Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

[Bubble181]

But urban people actually know what's good for rural people better than they do.

I rated this "funny" because, well, I couldn't choose.
On the one hand, this is true. A LOT of people, especially when voting Republican, are voting directly against their own best interest.
On the other hand, intellectual leftist elites saying this and being horribly paternal about it, is exactly why those rural voters vote the way they do.
On the gripping hand, the white rural community simply isn't anywhere close to a majority, and that they have a pretty much 50% say in how your country is run ins ridiculous.

 

[Tiger Tsang]

And this is one of the reasons not to fund most of k-12 with property taxes.

 

[figmentPez]

Yeah but the electors are people chosen by the Democratic Party.

What? You think they can find 38 people who are immune to bribery, extortion, blackmail, etc? Who is going to be keeping them and their families safe?

 

[blotsfan]

Good point. Time to buy a gun.*

*This is a joke. I'm not going to try to bribe any electors with a free gun.

 

[ScytheRexx]

Fun little story, but Jaime Harrison, the guy running against Lindsey Graham, has been flush for cash and has been taking out a lot of negative attack ads. The thing is, he isn't directing them at Lindsey Graham, but instead independent conservative candidate Bill Bledsoe. Bill dropped out of the race and endorsed Graham, but did so too late to remove his name from the election ballot. The ads, which focus on Bill being too conservative and a bigger ally to Trump then Graham, could set the stage for a split vote with conservatives who felt Graham has been too lenient, or not enough of an ally to Trump. It's pretty devious.

 

[Krisken]

Jesus, that is devious. It's making me uncomfortable, but i'm having trouble putting my finger on it.

 

[Tinwhistler]

 

[ScytheRexx]

On the one hand, I don't think it will work to an extreme. Conservatives that vote Republican usually do it as an automatic thing, and wouldn't vote for an independent candidate anyways. However, considering how close the race is, even drawing away a handful of idiots who simply want to stick it to the libs could make or break their senate race.

 

[Shakey]

It’s really all about being able to get that 1-5%. And, not to say it’s ok, but people in Mn are supposedly being paid by GOP supporters to run as third party candidates to pull votes from Democrats.

Star Tribune

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m.startribune.com

 

[blotsfan]

Jesus, that is devious. It's making me uncomfortable, but i'm having trouble putting my finger on it.

It's because it's what republicans normally do but the other way.

 

[Krisken]

Yeah, thats it. I really hate it.

 

[blotsfan]

Please remind me of this in a week when I'm having a mental breakdown.

 

[Dave]

IF they will be counted. And add in the fact that the major networks will "call the election" well before all votes are counted and you have quite the upcoming clusterfuck. If they call it for Trump and then mail-in ballots flip states, you'll see shit you only see on TV from other countries.

 

[PatrThom]

Biden will get 200 million votes, but Trump will get 300 million.

--Patrick

 

[Krisken]

It's going to be hell, especially with the moron in chief shitting on the board and declaring himself the winner.

 

[Shakey]

IF they will be counted. And add in the fact that the major networks will "call the election" well before all votes are counted and you have quite the upcoming clusterfuck. If they call it for Trump and then mail-in ballots flip states, you'll see shit you only see on TV from other countries.

I doubt any network other than fox will try to call it. If it goes for Trump on election night, and no one calls it, he’ll just call it fake news, since they call it every year. Then start attacking mail in ballots.

 

[Dave]

Whenever anyone says all military people are heroes I point to shit like this. No, they absolutely are NOT all heroes. I could tell stories about some of the yahoos I served with.

Former Marines charged in conspiracy to illegally manufacture, sell firearms

www.stripes.com

 

[Tress]

Whenever anyone says all military people are heroes I point to shit like this. No, they absolutely are NOT all heroes. I could tell stories about some of the yahoos I served with.

Former Marines charged in conspiracy to illegally manufacture, sell firearms

www.stripes.com

I used to know someone who did background checks for the military when they wanted to give someone security clearance. She used to say it completely destroyed what she thought of the military after seeing how much human trash gets recruited.

