2022 Midterm Elections

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

2 hours ago, 5-Points said:

Trump needs to cease the friendly fire for sure. 

With young adults staying on their parents insurance and living at home longer, perhaps raising the voting age isn't a bad idea, and the brown people are starting to wise up to the left's false promises. 

This country needs a hard jerk :softball: to the right just to get back towards the center.

 

He's not going to do it, though. He thinks anyone who runs against him in the Republican primaries is a back-stabbing traitor and an enemy. He's so drunk and deluded thanks to the attention his die-hard followers give him. 

This country needs a level-headed moderate conservative and less radical Trumpism. 

Interesting breakdown on wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_in_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)

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Moderates tend to be conservative-to-moderate on fiscal issues and moderate-to-liberal on social issues. 

I'm sort of in this bucket, but lean a little bit more conservative.

[Gepetto 1,368]

Nevada and Arizona and their mail in ballot delay law and slow counting abilities, can fock off. 

I kind of feel like (edit: for Senate) the Democrat is going to win AZ, NV, and GA.

[OldMaid 2,130]

12 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

Nevada and Arizona and their mail in ballot delay law and slow counting abilities, can fock off. 

I kind of feel like the Democrat is going to win AZ, NV, and GA.

They most likely will. I feel like Lake will win the Governor’s race, though. 

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,348]

Why can Florida count 7.5 million votes in hours but it takes all these other states weeks to do it

[OldMaid 2,130]

30 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

Okay, assh0le

Why is he an a$$hole? Did I miss something? When did it become wrong to want to send your kids to private/charter schools?

[Gepetto 1,368]

1 minute ago, OldMaid said:

They most likely will. I feel like Lake will win the Governor’s race, though. 

Oh, I was referring to Senate only.  Wasn't paying attention to the Gov. races.  I did see the Dem in NV just took the lead for Governor.

[OldMaid 2,130]

41 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Duly noted.  In the future if I want to respond to two paragraphs of a three paragraph post, I'll just type two paragraphs and leave it as an exercise to the reader to infer my intention.    

Hey, as far as making it easier to understand, yes, you are right. It was wrong of me to think that most people here have a reading comprehension level above 2nd grade.  

[OldMaid 2,130]

12 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

Oh, I was referring to Senate only.  Wasn't paying attention to the Gov. races.  I did see the Dem in NV just took the lead for Governor.

The site I use shows the Republican candidate has a 71% chance of winning the NV governor’s race. They’ve been pretty accurate so far.

https://www.racetothewh.com/governor

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

Fox infoclown blames single women for red trickle on election day.

https://www.scarymommy.com/lifestyle/fox-news-jesse-watters-wants-single-women-to-marry

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“Single women and voters under 40 have been captured by Democrats. So, we need these ladies to get married. And it’s time to fall in love and just settle down. Guys, go put a ring on it,” he said with a smirk.

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Now, it should be noted that Watters might not be the best poster child for good ole conservative values in marriage. The Fox News host finalized his divorce from his wife of ten years whom he shared two children with in 2019. That same year, he married his new wife, a younger woman he met while she was working as his intern.

 

What a doosh.

[IGotWorms 4,058]

32 minutes ago, OldMaid said:

Why is he an a$$hole? Did I miss something? When did it become wrong to want to send your kids to private/charter schools?

In and of itself, whatever. Private schools anyways. Charter schools take $$$ from the public schools and that’s their whole purpose.

But as a political statement? You’re mad republicans didn’t do well in an election so starve the public schools as retribution? Yeah that makes you a fockin assh0le. KSB always has been a whiny little take-my-ball-and-go-home kvnt, and now he’s just extended it to public education 

[OldMaid 2,130]

3 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

In and of itself, whatever. Private schools anyways. Charter schools take $$$ from the public schools and that’s their whole purpose.

But as a political statement? You’re mad republicans didn’t do well in an election so starve the public schools as retribution? Yeah that makes you a fockin assh0le. KSB always has been a whiny little take-my-ball-and-go-home kvnt, and now he’s just extended it to public education 

Yeah, I guess I missed all that. Probably glossed over it because I don’t have kids.  
 

