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

[Acey]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Philly is voting in record numbers, like beating Obama record numbers

That's one way to look at it yes, I'm looking at from a percentage point perspective because Biden will carry roughly the same percentage of the Philly vote as Clinton did. People are coming out which is good, but in other counties the swings in percentages vs 2016 are more indicative of things changing than more Philly democrats going out to vote.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Shin Pad

To me this is a no win situation. There is really no choice in the USA for me. The Reps have an egotistical maniac as their leader and the Dems are going to be influenced by the far left with the likes of AOC and her cohorts. The choice is just two polar opposites. There is no middle ground party for whom rational people who don't like either extreme position.

Biden and the DNC leadership are the definition of a middle-ground party. The commies haven’t taken over yet.

[rubecube]

Lol. They've abandoned you clowns because you're no longer of use to them, just like everyone knew they would.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1324461436224053251

[PsYcNeT]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

https://twitter.com/user/status/1324454304065806337

Is Trump going to federalize the NG and try to pull a military coup/destroy ballots/something else before the courts can stop him?

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by Shin Pad

To me this is a no win situation. There is really no choice in the USA for me. The Reps have an egotistical maniac as their leader and the Dems are going to be influenced by the far left with the likes of AOC and her cohorts. The choice is just two polar opposites. There is no middle ground party for whom rational people who don't like either extreme position.

This is really not true at all. The Dems nominated Biden, the ultimate moderate/safe choice over more left-wing options like Sanders and Warren. Ultimately, the Dems are a very centrist party. The far-left wing like AOC make a lot of noise and are very popular with young people on Twitter and Reddit, but people like her don't have anywhere close to as much influence in the party apparatus as you seem to believe (much to the chagrin of people who want to pull the US further to the left on issues like single-payer universal health care and climate change).

[nik-]

Maybe Esper doesn't want to take the impending "send the troops to the polling offices!" order.

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Lol. They've abandoned you clowns because you're no longer of use to them, just like everyone knew they would.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1324461436224053251

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

https://twitter.com/user/status/1324454304065806337

Is Trump going to federalize the NG and try to pull a military coup/destroy ballots/something else before the courts can stop him?

No. That's a non-story. No matter who wins, they're supposed to resign and allow the President to decide whether to re-appoint them or change course. Happens every four years regardless of whether a new President is elected. So the fact that he "prepared" it is just obvious - he'd have to no matter what the result is. If he tenders his resignation before the election is called, that might be newsworthy.

[burn_this_city]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1324461482357248006

[Agamemnon]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

No. That's a non-story. No matter who wins, they're supposed to resign and allow the President to decide whether to re-appoint them or change course. Happens every four years regardless of whether a new President is elected. So the fact that he "prepared" it is just obvious - he'd have to no matter what the result is. If he tenders his resignation before the election is called, that might be newsworthy.

Is that true? Every time an incumbent wins the cabinet presents resignation letters to them?

[Shin Pad]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

This is really not true at all. The Dems nominated Biden, the ultimate moderate/safe choice over more left-wing options like Sanders and Warren. Ultimately, the Dems are a very centrist party. The far-left wing like AOC make a lot of noise and are very popular with young people on Twitter and Reddit, but people like her don't have anywhere close to as much influence in the party apparatus as you seem to believe (much to the chagrin of people who want to pull the US further to the left on issues like single-payer universal health care and climate change).

I hope you are right. I'm not that confident, but we'll see.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Shin Pad

I hope you are right. I'm not that confident, but we'll see.

It's weird to see a Canadian concerned that socialist horror shows like public healthcare might come to America.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

No. That's a non-story. No matter who wins, they're supposed to resign and allow the President to decide whether to re-appoint them or change course. Happens every four years regardless of whether a new President is elected. So the fact that he "prepared" it is just obvious - he'd have to no matter what the result is. If he tenders his resignation before the election is called, that might be newsworthy.

Doesn't it typically happen closer to inauguration, though?

[djsFlames]

Yeah PA lead is down ti 96,000 with 12% to go.

Trump I suspect will lose all of AZ, NV, GA and PA. Thank goodness it won't be close, eliminate all room for doubt.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by edslunch

A lot of people I’ve heard interviewed simply think the economy was good pre-covid and that he’s trying to make the country better in his own rough way. They seem to feel all the negative stuff is overblown.

I mentioned it before, but a lot of rural and small town/small city people, simply have not been that affected by COVID directly. But they do feel the effects of the restrictions and overall negative economic impacts. For that reason, I can see why Trump's stance on opening up and downplaying the virus would appeal to them.

Trump's campaign really capitalized on the rural/urban divide and COVID was a big part of that.

[IliketoPuck]

https://fusion.inquirer.com/news/fox...-20201105.html

These tweets....are incredible.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Lol. They've abandoned you clowns because you're no longer of use to them, just like everyone knew they would.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1324461436224053251

Wouldn't it be amazing if the GOP rebuked Trump's attempt to challenge this election and Trump then denounced the GOP, resulting in the worst part of his base rejecting Republicans? Would bode well for the future and maybe the end of this horrible Trumpism era.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Yamer

Doesn't it typically happen closer to inauguration, though?

Submission of the resignation, sure. Who knows (and who cares) when people typically draft the letters. If he resigns early, that'd be a thing, but all this says is he wrote a letter and put it in a drawer.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat

Wouldn't it be amazing if the GOP rebuked Trump's attempt to challenge this election and Trump then denounced the GOP, resulting in the worst part of his base rejecting Republicans? Would bode well for the future and maybe the end of this horrible Trumpism era.

Yup. Would be a possibility for Democrats to scoops some of them up if possible.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

https://fusion.inquirer.com/news/fox...-20201105.html

These tweets....are incredible.

Yeah, good luck with that.

You don't #### with Gritty.