GET OUT: US politics November 2020

i mean, it's absolutely intimidation that's their intent

Listen my children and I'll tell thee
The lunchtime tweet of Rudy G.

where is the socialism anyway? where?

Listen my children and I'll tell thee
The lunchtime tweet of Rudy G.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, November 3, 2020 6:26 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

lmao

shit I’m not working today. maybe I’ll ride out to Kennesaw and just Watch.

guys this thread is blurring together, can someone confirm if I have these latest developments right:

*Luna ordered USPS to gather up any undelivered ballots, and promised to drive by and get them
*Harris County, Texas has been invaded by Neil Patrick Henry
*Rudy Giuliani is going to watch some poles
*Karl is now President-elect of ILX
*A few lurkers are attempting to start a coup to subvert the results

am I close?

I just talked to a conservative guy I know, who of course I disagree with on most things, and he was saying how many conservatives he talks to — mostly middle-aged, white conservatives, especially women — who don't like Trump personally but say they are genuinely afraid that if Biden wins somehow that means BLM and Antifa are going to be coming for them and their families. The guy I was talking to does not share this concern and thinks it's nuts, but he said people seem sincere about it.

(This guy also prides himself on not watching Fox News, so I suppose that could be the main difference.)

these would probably be the same people I knew who called John Kerry "dictator material"

he was saying how many conservatives he talks to — mostly middle-aged, white conservatives, especially women — who don't like Trump personally but say they are genuinely afraid that if Biden wins somehow that means BLM and Antifa are going to be coming for them and their families.

My parents aren't MAGA, and this is why they voted for Trump again.

The fearmongers are moving a lot of product off the shelves.

Speaking of buying champagne on Election Day- I’m sorry to report that I must take full responsibility for what happened in 2016. On my way home from work that fateful day, I bought beer, a pizza, and a fucking <i>cake</i>, went home, and settled in with my wife to watch Trump lose. This is after weeks of reassuring her that there was <i>no way</i> he would win. Needless to say, long before we got to the cake, my wife had gone to bed, and I was by myself on the couch, watching the horror unfold in mounting disbelief. I got good and drunk that night. I forced myself to eat that cake over the next several days in penance, and let me assure you that it tasted like ashes in my mouth. So rest assured that I did not make any similar preparations for today.

Whoops, wrong brackets, well you get the idea.

i was going to buy the champagne to celebrate karl's verification on ilx

― treeship., Tuesday, November 3, 2020 1:10 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

confirming my suspicions that he really is utah jazz legend karl malone.

if he's the mailman, he needs to grab a few sacks full of ballots and get to work

i didn't get elected to anything, but i did get ILX-Verified

congrats!

wait ILX is micro-chipping us?

77

everyone remain calm. stay in your house, keep your mask on, get self-verified, and use PROMO77 code for a $2.99/month rate deduction for the first year.

"Error - the promotion code you are entering has already been redeemed."

RHONDA!

As a kid that has grown up under thiu never ending rising level of BS since Reagan, I just want to live long enough to see those MF'ers kicked so hard in the wallet that they cannot really enjoy their vacation homes anymore.

http://media.cheggcdn.com/media/ef9/ef962829-1921-497b-b6a0-0f1d7687b593/phpRMIyZR.png

otm

I would also like to kick the Reagan Democrats

A good omen?

(CNN)- Former Vice President Joe Biden took all five of the votes cast for president in Dixville Notch, a tiny New Hampshire township along the US-Canada border that is among the first places in the country to make its presidential preference known.

better omen

Hearing from Texas that Republicans feel they need to win in Texas by 10+ points on Election Day in order to make up the early voting deficit.

Little or no queuing at polls. More early votes cast up to yesterday than total votes in 2016.

— Noel Rock (@NoelRock) November 3, 2020

btw alfred, i hate to have to have to remind you in a public forum like this, but: YOU are the president. i am your digital strategist and website manager. i've been serving in this role for years, haven't you!?

Broward dems at 75.1% turnout (476,348) which crosses the 74.7% turnout they got in 2016

5 more hours till polls close

— UMichVoter (@umichvoter99) November 3, 2020

and Broward's our bluest county

People living more in fear of the mythical antifa monolith than the active encroachment of actual, like, fa just fills me with sadness.

Also, these quaking GOPers should probably have been made aware that nothing was likely to bring BLM and antifa out in full force quite like Trump's reelection. Dipshits.

and Miami-Dade did it:

This is on the low end of my model. I had low turnout for today at 203,358. With that, Democrats should see about a 41,000 vote (not voter registration) advantage from Miami-Dade. https://t.co/lha8zfSuUG

— Dave Trotter (@DaNumbersGuy) November 3, 2020

alfred, i hate to have to have to remind you in a public forum like this, but: YOU are the president.

Make America Syn Again

america was promised a negroni for every household, every day.

no negronis have been delivered. campaign promise unfulfilled.

I have dubbed my Negroni-less home a "Sotoville" in protest

I have two friends with Trumpy conservative parents in Texas. One friend's mom just came to visit and apparently brought several cases of covid with her, as now she and my friends are all positive. The other friend, who is Indian, says his mom is convinced the Muslims are going to take over Houston, and for that reason voted Trump.

I have dubbed my Negroni-less home a "Sotoville" in protest

searchin' for my lost giant ice cube

i didn't get elected to anything, but i did get ILX-Verified

you need an emoji in your user name to be ilx verified iirc

The other friend, who is Indian, says his mom is convinced the Muslims are going to take over Houston, and for that reason voted Trump.

I mean if you're going to be a single-issue voter dork at least make it something real

Astrohu Akbar

For anyone with time on their hands who's curious what ILX was saying on Election Day 2016:

Wow. Whoa. That is some group of people. Thousands. - US Election Day 2016

first post hall of fame

lol I'm not clicking that cursed link.

people joke that the USA should have international election observers, but apparently that's actually happening!?

Quiet in Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis. Observers from nonpartisan Nonviolent Peace Force have a snack table across the street (250 volunteers out today mostly in TC, say they'll deescalate if needed). Also ran into international election observers from https://t.co/3RsJtPRPNg pic.twitter.com/94WWyhq3kF

— Jon Collins (@JonSCollins) November 3, 2020

lol, clicked through and, surprise!, that 2016 thread was immediately triggering.

amateurist's posts in there still haunt my memory, as they were made right as we realized what was happening

i'm so glad someone besides me remembers "this will surprise many" - i really wanted that to become part of the ilx politics thread lingo, for example maybe as shorthand, for anytime someone pastes in dopey right-wing dumbass analysis for us to lol at

this may surprise many, but roger adultery posts among us

Deutsche Bank plans to cut ties with Trump after the election, Reuters reported, and could seize his assets if he can't pay back his debts

just wanna say that living in embarrassed penury would be a great substitute for him dying in prison

so embarrassed that people can see his penury