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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)
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johnwoo Apr 30th 2020 3:26 pm
Re: 2020 Election
 
Nationalist jingoism is not unique to the US, it's pretty much universal. Not least in the UK.

robin1234 Apr 30th 2020 7:47 pm
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by Boiler (Post 12846574)
I was gobsmacked to see this in the NYT, real journalism
The New York Times is full of real journalism every day, not sure why you’d be gobsmacked.

spouse of scouse Apr 30th 2020 7:50 pm
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by robin1234 (Post 12846624)
The New York Times is full of real journalism every day, not sure why you’d be gobsmacked.
Well done the New York Times, some people need a periodic smack in the gob ;)

HDWill May 1st 2020 5:35 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by robin1234 (Post 12846624)
The New York Times is full of real journalism every day, not sure why you’d be gobsmacked.
To take a tangent, I remember Hillary said in an interview that she felt 'gobsmacked' after the 2016 election. I thought, that's another way she was out of touch. I'm sure most of the blue-collar Midwesterners she expected to vote for her never use the Britishism 'gobsmacked' or even know what it means.

nain rouge May 1st 2020 6:40 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by HDWill (Post 12846876)
To take a tangent, I remember Hillary said in an interview that she felt 'gobsmacked' after the 2016 election. I thought, that's another way she was out of touch. I'm sure most of the blue-collar Midwesterners she expected to vote for her never use the Britishism 'gobsmacked' or even know what it means.
Hilary Clnton was not "out of touch" with Midwestern voters. It's just that Vladimir was more in touch (electronically) with the voting polls than Hilary Clinton was. NO ONE (except Vladimir) expected the Orange Buffoon to make it to the office of President, even the Orange Buffoon himself.

Jerseygirl May 1st 2020 6:42 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by nain rouge (Post 12846906)
Hilary Clnton was not "out of touch" with Midwestern voters. It's just that Vladimir was more in touch (electronically) with the voting polls than Hilary Clinton was. NO ONE (except Vladimir) expected the Orange Buffoon to make it to the office of President, even the Orange Buffoon himself.
how can you possibly say “NO ONE”? A bit of an overstatement there methinks. :nod: :rolleyes:

Leslie May 1st 2020 6:53 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by HDWill (Post 12846876)
To take a tangent, I remember Hillary said in an interview that she felt 'gobsmacked' after the 2016 election. I thought, that's another way she was out of touch. I'm sure most of the blue-collar Midwesterners she expected to vote for her never use the Britishism 'gobsmacked' or even know what it means.
That's pretty condescending and shows how out of touch you are. I live in Texas and everybody here knows what gobsmacked means.

Giantaxe May 1st 2020 6:59 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by robin1234 (Post 12846624)
The New York Times is full of real journalism every day, not sure why you’d be gobsmacked.
'cos trolls are going troll.

andyrebell May 1st 2020 7:50 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 12846908)
how can you possibly say “NO ONE”? A bit of an overstatement there methinks. :nod: :rolleyes:
Perhaps not though. The bet Leicester City to win the prem 2016 Brexit leave vote and Trump president was 15 MILLION to 1 at some bookmakers here in the UK and my knowledge I don't think anyone in the UK backed it even for a pound. 1 pound winning you 15 MILLION i will put the million in capital letters. Leicester city stayed with them the whole season to be fair that was a tough bet. Brexit was 50/50 chance but Trump was the one no one in UK though he had a chance we really didn't. After all he lost the Iowa Caucus and the people here on UK news said he was finished.

Jerseygirl May 1st 2020 7:57 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by andyrebell (Post 12846937)
Perhaps not though. The bet Leicester City to win the prem 2016 Brexit leave vote and Trump president was 15 MILLION to 1 at some bookmakers here in the UK and my knowledge I don't think anyone in the UK backed it even for a pound. 1 pound winning you 15 MILLION i will put the million in capital letters. Leicester city stayed with them the whole season to be fair that was a tough bet. Brexit was 50/50 chance but Trump was the one no one in UK though he had a chance we really didn't. After all he lost the Iowa Caucus and the people here on UK news said he was finished.
what on earth are you talking about? :confused:

out of a population of approx 360,000,000 of course there was at least one person expected Trump to win. :rolleyes:

johnwoo May 1st 2020 8:43 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
It certainly baffles me as to why even one person would vote for Donald Trump. :confused:

nain rouge May 1st 2020 8:52 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 12846908)
how can you possibly say “NO ONE”? A bit of an overstatement there methinks. :nod: :rolleyes:
Really? You are that literal? My, you are a stickler.

OK. There were about a dozen (brown-shirted) people in Gomer Junction, West Texas who thought Donald would win. Seven or eight in Wakko, Wyoming KNEW that god would provide a way for that holy man Donald to make it to the presidency. And one guy who liked to stare at people in a public park in South Dakota knew OF COURSE that his hero would get to the White House.

The people who weren't prayin' and swayin', attending para-military meetings, or had just been released from psychiatric facilities, did not expect Donald to win.

Jerseygirl May 1st 2020 8:57 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by nain rouge (Post 12846954)
Really? You are that literal? My, you are a stickler.

OK. There were about a dozen (brown-shirted) people in Gomer Junction, West Texas who thought Donald would win. Seven or eight in Wakko, Wyoming KNEW that god would provide a way for that holy man Donald to make it to the presidency. And one guy who liked to stare at people in a public park in South Dakota knew OF COURSE that his hero would get to the White House.

The people who weren't prayin' and swayin', attending para-military meetings, or had just been released from psychiatric facilities, did not expect Donald to win.
you obviously like to make sweeping statements that don’t hold water and you are still doing so. :D

nain rouge May 1st 2020 9:13 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 12846956)
you obviously like to make sweeping statements that don’t hold water and you are still doing so. :D
You obviously are a little tight and need to find a way to not get wound up so much.

johnwoo May 1st 2020 9:20 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by Leslie (Post 12846912)
That's pretty condescending and shows how out of touch you are. I live in Texas and everybody here knows what gobsmacked means.
But do they know what the collywobbles are? Cos Trump gives me the collywobbles.


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