Really? I don’t think I’d ever use the c-word to describe KSB. Other posters, sure, but not him.

[5-Points 3,526]

52 minutes ago, Pimpadeaux said:

He's not going to do it, though. He thinks anyone who runs against him in the Republican primaries is a back-stabbing traitor and an enemy. He's so drunk and deluded thanks to the attention his die-hard followers give him. 

This country needs a level-headed moderate conservative and less radical Trumpism. 

Interesting breakdown on wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_in_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)

I'm sort of in this bucket, but lean a little bit more conservative.

See, what you call "radical Trumpism" a large portion of moderate Republicans call mainstream. America first, closed borders to illegals, energy independence, no unnecessary wars, low unemployment and a strong economy. Those were/are his policies that garnered him historic support. That hasn't and won't change. The rest of the country should be in favor of all of those things and would be if the msm hadn't lied about him constantly. 

Senile GrandPotus could espouse the same exact thing and the left would proclaim him the GOATest POTUS of ever. 

[Big Guy 1,412]

Hmmm.......funny how that happens 

 

[BuckSwope 654]

6 hours ago, 5-Points said:

See, what you call "radical Trumpism" a large portion of moderate Republicans call mainstream. America first, closed borders to illegals, energy independence, no unnecessary wars, low unemployment and a strong economy. Those were/are his policies that garnered him historic support. That hasn't and won't change. The rest of the country should be in favor of all of those things and would be if the msm hadn't lied about him constantly. 

Senile GrandPotus could espouse the same exact thing and the left would proclaim him the GOATest POTUS of ever. 

All that stuff is great in theory, and I would guess if you ask somebody on the left they would say a lot of those are part of their platform as well.     That's not the radical part.   Stop the Steal and the election denying is part the radical portion of the Trumpism.   Would you say that belief is a common and mainstream part of the movement, or do you think that is a fringe element of the supporters? 

 

[Mike Honcho 5,269]

8 hours ago, OldMaid said:

They most likely will. I feel like Lake will win the Governor’s race, though. 

I'd be very surprised if that's the final result.

 

[Masshole 642]

“If they take this long to make a decision, they’re going to decide to screw somebody.”

Yup

 

[jonmx 2,429]

1 hour ago, Mike Honcho said:

I'd be very surprised if that's the final result.

 

It won't even be that close.  Lake will win by around 100,000.  The remaining votes should break at least 60 percent for Lake.  

[Reality 3,121]

Pretty crazy.

 

[lod001 1,344]

5 minutes ago, jonmx said:

It won't even be that close.  Lake will win by around 100,000.  The remaining votes should break at least 60 percent for Lake.  

They need to. No one should ever win a political race by hiding from their opponent again.

[jerryskids 6,792]

10 hours ago, OldMaid said:

Why is he an a$$hole? Did I miss something? When did it become wrong to want to send your kids to private/charter schools?

Comrade @IGotWormsis correct -- equity dictates that all of our children have shiotty schools equitably.   

[jerryskids 6,792]

1 hour ago, Mike Honcho said:

I'd be very surprised if that's the final result.

 

Allegedly, today begins the count of the absentee ballots dropped off on election day (vs. those received early), which are quite a few and allegedly are expected to skew significantly for Lake.  We'll see... all of the predictions have been spot on so far!  

[Masshole 642]

9 hours ago, Pimpadeaux said:

Fox infoclown blames single women for red trickle on election day.

https://www.scarymommy.com/lifestyle/fox-news-jesse-watters-wants-single-women-to-marry

What a doosh.

So, where is he wrong?    He may be a doosh, but is he wrong?

[TimHauck 2,866]

9 hours ago, IGotWorms said:

In and of itself, whatever. Private schools anyways. Charter schools take $$$ from the public schools and that’s their whole purpose.

But as a political statement? You’re mad republicans didn’t do well in an election so starve the public schools as retribution? Yeah that makes you a fockin assh0le. KSB always has been a whiny little take-my-ball-and-go-home kvnt, and now he’s just extended it to public education 

Republicans did pretty well in the state he lives in…

[iam90sbaby 2,610]

Which ever party takes the socially conservative / fiscally liberal route will dominate elections for years to come.

