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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.

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Just now, InkaUtexas said:

JFC, CNN interviewed a young female voted. She was asked if Trump said anything that offended her. "Well, ya know, you cannot be offended by everything. I watch Family guy and they make fun of everyone, you have to laugh."

OK @Brisketexan make some room on the ledge. This mentality cancelled out a vote.

Went and grabbed coffee at “Milk & Cookies” off 38th and there was a college aged girl wearing a Trump hat. Just crazy to me. 

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1 hour ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Of course, these guys couldn't have an ulterior motive to try and influence the market.  No way.  Fuck them.

They want an unregulated stock market, where they can make a bunch of money quick and then leave it to the public to bail out their mess…and then repeat. 

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6 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Everyone despairing over a Trump victory (which I still believe will happen) try to relax. Know that basic human nature (incompetence, greed, corrruption) will at least partially derail whatever fucked up plans they have for the country. Always happens for the power-crazed and always will. 

giving you the benefit of the doubt that you're not a troll, just to ask why you so often speak in absolutes? That's what children ages 5-8 do. Its really your position that power-crazed despots are not able to inflict the harm they desire? Would you like me to send you a dozen examples just from the last 100 years?

 

10 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

I'm not going to make it to tonight. I don't even really follow politics. I don't want to pay attention to this shit but I feel obligated to. Until the last couple of months, I hadn't posted on this board since the last time we kicked that orange asshole to the curb.

I'm seriously thinking about going home and eating a gummy I bought in Seattle that works like a horse tranquilizer, and spend the afternoon trying to feel the side of my face.

We're going to see THEY LIVE at Alamo at 6pm, then taking the dogs for a long walk, then we'll decide whether or not to turn on the TV. 

2 hours ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

Who was the absolutely unhinged guy that started spaz posting in 2020 before the good news started rolling in? I think T Tom was already gone by then

passiveaggressivecoach?

Just now, Bozo_Casanova said:

We're going to see THEY LIVE at Alamo at 6pm, then taking the dogs for a long walk, then we'll decide whether or not to turn on the TV. 

I'm the exact opposite. I have to watch the play by play or I'd be going mad.

Avoid CNN and all horserace purveyors. They know how to find dumber-than-rocks voters and to elicit ragebait from them. Just accept that 30-40 percent of all people are completely and irredeemably stupid, and as stupid as they are, they are even more selfish and heartless than they are stupid. Accept that, move on, and try not to fixate on it.

6 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

JFC, CNN interviewed a young female voted. She was asked if Trump said anything that offended her. "Well, ya know, you cannot be offended by everything. I watch Family guy and they make fun of everyone, you have to laugh."

OK @Brisketexan make some room on the ledge. This mentality cancelled out a vote.

and she voted for a party who have actual members publicly saying they want to take away her right to vote. 

just insane.

11 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Everyone despairing over a Trump victory (which I still believe will happen) try to relax. Know that basic human nature (incompetence, greed, corrruption) will at least partially derail whatever fucked up plans they have for the country. Always happens for the power-crazed and always will. 

Jesus you're a fucking idiot. 

13 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Everyone despairing over a Trump victory (which I still believe will happen) try to relax. Know that basic human nature (incompetence, greed, corrruption) will at least partially derail whatever fucked up plans they have for the country. Always happens for the power-crazed and always will. 

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30 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

Someone call in a bomb threat to JS's gym.

Let him get his ass worked, he’s earned it

17 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

My mom is this way. She finds it festive or some shit. Which isn’t the fucking point, but at least she votes (and for the good guys).

I don't think it matters.  Sure, there is the very small chance one won't be able to vote on election day (death, illness, car trouble, alien invasions, etc.).  Just vote.

My own anecdote:  My former friend who turned full MAGA posted on Facebook calling a Trump win, carrying all of his 2020 states plus AZ and GA, and probably PA.  Senate will bet 53 Republicans.  All of his comments are enthusiastically falling in line.

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I filled out my ballot last night and let my 11yo daughter bubble in the big one. I'm still nervous as hell but I think it's going to be a good memory for her when it's all over.

 

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2 minutes ago, South Austin said:

My own anecdote:  My former friend who turned full MAGA posted on Facebook calling a Trump win, carrying all of his 2020 states plus AZ and GA, and probably PA.  Senate will bet 53 Republicans.  All of his comments are enthusiastically falling in line.

