe, had the SC not overturned Roe vs Wade, the Red Wave would have happened.

It was still a very raw issue.

It's faded quite quite a bit in the last 4 years as states have legalized abortion (worse than it was before Roe)

Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:37 PM (QKtVi)

359 There is no current rule on what would happen were an assassin to succeed against Trump now. Voting has been ongoing for a month. Ballots are all printed.

If it were a Dem they would let his wife take office but they would do something like throw out all the ballots for Trump as improper and then allow all non-Trump for President votes.

Because in Virginia for example even though the offices of President and VP are separate they are listed together on the ballot.

Keep praying.
Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 05:27 PM (QfvaV)

In the later 1800s Horace Greely died between the election and the EC counting. His electors voted however they wanted but he had lost it anyway.

EC votes are a single ticket everywhere since the election of 1800 when the Veep was teh other party from the President. This made so little sense they changed the ticket to have both names.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:37 PM (n7h9X)

360 3) Vance used his own 2022 Senate race in OH to illustrate his points. Public polls on the eve of that election had him down by 6. His internals had him up by 5-6 points. He won by 7 points.

Posted by: mnw at October 24, 2024 05:25 PM

That was like 2014 when mitch mcconnel ran against allison grimes in Kentucky. Poll after poll showed his opponent within the margin of error and one poll the week before the election showed her down by just 2 points. mcconnell went on to win that election by 16 points.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 24, 2024 05:37 PM (QNSds)

361 Trump needs to keep hammering that Quemala Harris brought all of the policies she wants to change and SHE WON'T change a single one. Inflation is going to be worse than ever and foreign policy will have the world afire.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 24, 2024 05:38 PM (17s+e)

362 Also...I kind of think VA could be sorta in play...
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at October 24, 2024 05:31 PM (IORSH)
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I would love that. I'm up here in deep blue NoVa but my precinct has gone for Trump both times, as have a few others. Would love to see him win here.

Posted by: bluebell at October 24, 2024 05:38 PM (79pEw)

363 I voted Monday, the first day of early voting in my state. Get out there and cast your votes NOW, Morons. Don’t give the Dems a chance to cut the power or run out of ballots for you on Election Day, like they did two years ago in Arizona. Bank your vote NOW. It helps the Trump campaign identify which people haven’t already voted and focus their GOTV efforts on them.

Posted by: Caiwyn at October 24, 2024 05:38 PM (Kcw7x)

364 The View wenches were in total meltdown today. They were all raving like lunatics.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Synchronicity!
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 24, 2024 05:36 PM (Aqu9a)
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A connecting principle
Linked to the invisible
Almost imperceptible
Something inexpressible
Science insusceptible
Logic so inflexible
Causally connectable
Nothing is invincible

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 05:38 PM (krQz2)

365 Respectfully, I don't really subscribe to the idea that if a side thinks they're going to win, they don't show up.

One reason preference cascades happen is because a lot of LIVs want to be on the "winning" team. This is a big reason why pollsters inflate the Dem numbers. People who've never given two thoughts about politics, or likely anything else, will vote for the Dem so they can be part of the "in crowd".

However... among the people who know who they want to vote for, the people who've chosen a side, knowing that their side is going to lose absolutely makes some of them not vote. We have real world examples, like when the media called Florida for the Dem while the polls in the panhandle were still open. It's also why they'll never call the election for the Republican while the polls are still open in Cali.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 24, 2024 05:38 PM (ExV1e)

366 why is it that in some states Kumala is listed first and in some Trump listed first ?

Posted by: runner at October 24, 2024 05:38 PM (V13WU)

367 Harris just proves to me that the Dems could run Louis Farrakhan and Jesse Ventura as his running mate and it would still be a toss up.

That’s how dumb our electorate has become.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 24, 2024 05:39 PM (D6PGr)

368 I will say, y'all's enthusiasm makes me want to abduct James Carville to keep him in an undersized cage and force him to watch the elections returns with me while I drink. If it comes out the way you think, his suffering in real-time would be exquisite.
Posted by: Hoist the Blackpill at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (bDO8y)

Will slow drips of sulfuric acid be involved because if it isn't, it should be.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 24, 2024 05:39 PM (/U5Yz)

369 Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:04 PM (lX8VI)

Very good point.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 24, 2024 05:39 PM (MQJVv)

370 Carville doesn't give a shit if Harris wins. He pretends to for money. He's on the back nine, now. Back one, really.

He's an old man, and this is his last cash grab. His faction is dead, and there's no influence left to peddle. He'll retire with his cunt wife and ugly children and dragon's hoard of ill-gotten gain next year, no matter what.

He may as well speak his mind.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 24, 2024 05:39 PM (7oYYI)

371 The weeks after Trump's inauguration with be forever known as The Chafe.

I hope Jergens is ready for the supply chain issues.

Posted by: Sifty at October 24, 2024 05:39 PM (tFn2x)

372 I'm nervous about Wisconsin. Dave in Fla? Reassurances?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead

Grammie, even Tammy Baldwin is talking up cooperating with Trump. She's afraid she'll lose if she boosts Kamala.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 24, 2024 05:39 PM (VNX3d)

373 Over at Twitchy there is a video from this morning of Mika absolutely losing her mind. I think the propaganda ministries realize the that Kamala is toast . Some are handling it better than others
Posted by: Smell the Glove

It's so sad when reality pierces the prog bubble.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at October 24, 2024 05:39 PM (L/fGl)

374
Which goes back to last week and the anger, spittle, yelling.
It was so effective even she now hates it and is avoiding it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 24, 2024 05:32 PM (6miZe)

Yes! He's a cool cat and we don't really have anyone like him, which many won't truly recognize until he's gone.

He's doing the same to her that he did to Hillary. He has thoroughly wrecked her image and made it look like something that just "happened". The amount of people who went from Hillary is unbeatable to Hillary was a terrible candidate was remarkable.

Yes I believe this has been his to lose all along but I firmly believe that against any other R, their cheap tactics would have worked. As you astutely as usual recognize, he took the air out of what little image they did project and used it against them.

As he proved in 2016 repeatedly, Trump knows how to run an insurgent campaign, he gets the beating heart of the left and knows how to make it work for him and against them.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:40 PM (lX8VI)

375 The View wenches were in total meltdown today. They were all raving like lunatics.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 24, 2024 05:32 PM (+oR7L)

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I take umbrage at calling them wenches. They are scrunts.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 24, 2024 05:40 PM (DRSnL)

376 I'll have to keep an eye out and shake his hand.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:36 PM (Zz0t1)

I'll send him your best.

Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:40 PM (a1415)

377 What I want to see: Not only overwhelming early voting favoring PDT but also blowout election day turnout.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:40 PM (tT6L1)

378 42 David D. Chapman @davidchapman141 4h
New Hampshire early voting. 13 days to go. 2020 vs 2024

2020
🟦 74,295 (+45,267)
🟥 29,028

2024
🟦 14,976 (+2,745)
🟥 12,231

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at October 24, 2024 04:51 PM (hovnC)

The dems have a problem. While the NH new voting rules don't go into effect until next election (Sununu is not a Trump supporter)...their influence is still going to be felt this time around. The dems are challenging in court, and their case in the long run is much stronger if they can "show" that the new strict rules are not warranted. So, now all the Massholes are being held back from illegally jumping on the early voting train for NH like they always have in the past. I'm sure Sununu is disappointed at this development.

Posted by: Orson at October 24, 2024 05:40 PM (dIske)

379 You pick a drunk DEI hire as your VP to ensure you don't get tossed out of office due to your galloping dementia.

The you get yanked out of the re-election race due to, get this, your galloping dementia.

And the person who you picked as an insurance policy takes your place on the ticket. The person you picked, specifically, because she was incompetent.

Now that incompetent is losing.

Posted by: El Mariachi at October 24, 2024 05:40 PM (nLFEI)

380 I'm not celebrating until Trump takes the oath of office.

I think they should skip the parades and the balls. Too much risk. Just get to work chopping and firing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 24, 2024 05:30 PM (0wzNL)

When Warren G. Harding suddenly died from a heart attack, The VP, Calvin Coolidge, was visiting the family farm in rural Vermont. No phone or electricity. After being notified by messenger, Coolidge was sworn into office by his father, who was the local notary and justice of the peace.

Posted by: mrp at October 24, 2024 05:40 PM (rj6Yv)

381 And with that recent DoD Directive 5240.01 (which authorizes the government to use lethal force against civilians), could it be that if Trump is elected, the left somehow declares it null and void, and decrees that Kamala shall be president, so they're just preparing the way for any resistance? Or similarly, the cheat is so big and obvious that people take to the streets, only to be given the Tiananmen treatment?
Posted by: Uncle Jefe
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Actually that DoD regulation is simply a scare tactic because unless Biden issues a proclamation of insurrection under the Insurrection Act (which has several differing clauses as to triggering events), any DoD personnel and whoever ordered them to do illegal acts would be subject to justice after the fact. Every military officer is taught not to follow illegal orders and my guess if they ordered street level officers to fire on crowds, the military would likely balk or even units disintegrating as cohesion is suddenly lost.