 

[figmentPez]

I doubt any network other than fox will try to call it. If it goes for Trump on election night, and no one calls it, he’ll just call it fake news, since they call it every year. Then start attacking mail in ballots.

OANN exists, and they most certainly will call it for Trump if it's anything less than a landslide (and maybe even then).

 

[Tress]

OANN exists, and they most certainly will call it for Trump if it's anything less than a landslide (and maybe even then).

I'm pretty sure that already called it for him. They are going to say he won, no matter what the votes look like. If he lost every state in a landslide they would just claim that Democrats stole the election, fake ballots, dead people/pets voting, etc.

 

[ScytheRexx]

The stress is killing me. I am pretty positive most of the time since so many more people are voting then in 2016, but there is that little part of me that is just like "He might win again or steal it." and it's pounding the walls of my brain constantly. I can get no rest.

 

[Dave]

I'm going to do my part and then let it go. It'll either be really good or really bad and it'll be out of my hands at that point.

I try not to stress on things over which I have no control.

 

[Shakey]

OANN exists, and they most certainly will call it for Trump if it's anything less than a landslide (and maybe even then).

I wouldn’t consider them a major network, but I’m sure some do.

 

[figmentPez]

I wouldn’t consider them a major network, but I’m sure some do.

They're influential, you can't deny that.

 

[ScytheRexx]

They're influential, you can't deny that.

I would argue they only became influential once Trump took office and they started parroting for him to get his attention.

 

[figmentPez]

I would argue they only became influential once Trump took office and they started parroting for him to get his attention.

How does that change my point? Yeah, they were a crappy network most people had never heard of, but now they're one of the news networks for Trump supporters and conservative christians. They got there because Trump promoted them, but they got there. It's a terrible thing that people are paying attention to them, but what they say about the election can influence what some fanatical people will do. If OANN says that Trump won the election and that conflicts with reality, then it very well could cause a violent reaction.

"There's nothing explosive in the air. Well, maybe oxygen, but it's not going to react right now."

What about methane? It has quite a presence recently.

"I wouldn't call methane a major component of the air."

There's enough to be explosive. You can't deny that.

"I would argue that it's only ready to explode because an incompetent caused a gas leak."

That would be my point.

 

[Tiger Tsang]

Haiduken! or Hyper Uppercut! ? You make the choice.

 

[PatrThom]

As somebody who has never seen The West Wing, what makes this a “West Wing“ moment?

—Patrick

 

[Tiger Tsang]

Intelligent, Articulate and Factual Takedown of one corrupt Oedipus. But that question is like "I've never seen any Road Runner cartoons, but why is this like a 'Wile E. Coyote - Super Genius' moment'?"

 

[figmentPez]

Haiduken! or Hyper Uppercut! ? You make the choice.

You don't even have to see his opponent's part to know he's kicking ass.

 

[Tinwhistler]

Race for Texas intensifies amid surging turnout, COVID cases

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ surprising status as a battleground came into clearer focus on Friday as Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris devoted one of the race's final days to campaigning across America's largest red state and early voter turnout zoomed past 9 million — already more

apnews.com

Summary: about 9 million people in Texas voted in 2016 in the presidential election.
So far, more people than that have already voted in early voting this year.

 

[jwhouk]

You almost get the feeling that nobody is going to be showing up at the polls in person this year.

 

[Dave]

You almost get the feeling that nobody is going to be showing up at the polls in person this year.

I will be because I don't trust the mail under this administration.

 

[GasBandit]

You almost get the feeling that nobody is going to be showing up at the polls in person this year.

Well, most early voters in Texas ARE doing it in person, because meeting the threshold for absentee voting is unreasonably high, here.

 

[DarkAudit]

Well, most early voters in Texas ARE doing it in person, because meeting the threshold for absentee voting is unreasonably high, here.

Plus all the other roadblocks getting your ballot submitted and counted.