GOP is right back where it was pre-Trump. Slightly right of the mainstream left. 

[dogcows 1,030]

47 minutes ago, Reality said:

Pretty crazy.

 

This is just Republican cheerleading. Everybody knows that the opposing party historically does really well in midterms. However, the GOP whiffed on this one, BADLY. This kind of spin doesn’t change that one bit. Look at 2010 - didn’t they gain like 60 seats in the House?

Maybe in 2024 the party will push the election deniers, culture war crusaders, and extreme anti-abortion candidates to the sidelines and actually try to win. Ever since 2018, the GOP has been all about pandering to the extreme elements of their base, and I hope by now they realize that strategy isn’t working.

[Masshole 642]

4 minutes ago, dogcows said:

This is just Republican cheerleading. Everybody knows that the opposing party historically does really well in midterms. However, the GOP whiffed on this one, BADLY. This kind of spin doesn’t change that one bit. Look at 2010 - didn’t they gain like 60 seats in the House?

Maybe in 2024 the party will push the election deniers, culture war crusaders, and extreme anti-abortion candidates to the sidelines and actually try to win. Ever since 2018, the GOP has been all about pandering to the extreme elements of their base, and I hope by now they realize that strategy isn’t working.

Siri could you give me a good example of "irony" and "hypocrisy"?

Yes, here's a hard-core lefty criticizing the republicans for "pandering to the extreme elements of their base". . .    

[Reality 3,121]

5 minutes ago, dogcows said:

This is just Republican cheerleading. Everybody knows that the opposing party historically does really well in midterms. However, the GOP whiffed on this one, BADLY. This kind of spin doesn’t change that one bit. Look at 2010 - didn’t they gain like 60 seats in the House?

Maybe in 2024 the party will push the election deniers, culture war crusaders, and extreme anti-abortion candidates to the sidelines and actually try to win. Ever since 2018, the GOP has been all about pandering to the extreme elements of their base, and I hope by now they realize that strategy isn’t working.

You seem to be a bit triggered, do raw stats somehow bother you?

[Hardcore troubadour 15,421]

The left wants the culture  war they started and foment to stop. No.  Leave the kids alone you sick freaks. You can’t have them. 

[5-Points 3,526]

3 hours ago, BuckSwope said:

All that stuff is great in theory, and I would guess if you ask somebody on the left they would say a lot of those are part of their platform as well.     That's not the radical part.   Stop the Steal and the election denying is part the radical portion of the Trumpism.   Would you say that belief is a common and mainstream part of the movement, or do you think that is a fringe element of the supporters? 

 

I disagree with your first point. The left doesn't support those things, clearly. 

Secondly, I think the majority of those on the right know that not everything was on the up and up in 2020. The concerted effort between the Dems the FBI and MSM to constantly lie about Trump (and repeat it ad nauseum), as well as big tech's censorship of contradictory information, not to mention the Dem's using the "covid crisis" to completely change the voting rules for their benefit.

Yeah, I think those are pretty mainstream views for anybody who has been paying attention over the last few years. 

[avoiding injuries 1,580]

3 hours ago, BuckSwope said:

All that stuff is great in theory, and I would guess if you ask somebody on the left they would say a lot of those are part of their platform as well.     That's not the radical part.   Stop the Steal and the election denying is part the radical portion of the Trumpism.   Would you say that belief is a common and mainstream part of the movement, or do you think that is a fringe element of the supporters? 

 

Just curious since this account joined less than a week ago and has been one of the highest volume posters this week… are you a new member or just a new handle? I find your posts somewhat interesting so this isn’t an attack or accusation. 

If you don’t believe there were highly suspicious activities in the 2020 election, I would suggest you are the radical conspiracy theorist. 

[Big Guy 1,412]

 

[BuckSwope 654]

16 minutes ago, 5-Points said:

I disagree with your first point. The left doesn't support those things, clearly. 

Secondly, I think the majority of those on the right know that not everything was on the up and up in 2020. The concerted effort between the Dems the FBI and MSM to constantly lie about Trump (and repeat it ad nauseum), as well as big tech's censorship of contradictory information, not to mention the Dem's using the "covid crisis" to completely change the voting rules for their benefit.