Even in Tianenmen Square massacre, the Chicoms had to bring in rural troops that hated the students to take them down. The rural troops in this case would be more likely to shoot the coup masters.

Posted by: Pfizer and Moderna at October 24, 2024 05:40 PM (ctrM5)

382 370

That was beautiful.

Posted by: Sifty at October 24, 2024 05:40 PM (tFn2x)

383
I'll send him your best.
Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:40 PM (a1415)

#Winning

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:40 PM (Zz0t1)

384 Grammie, even Tammy Baldwin is talking up cooperating with Trump. She's afraid she'll lose if she boosts Kamala.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 24, 2024 05:39 PM (VNX3d)

Yes, I think I saw an ad of hers that hinted at that.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 24, 2024 05:41 PM (SfhV1)

385 Rob Reiner has promised to set himself on fire, Bono has promised to drive off a cliff and many celebrities have promised to go away if Trump wins.
May they be forced to keep their promises.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (qHcis)
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They won't be.

Posted by: 2016 On the Phone at October 24, 2024 05:41 PM (krQz2)

386 I take umbrage at calling them wenches. They are scrunts.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 24, 2024 05:40 PM (DRSnL)
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Taken under advisement.

Hi Jordan!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:41 PM (tT6L1)

387
The View ladies were WAY worse than normal. Whoopie was screaming pissed, as was Joy, and Sunny was wow. The screenshots of Whoopie were crazy. The meltdown if Trump wins is going to be epic.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 24, 2024 05:41 PM (+oR7L)

388 I think there were many shenanigans in 2022 voting. They still were at the height of Trump bashing in the Democrats Propaganda Ministry. Many were discussed but not as mad as Hell as now.

Posted by: Skip at October 24, 2024 05:41 PM (fwDg9)

389 off sock.
When Warren G. Harding suddenly died from a heart attack, The VP, Calvin Coolidge, was visiting the family farm in rural Vermont. No phone or electricity. After being notified by messenger, Coolidge was sworn into office by his father, who was the local notary and justice of the peace.
Posted by: mrp
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Famous painting of that being done under lamplight.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:41 PM (ctrM5)

390 Ladies, Moms, Your example is there. Took advantage and was taken advantage of. Probably gets Michael Jackson sleep at night. Has more wranglers than Joe Biden. Violence, hate, poverty, death are all on the menu as well as women treated as bad as ever and you STILL want her? So exactly who is running the country now?

Posted by: 80's music fan at October 24, 2024 05:41 PM (QSrLX)

391 Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:37 PM (QKtVi)

Keep beating that lie. The Dem turn out was no different in prior elections.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 24, 2024 05:41 PM (D6PGr)

392 There is some chance (improbable I know) that TPTB now really want Komrade to lose. She’s turned out to be a bigger retard than Joe amazingly. They’d rather start over in 28. They’ll only cheat enough to keep Trump from an overwhelming landslide which would be unbearable and embarrassing to them…. They’ll go to the 2017-21 modus operandi…. Obstruct obstruct ignore from within

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 24, 2024 05:42 PM (ANuwa)

393 I REALLY want to see a few surprising flips. New Mexico. Minnesota. Virginia. Enough to wake the Dems the fuck up. Maybe, small chance, but maybe, they could start actually embracing a few policies that are good for the country.

Posted by: El Mariachi at October 24, 2024 05:42 PM (nLFEI)

394 I guess someone demanding Doof leave makes that an accurate statement.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:37 PM (tT6L1)

Oh -- Blake has jokes now. I see how it is.

Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:42 PM (a1415)

395 Hi Jordan!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:41 PM (tT6L1)

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Hey, blake! Feeling better?

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 24, 2024 05:42 PM (DRSnL)

396 Huh.

I remember a time when it was illegal to post any returns before the polls closed.

Posted by: creeper at October 24, 2024 05:42 PM (M6moH)

397 I mailed in my Arizona ballot on Monday!

Posted by: GenXpert at October 24, 2024 05:42 PM (xDX7I)

398 And with that recent DoD Directive 5240.01 (which authorizes the government to use lethal force against civilians), could it be that if Trump is elected, the left somehow declares it null and void, and decrees that Kamala shall be president, so they're just preparing the way for any resistance? Or similarly, the cheat is so big and obvious that people take to the streets, only to be given the Tiananmen treatment?
Posted by: Uncle Jefe at October 24, 2024 05:35 PM (gAuAm)

You're talking about the Maduro/Venezuela option, but remember that it worked because Chavez disarmed everyone about 20 years ago. Also Venezuela is a military dictatorship, with significant military garrisons in every city. That won't fly in America; they try to not recognize Trump and Florida and Texas immediately recognize him anyway, and soon many other states would as well. So then there would be Two competing US governments, and it would remain to be seen if they really want to push things in to open civil war. I doubt that could happen, more likely that the country just breaks up if they choose that path.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 24, 2024 05:42 PM (wyMQY)

399 With Trump saying that Kamala taking days off during the campaign, and potentially her knowing something that we don't know regarding the election...
And with that recent DoD Directive 5240.01 (which authorizes the government to use lethal force against civilians), could it be that if Trump is elected, the left somehow declares it null and void, and decrees that Kamala shall be president, so they're just preparing the way for any resistance? Or similarly, the cheat is so big and obvious that people take to the streets, only to be given the Tiananmen treatment?
Posted by: Uncle Jefe at October 24, 2024 05:35 PM (gAuAm)

These idiots can't even handle a fixed primary and convention without fucking it up. You think they can run a civil war too? Look how they screwed up their wars now. Their only success was blowing up a pipeline that was owned by their ally.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:42 PM (n7h9X)

400 387
The View ladies were WAY worse than normal. Whoopie was screaming pissed, as was Joy, and Sunny was wow. The screenshots of Whoopie were crazy. The meltdown if Trump wins is going to be epic.

Posted by: Frank Barone
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They are probably catching the vibe that their time in the sun is coming to a close. The puppet masters at Devil Mouse are likely to try to find some newer propagandists as the old ones are not working to build the narrative anymore.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:43 PM (ctrM5)

401 113...I like to save this little factoid to freak out the freaks. Owsley Stanley, the LSD distributor for much of the 1960s was kind of a strange cat, one of his beliefs was that plants are poisonous and will kill us, he was a carnivore only kind of guy. I’m just waiting to run into somebody tripping balls on acid and explain all this very carefully
Posted by: Common Tater at October 24, 2024 05:01 PM (a62lp)

I am a carnivore, and I don't use LSD.
I am a carnivore for my health. When I eat veg, I get sick.m, When I eat carnivore, I weight, have energy, my joints don't ache, my nerve pain lessens.
[shrugs]
YMMV

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 24, 2024 05:43 PM (Rbu5d)

402 Why?

Ad awful as she is, as awful as she and dead brain have governed,

We are so screwed

Posted by: Gonzotx at October 24, 2024 05:43 PM (YjECI)

403 . It's also why they'll never call the election for the Republican while the polls are still open in Cali.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 24, 2024 05:38 PM (ExV1e)

I remember when Obama got declared the winner before polls closed on the west coast.
Now we will have to wait days, apparently, no matter what.

I wonder what the difference is (he asks innocently)?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2024 05:43 PM (D7oie)

404 I would love that. I'm up here in deep blue NoVa but my precinct has gone for Trump both times, as have a few others. Would love to see him win here.
Posted by: bluebell at October 24, 2024 05:38 PM (79pEw)

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I think he takes VA as well as NH.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 24, 2024 05:43 PM (2UnvF)

405 Miami Dade is a weird place politically. It's blue largely by virtue of northern progtards infesting the place (much like Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Boca Raton) but there is still a significant Cuban population that hasn't completely forgotten what commie cockcuckers do to a country.

Posted by: Yankees go home at October 24, 2024 05:43 PM (wha8B)

406 If you're mailing in a ballot, my advice is to drive to a known blue shithole and put it in a postal box. That way, there's a better chance of it making it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:43 PM (Zz0t1)

407
If Trump can endure all he's been through, including a bullet to the head, the very least I can do is stand in line on Election Day for however long it takes and vote for the OrangeManBad.

All day if necessary.

Posted by: Civic Classifier at October 24, 2024 05:43 PM (MwtZ5)

408 392 There is some chance (improbable I know) that TPTB now really want Komrade to lose. She’s turned out to be a bigger retard than Joe amazingly. They’d rather start over in 28. They’ll only cheat enough to keep Trump from an overwhelming landslide which would be unbearable and embarrassing to them…. They’ll go to the 2017-21 modus operandi…. Obstruct obstruct ignore from within
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 24, 2024 05:42 PM (ANuwa)

I agree - the disgust and anger at her from other dems is starting to be palpable.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 24, 2024 05:44 PM (wyMQY)

409 And with that recent DoD Directive 5240.01 (which authorizes the government to use lethal force against civilians)
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Probably setting up what I've been talking about. The next scandal where Trump's military kills "peaceful protesters".

