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mistertim Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, Warhead36 said: Its not about total support but support in the swing states that determine the election. What do his #s look like in say Michigan or Florida... IIRC there was a pretty recent poll that showed Biden up by something like 14 points in Michigan and most recent polls have Biden either leading or in a dead heat in places like Arizona, Florida, and as @Larrynoted, even Texas. It's no coincidence that Trump and his campaign are freaking plum the **** out right now and going so far as to try hail mary passes like sending a cease and desist letter to CNN for publishing a poll that showed Biden leading by a large margin and hiring notoriously bad pollsters like John McLaughlin to basically call other polls fake without actually pointing out what was wrong with them from a methodological standpoint. Which is all fine with me. I want Biden to continue to campaign like he's down 5 points and Trump to continue to do everything he possibly can to convince himself that all of this bad stuff happening to him is simply fake so he can just keep doing the same **** that's gotten him into this mess. It's amazing...multiple huge crises that each had the potential for basically handing Trump re-election if he had handled them the opposite of how he did. But Trump gonna Trump, and Mango Mussolini just can't ever seem to get out of his own way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Rufus T Firefly said: At the primary in February, the time it took me to drive to the polls, park, walk, check in, fill out my ballot, drop it off, walk back to my car and drive home wasn't 30 minutes, and that was longer than usual. My prostate wouldn't allow to wait in line for hours, and even if there was facilities to make such a thing possible, waiting that long would make me so enraged I can't even fathom it. The fact that these people are doing it without causing property damage or injuries to others is truly heroic imo. Remember that astronaut that wore a diaper for a cross-country trip to assault the woman that had stolen her extra-marital affair partner? If she can do it, so can you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T Firefly Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, PokerPacker said: Remember that astronaut that wore a diaper for a cross-country to assault the woman that had stolen her extra-marital affair partner? If she can do it, so can you. Oh, to be clear, boss, I AM voting in November. Just if something goes wrong I'll be pissed (pun intended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 we've hit 10 likes on my new-voter-thread survey post and now, as usual, i'm paralyzed with indecision given i'm fully cognizant of the poorly named thread of dumb excuse's but the people are crying for yet another venue (or two) for exorcising the demons plus there's other game afoot the pressure here is unbearable sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh8686 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Can we rename or add to the name of the other thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, Jumbo said: we've hit 10 likes on my new-voter-thread survey post and now, as usual, i'm paralyzed with indecision given i'm fully cognizant of the poorly named thread of dumb excuse's but the people are crying for yet another venue (or two) for exorcising the demons plus there's other game afoot the pressure here is unbearable sometimes A wise man named Simon once said "Do it, Gordon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T Firefly Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 I couldn't care less if there's another thread, but I like having a one-stop shop for election talk, and it's not like this one gets too crazy busy. So I hope any discussion of election chicanery doesn't get booted from this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 What happened to Jacksonville? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 8 hours ago, Cooked Crack said: What's even funnier to me than re-using the 2016 platform is the dumb idea that the GOP nowadays even has a platform outside of "Agree with whatever crazy **** Trump says today on Twitter". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 14 minutes ago, mistertim said: What's even funnier to me than re-using the 2016 platform is the dumb idea that the GOP nowadays even has a platform outside of "Agree with whatever crazy **** Trump says today on Twitter". I ain't gonna care about their platform. I'm gonna judge them based on what they've actually done. (They ain't gonna come out of the judgement well.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 8 hours ago, LadySkinsFan said: What happened to Jacksonville? Only official party business like selecting the nominee is happening in NC. Trump's acceptance speech should be in Jacksonville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 It’s going to be funny if Biden’s speech rates higher than Trump’s. I’m not even going watch any of the RNC. Don’t care what comes out of their Trumpian mouths. May watch some of the DNC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Cooked Crack said: Only official party business like selecting the nominee is happening in NC. Trump's acceptance speech should be in Jacksonville. So, the Party is going to have a convention in NC. Trump is going to have a rally in Jax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Larry said: So, the Party is going to have a convention in NC. Trump is going to have a rally in Jax. Well, it's not going to be at one of his resorts. He'd never let those dirty fat ugly losers on his property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, Larry said: So, the Party is going to have a convention in NC. Trump is going to have a rally in Jax. I mean, would that be the strangest thing he does that week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Rdskns2000 said: I’m not even going watch any of the RNC. Don’t care what comes out of their Trumpian mouths. Lucky for you it's been prerecorded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T Firefly Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Apparently people are getting upset about this, but he's just asking 'the coloreds' a question. What's the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Rufus T Firefly said: Apparently people are getting upset about this, but he's just asking 'the coloreds' a question. What's the problem? Did he say which color? EDIT: and "Huffman, an emergency room physician". FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mistertim Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 30 minutes ago, visionary said: When reached out to for its opinion, Irony gave the following statement: "No comment". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PleaseBlitz Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 https://projects.economist.com/us-2020-forecast/president?utm_campaign=us2020-forecast&utm_medium=social-organic&utm_source=twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T Firefly Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Speaking of forecasts, CNN put out their first Electoral Map today. As soon as I saw that they were doing so, the thought went thru my mind "I have a prediction here". Which I'm mentioning because that prediction was correct, like nearly 20% of my predictions are. Anyway, what I knew was coming was they would be afraid to post accurate, current assessments of the state of play, because they wouldn't want to look anti-Trump nor be open to criticism that they were predicting a Dem win after what happened in 2016. So, they basically fudged it and gave readers a slanted view of where the race is to be "safe". Using data from 270toWin (they have more data on states' polls than Real Clear Politics), Biden is currently up 6.3% in Wisconsin, 3% in Florida, 6.2 in Michigan and 3.2 in Arizona. CNN lists those all as toss-up states. Meanwhile, Trump is up 1.5% in Georgia, 0.5 in Iowa, 0.5 in Texas and is down 2% in Ohio, but CNN lists all those as "Lean Republican". Even in their discussion of the map, there's this line: Quote There will be much for people to quibble about here. There are those who argue that Michigan has already drifted to leaning Democratic and there are those who believe New Hampshire and Nevada are true toss-ups or that North Carolina may not be really at risk for the President to lose. 3 of the 4 examples suggest that maybe they're not being fair enough to Trump. So, even in presenting their Republican-slanted map, they qualify it by essentially saying 'We're sorry if we're not being nice enough to Mr. Trump'. Not that it really matters or that it's anything to be upset about. It's just funny the way the media will twist themselves in knots to benefit Trumpsters. If you wonder why some of the ridiculous complaints or threats come out of the White House and the right in general, this is it. The media allows themselves to be worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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