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11-08-2016, 08:52 PM | #1 |
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Election Night !
I didn't think the TV coverage would be very interesting, but I'm getting sort of caught up in it.
I'm watching CBS. The usual blowhards and wannabe experts but they seem to be chalking up the electoral votes as they mount up rather than projecting states before all the returns are in. I did my due diligence months ago; researching candidates (local and national) to see who agreed with my esoteric views on government and made up my voting booth 'cheat sheet'. It turned out to be pretty much worthless. When I actually got into the booth and started filling in the circles, it soon became apparent that I was voting straight across the board. An elective 'flat liner'. No deviations whatsoever. I don't really have any confidence in the presidential race. My only hope there is that both parties come up with better candidates four years from now.
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11-08-2016, 09:08 PM | #2 |
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Heh. I'd settle for one!
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11-08-2016, 09:23 PM | #3 |
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The lyrics to this song to mind:
"Laugh about, shout about it When you've got to choose anyway you look at it you lose." Mrs. Robinson, Paul Simon
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The loser in this race, no matter who wins, is the American people. Bill
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11-08-2016, 11:13 PM | #5 |
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In our North Carolina state elections, there has been a shift to the Republicans in the council of state. We look like we'll also maintain our super majorities in the legislature - both house and senate.
The Governor race is too close to call but the Republican is ahead. The state was just called for Trump. It's interesting to see all the pessimistic pro Clinton news spokespeople suddenly start sounding neutral (they way they should have been all during the past year)... They still can't help themselves though, putting lots of emphasis on how the uneducated are voting for Trump. Best of all, all the polling is turning out to be inaccurate. I suspected that this might happen since all the more conservative people I know don't bother to pick up the phone and talk with the pollsters. We are about to live in "interesting times"...
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Thank you America.
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11-09-2016, 07:44 AM | #7 |
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Better he than she!
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11-09-2016, 08:59 AM | #8 |
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I, for one, am enthused, encouraged and energized by the election results. So much so that I'm off to the rifle range to enjoy one of my favored freedoms.
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Both our governor race and attorney general race and the supreme court in Nc have shifted to the progressives by a narrow margin. There will be delays and recounts on te governor race.
All of this looks like it was the result of the NC "Bathroom Bill". They literally may have flushed their candidacies down the toilet..
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You've got that right! Tonight is the Eastern Illinois Gun Club monthly dinner and meeting (in the "no-stoplight" little community of Porterville, IL and my shooting range and fishing hole). There is going to be a whole lot of beer and BBQ consumed tonight. The membership is mostly "deplorables" that cling to our guns and religion. That said, I am more happy that Hilary got defeated than I am that Donald got elected.
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11-09-2016, 10:28 AM | #12 |
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Imagine the "F-bombs" spewing from the booger woman!
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The justifications they were bringoing up were ludricous. Single middle aged illiterate white suburban housewives swung the vote for Trump! Right!
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That is exactly my sentiment. This was one of those election where you had to pick your poison, but I still think the outcome was to the better.
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Being involved in Second Amendment issues, I'm used to being on the negative prejudice side of the "free and neutral press". John Lott has documented it thoroughly in his book "The Bias Against Guns".
The press and polling organizations have quite a bit to answer for, and particularly their behavior during this election cycle. Instead of blaming a large number of factors (now including supposed racism, low education of the electorate and other "deplorable" accusations) they need to do some self analysis and look into the quality of work that they are actually doing. It's easy for members of the press to just plain not do their jobs. They buy into unsubstantiated ideas that they like, block out ideas and discussion that challenges their fake positions and generally behave in a lazy and unreliable untrustworthy manner. A critical analysis of the supposedly neutral talking heads video footage recorded on Monday and on Tuesday morning versus their footage recorded after about 10PM EST Tuesday will show more excuses and speculation than facts. There are good reasons we no longer trust the "fourth estate"...
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Gentlemen, This turned out almost exactly like President Reagan's election. The "silent majority" stepped up and corrected the error. Now at least we have a chance to be the great Nation the World needs. President elect Trump has his work cut out..a long row to hoe. Let us pray that he will try to emulate President Reagan.
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Exactly right, Jerry. Reagan as I recall was not viewed as a Conservative when he took office... that "Hollywood" thing.
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I can tell you'all that I find that the sun is shining brighter at my house then it was on Monday. I am elated to maintain the House and Senate, plus take the White House. Trump said he would reverse ALL of O'bummer's executive orders, which will aid the gun folks and others. I could not be more pleased with what we(America) accomplished last night. Now, if I could get rid of this headache!!
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Richard, Now, if I could get rid of this headache!! We just did. Now perhaps we will see justice prevail.
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Hey there, old white man, racist, misogynist, uneducated, xenophobic, anti gay-trans-lgbt deplorable(did I miss anything?)here. I have been called all of these things and I vote. I voted for God, the Constitution and the Supreme Court.
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