The Left will need something to talk about for the next 2.5 years. They are going to make it happen and that is my guess.

Posted by: ... at October 24, 2024 05:44 PM (lX8VI)

410
That was like 2014 when mitch mcconnel ran against allison grimes in Kentucky. Poll after poll showed his opponent within the margin of error and one poll the week before the election showed her down by just 2 points. mcconnell went on to win that election by 16 points.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

Exactly, and there was a similar case in AZ where the polls had the Republican Senate down double digits then magically only lost by only around 1%.

My only issue with that kind of thinking of dismissing all polling is it starts to look delusional.

But no one is delusional thinking Trump looks really strong here.

Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:44 PM (QKtVi)

411 Oh -- Blake has jokes now. I see how it is.
Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:42 PM (a1415)
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Please, that was pretty much a hanging curve. Don't credit me with having a sense of humor. People might get the wrong idea.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:44 PM (tT6L1)

412 2022 never felt like it was going to be a red wave. Some RINOs maybe thought it would be and the press went merrily along.

Posted by: fd at October 24, 2024 05:44 PM (vFG9F)

413 I get the sentiment of not getting cocky but I don't think it's going to happen. People aren't be dragged to the ballot box this year, they are sprinting to it.

Anyone happen to see the pictures of Trump's rally in Duluth, GA yesterday? The crowd inside the packed arena was about the same size as the crowd outside that couldn't get in. People can't wait to vote.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2024 05:44 PM (LkLld)

414 Would they cheat bigger than 2020? Of course. There were no consequences. The chances there will be consequences of a more blatant cheat are slim.

Can they pull off a more blatant cheat is a different question.

Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 05:45 PM (QfvaV)

415 If Trump can endure all he's been through, including a bullet to the head, the very least I can do is stand in line on Election Day for however long it takes and vote for the OrangeManBad.

All day if necessary.
Posted by: Civic Classifier at October 24, 2024 05:43 PM (MwtZ5)
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👍

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 05:45 PM (krQz2)

416 385 Rob Reiner has promised to set himself on fire, Bono has promised to drive off a cliff and many celebrities have promised to go away if Trump wins.
May they be forced to keep their promises.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:33 PM (qHcis)
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They won't be.
Posted by: 2016 On the Phone
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We, the People, have a binding oral contract with Reiner and Bono that they must perform their contractually duties as personally distasteful it may be to them.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:45 PM (ctrM5)

417 "It's so in the bag, don't even vote, guys!"
-Todd
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 24, 2024 04:51 PM (GBKbO)

Fucking Todd.

Posted by: The Monkeys at October 24, 2024 05:45 PM (aD39U)

418 No more Bono is all the reason I need to vote for Trump.

Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 05:45 PM (gUzGB)

419 I think there were many shenanigans in 2022 voting. They still were at the height of Trump bashing in the Democrats Propaganda Ministry. Many were discussed but not as mad as Hell as now.
Posted by: Skip at October 24, 2024 05:41 PM (fwDg9)

CA had a few seats stolen in the house buy the usual count 1000 times until you get the Dem in and then stop over a week or so. No blue wave due to abortion outrage.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (n7h9X)

420 ! WTP will CARRY the coffin Shelf Master!

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (FCPbW)

421 I would love that. I'm up here in deep blue NoVa but my precinct has gone for Trump both times, as have a few others. Would love to see him win here.
Posted by: bluebell at October 24, 2024 05:38 PM (79pEw)

I'm in Blue-side-of-Purple LoCo, and it still feels that way. But the enthusiasm for Kamala seems dampened a bit. I guess there was never much for Biden either. Maybe just a few ounces less foam at the mouth about Trump these days.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (IORSH)

422 why is it that in some states Kumala is listed first and in some Trump listed first ?
Posted by: runner at October 24, 2024 05:38 PM (V13WU)

I believe that, in Texas at least, it's randomized for each office to avoid giving the appearance of bias.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (ExV1e)

423 Hey, blake! Feeling better?
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 24, 2024 05:42 PM (DRSnL)
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Yes I am. Thanks for asking.

Next year I expect to be on hand for the Bacon Wench to serve me all manner of lovely lovely bacon.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (tT6L1)

424 I am a carnivore, and I don't use LSD.
I am a carnivore for my health. When I eat veg, I get sick.m, When I eat carnivore, I weight, have energy, my joints don't ache, my nerve pain lessens.
[shrugs]
YMMV
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 24, 2024 05:43 PM (Rbu5d)

I eat vegetables, but I did do what they called the Paleo diet for a while - very heavy on red meat - and I did quite well on it, I should go back. No processed foods at all, it took work to do all your meals that way, but I loved eating meat every evening.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (wyMQY)

425 No matter what transpires Nov 5 don't be in a big city on Nov 6.

Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (QfvaV)

426 I worry about Kari Lake losing in AZ. Her campaign has just sucked.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (/U5Yz)

427 Akshually, Bono won't do shit if Trump wins except complain.
How many celebrities actually move to Canada when a R wins?
None.
If only.

Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (gUzGB)

428
Early voting opens here in Delaware tomorrow.

The missus and I simply have to find our polling place.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (xG4kz)

429 No more Bono is all the reason I need to vote for Trump.
Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 05:45 PM (gUzGB)

The Irish guy of a wildly overrated band?

I pissed off an Irishman once trashing Bono at an Irish pub. "You can't vote in my elections, stop taking money to tell ME who to vote for."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:47 PM (Zz0t1)

430 >>> No more Bono is all the reason I need to vote for Trump.
Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 05:45 PM (gUzGB)

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When I was in college in the late 80's, I swear I was the only person I knew that hated U2.

Posted by: Turn 2 at October 24, 2024 05:47 PM (tPoJM)

431 No more Bono is all the reason I need to vote for Trump.

Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 05:45 PM (gUzGB)
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Bono-Away!

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 05:47 PM (krQz2)

432 We, the People, have a binding oral contract with Reiner and Bono that they must perform their contractually duties as personally distasteful it may be to them.
Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:45 PM (ctrM5)

I want a codicil that says if they fail to perform, we have the right to enforce the condition ourselves.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 24, 2024 05:47 PM (wyMQY)

433 406 If you're mailing in a ballot, my advice is to drive to a known blue shithole and put it in a postal box. That way, there's a better chance of it making it.
Posted by: Sponge
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Better to deliver it to the elections office itself than putting it in the mail. To many instances now of postal workers dumping mail and of sluggish delivery.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:48 PM (ctrM5)

434
I believe that, in Texas at least, it's randomized for each office to avoid giving the appearance of bias.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (ExV1e)

Trump was first on my ballot today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:48 PM (Zz0t1)

435 Akshually, Bono won't do shit if Trump wins except complain.
How many celebrities actually move to Canada when a R wins?
None.
If only.
Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (gUzGB)

Bono is Irish right?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 24, 2024 05:48 PM (D6PGr)

436 143...He seems to harbor a dislike for politicians.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Balding American at October 24, 2024 05:05 PM (Ad8y9)

Tell him Trump isn't a politician (which is true).

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 24, 2024 05:48 PM (Rbu5d)

437 Maybe we can get Rob Reiner to set himself on fire while driving off a cliff with Bono? Reiner could sell the PPV rights and it would be the biggest audience he's had in decades!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:48 PM (tT6L1)

438 Oh -- Blake has jokes now. I see how it is.
Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:42 PM (a1415)
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Please, that was pretty much a hanging curve. Don't credit me with having a sense of humor. People might get the wrong idea.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:44 PM (tT6L1)

I did kind of make it easy for you. Did you at least TRY to crack a smile as you typed? Or is that too festive for you??

Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:48 PM (a1415)

439 I worry about Kari Lake losing in AZ. Her campaign has just sucked.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

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That's a done deal in my opinion. She's a shit candidate and cost us the Governorship and Senate seat.

Palin 2.0

I of course voted for her, but she shit her nest.

Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:48 PM (QKtVi)

440 I worry about Kari Lake losing in AZ. Her campaign has just sucked.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (/U5Yz)

I have a feeling that her campaign did not get the $$$ from central planning.

Posted by: runner at October 24, 2024 05:48 PM (V13WU)

441 Just finished catching up with The Art of the Surge. It's on Tucker's network and follows the campaign. There's some good footage that hasn't been seen on other media.

Change election and decisions have been made. If they call it early, while voting is still going on in your area, vote anyway.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 24, 2024 05:48 PM (gfViB)

442 We both early voted yesterday

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (SRRAx)

443 130 I'm voting for Trump. NY, but what the Hell.
Posted by: Sid at October 24, 2024 05:03 PM (V2RPD)
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Sid?

???

Posted by: Eeyore at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (1bNHn)

444 No more Bono is all the reason I need to vote for Trump.
Posted by: Iasonas at October 24, 2024 05:45 PM (gUzGB)

A Meathead ball of fire for me

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (ANuwa)

445 U2 was a stealth Christian rock band. Seriously.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (Gqoy+)

446 How is the senate looking?

Posted by: TexasDan at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (rAsBA)

447 the Democrat registration advantage in PA has gone from a million voter advantage for Democrats to less than 300,000.