You're fb friends with helo? 

45 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

There’s a lot of optimism on this thread.  I wish I felt it too.  I just have this constant nightmare that it’s not happening.  I really hope I’m wrong.

Bitch, please!  You think Freddie was scared when he approached the plate bottom of the 10th in Game 1 ?  Nah. Homeboy knew he got this and now so does Kamala. 

Which one of you is the dentist in Houston with the combover on CNN?  Says he's a republican who voted for Harris because Jan 6, economy is just fine - his net worth has gone up the past 4 years, and he has 4 daughters.

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19 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Everyone despairing over a Trump victory (which I still believe will happen) try to relax. Know that basic human nature (incompetence, greed, corrruption) will at least partially derail whatever fucked up plans they have for the country. Always happens for the power-crazed and always will. 

his incompetence will counter his evilness, says his supporter.

Just now, shakahorn said:

Which one of you is the dentist in Houston with the combover on CNN?  Says he's a republican who voted for Harris because Jan 6, economy is just fine - his net worth has gone up the past 4 years, and he has 4 daughters.

Dentist? Surly is all lawyers, didn't ya know? 

Just now, NorthLoop said:

Dentist? Surly is all lawyers, didn't ya know? 

Or, at the very least, rabid anti-dentites. 

Looks like im not the only one who went from super confident in the last few days to wanting to puke today.

4 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

You're fb friends with helo? 

Probably a relative.

Just now, thepop said:

Looks like im not the only one who went from super confident in the last few days to wanting to puke today.

It's normal on game day. 

Just now, thepop said:

Looks like im not the only one who went from super confident in the last few days to wanting to puke today.

I think the confidence was a coping mechanism to get here.

Time for the cold water of reality to wash over us. 

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On the other hand, I have a message thread with a bunch of high school friends.  Three of them are hard core Southern Baptists.  One was a preacher, another a preacher's son, the last is currently a deacon. 

Preacher has been convinced that the sheep have lost their way entirely and is spitting mad.  He also has three daughters who've worked on him.  I sent him free Harris and Allred signs and he put them in his yard...in Azle.  That's like the school punching bag putting a "Kick Me!" sign on his own back.  He gives zero fucks.  He's voting D up and down the ballot until the party ejects that fucking guy.

Deacon has also seen the light after his wife's posts lightly questioning tfg's attitudes towards women were gang piled by other members of his church he thought were sane.  He's been converted. 

Once the scales came off their eyes they were able to see the many and varied offenses of that fucking guy and have become vocal opponents within their communities.  I'm sure that's cost them some friends, but they believe they're on the side of right.  

Preacher's son has remained conspicuously quiet on the thread.  

2/3 conversion rate works for me. 

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Man I haven't been super confident this year.

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Y'all need to relax. Harris has this 

I feel like when it was 4th down back in the Vince Young days. Experts and stats people may talk all about how 4th down is hard to convert, how if it was so easy the other three downs would have gone better, but ultimately you KNEW VY was converting. Never even a question.

Same thing here. She got this.

Half the posters on this thread.

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It's as bad as the Ewers thread. Jesus, get it together.

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I just feel like today, we're right here:

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And remember, Ike wrote two statements for D-day.  One in case of failure.

The world is watching.  So much is in the balance.  And it will be decided as it was before, by ordinary men and women.  The part I just can't believe is that it is our fellow Americans standing on the shore, intent on destroying us.

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I've been pretty confident since the debate, but especially since the Selzer poll dropped. Sure it validated my priors, but that's because my priors were fucking right.

3 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

sent him free Harris and Allred signs and he put them in his yard...in Azle

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Yea, I'm not understanding all the nervousness at this point. I think there's been a clear shift away from Trump and we're starting to see that unfold. 

Just now, LurkingHorn said:

Yea, I'm not understanding all the nervousness at this point. I think there's been a clear shift away from Trump and we're starting to see that unfold. 

Look I don't have the stuffed dinosaur I steal from my wife at night for emotional support.

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I am an American Indian, born in rural Pennsylvania while my dad attended Penn State for graduate school in the 70s.  He was accepted by all on campus, but encountered plenty of racism when outside of it, going to get groceries or go to a restaurant.