Yeah, I think those are pretty mainstream views for anybody who has been paying attention over the last few years. 

So by that last statement,  are you one who believes the election was stolen and Trump won? 

[avoiding injuries 1,580]

6 minutes ago, BuckSwope said:

So by that last statement,  are you one who believes the election was stolen and Trump won? 

I am. 

[nobody 2,670]

1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

Comrade @IGotWormsis correct -- equity dictates that all of our children have shiotty schools equitably.   

People think it's schools.  I've been teaching my daughter math since she was 3.  She's in first grade and supposedly in the 91 percentile in math (I think she sucks at math.  Can't seem to grasp algebra).  I neglected shapes, and guess what?  She didn't do well on shapes.  I figured the schools would take care of early literacy so I didn't devote much time to it and she's only 61 percentile in reading.  

In other words, equity would demand what?  Dictate that I need to teach everyone math?  My kids will always have an advantage in math because I spend hours a week making sure they are good at it and other parents don't.  Equity is a pile dream because some people will always outwork others.

[jerryskids 6,792]

49 minutes ago, dogcows said:

This is just Republican cheerleading. Everybody knows that the opposing party historically does really well in midterms. However, the GOP whiffed on this one, BADLY. This kind of spin doesn’t change that one bit. Look at 2010 - didn’t they gain like 60 seats in the House?

Maybe in 2024 the party will push the election deniers, culture war crusaders, and extreme anti-abortion candidates to the sidelines and actually try to win. Ever since 2018, the GOP has been all about pandering to the extreme elements of their base, and I hope by now they realize that strategy isn’t working.

IMO you got it half right.  Extreme anti-abortion has to go.  Culture war is a net win for repubs.  Election deniers I think is a meh thing; yeah I wish they'd move on but I don't think it's going to rally young girls without fully functional frontal lobes to go en masse to the polls.

On this last topic, whenever a political scandal comes up, my wife and I judge its impact by what we call the "cash in the freezer" test.  If the scandal is some complex investment scheme, common people don't get it.  Find cash in the freezer?  Everyone gets that, end of political career.  Abortion was the "cash in the freezer" issue this time around.  Most 20-somethings don't understand what causes inflation or can debate whether or not we should raise rates more quickly to stave off further recession.  Plus a lot of them are still living off of mommy and daddy anyway.  But having sex and getting pregnant, everyone understands that.

[jerryskids 6,792]

9 minutes ago, nobody said:

People think it's schools.  I've been teaching my daughter math since she was 3.  She's in first grade and supposedly in the 91 percentile in math (I think she sucks at math.  Can't seem to grasp algebra).  I neglected shapes, and guess what?  She didn't do well on shapes.  I figured the schools would take care of early literacy so I didn't devote much time to it and she's only 61 percentile in reading.  

In other words, equity would demand what?  Dictate that I need to teach everyone math?  My kids will always have an advantage in math because I spend hours a week making sure they are good at it and other parents don't.  Equity is a pile dream because some people will always outwork others.

You know I was joking, right?   

[BuckSwope 654]

14 minutes ago, avoiding injuries said:

I am. 

Noted. 

[IGotWorms 4,058]

1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

Comrade @IGotWormsis correct -- equity dictates that all of our children have shiotty schools equitably.   

[jerryskids 6,792]

3 minutes ago, BuckSwope said:

Noted. 

Since you are noting things, my position is as follows:  I don't know if there were shenanigans in 2020.  What I know, as an engineer who has worked in systems analyses, is that so much new and unvetted process was added to the election that it is impossible for it all to have gone smoothly.  There was insufficient testing and validation to even come to an objective conclusion about how well it went, so here we are, with one side screaming shenanigans and the other side calling it The Big Lie$#@! with caps and bold and italics and punctuation.  In the end we'll never really know.

[avoiding injuries 1,580]

9 minutes ago, BuckSwope said:

Noted. 

Cool. Write it down, etch it in stone. 
 

Now who are you, or who did you used to be?