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This reminds me of the time Gov. Jesse Ventura won the governorship of Minnesota.

 Breotan wrote:

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
Easy. All the Republican party has to do is continue their march towards turning our democracy into a theocracy.

I don't even know where to begin with you. Seriously, it's like you're not even trying.

It's very easy, really. Although, maybe you didn't read the rest of my post that you conveniently cut out, since that was the actual point. Or are you even trying?
But, assuming you actually want to engage in honest discourse rather than blithely hand waving away someone you don't agree with, all you need to do is look at the actual party platform. Look at how much they use religion to justify everything. Look at how they fell all over themselves in their race to support Kim Davis. That, right there, flies in the face of the entire nature of the separation of church and state. Do you understand me now, or are you just going to be insultingly dismissive again because you can't be bothered?

 djones520 wrote:
It's easier to just ignore it Breotan. If they already believe stuff like that, nothing you say will change it.

Did you ever think that maybe people believe because they listen to what he says?

 Easy E wrote:
I said if Trump wins VA and Fl Silver would be proven wrong. He called them for HRC.

I still do not think he will be wrong.

He didn't 'call' Florida. He said Clinton was a 55% chance of winning it. And Virginia was 86%.

With the Ohio call, NY times jumped to 88%.

Probably too early to call, but it looks like Newsweek may just have to burn all those "Madam President" magazines they already printed and started distributing.

 Breotan wrote:

It's this close because Hillary is an awful person as is Trump.

I'm so tired of this. She's not perfect, no. She's not even great. But I don't think we ever have to worry about her dry-humping the Statue of Liberty.

I could live with McMullin. At least he acknowledges climate change is a thing and doesn't want to rewind on gay marriage. He wouldn't be my first pick, but I'd take him over the man who made his money stealing from charity and not paying contractors.

My Gast is Thoroughly Flabbered.

People said the sky was going to fall if Obama was re-elected. Some things did happen that were detrimental to some people, but the Union still stands. The doom and gloom train never stops tooting.

Oh, my God! Does no one have integrity any more?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election/madonna-withdraws-oral-sex-promise-hillary-voters-article-1.2864602

 Monkey Tamer wrote:
People said the sky was going to fall if Obama was re-elected. Some things did happen that were detrimental to some people, but the Union still stands. The doom and gloom train never stops tooting.

The difference is that Barack Obama is at least a decent human being. Donald Trump is not.

Jesus, America, WTF is wrong with you.

I imagine it will be less an interesting night than a strange few years. Whoever wins as this election it still has really played up very strong divides between people. An example is in Georgia where the vast majority of non-white people voted for Clinton and the vast majority of white people voted for Trump. Whether race, education, rural/urban ect these divides were emphasized and no matter who wins each group is still going to exist and have to live with each other afterward.

"May you live in interesting times" indeed.

 sebster wrote:

 Easy E wrote:
I said if Trump wins VA and Fl Silver would be proven wrong. He called them for HRC.

I still do not think he will be wrong.

He didn't 'call' Florida. He said Clinton was a 55% chance of winning it. And Virginia was 86%.

Fair enough. He was right about VA!

 whembly wrote:
My Gast is Thoroughly Flabbered.

You promised she had it in the bag Whembs, you promised!

I still don't understand all the angst on the left wing side. Either way they still get a Democrat elected as President.

Ugh, going to sleep now. I'll wake up to the ugly truth in the morning, I just hope it's a truth I can handle. I can handle the candidate that represents everything we hate in our politicians, I cannot handle the candidate that represents everything we hate about humanity.

 Ahtman wrote:
I imagine it will be less an interesting night than a strange few years. Whoever wins as this election it still has really played up very strong divides between people. An example is in Georgia where the vast majority of non-white people voted for Clinton and the vast majority of white people voted for Trump. Whether race, education, rural/urban ect these divides were emphasized and no matter who wins each group is still going to exist and have to live with each other afterward.

"May you live in interesting times" indeed.

Yeah, Clinton wouldn't have much of a foot to stand on as an inclusive leader, calling Trump supporters "deplorable". At last look, he's got 2 million more votes then she does. That's a pretty big demographic to personally insult.

We all know Trump's issue with his mouth and pissing people off. Either way, both candidates have done nothing to bridge the gap.

Easy E wrote:This reminds me of the time Gov. Jesse Ventura won the governorship of Minnesota.

Didn't he turn out to be a decent governor for a single term??? I literally cannot foresee that being the case for Il Duce, Jr.

Monkey Tamer wrote:People said the sky was going to fall if Obama was re-elected. Some things did happen that were detrimental to some people, but the Union still stands. The doom and gloom train never stops tooting.

There may be a bit of weight to it this year... Dow Jones futures is already down 500 points

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
I can handle the candidate that represents everything we hate in our politicians, I cannot handle the candidate that represents everything we hate about humanity.

Sums it up pretty well.

 Henry wrote:

 whembly wrote:
My Gast is Thoroughly Flabbered.

You promised she had it in the bag Whembs, you promised!

It ain't over yet man.

But, yeah... I guess those "silent" Trump voters exists.

North Carolina just called for Trump.

 whembly wrote:

 Henry wrote:

 whembly wrote:
My Gast is Thoroughly Flabbered.

You promised she had it in the bag Whembs, you promised!

It ain't over yet man.

But, yeah... I guess those "silent" Trump voters exists.

I spent all year forecasting his loss as well. Guess I'll just stick to forecasting the weather.

 djones520 wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 Henry wrote:

 whembly wrote:
My Gast is Thoroughly Flabbered.

You promised she had it in the bag Whembs, you promised!

It ain't over yet man.

But, yeah... I guess those "silent" Trump voters exists.

I spent all year forecasting his loss as well. Guess I'll just stick to forecasting the weather.

I bet you waited a long time to pull that response off.

 Peregrine wrote:
Jesus, America, WTF is wrong with you.

Apparently a lot.

 whembly wrote:

 Henry wrote:

 whembly wrote:
My Gast is Thoroughly Flabbered.

You promised she had it in the bag Whembs, you promised!

It ain't over yet man.

But, yeah... I guess those "silent" Trump voters exists.

I'm close to calling it and going to bed. I can't see how she gets Florida and the rust belt looks like it's his too. I can't see how she can do it.

By my figure, Trump is sitting at 258 electoral votes right now.

4 states for a total of 36 could swing his way.

 Monkey Tamer wrote:
People said the sky was going to fall if Obama was re-elected. Some things did happen that were detrimental to some people, but the Union still stands. The doom and gloom train never stops tooting.

That a bunch of Republicans were ridiculous last time around does not in fact mean that this time around a really awful candidate, and all around awful person, is now very close to winning the Whitehouse.

It seems like this whole campaign has been defined by denial.

 Evil Lamp 6 wrote:
North Carolina just called for Trump.

My state had a chance to do good for once. And as always, they failed horrifically. I'll be staying up tonight watching the polls. The possibility of Trump in the White House, a Republican Senate and House, and a Republican Supreme Court is too horrifying to think of.

And with NC going for Trump, NY Times has gone to a 94% certainty that he is our next President.