deadlydarcy
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Despite the big numbers being swung around, turn out was still 67%. A third of the electorate couldn’t be **** arsed. 😐
Or were effectively deterred by decades of (actual) gerrymandering and vote suppression by the republican party. Remember, because of the electoral college and winner-takes-all system, just like in the UK there’s a huge percentage of people whose votes are fundamentally worthless. It really doesn’t take much to deter someone who knows that from voting- you might queue for 12 hours in inner city Atlanta but would you in Alaska?
The irony is that voter suppression works best in the states that aren’t really in play, of course.
P-Jay
Full Member
Fox News, a very Republican News Outlet is being far more confident of a Biden lead than CNN or New York Times. They already have Biden at 264 with Michigan and Arizona blue, and saying things like “Biden is close to being on his way to the White House”.
I think, basically, that CNN have nothing to gain by calling early, and something to lose. Whereas for Fox, getting off the Trump train is a titanic job if they want to do it, and probably best started early. But very definitely they either need to avoid getting dragged into the endless war on democracy that threatens, or they need to go all in, and they need to decide that right now not in a few days time because then it’ll be in full roll.
P-Jay
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The Beeb just had a member of Trumps staff on. Quite measured for. Trump staffer, saying things like “he just wants all legal votes counted” etc.
Which would be fine, if it weren’t a massive blatant lie. The measured ones are worse than the overt lunatics.
iolo
Free Member
His spiritual advisor is preying for him.
She’s always good value, I like when she speaks in tongues. But she just tweeted “stop worrying over what went wrong and thank God for what went right”. Looks like even professional christians-for-hire can see the writing for the wall.
frankconway
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After randi reed’s word soup, here’s how to communicate – John McCain’s concession speech;
Forget the speech, McCain worked directly with Obama after the election to aid the transition, and not only that but defended Obama throughout the years that followed. Basically because you can, still, be a conservative but not an absolute thunder****, if you just try a little bit.