Kamala is even losing the Democrats' core constituency- Democrats!

And yet we remain a 50-50 country. Amazing, isn't it?

Posted by: t-bird at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (DSdNj)

448 I want a codicil that says if they fail to perform, we have the right to enforce the condition ourselves.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Fair enough if you don't include Madonna's prior promise of blowjobs for Dems under that codicil. No one wants to see that disease ridden skank do much of anything anymore.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (ctrM5)

449 Even potatoes can be poisonous. Stay away from the green ones.

Posted by: fd at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (vFG9F)

450 I would love that. I'm up here in deep blue NoVa but my precinct has gone for Trump both times, as have a few others. Would love to see him win here.
Posted by: bluebell at October 24, 2024 05:38 PM (79pEw)

I hope all the nonsense from Loudon public schools helped people see the light. Between that and Thomas Jefferson High School's refusal to tell students they received National Merit recognition prior to filling out college applications in the name of equity, perhaps parents will wake up and vote like their children matter.

Posted by: Moki at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (wLjpr)

451 @370 Yudhishthira's Dice- "....c*nt wife and ugly children"

LMFAO!!!

Posted by: JROD at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (IlL6s)

452 I wish the celebs would move out of the country.

And they could do something decent like paying for relocation for non-celebs who can't stand to live in a country that would elect Trump.

And *that* would a good start to Make America Great Again.

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (krQz2)

453 Several of the hags of The View could stroke out if Trump wins.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:50 PM (qHcis)

454 If Trump wins, two things:

1) get subordinates that follow direction and have a bit of fire in the belly. You can't do this alone - you need subordinates. JD Vance is already a great pick. Grannell, Pompeo - definitely bring them back. I'd look at a few people like Vivik and Tulsi. Competence and loyalty. Shared vision. Heck, that's half the cabinet right there. AG is your most important post - choose wisely.

2) Make the bureaucracy comply with your wishes. If you sense, for even a second, some third level loser is slow walking your policy, you yank them off the job. If you can fire them do so. if you can't rubber room the assholes and hire their permanent replacement.

Posted by: El Mariachi at October 24, 2024 05:50 PM (nLFEI)

455
When I was in college in the late 80's, I swear I was the only person I knew that hated U2.
Posted by: Turn 2 at October 24, 2024 05:47 PM (tPoJM)

They never really impressed me. Had a few songs I like, but no way I ever considered them a billion dollar band.

I do like, when they came to Dallas and play in The Death Star, they told Jerruh he needed to raise the TV screens up so they could fit their props.

Jerruh told them to pound sand. You need em up? You raise em. And you BETTER NOT damage them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:50 PM (Zz0t1)

456 446 How is the senate looking?
Posted by: TexasDan
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Most probably GOP control. The more new senators, the less control that McConnell and his crew will have including Murcow and Collins.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:50 PM (ctrM5)

457 Someone mentioned this earlier (Thanks to that poster) Cal Coolidge was notified that Harding had died and needed to take the oath of office at the family farm in VT which didn't have electricity. He took the oath from his father, the local Justice of the Peace. I like the painting. I liked what I've read about Coolidge:

https://tinyurl.com/2dnf3esd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 24, 2024 05:51 PM (MQJVv)

458 Even potatoes can be poisonous. Stay away from the green ones.
Posted by: fd at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (vFG9F)
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And don't eat the yellow snow--or the pancakes at St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast.

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 05:51 PM (krQz2)

459 I did kind of make it easy for you. Did you at least TRY to crack a smile as you typed? Or is that too festive for you??
Posted by: Doof at October 24, 2024 05:48 PM (a1415)
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Ahem. Umm, no?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:51 PM (tT6L1)

460 Exactly, and there was a similar case in AZ where the polls had the Republican Senate down double digits then magically only lost by only around 1%.

My only issue with that kind of thinking of dismissing all polling is it starts to look delusional.

But no one is delusional thinking Trump looks really strong here.

Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:44 PM (QKtVi)

Even in this thread we have seen that the actual politicians use their own polls that are more accurate. So it is hardly delusional to dismiss the MSM polls that vary widely on the same day depending on source, change radically for no reason and routinely follow the pattern of decreasing the lie factor when the final destination is in sight.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:51 PM (n7h9X)

461 I eat vegetables, but I did do what they called the Paleo diet for a while - very heavy on red meat - and I did quite well on it, I should go back. No processed foods at all, it took work to do all your meals that way, but I loved eating meat every evening.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (wyMQY)

I eat like that all the time, though not as heavy on meat as I should. It does take longer to cook, but on the other hand shopping is a lot faster.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2024 05:51 PM (D7oie)

462 How is the senate looking?
Posted by: TexasDan
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Most probably GOP control. The more new senators, the less control that McConnell and his crew will have including Murcow and Collins.
Posted by: whig

There's something of a consensus that it will be GOP controlled is everything I'm hearing.

Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:51 PM (QKtVi)

463 "Maybe we can get Rob Reiner to set himself on fire while driving off a cliff with Bono? Reiner could sell the PPV rights and it would be the biggest audience he's had in decades!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing"

Can there be a huge explosion on impact like in the movies?

Posted by: fd at October 24, 2024 05:51 PM (vFG9F)

464 When I was in college in the late 80's, I swear I was the only person I knew that hated U2.
Posted by: Turn 2 at October 24, 2024 05:47 PM (tPoJM)

Uh, no.

My roommate had some sort of deal where he only played one band, and generally only one CD, all day, for weeks. Months even.

1988, Joshua Tree. I was U2 agnostic and kinda liked some of their songs, but that ended in a hurry.

Posted by: TexasDan at October 24, 2024 05:51 PM (rAsBA)

465 U2 was a stealth Christian rock band. Seriously.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (Gqoy+)

I’ll quote Hank Hill

‘You’re not making Christianity any better. You’re just making Rock and Roll worse.’

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 24, 2024 05:52 PM (D6PGr)

466 The bottom line is that the MFM is already as much as calling this election for Trump.

I could almost get the idea that maybe they won't even DARE trying the same shenanigans to steal it this time. They know they wouldn't get away with it, and it would be jail time this time.

Maybe all we'll see is a attempt at refusing to certify, or another attempt to disqualify for insurrection (against his own govt!). They seem to be out of ammunition - trying the same old cheap tactics that didn't work last time.

Posted by: MrExcitement at October 24, 2024 05:52 PM (hOOi9)

467 Several of the hags of The View could stroke out if Trump wins.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:50 PM (qHcis)
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Why do people keep trying to sell Trump to me?!

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 05:52 PM (krQz2)

468 I'm in Blue-side-of-Purple LoCo, and it still feels that way. But the enthusiasm for Kamala seems dampened a bit. I guess there was never much for Biden either. Maybe just a few ounces less foam at the mouth about Trump these days.
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (IORSH)
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From your description I have a good idea where you are. Not far from me. I don't know how long you have been living there, but I remember a time not long ago when LoCo was red. Going back farther, so was Fairfax. Those times are long gone, sadly.

But at least you guys got rid of your Soros DA last time. Not so for us, sadly.

Posted by: bluebell at October 24, 2024 05:52 PM (79pEw)

469
No matter what transpires Nov 5 don't be in a big city on Nov 6.

Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM

no shit

been telling the boss for months that we need to have a plan for that week...tomorrow I'm just announcing that I will be working from home for the week of the election

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 24, 2024 05:52 PM (tljrc)

470 That's a done deal in my opinion. She's a shit candidate and cost us the Governorship and Senate seat.

Palin 2.0

I of course voted for her, but she shit her nest.
Posted by: Blago

Her donation requests to my email were relentless. One or two a day. I had to block her.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 24, 2024 05:52 PM (/U5Yz)

471 I had an oral contract with Bono's mom. $5 value, and I paid too much. But at least I know he's not mine.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 24, 2024 05:52 PM (7oYYI)

472 "CBD and I have a bottle of bourbon riding on Maine."

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Uhhhh... Maine splits its EVs. It'll probably be one for each.

If you're betting on southern Maine's EV going to Trump, you're higher than the average Maine voter.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at October 24, 2024 05:53 PM (5YmYl)

473 When I was in college in the late 80's, I swear I was the only person I knew that hated U2.
Posted by: Turn 2 at October 24, 2024 05:47 PM (tPoJM)

They were dull. INXS had more exciting music.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2024 05:53 PM (D7oie)

474 450 I would love that. I'm up here in deep blue NoVa but my precinct has gone for Trump both times, as have a few others. Would love to see him win here.
Posted by: bluebell at October 24, 2024 05:38 PM (79pEw)

I hope all the nonsense from Loudon public schools helped people see the light. Between that and Thomas Jefferson High School's refusal to tell students they received National Merit recognition prior to filling out college applications in the name of equity, perhaps parents will wake up and vote like their children matter.
Posted by: Moki at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (wLjpr)

TJ's principal quit this week, right?

