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Cont: 2020 Presidential Election part 3

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JoeMorgue said:
You're missing my point by a good country mile.

I'm expected to "just ignore" Swoop's endless spamming all the time across multiple threads you can ignore the one time in 6 months I've complained about it.

Yet you aren't. Funny that.
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I don't see it as spam.
 
acbytesla said:
I really don't care about Swoop's posts or your snarks. I've never blocked a poster. You're entitled to your position whether I like it or not. I usually hate reading Swoop's posts but I do see their value.
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It's been almost four years. We can put up with it for a few more weeks. (I don't know when Captain Swoop started posting them.) We only have a couple months to go. Twitter is then likely to ban The (former) PDJT, and he won't even be relevant any more.

I have a Twitter account myself but like staying updated here on his more egregious Tweets. Which unfortunately, happens to be most of them. (I think the request to put them in quotes has been ignored enough times to make it useless to complain about again at this late date. Never mind, I'm used to it now.)
 
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Captain_Swoop said:
Pompeo sounds like a hostage telling the press how well he's being treated by his torturers.
This is dangerous stuff and I'm not sure he believes what he's saying.
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Nah, we've been told multiple times this administration isn't fascistic --or should I say authoritarian super-nationalistic -- and Trump doesn't act like a dictator --or should I say authoritarian super-nationalist?
 
The Great Zaganza said:
The two Senate seata in Georgia that go into a runoff: Democrats will move heaven and hell to win them.
Republicans will, too, but the last thing they need is a Trump who feels like Republicans have stabbed him in the back: they have to keep Trump happy, so he will campaign for the R-candidates.
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I'm not sure I agree with your assumptions here. It seems like you're assuming that the Rs in GA somehow need Trump's direct support in order to win those seats? If that's the case, I don't think that necessarily holds. There are a lot of states in the US this election that went to Biden, but who seated a lot of Republicans. To me, that indicates that a lot of people in general still view Republicans as favorable to Democrats, but view Trump specifically as a bad egg that needs to go. My inference could be wrong, but if that's the case, I'm not sure that Trump's emotional state really has any material effect on those run-offs in GA. I think you're giving him too much credit.
 
JoeMorgue said:
Does kind of piss all over the whole "No spamming" and "No hijacking" rules (which would also fall under the "LOL just ignore it if you don't like it" excuse) but apparently this is different for no reason...

At this point it is obvious he does it just because some people don't like it.
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It could be equally obvious that he does it because some people do like it.

He has been asked to continue and thanked for doing it several times. By an assortment of people.

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Thanks, again, CS. Keep up the good work.
 
Emily's Cat said:
I'm not sure I agree with your assumptions here. It seems like you're assuming that the Rs in GA somehow need Trump's direct support in order to win those seats? If that's the case, I don't think that necessarily holds. There are a lot of states in the US this election that went to Biden, but who seated a lot of Republicans. To me, that indicates that a lot of people in general still view Republicans as favorable to Democrats, but view Trump specifically as a bad egg that needs to go. My inference could be wrong, but if that's the case, I'm not sure that Trump's emotional state really has any material effect on those run-offs in GA. I think you're giving him too much credit.
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Depends on why that happened, was it people actually cross over voting or just leaving down ballot races blank?
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
It's not like he expects to keep his job if Trump is out. Barr and Pompeo both have minion credentials and both are serious Christian fundies.
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Of course not. But for him to say such a thing seriously undermines the credibility of US elections and supports Trump's insane claims. He's the Secretary of State for God's sake and he's standing up there saying to the world that our presidential election was a complete fraud. That is unforgiveable.
 
I can grok people voting in the major election and not voting in the mid-term, but at times it almost sounds like we're supposed to believe people go into a voting booth and vote one some elections on that ballot but not others which doesn't make any kind of sense.
 
Segnosaur said:
True, assuming all the legal challenges fail (likely at this point) Trump is out of office regardless... The big question is, How does Biden subsequently take power? Will there be the normal transition period (where incoming officials meet with outgoing officials, exchange information, etc.) Or will the Trump administration sit on its hands until January, and just... leave (causing as much damage on their way out as possible)
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Too late for that. He's already ordered his pets to block the Biden transition team's efforts for a smooth hand-over.
 
acbytesla said:
Are you sure Oregon doesn't have a mechanism where you can vote in person. Like you can here in Washington State? Which really is basically walking into County and being handed a provisional ballot.
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Yes, there is no in-person voting at all in OR.
 
JoeMorgue said:
I can grok people voting in the major election and not voting in the mid-term, but at times it almost sounds like we're supposed to believe people go into a voting booth and vote one some elections on that ballot but not others which doesn't make any kind of sense.
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Well, I admit I skip filling out the ovals that are all "do you want to retain JUDGE SOMEONE NEVERHEARDOF in office as FIFTH DEPUTY CIRCUIT RECORDER ASSISTANT JUDGE?"
 
JoeMorgue said:
I can grok people voting in the major election and not voting in the mid-term, but at times it almost sounds like we're supposed to believe people go into a voting booth and vote one some elections on that ballot but not others which doesn't make any kind of sense.
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:confused: There were a few items on this year's ballot that I abstained from. For example, I don't care who is on the school board, so I didn't vote. Similarly, there were some local judicial positions where I had no real information so I didn't vote on those. I imagine there are a lot of people who care about the president and their congresscritters, but don't care who their sheriff is.
 
turingtest said:
It'll be 5,000,000+ before it's all over....
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Er, how? That's a gain of about 360,000 votes for Biden. How many votes are still outstanding?

I'm not saying you're wrong. I don't know how many votes are uncounted and where, but 300k sounds high to me.
 
JoeMorgue said:
I can grok people voting in the major election and not voting in the mid-term, but at times it almost sounds like we're supposed to believe people go into a voting booth and vote one some elections on that ballot but not others which doesn't make any kind of sense.
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Yet it happens. The principle is that they don't have an informed opinion and so are standing aside from voting in those races.

https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2016/11/7/13553496/down-ballot-vote-local-elections-informed-voter
 
TragicMonkey said:
Well, I admit I skip filling out the ovals that are all "do you want to retain JUDGE SOMEONE NEVERHEARDOF in office as FIFTH DEPUTY CIRCUIT RECORDER ASSISTANT JUDGE?"
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I had 6 "Soil and Water Conservation Managers" on my ballot, I sympathize.

But stuff like voting for President but then just not voting, not voting for a different party but straight up not voting, for like Senator or Representative. That can't be a statistically meaningful occurrence.
 
I doubt anyone is worried about whether or not the investment will be worth the cost for a vaccine for a global pandemic.
 
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