My dad played national level basketball in India (not a particularly impressive achievement in the 1960-70s) but it did give him the crack in the door to make friendships with non-Indian people around State College.  It had fast become his first love in India and he was amazed at the access he’d have to courts once he moved here.  He played basically any time he wasn’t studying and he credits it as THE reason he survived the first few years alone while my mom was still in India before he could get a job and sponsor her to come over.

He made friends, met families, ate midwest heartland home cooked food, started drinking socially, went bowling, played golf, and experienced so many other American cultural institutions because of the connections basketball provided him.  More importantly, after my mom was able to move, this support system provided a lifeline which if she hadn’t had I’m not sure I’d have ever been born here.

Strangers to her (not my dad) would take her grocery shopping.  They’d invite her over for tea and sit and watch American soap operas for hours without saying a word to each other.  Because they couldn’t!  They’d go for walks and my mom slowly learned some phrases and in a couple years she was a fairly competent speaker.  She overcame her embarrassment of sharing Indian food (the strong flavors, the smell, etc) and invited friends for dinner.  She said they sometimes barely ate any of it but they always smiled and were grateful for the invite.

She got a job shelving products at the local grocery store.  There she encountered the ugly head of racism every day.  But she always went back, day after day, held her head up and did her work.  At first, co-workers started dropping the veil of hatred, then some regular customers.  She learned that only intimate social exchanges change minds, but that they do!

My parents raised me informed by these experiences.  They wanted me to be an American Indian, with both feet firmly planted in both cultures.  My dad passed on his love of basketball (and sport in general) to me.  But I was made sure to love cricket as well.  Since my earliest memories, we celebrated Christmas.  We also celebrated Diwali.  There were no temples around growing up so we learned religion at home with my parents.

My parents always tried to make connections with other parents at school.  A lot of times the parents sneered, my mom would still feel most comfortable wearing Indian clothes so she’d often come to the bus stop and that stopped a lot of other moms from having conversations with her.  But she also made friends by reaching out.  Our home became where my friends congregated after school, most likely because my mom always kept the pantry stocked with Twinkies, cookies, ice cream, chips, and soda or whatever else she needed to buy to bribe my “friends”.

Because of all this, I’ve always felt like I’ve known who I am and I have grown up to have great admiration for my country and proud to be an American.  As I’ve become more self-aware that America’s diversity is its strength after college, each year goes by and I know that greatness is in this country.

America is great because we have African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latin-Americans, AND the Americans that have been here for hundreds of years.

This is my America.  Our America.  The America we love.

I don’t really know why I’m writing this post today and if it makes any sense.  But it’s helping calm my nerves today.  I don’t want my love and faith in this nation to be broken tonight.  Being American is my identity.  I don’t know if it will be at the end of this election.

There can be two seemingly incongruous things about this nation we hold dear:  46% of the country is happy to be lead into a fascist, racist, misogynistic, dictatorial regime whose policies largely mirror those of the Taliban.  It’s also true that we are on the precipice of electing a Black and Indian woman as our Madame President.

To close, on this past October 12, Hindus celebrated Dussehra.  I’ll spare the detail of the reason for the celebration but it represents the victory of good over evil.

Today, I will celebrate Dussehra again.  To my Surly brothers and sisters, I wish for all of us a Happy Dussehra tonight.  I'll see you all at Chili's tomorrow.

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Just now, LurkingHorn said:

Yea, I'm not understanding all the nervousness at this point. I think there's been a clear shift away from Trump and we're starting to see that unfold. 

The stakes are high. If I am making a bet that has a 99% chance of success but 1% is a total disaster, I am going to be nervous as fuck.

And I think the chance of success is a great deal less than 99%.

1 minute ago, The Dog said:

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Hopefully that's the only aggy victory we see in November 

1 minute ago, Hawndoh said:

Y'all need to relax. Harris has this 

I feel like when it was 4th down back in the Vince Young days. Experts and stats people may talk all about how 4th down is hard to convert, how if it was so easy the other three downs would have gone better, but ultimately you KNEW VY was converting. Never even a question.

Same thing here. She got this.

lol Nick Reid 

10 minutes ago, thepop said:

Looks like im not the only one who went from super confident in the last few days to wanting to puke today.