Actions do have consequences...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 24, 2024 05:53 PM (exHjb)

475
Even in this thread we have seen that the actual politicians use their own polls that are more accurate. So it is hardly delusional to dismiss the MSM polls that vary widely on the same day depending on source, change radically for no reason and routinely follow the pattern of decreasing the lie factor when the final destination is in sight.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Internal polls are the most accurate. Usually much larger sample.

To me its clear one campaign thinks its winning and one thinks its losing.

That being said, Trump famously said his internal polls had him losing in 2016. So it's not all a conspiracy, it just seems hard to find Trump voters to show up in polls.

Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:53 PM (QKtVi)

476 I tried, briefly, to like U2. It never took.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:53 PM (qHcis)

477 ‘You’re not making Christianity any better. You’re just making Rock and Roll worse.’

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 24, 2024 05:52 PM (D6PGr)
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Pfffft!

There have been some damn good Christian rock bands.

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 05:54 PM (krQz2)

478 U2 did a Jimi Hendrix song live once.

The guitar was nonexistent. 'The Edge' is incredibly overrated, sure, but you CANNOT play a Hendrix tune and no one notices the guitar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:54 PM (Zz0t1)

479 If I may, again, keep praying.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 24, 2024 05:54 PM (jyAD3)

480 U2 was a stealth Christian rock band. Seriously.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM (Gqoy+)

Lot of Irish protest songs, and not some of the better ones. They played at my university once in the early 80s.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 05:55 PM (n7h9X)

481 "Maybe we can get Rob Reiner to set himself on fire while driving off a cliff with Bono? Reiner could sell the PPV rights and it would be the biggest audience he's had in decades!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing"

Can there be a huge explosion on impact like in the movies?
Posted by: fd at October 24, 2024 05:51 PM (vFG9F)
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Horde Source for the PPV gold!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:55 PM (tT6L1)

482 Even potatoes can be poisonous.

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Beyond Stelter?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at October 24, 2024 05:55 PM (L/fGl)

483 INXS was much better than U2. But it's apples and oranges. I think the Police is a closer call. But in that case, I can't say who sucked more. Probably U2 though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 24, 2024 05:55 PM (7oYYI)

484 There have been some damn good Christian rock bands.
Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 05:54 PM (krQz2)

Petra

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 24, 2024 05:55 PM (ANuwa)

485 There's something of a consensus that it will be GOP controlled is everything I'm hearing.
Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:51 PM (QKtVi)

In other words, the Red Wave that happened before, but was stolen, before might be fully realized this time.

But it's not so much a "Red Wave" as a "MAGA Wave", with many key Uniparty RINOs having been purged. Even McConnell is stepping down as leader, right? He'll fill out his term and then he's done. He's been neutered.

Posted by: MrExcitement at October 24, 2024 05:56 PM (hOOi9)

486 Confession, I think about leaving the country if Kamala wins.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 24, 2024 05:56 PM (jyAD3)

487 One time I was in the back seat of the car and my parents were in the front. Some stupid U2 song comes on and I said, "I hate U2!". My parents turned to look at me asking what they had done.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 24, 2024 05:56 PM (oZhjI)

488
I tried, briefly, to like U2. It never took.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:53 PM

I never grocked U2, except When Love Comes to Town

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 24, 2024 05:56 PM (tljrc)

489 So if Trump wins will we get Humpbot? I miss that robot. Cake Girl? Victory tits from a few of the ettes?

I note with amusement that despite all of the MoMees, not a single ette has expressed interest in having shirtless pics of the morons.... They know better, apparently!

Posted by: SimoHayha at October 24, 2024 05:56 PM (KfVMM)

490 inaction. So many people have changed their party registration from D to Independent or D to Republican that the Democrat registration advantage in PA has gone from a million voter advantage for Democrats to less than 300,000.

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God Bless Scott Pressler!

Posted by: ShainS -- Musk May be The X-Factor in Overcoming Fraud at October 24, 2024 05:56 PM (OQ4/y)

491
TJ's principal quit this week, right?

Actions do have consequences...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 24, 2024 05:53 PM (exHjb)

I didn't know that, that is great news!!

How are you doing??

Posted by: Moki at October 24, 2024 05:56 PM (wLjpr)

492 It's easy for celebs to keep their promises to "leave the country" if Trump wins, because most of them own ski chalets in Gstaad.

Looking at YOU, Babs & Cher.

Posted by: mnw at October 24, 2024 05:56 PM (NLIak)

493
Fair enough if you don't include Madonna's prior promise of blowjobs for Dems under that codicil. No one wants to see that disease ridden skank do much of anything anymore.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:49 PM

Speaking of disease ridden, did you notice the big Herpes sore on Bill Clinton's lips? No attempt to hide it - just out and proud.

Posted by: Civic Classifier at October 24, 2024 05:56 PM (MwtZ5)

494 Maybe we can get Rob Reiner to set himself on fire while driving off a cliff with Bono? Reiner could sell the PPV rights and it would be the biggest audience he's had in decades!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 05:48 PM (tT6L1)

The classic dis on him was "the best thing Rob Reiner ever did was Penny Marshal!"

Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2024 05:56 PM (D7oie)

495 Joshua trees look like something out of Dr. Suess. I hate them.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 24, 2024 05:56 PM (/U5Yz)

496 I've dropped twice. Both times it was interesting but not my thing. I also love ruminant, medium rare. I do eat plants too, esp. the brassica family. Pick and choose what works best for you, but don't be dogmatic about it; it's *your* health.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 24, 2024 05:56 PM (KAi1n)

497 Early voting is NOT the problem; it's mail-in ballots.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 24, 2024 05:57 PM (XMwZJ)

498 Regular polls had Romney up by 5% in FL and his internal polls had him up by 6%.

He lost by 4%.

Thank god FL has addressed the cheat machine.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 24, 2024 05:57 PM (D6PGr)

499 471 I had an oral contract with Bono's mom. $5 value, and I paid too much. But at least I know he's not mine.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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I thought you were a man of taste and distinction. What you are describing is something more like Hugh Grant cheating on his model girlfriend by getting a beejer from an ugly streetwalker.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:57 PM (ctrM5)

500 I voted in California yesterday with my wife.

I like to say I voted just like Susan B. Anthony voted "straight Republican ticket"

Posted by: Harun at October 24, 2024 05:57 PM (IuIym)

501 Trump may have pulled off the impossible:
Gain a lead so much that they temper the steal.

He may have shell-shocked them so effectively, they have lost sight of what is at stake:
Vance, the odds-on favorite likely to coast to election in 2028
2-3 Supreme Court Justices
Federal vote integrity laws
The New Deal coalition now as Rs
And this is my favorite--the 2030 Census will allocate up to 20 EV to solid red states; as it will erase the 2020 overcounts manufactured in blue states (akin to Trump having PA in the bag already this year)(That's also 20 more red stated congressmen)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 24, 2024 05:57 PM (6miZe)

502 First thing Trump should do if he takes office is fire the guy who appointed Chris Wray.

Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 05:57 PM (QfvaV)

503 I think the Police is a closer call. But in that case, I can't say who sucked more. Probably U2 though.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 24, 2024 05:55 PM (7oYYI)

A take, right there.

Stuart Copeland is a fantastic drummer and Sting is one hell of a bass player.

The Edge is very meh, Bono doesn't play anything (that I'm aware of, anyway) and the rest of the band is generic.

The Police wins in a landslide.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:57 PM (Zz0t1)

504 Moki, as appalling as it is, Loudoun still voted blue after all that school brouhaha. I'm sure some people voted red that never had before, but not enough of them. It was shocking, really.

Posted by: bluebell at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (79pEw)

505 He's far from perfect but were you & your family better off, did you have hope and more freedom, was foreign policy quieter when Trump was president?

Shall be just dust beneath their feet, I feel, with the others continuing in power.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (NFX2v)

506 Alteria Pilgrim is the only Republican in New Mexico.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (vWeTL)

507 U2 was OK. It's Springsteen that I never could like.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (XMwZJ)

508 Free Newports and $25,000 scratcher tickets didn't even move the needle.

ZJ's under the I5 overpass didn't work.

Flatscreens and flapjacks failed.

Hotsauce and Ho Days at the County Fair fizzled.

Poor Coconut.

Posted by: Sifty at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (tFn2x)

509 Even McConnell is stepping down as leader

Like the Terminator, I hope he steps down into a molten pool of metal.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (/U5Yz)

510 That's also 20 more red stated congressmen)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 24, 2024 05:57 PM (6miZe)

Waiter. I will have what he's having.

Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (QfvaV)

511 483 INXS was much better than U2. But it's apples and oranges. I think the Police is a closer call. But in that case, I can't say who sucked more. Probably U2 though.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 24, 2024 05:55 PM (7oYYI)

U2 cannot hold a candle to INXS. Bono was no Michael Hutchence.

Posted by: Moki at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (wLjpr)

512 ===
I thought you were a man of taste and distinction. What you are describing is something more like Hugh Grant cheating on his model girlfriend by getting a beejer from an ugly streetwalker.
Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:57 PM (

Is Grant still around?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:59 PM (qHcis)

513 It's Springsteen that I never could like.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (XMwZJ)

GOOD NEWS then.

