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Trump coattails are real. Never thought it. -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 22:25 3
- The Shy Trump voter exists. That's very disheartening. -- nm - TWuG Nov 8, 22:27 2
  - drump, freakin evil political genius or the best con man ever? -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 22:28 1
    - Can't he be both? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 8, 22:29
is Ty still alive?????? -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 8, 22:24 1
- No, he ded. -- nm - Roger More Nov 8, 22:25
all the local Nevada elections and measures are going the way I wanted/voted -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 8, 22:22 5
- If we wanna talk local, The Heights have voted for alcohol which will mean HEB will build them a store. -- nm - Qale Nov 8, 22:26
- Weed is a big winner tonight. -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 22:23 3
  - I always thought that Canada needed to wait on you guys moving first. We're what? Another cycle away from national decriminalization? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 8, 22:25 2
    - Actually, that is an issue President Trump might take the lead on. He owes nothing to the traditional power bases of the GOP -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 22:28
    - Hopefully. -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 22:26
Hold me. - musubi Nov 8, 22:22 8
- And he has total free reign with the House and the Senate. I don't even want to think about the Supreme Court. -- nm - jnine Nov 8, 22:23 1
  - there's a back log of federal judgeships yet to be approved, (iirc) so our entire judicial system is going to get harsh -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 22:26
- Like I did by that lake on Naboo? -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 22:22 4
  - Hey sweet cheeks, squeeze me and tell me this is all a bad dream. (nm) - musubi Nov 8, 22:26 3
    - Nope, sorry. But the sun will come up tomorrow. -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 22:28 2
      - you mean the TRSUNP! -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 22:32
      - The republic will survive. - musubi Nov 8, 22:31
- I just posted to you down below -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 22:22
I can't. -- nm - Spawndroid Nov 8, 22:20 1
- That was fast. Like 20 seconds. -- nm - jnine Nov 8, 22:22
Alright, I'll ask even if it sounds dumb. I haven't seen any mention of 'recalls' is that not going to happen? -- nm - Qale Nov 8, 22:17 1
- impeachment was a threat to hillary, I wonder if the republican center won't use one of his fraud/sex assault cases to get rid of him -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 22:35
Toomey wins. GOP Senate. -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 22:17 2
- This might surprise me the most. I thought a Senate flip was assured. -- nm - Max Nov 8, 22:24
- well, f*ck. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 8, 22:18
I do 100% believe that Russia invades another country during this term. - Name Withheld by Request Nov 8, 22:16 10
- Georgia. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 22:17 2
  - and then onward to glorious nations Armenia and Turkey -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 22:18
  - you are thinking too small, as Ive said repeatedly, the Ukraine is fucked -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 22:18
- Well, technically Russia invaded another country during Obama's term. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 22:17 6
  - Oh, wait. Words meaning things forgot I did. - Beryllium Nov 8, 22:18
  - A couple of them yes. I mean another another country. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 8, 22:17 4
    - Just yesterday I saw that NATO will be moving 300k soldiers onto a higher level of alert because of this precise fear. -- (edited) - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 22:19 3
      - NATO, lol -- nm - Trump Nov 8, 22:19 2
        
        NATO not under US control could be a loose cannon on the deck. Imagine, the people who decide on peace or not are the Germans -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 22:26 1
        
