Election 2016

[McParadigm]

He just told everyone at his rally to go vote November 28th

[96583UP]

So he's sort of like our savior, then.

Our very own Dark Knight

he will be going full retard for the next 30 days, furiously seeking to destroy anything that presents itself in his path

he will scour the internet at all hours for direct or veiled insults from republican defectors; and seize on them with a visceral blast of tweets so immature that even the most hateful of conventional republican voters may become turned off and not vote; thereby preventing down-ballot republican candidates from receiving knock-on votes

should DJT successfully lay waste to the Republican party via a 24/7/30 series of internet meltdowns, leading to a Democractic House of Reps, Democratic Senate, and Democratic President; DJT may go actually down in history as having been the catalyst for making america great again

[96583UP]

Can I just say I can see it here but online also. People are slipping into a very dangerous complacency. 'There's no way he'll win'. Nobody should even think that until the day after the count.

before all this internal attacking of republicans, he already didnt have enough votes to carry the election without the independent and minority segments that Romney failed to capture in the last election

without those groups, and far less of the republican establishment backing him, he is truly finished

the question is how much more damage will he do to them before this is over

[wease]

He just told everyone at his rally to go vote November 28th

I hope they listen to him.

[McParadigm]

So he's sort of like our savior, then.

Our very own Dark Knight

he will be going full retard for the next 30 days, furiously seeking to destroy anything that presents itself in his path

he will scour the internet at all hours for direct or veiled insults from republican defectors; and seize on them with a visceral blast of tweets so immature that even the most hateful of conventional republican voters may become turned off and not vote; thereby preventing down-ballot republican candidates from receiving knock-on votes

should DJT successfully lay waste to the Republican party via a 24/7/30 series of internet meltdowns, leading to a Democractic House of Reps, Democratic Senate, and Democratic President; DJT may go actually down in history as having been the catalyst for making america great again

[Kaius]

So he is a plant.

[96583UP]

In any case, I think we are headed towards a three-party system: The dems, the deplorables, and perhaps some amalgamation of the gun-loving old guard Republicans and the Libertarians -- let's call it the Chimera Party.

I've often thought / assumed this would eventually happen, but at this point I think the practical / physical / legal barriers to the creation of a true comparable third party, integrated into all levels of american politics as the repubs and dems are; is just too goddamn difficult to do. And that's even if you had enough bodies on the same page (thousands) that were committed enough (will maintain rank and file) and knowledgeable enough (how to legalese their way onto ballots and township boards and organize primaries and all that) to attempt to execute that type of break-out and build-out.

In "thought" there may be 3 or 4 parties (see where leftie dems try to take things next time); but in "deed" there will always remain two, IMO. We got two sprawling political octopuses in this country that have evolved over a couple hundred years, whose tentacles have wound their way over thousands of seemingly incoherent but ultimately excruciatingly rationally-self-interested gerrymandered miles to touch every level of American government from the shitty municipal level all the way up to the shitty top that they can get their suckers on. Attempting to reconstruct one of those from scratch is basically impossible. At every step, other members of an opposing tentacle will do everything they can legally and even illegally to try to prevent you from a fair shot at integrating into the system. You could get a few sporadic wins in certain dedicated areas (the alabama revolution!); but to live and grow and participate in a meaningful way at the national level requires layers of support at the local and state level; and it's just too tall a task to coordinate creating a new octopus of one's own.

Instead, warring groups will spar for control of their octopus among themselves. If they don't come to consensus on a leader, as we are viewing right now in the republican party; they will simply fail, together. If they fail in repeated elections, some may eventually defect to the Dems, because at least there they can get winning support.

Just my two cents of course. But it seems that political institutions in this country are too many, too heterogenous, and too inefficient for a true comparable 3rd party to develop. In an industry of fair-weatherism; the level of commitment and time it would take to successfully coordinate that type of build-out just doesn't seem achievable. Instead, candidates will just flake in the direction they think the wind is blowing in one of the existing frameworks in order to try and save themselves.

[96583UP]

U.S. experienced "race riots" from black americans after MLK was shot

U.S. may experience "disgrace riots" from white americans after Trump loses

http://www.nbcnews.com/card/pence-revol ... ay-n664776

[BurtReynolds]

wake up america!

[McParadigm]

I haven't seen her at any of the meetings.

[dimejinky99]

He just told everyone at his rally to go vote November 28th

Video

[Simple Torture]

I dunno why I haven't thought to post this video until today:

[Bi_3]

He just told everyone at his rally to go vote November 28th

Video

Dude. Let them think it's the 28th.

[Simple Torture]

He just told everyone at his rally to go vote November 28th

Video

Dude. Let them think it's the 28th.

There were some shady mailers sent out during a few primary elections in the spring trying to convince people to show up at a later date. That kind of shit is inexcusable. But if a candidate is going to mislead his own supporters...I ain't even mad.

[wease]

I'm sure it's Hillary's fault he said the wrong date.

[dimejinky99]

This is a really great piece.

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-ra ... -1.2826729

[wease]

You only like it because it mentions the Star Wars Holiday Special.

[Strat]

These fucking clowns. Geezes

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016 ... n-intv.cnn

[Simple Torture]

[LoathedVermin72]

Some of the political shit Armond White posts just baffles me. I don't know how he can be so brilliant in so many ways and so obtuse in others.

http://thefederalist.com/2016/10/12/fem ... vulgarity/