He's playing at multiple Harris campaign events.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:59 PM (Zz0t1)

514 Mail in ballots do not get the scrutiny in person does. They should be discarded at a good rate failing identification but don't.

Posted by: Skip at October 24, 2024 05:59 PM (fwDg9)

515 Speaking of disease ridden, did you notice the big Herpes sore on Bill Clinton's lips? No attempt to hide it - just out and proud.
Posted by: Civic Classifier
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I think Bill has Mongolian Dickrot among other STDs. He was a proponent of taking whatever he could get even when he was gubnor of Arkansas.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:59 PM (ctrM5)

516 507 U2 was OK. It's Springsteen that I never could like.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (XMwZJ)

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Simpatico.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 24, 2024 05:59 PM (jyAD3)

517 All 3 guys in The Police, esp. Copeland, were top-notch instrumentalists and Copeland is a virtuoso. Sting can write songs better than most.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 24, 2024 05:59 PM (KAi1n)

518 504 Moki, as appalling as it is, Loudoun still voted blue after all that school brouhaha. I'm sure some people voted red that never had before, but not enough of them. It was shocking, really.
Posted by: bluebell at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (79pEw)

God bless them, those scales will never fall from their eyes, will they? Hugs to you, sweet friend!!

Posted by: Moki at October 24, 2024 05:59 PM (wLjpr)

519 INXS >>>>> U2

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 24, 2024 05:59 PM (XMwZJ)

520 ZJ's under the I5 overpass didn't work.

I am NOT googling that.

Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 06:00 PM (QfvaV)

521 Bono plays a little rhythm guitar, but so does Vince Meal.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 24, 2024 06:00 PM (KAi1n)

522 The guitar was nonexistent. 'The Edge' is incredibly overrated, sure, but you CANNOT play a Hendrix tune and no one notices the guitar.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:54 PM (Zz0t1)
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Story I heard about Hendrix. years ago. The story is: he was handed an acoustic guitar during an interview and Jimi proceeded to show he knew how to play. Supposedly, the host said something like, "That was great" to which Jimi responded something like, "Yeah, I know."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 06:00 PM (tT6L1)

523 Internal polls are the most accurate. Usually much larger sample.

To me its clear one campaign thinks its winning and one thinks its losing.

That being said, Trump famously said his internal polls had him losing in 2016. So it's not all a conspiracy, it just seems hard to find Trump voters to show up in polls.
Posted by: Blago at October 24, 2024 05:53 PM (QKtVi)

I thought it was on this very blog that I heard the rumor that internal polls showed Trump possibly winning in MI in 2016, and then he did, in fact, win it.

If the Fake MFM publishes a poll saying Trump is ahead by a little, he's ahead by a lot. You can bet your house on that. It's as much as a concession speech.

Posted by: MrExcitement at October 24, 2024 06:00 PM (hOOi9)

524 509 Even McConnell is stepping down as leader

Like the Terminator, I hope he steps down into a molten pool of metal.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (/U5Yz)

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You, Sir, have a way with words that I like.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 24, 2024 06:00 PM (jyAD3)

525 U2 was OK. It's Springsteen that I never could like.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (XMwZJ)

I don’t like either but Springsteen at least has a couple of songs that I don’t immediately change the radio station when they come on.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 24, 2024 06:00 PM (D6PGr)

526 Story I heard about Hendrix. years ago. The story is: he was handed an acoustic guitar during an interview and Jimi proceeded to show he knew how to play. Supposedly, the host said something like, "That was great" to which Jimi responded something like, "Yeah, I know."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 24, 2024 06:00 PM (tT6L1)

He played left handed and strung his guitars upside down.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 06:01 PM (Zz0t1)

527 Is Grant still around?
Posted by: Northernlurker
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Older and still stammering. Pretty much in Direct to Video type movies nowadays though. For whatever reason, Grant didn't do what Branagh and others did which was to pivot to British tv series when their movie stardom faded.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 06:01 PM (ctrM5)

528 My roommate had some sort of deal where he only played one band, and generally only one CD, all day, for weeks. Months even.

The guy directly across the hall from me had the most kick-ass sound system and played nothing but Grateful Dead, for hours at a time. Needless to say, I'm not a fan.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 24, 2024 06:01 PM (mH6SG)

529 You have to understand that Loudoun County has lots of tech people. And they don't have kids. Parents may have voted for Republicans but they are outnumbered by those that don't have kids.

JD is right about that.

Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 06:01 PM (QfvaV)

530 I thought you were a man of taste and distinction. What you are describing is something more like Hugh Grant cheating on his model girlfriend by getting a beejer from an ugly streetwalker.
Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:57 PM (

Is Grant still around?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:59 PM (qHcis)

IIRC, the girlfriend was Elizabeth Hurley?

Posted by: mrp at October 24, 2024 06:01 PM (rj6Yv)

531 434
I believe that, in Texas at least, it's randomized for each office to avoid giving the appearance of bias.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 24, 2024 05:46 PM (ExV1e)

Trump was first on my ballot today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 05:48 PM (Zz0t1)

The Republican was first in all races on my Harris County ballot yesterday. I cannot recall the order of the party nominees in any previous ballots here, but I vaguely recall Obama being listed first on the 08 or 12 ballots.

Posted by: Joe! at October 24, 2024 06:02 PM (aBgBM)

532 May there be chicken bones in every donut Ana Navarro inhales on election night. Failing that may she eat so many donuts she explodes.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 06:02 PM (qHcis)

533 Federal vote integrity laws
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 24, 2024 05:57 PM (6miZe)

Lol! I'll have what he's having. -- Mitch McConnell

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 24, 2024 06:02 PM (ExV1e)

534 I don’t like either but Springsteen at least has a couple of songs that I don’t immediately change the radio station when they come on.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 24, 2024 06:00 PM (D6PGr)

The only Springsteen song I like is The Ghost of Tom Joad, and that's only when Rage Against the Machine did it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 24, 2024 06:02 PM (Zz0t1)

535 Bono doesn't play anything (that I'm aware of, anyway) and the rest of the band is generic.

...

Oh. Oh. You havent had to watch the Rattle and Hum movie then.

Bono tries to break out the acoustic. On one song he makes repeated trips to the amps trying to fiddle with something as if he needs to improve the sound. It's basically a prop in his hands. He didn't know enough about playing guitar to realize what people who actually play guitar were going to think about his performance.

Posted by: TexasDan at October 24, 2024 06:02 PM (rAsBA)

536 There have been some damn good Christian rock bands.

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 05:54 PM (krQz2)

Petra
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 24, 2024 05:55 PM (ANuwa)
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Never been my cup. Nor Stryper

There's a band whose whole catalog I don't like that much, but Big Tent Revival did an album called Amplifier and the last 5 "hidden tracks" on that Album are all fire.

I was used to their semi-saccharine, preachy country-style rock pop.

Some of my favorite non-prog bands have been Christian performers/bands.

PFR was a big one. And I'll still listen to Skypark's first two.

Switchfoot got so popular they made the secular charts pretty quickly.

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 06:02 PM (krQz2)

537 Hugs to you, sweet friend!!
Posted by: Moki at October 24, 2024 05:59 PM (wLjpr)
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Back at you, dear. Hope all is well with you and yours.

Posted by: bluebell at October 24, 2024 06:02 PM (79pEw)

538 Ideally Trump wins the popular vote.

That would shut down so much Dem bullshit.

Posted by: Harun at October 24, 2024 06:02 PM (IuIym)

539 True. If a Trump win occurs, we shall see if Vance though is a worthy heir or not. DeSantis knows how to wield a shiv--not sure that Vance does.
Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (ctrM5)

Either Ronny D or JD will make great running mates for Elon in 2028 !

Ok. That was a flight of fancy. We have a deep, strong bench.

To even have a true election in 2028 we must out -ballot the Communists now. Right now. I don't recall an Ace post like this one today. Ace's enthusiasm and encouragement is needed. Beyond words needed. Goes without saying that the HQ and all else we hold dear will not be here in 2028 unless we do OUR job in these next several days. .
Ballot like the life of the HQ and our country depend on it !

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at October 24, 2024 06:03 PM (FCPbW)

540 U2 is totally easy to understand. Moderately talented musicians (except for The Edge) who put the prettiest little fruit in the bunch up front. Girls buy the records and pretend the fruit wrote those lame-o songs about them, while the label pumps them up as some kind of musical geniuses.

It's been the British record labels' modus operandi, since you-know-who.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 24, 2024 06:03 PM (Z8Sl2)

541 I thought it was on this very blog that I heard the rumor that internal polls showed Trump possibly winning in MI in 2016, and then he did, in fact, win it.

If the Fake MFM publishes a poll saying Trump is ahead by a little, he's ahead by a lot. You can bet your house on that. It's as much as a concession speech.
Posted by: MrExcitement at October 24, 2024 06:00 PM (hOOi9)

yeah, its like France saying the Germans were within one or two points in the 1940 campaign

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 06:03 PM (n7h9X)

542 Hugh Grant was pretty good in The Gentlemen as a sleazy extorting crooked journalouse.

Typecast.