        NATO without US firepower gets overrun in a decade #provemewrong -- nm* - znufrii Nov 8, 22:28
I think you should all move to Ireland to avoid the ensuing nuclear holocaust. -- nm - Loyola Nov 8, 22:14 6
- Northern Island is actually an option for me :) I'll meet you at the border for a drop of Jameson's :) -- nm - Meg Nov 8, 22:17 2
  - if you can get a Northern Irish passport, you can usually use that to get an Irish one, if Brexit happens. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 22:28
  - :) deal. You won't even need a visa to live here. Nobody cares really. -- nm - Loyola Nov 8, 22:19
- Perth: most isolated major city in the world. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 22:15 2
  - Twice today I've seen that. Funny that when I was a kid that was the center of our universe :) -- nm - Meg Nov 8, 22:21
  - Its a West Coast/East Coast thing. Only in Austrailia -- nm - budice Nov 8, 22:18
In the words of Charlton Heston, "You Maniacs! You blew it all to hell!" nm - howie Nov 8, 22:13 1
- *this* perfectly fits this night -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 22:31
20fuckin16. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 22:12 2
- Where's spawn? My faith in the American people died in 2016. He needs to get it to kiss his ass again. -- nm* - jnine Nov 8, 22:20
- Let's blame the Cubs. -- nm* - TWuG Nov 8, 22:12
Jebus, CNN is still putting Begala on? -- nm - Ender Nov 8, 22:09 1
- Well Brazille wasn't available so... -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 22:10
CNN is about to project one of them... -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 8, 22:08 1
- *Price is Right losing tuba* Utah. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 8, 22:09
I doesn't hurt that a Republican is winning, it hurts that a man who seems to have zero respect for anyone who isn't of value to him is winning. - TWuG Nov 8, 22:08 10
- #ohwell #provemewrong -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 22:11
- This. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 22:11
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  - The list of things that hurts is long. It hurts that optimism is losing. -- nm - TWuG Nov 8, 22:10 5
    - *Your* optimism. There are millions of people who are very excited for what this means going forward. - Name Withheld by Request Nov 8, 22:13 3
      - What does it mean going forward? -- nm - Roger More Nov 8, 22:17
      - Optimism for what, though? Everything he's put forward has been predicated on someone else losing. - TWuG Nov 8, 22:17
      - and their vision for exactly "what this means going forward" horrifies me. #provemewrong -- nm* - znufrii Nov 8, 22:13
    - Amen. - musubi Nov 8, 22:12
  - Yeah, it's that who knows what the fuck he's going to do. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 22:10
WTF. Seriously. I can't even. - musubi Nov 8, 22:08 2
- Musubi! Where have you been! No one gives a crap about your opinion on politics, how about them Cubbies? -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 22:22 1
  - I was rooting for the Indians because Zobrist shafted the Mets. - musubi Nov 8, 22:25
Hillary has this in the bag. 100% sure of it -- nm -- Bacon (aka redmond) Nov 8 '16, 14:36 -- nm - budice Nov 8, 22:08 6
- like it's not funny anymore, but it's beyond funny. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 22:13
- 49ers? Loss Giants? Loss Ducks? Slaughtered. Hillary? I can't lose there too can I? -- nm -- Bacon (aka redmond) Oct 8 '16, 20:02 -- (link*) - budice Nov 8, 22:11 [Backboard]
- I'm about a 20 minute drive from his front door. - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 22:09 1
  - Too late. -- nm - jnine Nov 8, 22:22
- Yeah, he needs a visit from Meg. -- nm - TWuG Nov 8, 22:08 1
  - I need to check - I may have enough airmiles for a RT to PDX :) -- nm - Meg Nov 8, 22:12
Final exits are fascinating. -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 22:07
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  - duh, its a complex demo, I'm a liberal in a demo that people always assume are pro-Romney, pro-Trump etc. - crash davis Nov 8, 22:17 1
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I'd like to say I don't recognize the America I am likely to find myself waking up to tomorrow, but I do, and it horrifies me. #provemewrong. -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 22:07
This afternoon I booked a flight to san jose. - Beryllium Nov 8, 22:04
The guy who runs the other gun store in town ordered over a thousand AR-15s on the assumption Hillary would win and folks would panic. - crash davis Nov 8, 22:02 7
- Eh, they'll have to defend themselves against the Hillary uprising #provemewrong -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 22:03 6
  - actually, its easy to prove you wrong...its a very cynical agreement amongst gun manufacturers, ammo makers, and gun sellers that Obama - crash davis Nov 8, 22:14 5
    - So they come up with another cynical argument. Trump wins, encites panic against Muslims, etc., #provemewrong -- nm* - znufrii Nov 8, 22:15 4
      - there are enough guns out there to deal with Muslims, its the thought of scarcity that drives sales - crash davis Nov 8, 22:20 3
        
        It's the thought of an adversary that drives sales. i.e. the Gub'mint, or Muslims. #provemewrong. -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 22:21 2
        
        there is no adversary now. so sales will flatline -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 22:23 1
        
        LOLOLOLOLOL #provemeworng #muslimrefugees #mexicanrapists -- nm* - znufrii Nov 8, 22:25
breaking news: canadian immigration info site has crashed due to excessive traffic -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 21:59
John King just basically said Wisconsin is over. -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 21:54 3
- Ditto for PA -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 21:59 2
  - 238 + 20 + 16 = it's over. 274 -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 8, 22:01 1
    - It is? Wow -- nm - Loyola Nov 8, 22:07
Quaxelrod! -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 21:52 1
- only @MayorEmanuel can save us now. -- nm - Tim Nov 8, 21:53
MAking a handful of assumptions, the Raygun decision desk is ready to make a call - Reagen Nov 8, 21:51 21
- wait, I am reversing my call - I forgot to put in the top states (which could definitely change) - Reagen Nov 8, 22:04 6
  - Hey folks. What the bloody blue hell is happening in this country? - musubi Nov 8, 22:05 4
    - *Now* you show up!!! Hi :) -- nm - Meg Nov 8, 22:10
    - This was supposed to be a new post. - musubi Nov 8, 22:06 2
      - it still worked -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 22:06 1
        
