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2020 Presidential Election part 2

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I think the only thing that might make me happier than a Biden victory tonight would be if a large Indian family moved in next-door to Skeptic Tank.
 
Craig4 said:
I think the only thing that might make me happier than a Biden victory tonight would be if a large Indian family moved in next-door to Skeptic Tank.
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What that Indian family did to you that you wish them this kind of fate?
 
rdwight said:
Or maybe I'm talking about the olden days of yore, i.e the 2017 Congressional baseball shooting.
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Personally, I haven't forgotten that one at all.



rdwight said:
I have not tried to create a false equivalence. It's just other posters adding whataboutism's they think prove some point that wasn't being made. I made an observation that is obvious, and I hate the idea everyone has to tip toe around the obvious.
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While I could see what happened when I posted what I did, I'm going to poke back at what I said and clarify one of the main points of what I said more. The response you actually made did not actually help your case, as you made it.

More helpful might be to refer to the fact that fears driving such don't need to be especially well based in reality, given the nature of many of the objections, as well as how much of the media has helped nurture such fears given sensationalist or political biases.


rdwight said:
Ya political violence 100+ years ago was definitely the norm, especially in regards to black Americans voting or gaining political positions. What's scary are the countless stories that we probably will never know about because the victims weren't around after to tell their side.
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Mmm. And to be a slightly terrible person - I honestly don't want to know those stories, personally. It's quite enough for me to act to try to prevent any more from happening.
 
rdwight said:
Or maybe I'm talking about the olden days of yore, i.e the 2017 Congressional baseball shooting.
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Oh okay, no aggregated data for you then. You’d rather just stick with talking points. Cool. :thumbsup:

Hey, remember that time Obama said there were 57 states? That’s totally the same thing as all the dumb stuff that Trump says.
 
Craig4 said:
I think the only thing that might make me happier than a Biden victory tonight would be if a large Indian family moved in next-door to Skeptic Tank.
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Well I'm glad that we agree that having to live around people like that is a punishment.

They have a very large country to live in, Indians should be in India. It's right there in the name.
 
Well if we can all drag our eyes away from the Racist trying to bait us into a "Who's on First" Routine with Indians/First Nation Peoples....

- 6 states have already surpassed their 2016 voting numbers. Turnout is going to be big, at least in spots. I hope it's a trend that will hold consistent.

- The White House put up high security fencing last night.

- Voting was down in Spalding County Georgia for brief period due to an unspecified technical glitch. Luckily it does look (by all accounts) to have been a non-nefarious honest technical issue, voting was restored quickly, and provisional ballots were given to anyone affected who couldn't wait for restoral.
 
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The Don said:
This is another bizarre thing about the US election process. It's enormously expensive to administer and still results in an exceptionally poor level of "customer service".

I wouldn't claim that the UK system is world leading but we manage to have a polling station for approximately every 800-1,000 registered voters. I've voted in cities, towns and in rural areas and have seldom had to wait, much less wait in line with hundreds of other people.
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It varies quite a bit here, depending on where you live.

In NC a lot of the election standards are set by the various county BoEs. In Durham County, where I live, there has been little problem with lines. We had nearly two weeks of early voting and the BoE provided for 14 poll sites which were open mostly 12 hrs a day. There were some 20 or 30 minute lines at some of them the first couple of days, but after that they were minimal to non-existent. I voted Friday, and spent more time filling out the ballot than I did walking through the stations to get it.

And since the early polling places aren't precinct specific it was easy to find one that wasn't crowded if you wanted to go a bit farther.

They even had a map up on their website which gave wait times at the various locations. I checked it from time to time during the early voting and most of them were pretty clear.

Today you have to go to your assigned precincts, but there's around 60 precinct polling places, and if you aren't trying to vote first thing or at the end of the day then there is usually very little wait. I'm not seeing any reports of long lines on our local news reports right now.

Also, the mail-in ballots are not restricted to certain excused voters. Any registered voter can request one, and if they are postmarked by today then there is a nine day window for them to be delivered. If you don't trust the USPS then you can drop them off at the BoE office by end of business (5:00pm) on election day. Or you can turn them in at any of the polling places.

But Durham county is a Democratic Party stronghold, and they go out of their way to make voting as convenient as possible. Sadly, this is not the case for all of the other 99 counties.
 
BobTheCoward said:
No city has been remotely close to burning down. I'm not sure that is even possible given building codes.

You should retract your position.
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Trump regularly claimed that protests spread over a few square blocks were burning entire cities to the ground. Surely you aren't suggesting that he would lie in order to manipulate and inflame his cultists?
 
Apparently the White House will go in to full lockdown tonight.

Nothing says "of the people, by the people, for the people" quite so powerfully as an 8 foot high fence reinforced with 18 inches of concrete
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Apparently the White House will go in to full lockdown tonight.

Nothing says "of the people, by the people, for the people" quite so powerfully as an 8 foot high fence reinforced with 18 inches of concrete
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Seems that the White House are confident of victory though. :(

Why else would they need that wall ?
 
The CNN anchors and pundits seem to be unusually smiley today. Perhaps it's because all the Election nonsense is close to being over. Well, closer anyway...

The Don said:
Seems that the White House are confident of victory though. :(

Why else would they need that wall ?
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Didn't take 'em long to build that one.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Apparently the White House will go in to full lockdown tonight.

Nothing says "of the people, by the people, for the people" quite so powerfully as an 8 foot high fence reinforced with 18 inches of concrete
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You'd think the POTUS would be having one of those self-reflection moments right about now...

"I don't seeeeeeeeem to recall protective fences and lockdowns during President Obama's elections..."
 
Armitage72 said:
Trump regularly claimed that protests spread over a few square blocks were burning entire cities to the ground. Surely you aren't suggesting that he would lie in order to manipulate and inflame his cultists?
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Metaphorically, the cities are being destroyed.
Want to buy a house in suburban Philadelphia? Too late!
They are going so fast it is insane- because the tax base of the city is busy tripping over themselves to get out.
 
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