Posted by: Sifty at October 24, 2024 06:03 PM (tFn2x)

543 I don't much like U2 (though I did like Mysterious Ways), but the reason it is/was a thing, I think, is because they were their own thing. I can't think of any band off the top of my head that has/had a similar sound. It's hard to compare U2 with others because it's pretty distinct.

Posted by: Hoist the Blackpill at October 24, 2024 06:03 PM (bDO8y)

544 509 Even McConnell is stepping down as leader

Like the Terminator, I hope he steps down into a molten pool of metal.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 24, 2024 05:58 PM (/U5Yz)

Like Hunter Biden, it seems obvious to me that somebody on the Patriot side made a deal with McConnell. Trump got a fair amount of cooperation from that snake when it really mattered - especially for installing judges. For his cooperation, he will be allowed to exit without a firing squad being involved.

Posted by: MrExcitement at October 24, 2024 06:03 PM (hOOi9)

545 Is Grant still around?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:59 PM (qHcis)

He was in the willy wonka prequel/musical thing recently.

I watch because of my love for my daughters but that was actually a reasonably entertaining movie, all in all.

Posted by: TexasDan at October 24, 2024 06:04 PM (rAsBA)

546 Back in the 70s, in VA, we used to say the good fight was being fought in Loudoun county, were we could still hold the commies at bay. Shows how things have changed.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 24, 2024 06:04 PM (1bNHn)

547 Ideally Trump wins the popular vote.

That would shut down so much Dem bullshit.

Posted by: Harun at October 24, 2024 06:02 PM (IuIym)

Hardly, Dem Bullshit is an infinitely renewable resource.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 06:04 PM (n7h9X)

548 I am NOT googling that.
Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 06:00 PM (QfvaV)

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If you have to ask, you can't afford it.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 24, 2024 06:05 PM (DRSnL)

549 The only way this cheating gets fixed is if WE do it better. The Dems playbook is to vote early AND cast a mail-in ballot.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 24, 2024 06:05 PM (XMwZJ)

550 Hugh Grant is no longer the star but a good character actor. However a lot of his character bits are accompanied by "oh that's Hugh Grant!" And I expect that novelty will wear off.

Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 06:05 PM (QfvaV)

551 Hugh Grant was pretty good in The Gentlemen as a sleazy extorting crooked journalouse.

Posted by: Sifty at October 24, 2024 06:03 PM (tFn2x)
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Unbelievable performance.

Changed my whole view of his range.

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 06:06 PM (krQz2)

552 Grant still around?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 24, 2024 05:59 PM (qHcis)

He was in the willy wonka prequel/musical thing recently.

I watch because of my love for my daughters but that was actually a reasonably entertaining movie, all in all.
Posted by: TexasDan at October 24, 2024 06:04 PM (rAsBA)

He was pretty good in The Gentlemen. Everyone was though.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 24, 2024 06:06 PM (D6PGr)

553 Adore Elon but he won't be President, or Vice President

CNN, Elon Musk, shown here speaking at an event in June 2023, frequently criticizes illegal immigration. The billionaire was born in South Africa, became a Canadian citizen as a teenager and moved to the US in 1992 to attend college at the University of Pennsylvania. Sep 29, 2024

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 24, 2024 06:06 PM (NFX2v)

554 The worst part about Christian music is the KLOVE behemoth buying up all the stations and playing the same dreck everywhere.

Posted by: TexasDan at October 24, 2024 06:06 PM (rAsBA)

555 Hugh Grant is no longer the star but a good character actor. However a lot of his character bits are accompanied by "oh that's Hugh Grant!" And I expect that novelty will wear off.
Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 06:05 PM (QfvaV)

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He's actually starring in a movie called Heretic that's coming out in a couple of weeks.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 24, 2024 06:06 PM (DRSnL)

556 I was a big U2 fan in the 80s and 90s. Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby I listened to many times. These days I rarely listen, I haven't even added them to my Spotify playlists. I don't really know why. This is not the case for me for Rush though.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 24, 2024 06:07 PM (fs1hN)

557 539 True. If a Trump win occurs, we shall see if Vance though is a worthy heir or not. DeSantis knows how to wield a shiv--not sure that Vance does.
Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (ctrM5)

Vance handles personal interviews and reporters brilliantly, I have been extremely impressed with him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 24, 2024 06:07 PM (wyMQY)

558 549. The Dems playbook is to vote early AND cast a mail-in ballot.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

In another state, you say?

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 24, 2024 06:07 PM (NFX2v)

559 meatball has been a good loser
Posted by: REDACTED at October 24, 2024 06:05 PM (us2H3)

Didn't DeSantis make it more difficult for the NY snowbirds to vote twice - once in FL and once in their home state?

Posted by: mrp at October 24, 2024 06:07 PM (rj6Yv)

560 He was pretty good in The Gentlemen. Everyone was though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 24, 2024 06:06 PM (D6PGr)

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Plus, Charlie Hunnam. Hubba hubba.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 24, 2024 06:07 PM (DRSnL)

561 Sorry, Doof.

U2 sucks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 24, 2024 06:07 PM (SUzr1)

562 @549 exactly!

The only way cheating gets fixed is for Republicans to get good at it.

Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 06:07 PM (QfvaV)

563 Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 24, 2024 06:06 PM (NFX2v)

Yeah he’s not eligible but you forgot to say he became an uS citizen in 2002.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 24, 2024 06:08 PM (D6PGr)

564 I think the shelves finally collapsed.

Posted by: Max Power at October 24, 2024 06:08 PM (q177U)

565 555 Hugh Grant is no longer the star but a good character actor. However a lot of his character bits are accompanied by "oh that's Hugh Grant!" And I expect that novelty will wear off.
Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 06:05 PM (QfvaV)

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He's actually starring in a movie called Heretic that's coming out in a couple of weeks.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 24, 2024 06:06 PM (DRSnL)

Directed and written by the same people who did Haunt in 2019. I have high hopes.

Posted by: Hoist the Blackpill at October 24, 2024 06:08 PM (bDO8y)

566 >>The guy directly across the hall from me had the most kick-ass sound system and played nothing but Grateful Dead, for hours at a time. Needless to say, I'm not a fan.

Lucky you.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2024 06:09 PM (LkLld)

567 498 Regular polls had Romney up by 5% in FL and his internal polls had him up by 6%.

He lost by 4%.

Thank god FL has addressed the cheat machine.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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That's it. Romney won. They've been working on the current cheat technique since 1948. The country was repulsed by Obama at the time of the second term election. Cheat counted the ballots and DriveBy Media put the public seal on it.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 24, 2024 06:09 PM (vWeTL)

568 Ideally Trump wins the popular vote.

That would shut down so much Dem bullshit.

Posted by: Harun at October 24, 2024 06:02 PM (IuIym)

The Democrats will quadruple-down on screaming that the structure of this evil rayciss misogynist country must be ripped-up root and branch and reconstructed per DEI principles. Stupid move? Yes. But what else can they do? Move to the center? Not in the foreseeable future.

Posted by: Gref at October 24, 2024 06:09 PM (aBgBM)

569 I do think Elon being a recipient of MAGA gets its worth to the world

Posted by: Skip at October 24, 2024 06:09 PM (fwDg9)

570 I have liked some Springsteen.

But haven't liked any of it after Darkness At The Edge Of Town that much.

For all the critical acclaim, Nebraska was a snore for me.

And then Born in the USA was top-40-tuned.

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 06:10 PM (krQz2)

571 A large coven of popular witches have said, putting spells on Trump is impossible. Don't try it, it makes him stronger and puts you at risk. He's protected.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 24, 2024 06:10 PM (/U5Yz)

572 Bono is no bueno.

Posted by: Utwat at October 24, 2024 06:10 PM (qUkBO)

573 Sorry for being a little jaded after having the rug pulled from beneath me one too many times.

Posted by: jsg at October 24, 2024 06:10 PM (iIQ61)

574 Hunka hunka burnin love.
over and over and over.

Posted by: Eromero at October 24, 2024 06:10 PM (i+bC1)

575 " They're sitting out there waiting to give you their money. Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it?!"
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Talk about type casting.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 24, 2024 06:11 PM (vWeTL)

576 Sorry, Doof.

U2 sucks.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 24, 2024 06:07 PM

*fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 24, 2024 06:11 PM (Wnv9h)

577 Here's the deal about most Christian contemporary stations - something to have in the car with your kids that is inoffensive.

Some really good songs. But not all of them. But not anything about lubrication.

Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 06:11 PM (QfvaV)

578 571 A large coven of popular witches have said, putting spells on Trump is impossible. Don't try it, it makes him stronger and puts you at risk. He's protected.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 24, 2024 06:10 PM (/U5Yz)

Don't mess with Michael.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 24, 2024 06:11 PM (wyMQY)

579 Is it time for one of the cobs to perform a health and welfare check on the fragile ewok?

Posted by: Hoist the Blackpill at October 24, 2024 06:11 PM (bDO8y)

580 NOOD FINALLY!!!

Posted by: Max Power at October 24, 2024 06:12 PM (q177U)

581 >>The guy directly across the hall from me had the most kick-ass sound system and played nothing but Grateful Dead, for hours at a time. Needless to say, I'm not a fan.