        I wish I could come back here under better circumstances. - musubi Nov 8, 22:10
  - RIGGED! -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 22:04
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  - you're gonna be close. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 22:07
- *snort* -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 8, 21:59
- I may score negative. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 21:55 2
  - nah, no one's even close. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 21:56 1
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- LOL, I wish I could remember my choices! -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 21:53 6
  - I think you're gonna nail the popular vote. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 21:54 5
    - (and the EV isn't going to matter) -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 21:57 1
      - No, I had Hillary winning (albeit closer than most) -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 22:02
    - Will you have time to put out some totals/results after things are final? -- nm* - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 21:56 2
      - it always takes quite some time - CA takes *forever* to finalize its vote. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 21:57 1
        
        K, thanks. - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 22:04
- I'll get my revenge by knocking him out of the Astronauts playoffs -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 21:52
I'd projected if I stayed healthy my portfolio was good for 25 years - Meg Nov 8, 21:49
My 28 year old Assemblyman defeated his 26 year old challenger. -- nm - Tim Nov 8, 21:47 4
- But the 88 year old State Senator gets his 14th term. -- nm - Tim Nov 8, 21:47 3
  - Sean Patrick Maloney reelected; Zephyr Teachout defeated in the most expensive house race in the country apparently -- nm* - Tim Nov 8, 21:49 2
    - (those are two different races. Maloney's my congressman, Teachout is the one north of here.) -- nm - Tim Nov 8, 21:49 1
      - you mean zany professor Zephyr Teachout? she's not even one of us! -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 21:53
u mad bro? -- nm - Comey Nov 8, 21:47
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- I'll bet they'll even work getting rid of same sex marriage. -- nm - . Nov 8, 22:04
- Corporate tax cuts, esp repatriation on overseas corporate cash piles. -- nm - Loyola Nov 8, 22:04
- Violence against gays/trans and Muslims goes up. More religious freedom laws get passed and discrimination increases. Russia is emboldened. - TWuG Nov 8, 21:55 1
  - 5% inflation at some point. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 22:22
- the weird thing is, polls show the Trump voters want more healthcare, not less...Donaldo could lead to a single payer system - crash davis Nov 8, 21:50 6
  - keep in mind, He's the kind of guy who's opinion reflects those of his circle, his circle is being assembled by Christy pence etc - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 21:56 2
    - the most important voices are Jared Kushner and his wife, Pence is way out on the circle -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 21:57 1
      - Newt? -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 22:06
  - lol. - znufrii Nov 8, 21:51 2
    - the Congress isn't cut and dried, Paul Ryan is in definite jeopardy. Not for his seat, but for his position. -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 21:53 1
      - again, lol. -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 21:55
- tax base disappears as working class falls into poverty, middle class fades, wealthy get biggest tax cuts ever, of the money they haven't moved offsh -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 21:49
- Keystone XL (hopefully). -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 8, 21:48
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  - work *together*? lol. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 8, 21:53 1
    - they don't have to work together, they can do what they want, a few demos will always stray, enough they don't have to worry about working together -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 21:58
  - I keep saying we're decending into a dickensian/les miserable society -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 21:52
Anderson, just ask "How is someone who is against a federal minimum wage for the people?" - crash davis Nov 8, 21:43 5
- I only heard the audio as it was on in the background but NBC interviewed a woman at Trump HQ. - Tim Nov 8, 21:44 4
  - College educated white women +6 Hillary nationwide. Non college educated white women +28 Trump. -- nm - jnine Nov 8, 22:03 2
    - I wonder what percentage of overall white women would be college-educated? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 8, 22:05 1
      - I don't know, but that is a shocking statistic. As is the percentage of the Latino vote he got as opposed to projected. -- nm - jnine Nov 8, 22:07
  - I just assume a majority of women in the US want their pussy grabbed (by a star) -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 21:45
Lisa Simpson 2020! -- nm - Roger More Nov 8, 21:41
Maybe more than anything it bothers me that Jeffrey Lord and Kayley Mcenany are going to be on the right side. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 8, 21:40 6
- Always go with a winner -- nm - Bill Belichick Nov 8, 21:41 5
  - On the bright side, I don't want to hear any shit about Pete Carroll now. -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 21:47 4
    - Listen, if I can't mock Pete Carroll for being a 9-11 truther then life has little meaning. -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 21:49 3
      - I had no idea he was one of those. And I'll stay in denial if you link some proof -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 21:51 2
        
        I'll stop bothering you with evidence. :-) -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 8, 21:51 1
        
        There is none on Pete! - crash davis Nov 8, 21:55

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