Cont: 2020 Presidential Election part 3

[Skeptic Ginger]

Mitch McConnell: "It's almost like Democrat's Trump's purpose here is not promoting integrity, but rather preserving the chaos that makes close elections ripe targets for their DC lawyers to contest."

I guess no one told him the election wasn't close.

 

[acbytesla]

My impression - for what it's worth - is that the Governor of Michigan appoints the state board, and can yank them back whenever she wants.

Interesting. I possibly believe too well of people, but my bet is the Michigan canvassers will certify the election tomorrow.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Trump Retweeted

Ronna McDaniel
@GOPChairwoman
The irregularities we have seen in Michigan cannot simply be ignored away or brushed under the rug.
They must be confronted and thoroughly examined.
@MIGOPChair and I are demanding a full and transparent audit in Wayne County!

"irregularities"
"not sure what they did but they did something"
"they programed Dominion machines" (in multiple states )
"the courts are rigged against Trump"

They're amplifying all these vague claims.

 

[eerok]

Dave Wasserman Editor of Cook Political predicts a final count over 81.5 million and close to a 7 million vote difference

I think I can live with that

 

[acbytesla]

49 lawsuits filed

13 lawsuits voluntarily withdrawn.

25 judgements

23 total losses for Trump

2 minor victories for Trump affecting a few ballots

0 cases of fraud.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

It has been suggested that voters in Georgia can show their support for Donald Trump by entering his name as a write-in during the senate runoff elections.

Yes yes yes!!!

 

[gnome]

Betraying the country

Then what is sedition?

 

[gnome]

Trumpets have figured out how to manipulate the voting machines so now they can fix the election.

Here's the question: what would you think if this new recount was significantly different than the original and the hand recount?

A reasonable person would conclude that something got really messed up in third count and consider it suspicious

I don't think he's trying to win the recount. I think he's trying to run out the clock without a resolution. That's the prize right now, to make enough states withhold their EVs until Biden no longer has a majority and they can throw it to the House.

 

[Paul2]

Interesting. I possibly believe too well of people, but my bet is the Michigan canvassers will certify the election tomorrow.

Get your popcorn AND your booze.

 

[Dave Rogers]

49 lawsuits filed

13 lawsuits voluntarily withdrawn.

25 judgements

23 total losses for Trump

2 minor victories for Trump affecting a few ballots

0 cases of fraud.

I think their plan is to lose a whole lot more, then go to the Supreme Court and cite the law of averages.

Dave

 

[Fast Eddie B]

I think their plan is to lose a whole lot more, then go to the Supreme Court and cite the law of averages.

Dave

Gambler’s Fallacy?

 

[Ryokan]

Then what is sedition?

Encouraging others to betray their country?

But there are plenty of words in the English language that means practically the same, or that changes meaning depending on context.

 

[Meadmaker]

I think I can live with that

What's going on that there are still 2 million votes left to count?

I understood it would take longer this year, but it has been almost three weeks since the election. If the votes haven't been counted yet, that's kind of embarrassing.

 

[gnome]

I don’t think he is campaigning, as much as he’s playing celebrity to a fawning audience. He’ll say and do anything for attention and has found an audience whose mindless adulation is more immediate than TV ratings.

He doesn’t care for the office of President of the United States as much as he cares about masturbating his ego with hero-worship from those he probably has total disdain for.

I think these guys have it about right.

I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage
Called the blood of the exploited working class
But they've overcome their shyness
Now they're calling me Your Highness
And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

I destroyed a bond of friendship and respect
Between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye
Now I laugh and make a fortune
Off the same ones that I tortured
And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

 

[acbytesla]

Interesting. I possibly believe too well of people, but my bet is the Michigan canvassers will certify the election tomorrow.

Get your popcorn AND your booze.

I also believe Biden's allies will walk into court within minutes if the canvassers don't with a fully prepared request for an emergency order of mandamus and get one.

 

[Delphic Oracle]

What's going on that there are still 2 million votes left to count?



I understood it would take longer this year, but it has been almost three weeks since the election. If the votes haven't been counted yet, that's kind of embarrassing.

Is it taking a long time?

What baseline are you using?

2016 NY vote was certified Dec 08.

ETA: a lot more absentee/mail votes, as well. They didn't even start counting those until Nov 6th.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

"For What It's Worth" (1967)



After all these years still relevant, particularly these days

OMG Stephen Stills is so young I can hardly recognize him!

Sorry, carry on.

 

[Mojo]

And if they actually pay him, Giuliani is charging $20K a day for his performance.

Oh come on, he’s not that funny.

 

[Meadmaker]

Is it taking a long time?

What baseline are you using?

2016 NY vote was certified Dec 08.

But the certification process is different. I get that most states haven't certified and the vote counts could change a little bit as they double check the numbers and find a clerical error that put precinct 4s votes in both precinct 3 and precinct 4. Maybe they have a stack of 1,000 ballots that the machine couldn't read. Those sorts of things I expect and are normal.

The story I was replying to said that when it's all said and done, Biden will have 81.5 million votes, but his current total is slightly less than 80. In order for that story to make any sense, there has to be about 2 million votes out there that haven't been tallied yet. That's kind of ridiculous.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

THIS time. Don't doubt for a second that McConnell is taking notes of which circuits to pack.

Pretty sure he's packing any and every seat that comes open. And the Democrats better do something because he's likely to block every single Biden judge nomination for the next 4 years.

Another reason a lot of these idiot Republicans are backing Trump's little temper tantrum is they are collecting donations from Trump's donors. That fund for Trump's legal service is divided between Trump and the GOP.