When I was in the Navy, a guy on board played Jimmy Buffett 7/24. I hate Jimmy Buffett.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 24, 2024 06:12 PM (/U5Yz)

582 ah.. nood.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 24, 2024 06:12 PM (wyMQY)

583 >>I have liked some Springsteen.

Greetings From Asbury Park was good. Went downhill for me from there.

I will say he's one of the few who more than gave his fans their moneys worth with live shows. Saw him at MSG and the show was almost 4 hours with all the encores.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2024 06:12 PM (LkLld)

584 Mitch is my first choice in the deadpool.

Way to go, KY! Re-electing a DEM governor. Maybe the DEMs can re-take the Senate without even winning an off-year election.

(The GOP legislature in KY has tried to tie Beshear's hands in the event Mitch croaks, but that new law is likely to violate the KY state constitution, from what I've read.)

Posted by: mnw at October 24, 2024 06:13 PM (NLIak)

585 Ideally Trump wins the popular vote.

That would shut down so much Dem bullshit.

Posted by: Harun at October 24, 2024 06:02 PM (IuIym)

The Democrats will quadruple-down on screaming that the structure of this evil rayciss misogynist country must be ripped-up root and branch and reconstructed per DEI principles. Stupid move? Yes. But what else can they do? Move to the center? Not in the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Gref at October 24, 2024 06:09 PM (aBgBM)
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And they will harp on each state that "removed voters" from the rolls right before the election.

The movie D'Souza made after prison had a convict he met inside explain the Democrat motto that ever seems to drift down to the rank and file:

Never give up the con.
Never give up the con.
Never give up the con.

They double down until they break, it seems.

Posted by: Axeman at October 24, 2024 06:13 PM (krQz2)

586 Nood. Soviet media.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 24, 2024 06:13 PM (Wnv9h)

587 577 Here's the deal about most Christian contemporary stations - something to have in the car with your kids that is inoffensive.

Some really good songs. But not all of them. But not anything about lubrication.
Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 06:11 PM (QfvaV
I like preachers, John McAdthur,Aliester Begg, etc.

Posted by: Eromero at October 24, 2024 06:13 PM (i+bC1)

588 Did anyone notice Mark Levin was off Audacity?

Barrett Media dot com

Mark Levin: George Soros Investment in Audacy an ‘Attack on Free Speech News'
Author: BNM Staff, October 1, 2024

In part, "On Monday, the FCC approved the reorganization plan for Audacy that included major backing from foreign billionaire George Soros. Nationally syndicated radio host Mark Levin railed against the move by the FCC. During The Mark Levin Show on Monday, Levin argued that the commission circumvented its own rules and guidelines to push the acquisition through.

“This is their idea of free speech. This is their idea of radio. And this is a direct attack on conservative talk radio. So where is everybody?! Well, I’ll take the point as usual, and I don’t mind,” Levin said.

“As of this morning, the FCC voted three to two — all the Democrats — to hand him 220 radio stations and one of the biggest accumulation of radio stations ever,” said Levin. “But there’s many problems with this. Number one, George Soros is using over 25% investment from foreign investors. These are American radio stations. Number two, the FCC has slashed and sped up the process before the election to ... (Much more)

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 24, 2024 06:14 PM (NFX2v)

589 That's it. Romney won. They've been working on the current cheat technique since 1948. The country was repulsed by Obama at the time of the second term election. Cheat counted the ballots and DriveBy Media put the public seal on it.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 24, 2024 06:09 PM (vWeTL)

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Without the Fed propping up the DogEater with all their Quantitative Easing bullshit and political manipulation, he would have lost 2012 in a landslide.

We were in an actual (of course not reported) depression, and would have been in a full-blown major depression sans The Fed's deceitful help.

Posted by: ShainS -- Musk May be The X-Factor in Overcoming Fraud at October 24, 2024 06:14 PM (EE4b6)

590 You kids keeping track of fctul vote fraud this year?

- We have multiple 'alllegtions' of machines changing votes.... Ho hum,
- ballots found in drainage ditch
- torched mailboxes

Sure there will more.
.... Have not even got to 'counting' yet.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 24, 2024 06:14 PM (/lPRQ)

591 557 539 True. If a Trump win occurs, we shall see if Vance though is a worthy heir or not. DeSantis knows how to wield a shiv--not sure that Vance does.
Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 05:08 PM (ctrM5)

Vance handles personal interviews and reporters brilliantly, I have been extremely impressed with him.

Probably never happen, but JD is quite young, would be quite impressed if Vance stayed on as VP in 2028 in the DeSantis administration, continuity in government, still much to learn yada yada, and then ran himself in '36 when he'd still only be 52

Posted by: bensdad00 at October 24, 2024 06:14 PM (F/35S)

592 The Dune guy has done a Biopic of Dylan. I don’t think there are enough Dylan fans left to make their money back.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 24, 2024 06:15 PM (D6PGr)

593 The Gentlemen was such a good movie.

Guy Richie was even nice enough to include an entire scene for me to get up and use the bathroom during every time I watch it.

Posted by: Sifty at October 24, 2024 06:15 PM (PSzw5)

594 Polls are for vaulters

Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at October 24, 2024 06:19 PM (yec/w)

595 The only way cheating gets fixed is for Republicans to get good at it.
Posted by: blaster at October 24, 2024 06:07 PM (QfvaV)

Yes, and no.

Let's remember that the fix was in for Hillary in 2016, and she was surprised as hell when Scorecard and Hammer were quietly stopped. There was clearly a point to allowing the steal in 2020, and if we live long enough it may become obvious what it was.

Let's not forget other things hiding in plain sight. 10s of thousands of National Guard troops surrounding the Capital following the 2020 election. Supposedly to protect the transition from MAGA people, when anybody who wasn't a deranged lunatic knew damn well that MAGA people were being told not to go there - "it's a trap!" SO why were they there? Trump took off to FL on AF1 20JAN2020, apparently with the nuclear football. A Special Forces team apparently knew J6 was going to happen, infiltrated the event, and STOLE sensitive information from the Speaker's office (just think about that for a second)! Trump was still holding cabinet meetings after he left office. Pompeo was still doing diplomatic missions. Speaker Johnson described himself as a "wartime Speaker", and nobody even asked "WTF?"

Posted by: MrExcitement at October 24, 2024 06:20 PM (hOOi9)

596 The only Springsteen song I like is The Ghost of Tom Joad, and that's only when Rage Against the Machine did it.
Posted by: Sponge
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Pointer Sisters covered Fire which is far better than Springsteen's version. Ditto for Manfred Mann covering Blinded by the Light and for Patti Smith covering Because the Night.

Springsteen as a singer has limited vocal range which has gotten worse over the years and his writing deteriorated after he got married the second time.

He went lefty to become a star under his new manager Jon Landau's tutelage. Landau replaced Mike Appell who was Springsteen's manager until then.

Posted by: whig at October 24, 2024 06:22 PM (ctrM5)

597 Without the Fed propping up the DogEater with all their Quantitative Easing bullshit and political manipulation, he would have lost 2012 in a landslide.

We were in an actual (of course not reported) depression, and would have been in a full-blown major depression sans The Fed's deceitful help.
Posted by: ShainS -- Musk May be The X-Factor in Overcoming Fraud at October 24, 2024 06:14 PM (EE4b6)

Huge fraud in OH with drive in young voters illegally voting. That ended with Trump and the upper OH river flipping Red. They erode their position and don't get things back with these games.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 24, 2024 06:24 PM (n7h9X)

598 ctHARRIS:: forWAR'd:: The War on Normal People Imperalled.

LIBS Deploys Bill Clinton to steal Joe Biden's ICE KING/Crown, forgets mission, Lusts for Kari Lake instead.

https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE

PPV/Offer of the Century -- Kari Lake beating down Clinton Commando why ctHILLARY watchs from front row seats.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 24, 2024 06:25 PM (joyPm)

599 Thanks Ace. I voted straight R down the ticket the first day of early voting in Texas. I'm old enough to remember public school lessons about the dangers of communism and marxism. I truly resent these lying grifters and I have palatable disdain for the captured leaders calling themselves conservative while taking money to stand down.

I really do sometimes want to spit on my hands go full Mencken.

Posted by: Paul in Texas at October 24, 2024 06:27 PM (EG5bh)

600 I'll probably be early voting with my wife tomorrow in GA. I've heard the lines are long.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 24, 2024 06:34 PM (Y6IkP)

601 I think Mike Lee comes in as leader.

Posted by: yoeman at October 24, 2024 07:31 PM (j1QfB)

602 I would add that Republicans in deep blue states must get out there and vote as well. There vote is just as important as a Republican vote in deep red Florida

Posted by: Merton at October 24, 2024 10:12 PM (DtU6D)

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