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MillieF Nov 3rd 2020 1:39 pm

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Originally Posted by Partially discharged (Post 12930059)
Trust me 'gracious defeat' is not in his bag of tricks. If he loses (and I think we all hope he does) he will not be statesmanlike.

If this leads us to bearing arms then I am quite prepared to do so, albeit that I don’t live in the US....we vote, because we live in a Democracy.

BEVS Nov 3rd 2020 5:25 pm

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Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 12930063)
That's a rather personal prediction.

Oh , :lol:

Gawd I've missed this .

Jingsamichty Nov 3rd 2020 11:55 pm

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Well, in this thread's vote most people called it correctly... "No clear result on the night, Trump declares victory, starts legal challenge to confirm."

It's much closer than I thought it would be (should be), but I'm still optimistic that Biden will just nick it once the postal votes are counted - or should that be IF the postal votes are counted?

christmasoompa Nov 4th 2020 12:11 am

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 12930430)
Well, in this thread's vote most people called it correctly... "No clear result on the night, Trump declares victory, starts legal challenge to confirm."

It's much closer than I thought it would be (should be), but I'm still optimistic that Biden will just nick it once the postal votes are counted - or should that be IF the postal votes are counted?

I agree, I think he'll (just) get Nevada, Wisconsin and Michigan to get the 270. It's been creeping up in Biden's favour as counting has gone on.

magnumpi Nov 4th 2020 2:31 am

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Trumpster fighting a loss would be no different to the Clinton News Networks 4 year anti Trump crusade

Jingsamichty Nov 4th 2020 2:47 am

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Originally Posted by magnumpi (Post 12930499)
Trumpster fighting a loss would be no different to the Clinton News Networks 4 year anti Trump crusade

Nobody denied that Trump won the election. People were shocked and upset, especially considering the popular vote vs. the electoral college results, but it was pretty much viewed as an abject failure by Hillary Clinton and the Democrats.

This is different. IF Biden should win the electoral vote and the electoral college votes, there is not a credible authority which is claiming that anything would be untoward with that result - only Trump and his acolytes, and their claims are demonstrably baseless. The 'anti-Trump crusade' by CNN is no different to the 'anti-Clinton/Biden crusade' by Fox... it's just the media that the consumers deserve.

But still - the Democrats will need to take a long hard think about this election. To lose twice to Donald Trump would surely be grounds for disbandment.

OrangeMango Nov 4th 2020 2:51 am

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Originally Posted by christmasoompa (Post 12930438)
I agree, I think he'll (just) get Nevada, Wisconsin and Michigan to get the 270. It's been creeping up in Biden's favour as counting has gone on.

I would think the same, Nevada, Wisconsin and Michigan to Biden to get the 270, and Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia and Alaska to Trump, just a b bit shy of the 270.

4 more years of Trump, 4 more years of dumb monologues in simplified English, 4 more years of insults and lies, befriending dictators and causing harm to political friendship of allies......

Shard Nov 4th 2020 4:05 am

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Originally Posted by Danny B (Post 12930000)
It would be great if Trump got absolutely crushed tonight. I can't wait to wake up tomorrow morning and see his gracious defeat tweet.

Regardless of whether he wins or not, it's a fairly sad state of affairs that the USA has so many willing to support him. Having said that, Biden is not a stellar alternative ! A nation truly divided.

Jingsamichty Nov 4th 2020 4:28 am

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The comments Trump has made about not counting votes which were legitimately cast are absolutely abhorrent for the supposed leader of the supposed greatest democracy in the world. Bordering on the treasonous, surely?

I can't imagine that any federal judge, regardless of politics, could go along with his outrageous suggestions.

Siouxie Nov 4th 2020 4:33 am

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 12930600)
The comments Trump has made about not counting votes which were legitimately cast are absolutely abhorrent for the supposed leader of the supposed greatest democracy in the world. Bordering on the treasonous, surely?

I can't imagine that any federal judge, regardless of politics, could go along with his outrageous suggestions.

You mean apart from those in his pocket?

President Donald Trump has made big changes to the federal judiciary since taking office in 2017. Trump has appointed two Supreme Court justices – Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh – as well as nearly 200 other judges with lifetime appointments to lower federal courts.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...ederal-judges/

Trump has now appointed almost a quarter of all active federal judges in the United States. As of July 7, there were 792 active judges serving across the three main tiers of the federal court system: the Supreme Court, 13 regional appeals courts and 91 district courts governed by Article III of the U.S. Constitution. In his first term, Trump has appointed 194 of those judges, or 24% of the total. (This analysis excludes appointees to certain specialized courts, such as the U.S. Court of International Trade, as well as appointees to non-Article III territorial courts in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands.)

Shard Nov 4th 2020 5:27 am

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 12930600)
The comments Trump has made about not counting votes which were legitimately cast are absolutely abhorrent for the supposed leader of the supposed greatest democracy in the world. Bordering on the treasonous, surely?

I can't imagine that any federal judge, regardless of politics, could go along with his outrageous suggestions.

Those federal judges fear the 'commies' more than bending electoral rules. Trump himself is simply a bid of a madman.

Danny B Nov 4th 2020 9:59 am

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Trump will go to his grave knowing he was robbed of 4 more years by the crooked Democrats :lol:

If the Republicans win back the house and keep control of the senate, Biden as president will be like flying a plane without a pilot.



scrubbedexpat091 Nov 4th 2020 10:03 am

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The only corruption is coming from the Republican side, goodness these people live in a fantasyland.

Jingsamichty Nov 4th 2020 9:38 pm

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Danny B Nov 5th 2020 4:17 am

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