I posted yesterday (about 50 pages ago) that I share a close mutual friend with the author/commentator John Alter.

Alter says he's "nauseously optomistic" about the results.

3 minutes ago, Old Freak Nasty said:

I am an American Indian, born in rural Pennsylvania while my dad attended Penn State for graduate school in the 70s.  He was accepted by all on campus, but encountered plenty of racism when outside of it, going to get groceries or go to a restaurant.

My dad played national level basketball in India (not a particularly impressive achievement in the 1960-70s) but it did give him the crack in the door to make friendships with non-Indian people around State College.  It had fast become his first love in India and he was amazed at the access he’d have to courts once he moved here.  He played basically any time he wasn’t studying and he credits it as THE reason he survived the first few years alone while my mom was still in India before he could get a job and sponsor her to come over.

He made friends, met families, ate midwest heartland home cooked food, started drinking socially, went bowling, played golf, and experienced so many other American cultural institutions because of the connections basketball provided him.  More importantly, after my mom was able to move, this support system provided a lifeline which if she hadn’t had I’m not sure I’d have ever been born here.

Strangers to her (not my dad) would take her grocery shopping.  They’d invite her over for tea and sit and watch American soap operas for hours without saying a word to each other.  Because they couldn’t!  They’d go for walks and my mom slowly learned some phrases and in a couple years she was a fairly competent speaker.  She overcame her embarrassment of sharing Indian food (the strong flavors, the smell, etc) and invited friends for dinner.  She said they sometimes barely ate any of it but they always smiled and were grateful for the invite.

She got a job shelving products at the local grocery store.  There she encountered the ugly head of racism every day.  But she always went back, day after day, held her head up and did her work.  At first, co-workers started dropping the veil of hatred, then some regular customers.  She learned that only intimate social exchanges change minds, but that they do!

My parents raised me informed by these experiences.  They wanted me to be an American Indian, with both feet firmly planted in both cultures.  My dad passed on his love of basketball (and sport in general) to me.  But I was made sure to love cricket as well.  Since my earliest memories, we celebrated Christmas.  We also celebrated Diwali.  There were no temples around growing up so we learned religion at home with my parents.

My parents always tried to make connections with other parents at school.  A lot of times the parents sneered, my mom would still feel most comfortable wearing Indian clothes so she’d often come to the bus stop and that stopped a lot of other moms from having conversations with her.  But she also made friends by reaching out.  Our home became where my friends congregated after school, most likely because my mom always kept the pantry stocked with Twinkies, cookies, ice cream, chips, and soda or whatever else she needed to buy to bribe my “friends”.

Because of all this, I’ve always felt like I’ve known who I am and I have grown up to have great admiration for my country and proud to be an American.  As I’ve become more self-aware that America’s diversity is its strength after college, each year goes by and I know that greatness is in this country.

America is great because we have African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latin-Americans, AND the Americans that have been here for hundreds of years.

This is my America.  Our America.  The America we love.

I don’t really know why I’m writing this post today and if it makes any sense.  But it’s helping calm my nerves today.  I don’t want my love and faith in this nation to be broken tonight.  Being American is my identity.  I don’t know if it will be at the end of this election.

There can be two seemingly incongruous things about this nation we hold dear:  46% of the country is happy to be lead into a fascist, racist, misogynistic, dictatorial regime whose policies largely mirror those of the Taliban.  It’s also true that we are on the precipice of electing a Black and Indian woman as our Madame President.

To close, on this past October 12, Hindus celebrated Dussehra.  I’ll spare the detail of the reason for the celebration but it represents the victory of good over evil.

Today, I will celebrate Dussehra again.  To my Surly brothers and sisters, I wish for all of us a Happy Dussehra tonight.  I'll see you all at Chili's tomorrow.

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17 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

his incompetence will counter his evilness, says his supporter.

This is essentially the logic for all those in the middle that think we're overreacting about Trump's danger to the country: he's too incompetent to actually accomplish all the fascist shit he says out loud. 

Cool, so BEST case scenario is he and his cronies flail around for 4 years with no real consequences (for them), Ukraine collapses, Russia regains strength, and Thomas and Alito retire during his term, so he gets to appoint 5 of 9 Supreme Court justices to make sure we have an evangelical dickbag majority for the next 40 years. Great.

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