US Election Day - the MB version

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-09-2016, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I don't deny that it's what pushed a lot of people to vote for Trump. However, the fact that it's basically an imaginary monster still stands.

I think it's pretty ****ed up that we got to the point where people saw as the only alternative. On the bright side, this meme made me laugh.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-09-2016, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd

There's an entire psychological phenomenon where if you make two groups out of people, then divide them on issues that are dripping with emotional baggage, you polarize both sides. This has been happening for years, and it's why we have both privileged college students protesting about cafeteria sushi on their campuses and why an openly racist, ableist, sexist oopma loompa with a cheese danish for hair was elected to represent you.

I haven't been this disappointed since Stephen Harper got the majority the first year I was able to vote.

****. That. Guy.

**Frownland** · 11-09-2016, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

I think it's pretty ****ed up that we got to the point where people saw as the only alternative.

It is weird though, since Hillary doesn't really represent that faction of the left...at all really.

But what can I say, people put feelings (fear) over facts and voted in a jackass.

The Batlord · 11-09-2016, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Let's put it this way, I'm already sipping my first R+C of the day to calm the shakes. Clinton with her cracker jack campaign and all its money lost focus on the people who ultimately brought her down. She won all of the districts she was suppose to win but lost in just enough of the rural areas to flip the swing states.

If I didn't have to be at work at 5am tomorrow I'd be there with you. Think I've got a couple beers lying around somewhere I might cozy up to though.

Paedantic Basterd · 11-09-2016, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

But what can I say, people put feelings (fear) over facts and voted in a jackass.

I'm just as worried about what this says about 50% of the American people as I am about the political ramifications. I'm worried that those 50% see this as validation for hateful treatment of others, for discrimination, prejudice, and violence. After Brexit there was a spike in hate crimes, and I expect to see the same in the coming months.

I'm shell-shocked that 50% of America openly said "Yes, this spiteful, hateful, violent, impulsive man speaks for me" last night.

Chula Vista · 11-09-2016, 11:35 AM

This reminds me so much of 2000. Of the nearly 3,000,000 people who voted for Ralph Nader that year the vast majority, when asked during exit polls, said they would have voted for Gore if Nader wasn't running. Bet it's the same this year with Johnson and Clinton.

It's no coincidence that Gore won the popular vote in 2000 and Clinton is going to win it this year. It's also no coincidence that Nader didn't win a single electoral vote and the same goes for Johnson.

Kinda ****ed up if you think about it.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-09-2016, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

It is weird though, since Hillary doesn't really represent that faction of the left...at all really.

But what can I say, people put feelings (fear) over facts and voted in a jackass.

I agree with both of those things, to some extent. I don't know many people (except Chula) that voted Hillary because they liked her, it was more just to avoid a Trump presidency.

**Frownland** · 11-09-2016, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

This reminds me so much of 2000. Of the nearly 3,000,000 people who voted for Ralph Nader that year the vast majority, when asked during exit polls, said they would have voted for Gore if Nader wasn't running. Bet it's the same this year with Johnson and Clinton.

It's no coincidence that Gore won the popular vote in 2000 and Clinton is going to win it this year. It's also no coincidence that Nader didn't win a single electoral vote and the same goes for Johnson.

Kinda ****ed up if you think about it.

Dude. Look at their stances. If anything Johnson stole votes from Trump.

Paedantic Basterd · 11-09-2016, 11:38 AM

During the 2015 Canadian election, the Liberal government unseated the Conservatives in my riding by 12 votes. 12 votes, and a man who had governed our city for 25 years was looking for a new job. I could slap anybody who doesn't take the power of their own vote seriously.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-09-2016, 11:38 AM

Liberterians who support Johnson would vote Trump over Clinton, without a doubt in my mind.

View Poll Results: Your vote for US president
Donald Trump	10	32.26%
Hillary Clinton	8	25.81%
Other	13	41.94%
Voters: 31. You may not vote on this poll

11-09-2016, 11:35 AM	#96 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	This reminds me so much of 2000. Of the nearly 3,000,000 people who voted for Ralph Nader that year the vast majority, when asked during exit polls, said they would have voted for Gore if Nader wasn't running. Bet it's the same this year with Johnson and Clinton. It's no coincidence that Gore won the popular vote in 2000 and Clinton is going to win it this year. It's also no coincidence that Nader didn't win a single electoral vote and the same goes for Johnson. Kinda ****ed up if you think about it. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

11-09-2016, 11:38 AM	#99 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	During the 2015 Canadian election, the Liberal government unseated the Conservatives in my riding by 12 votes. 12 votes, and a man who had governed our city for 25 years was looking for a new job. I could slap anybody who doesn't take the power of their own vote seriously.