feeling confident trump isn't going to win now after being a naysayer back when this thread was created.
I could get 1.5 on a Biden win rn, and would be putting a decent chunk on there if I had it to spare, and I think those are fair odds. not a fait accompli, but the most likely outcome.
― Politically homely (jim in vancouver), Monday, 2 November 2020 18:47 (three years ago) link
my money says 2scoops comes close enough in enough states that his lawyers and the 6-3 supreme court can take it from there while he and barr jail the bidens, lock up the clintons, exile the soeteros, and finally, at long last, break ground on trump tower moscow, hand in hand with putin. book it. done
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 2 November 2020 19:07 (three years ago) link
I'll take that bet, or whichever betting saying means that I'm saying none of that will happen
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 2 November 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
Gotta respect the dedication to the Putin but, though.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Monday, 2 November 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
bit
say what? putin butt
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 2 November 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
what what putin butt
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Monday, 2 November 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
putin probably has a great butt tbf
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 2 November 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
you sure do, milo z ;)
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/01/930149143/wh-adviser-scott-atlas-apologizes-for-interview-with-kremlin-backed-news-outlet
xpost
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 2 November 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
all's fair in butt and war
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 2 November 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
putin may have a good fuck rhythm, as well
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Monday, 2 November 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Monday, November 2, 2020 3:18 PM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
whatever fits I guess
― Evan, Monday, 2 November 2020 20:46 (three years ago) link
You want a Putin in my butt? Okay
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:06 (three years ago) link
attorney general rudolph giuliani
mistadobalina, mista bob dobalina
― edited for dog profanity (sic), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
Perhaps the wrong thread for this but
Historically, presidents who run for reelection receive a share of the popular vote that is remarkably close to their final job approval rating. The RealClearPolitics polling average has tracked Trump’s job approval throughout his presidency. He is the first president to have never received a 50 percent rating; indeed, he has never come close. Trump’s highest marks came this year between March 26 and April 2, when he topped 47 percent. As of Sunday morning, his job approval stood at 45 percent in the RealClearPolitics average. Given that there won’t be as much third-party voting this time around, that just won’t be good enough to win.
This from one of the Wash Po token conservatives
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/02/henry-olsen-2020-president-congress-election-predictions/?arc404=true
― Kabob Dylan (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
how can 45 percent of people think he's doing a good job?? so insane to me
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:15 (three years ago) link
It just depends what they think the job is.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:16 (three years ago) link
yeah he's actually nearly at his all-time high which is fucking mind boggling but I imagine the fact that we're approaching election day might have something to do with it
― frogbs, Monday, 2 November 2020 22:16 (three years ago) link
lots and lots of people in america for whom thinking is not desirable and strongly discouraged
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:18 (three years ago) link
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, November 2, 2020 5:15 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah it is confounding
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
in the middle of a pandemic, the cleveland browns season tickets (which start at $1200 apiece) are sold out
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:24 (three years ago) link
they're called the browns because you might shit yourself and die if you go see them
― edited for dog profanity (sic), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:25 (three years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/OTpfv0U.png
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:27 (three years ago) link
they're called the giants because there's a giant chance of you catching covid and dying if you go see them
― edited for dog profanity (sic), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:38 (three years ago) link
the point of posting that graphic was moreso to suggest that the worm has very much turned
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:42 (three years ago) link
yeah, that was from back in mid-May
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
they're called the patriots because it's patriotic to get the disease that the president had
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:45 (three years ago) link
I imagine the fact that we're approaching election day might have something to do with it
This is a great point, people who have settled for voting for him are naturally going to undergo some motivated cognition concerning his job performance
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:46 (three years ago) link
they're called the jets because your debilitating covid symptoms will happen so fast that you will need a jet to fly you to the hospital after the game
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:47 (three years ago) link
donnie's got this. no one cares about the virus. privatize the schools!
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 2 November 2020 23:08 (three years ago) link
If he could just get a chance to end the horrible failure of Obamacare, people will surely stop with all the covid, covid, covid all the time.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 2 November 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
It’s more like 45% brand recognition imo
Xps
― Evan, Monday, 2 November 2020 23:32 (three years ago) link
COVID all the timeMy girl wants to COVID all the time
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 03:37 (three years ago) link
It's almost less the possibility of him winning than the fact that the possibility even exists after four years of this shit that's giving me the vapors. Like what kind of a fallen world is this where the outcome is even slightly in question?
― OrificeMax (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 03:59 (three years ago) link
a world where the biggest and most powerful democracy in the world relies on a system that ensures that ~80% of the votes don't count
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:05 (three years ago) link
I hear you old lunch. I feel the same
― just another 3-pinnochio post by (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:06 (three years ago) link
He failed catastrophically and lost a couple percentage points as a result. It’s bleak.
― just another 3-pinnochio post by (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:07 (three years ago) link
because "fuck you buddy, I got mine and I intend to keep it" is a dominant political philosophy of our era
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:08 (three years ago) link
don't worry, 2021-22 is going to be an insane catastrophe either way
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:09 (three years ago) link
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:15 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
There's almost no progress on the wall. Hillary is still out. The job is virtue signalling
― anvil, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:15 (three years ago) link
For Republicans, half the job was tax cuts and packing the courts - massive success. The other half was owning the libs - also a massive success.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:18 (three years ago) link
if Trump does manage to win legitimately, then America is a fundamentally evil country that deserves the reckoning it's actually already getting right now. KM's point - "He failed catastrophically and lost a couple percentage points as a result" is in my eyes an indictment of the horrible, utterly toxic era of untruth people like Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes have inflicted on this country. it means that we've driven the richest, most powerful country in the world into permanent minority rule of people with a voting base of people who do not understand how a single thing works. if Biden wins, I think America will eventually recover, if not...I dunno. I'm really pessimistic about what a 2nd Trump term is gonna bring.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link
for legislators and politicians, it's the former. for most Trump voters - the asshole with massive signs in their front yard with slogans like NO MORE BULLSHIT - it's really all about the latter. there is literally nothing more to it any more than sticking it to the people who don't like them. put yourself in the mind of someone who openly fantasizes about murdering criminals - someone who thinks of Kyle Rittenhouse as a goddamn hero (because he got to shoot ANTEEFA!!) - and I think you'll get what the conservative mindset is all about
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:24 (three years ago) link
Trump instantly won 30+ million votes the moment an R appeared before his name on the ballot.
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:24 (three years ago) link
I'm really pessimistic about what a 2nd Trump term is gonna bring.
Chaos, dysfunction, authoritarianism, more blatant racism and violence toward BIPOC, more pandering to the christian right, further erosion of income for everyone below the median, national wealth migrating ever faster to the 0.1%, rapid worsening of the homeless crisis. You know, the usual.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:29 (three years ago) link
I really didn't expect him to hold a 45% approval rating for basically his whole presidency. The idea that nearly one out of every 2 people still approves of him is grotesque
― Dan S, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:35 (three years ago) link
I'm not pessimistic about what a second Trump term would bring. More like apocalyptic. It's the end of the US as we know it.
― OrificeMax (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:40 (three years ago) link
And no, I don't feel fine, thankyouverymuch.
― OrificeMax (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:41 (three years ago) link
You guys are leaving out that Trump dramatically reduced immigration to the US, which was one of his big selling points.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:42 (three years ago) link
.....lenny bruce is not afraid
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:43 (three years ago) link