[GT] US election - It's 2020, what could possibly go wrong?

[wwkayaker]

He is going to be completely unhinged.

[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by wwkayaker

He is going to be completely unhinged.

Would anyone expect any less from him?

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by rubecube

If the polls have whiffed on Wisconsin and Michigan as much as they appear to have right now, it's gonna be a really bad look, especially after all of the "we learned from 2016" stuff.

As a counterpoint, the polls in Minnesota appear to be exactly bang-on. How does that correlate with polling in WI and MI?

[TheScorpion]

I am expecting Trump's speech to begin with two solid minutes of flaccid, throaty screaming.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1323885206340861953

[AltaGuy]

I bet they had to have a debate in the Trump camp tonight:

1. We might actually win this thing again: we should wait until the votes are counted and claim our rightful victory!

2. We say it's rigged, broken, unfair, and challenge everything in court and disrupt the counts throwing everything into doubt.

For Trump, this is a legitimate conundrum.

[WCW Nitro]

Originally Posted by curves2000

What is it about the Democrats, their policies, their messaging and their overall game that this keeps happening to them? Trump is a very beatable candidate but his messaging and his voter base does appear to garner a lot more support than people are giving him credit for.

Why is it that the Democrats are missing so many people? So many regular, hard working, law abiding American's? It's kind of perplexing and I think it says more about their party than the Republicans.

I know a lot of people on the political thread hate Trump but if this was a hockey analysis, in 2016 the Democrats missed the open net to win the game. It's not over and we don't know the final result but we are looking at a scenario where a top seed team keeps losing to a lesser opponent and people need to figure out why.

I think for all the talk about policy and character, it really comes down to not having a candidate who is boring or looks weak, and that goes for both parties with Kerry, mcCain, Clinton, and now Biden.

[wwkayaker]

Nope. My concern is that this moment will be te one that gets trump”s base riled up/chaos begins.

[combustiblefuel]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

https://twitter.com/user/status/1323882441854115841

Talk about voting against your own interests.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1323885729567678464

[Eubee]

Originally Posted by wwkayaker

Nope. My concern is that this moment will be te one that gets trump”s base riled up/chaos begins.

Are you suggesting that trumps base causes chaos? Or is this so obviously not true that green text isn’t needed?

[flylock shox]

Originally Posted by wwkayaker

He is going to be completely unhinged.

He always, always, doubles down.


So yeah: unhinged is about right.

[Barnet Flame]

What is wrong with the US?

I feel like vomiting.

[wwkayaker]

Originally Posted by Eubee

Are you suggesting that trumps base causes chaos? Or is this so obviously not true that green text isn’t needed?

Yes, I’m suggesting a portion of Trump’s base may cause chaos.

[Eubee]

So interesting to see those that come from a socialist promise fairytale that found a new opportunity in Florida, despite their race, vote for the ‘racist’ because they see the fraud on the other side of the isle. Must be pretty terrible grass in the other side of the fence if Cuban Americans vote for someone so openly racist against them.

[JBR]

Come out and speak for gosh sakes. I want to go to bed.

[Eubee]

Originally Posted by wwkayaker

Yes, I’m suggesting a portion of Trump’s base may cause chaos.

Wow. That is awesome. Would love to have a respectful PM with ya on the facts behind that. Truly.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

Talk about voting against your own interests.

A lot of Cubans in the U.S. are descendants from supporters of Fulgencio Batista who was right-wing, pro-American dictator. They were from the elite class that was persecuted by the Communists and had their wealth removed.

The Republicans were traditionally harder on Cuba's communist regime because a lot of wealthy Americans also lost their Cuban holdings, therefore many Cuban Americans were brought up to support the Republicans.

[flylock shox]

I'm starting to think that Trump is worried that a speech at this time won't get high enough ratings, and that it would be better to just tweet from the can at 3 in the morning, then give a speech bang-on 9AM in the rose garden.


Edit: Well, guess not. Game on...

[N-E-B]

Well after following along tonight I’m hitting the sack. Thanks to all you guys on CP who are suffering through watching this crap on TV and posting updates! Much appreciated!