Wondercafe2 Election Night Special 2016
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BetteTheRed
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The whole campaign does seem very surreal to me. The candidates amaze me in a hilariously negative way. I suppose after Ronald Reagan, I shouldn't have been surprised by Drumpf, but I am; he seems such a caricature of incompetent evil. And I know that Hilary is in bed with the entire war-friendly control-freak billionaires in charge of the world, so she just feels like a season of House of Cards... The alt candidates are actively just as unbelievable, especially the Green Lady who's an anti-vaxxer (making me worried about my tendency to vote Green up here). I'm actually cautiously ignoring Youtube at present, although I'm usually a fan. There's a negative ad campaign, just 30 seconds, starts with the snout of a pig, that seems to be ALL OVER everything I want to watch, and it's making me nauseous. Then I mute the sound, forget to put it back on, and miss my friggin' video...
Graeme Decarie
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Wise words, Northwind.
revsdd
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The results have started to come in. It's so exciting! So far, Hillary Clinton has 50% of the vote, Donald Trump has 25%, Gary Johnson has 12.5% and in a massive and shocking groundswell Mitt Romney has 12.5% as a write in. This is based on 8 votes cast just after midnight in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire and already counted. Too early to say if it's the start of a national trend. But if these results do trend across the nation, Clinton should win all 50 states and the District of Columbia and all 538 electoral votes.
I appreciate your humor based on the Dixville Notch results.
Dick's vile Niche ????
Did you learn about the thorn in your comparative religious etudes Jae? That's the elusive þ ... part of the unknown to those annoyed by alien tongues ... stuff of the extended psyche ... and things institutions would rather common folks to avoid ... thus absence ... the mental void in those preferring vehement commentary? (vehement is an interesting word ... venomous to some sorts). Toxic to emotions? Goethe Gods ... only in the Shadow ...
So much to learn of serendipity ... and so little time to learn considering imposed emotional opinion-ist ...
Eternal respect ... such an odd conception ... demands reaction/Eris to the imposed fears from corporate industriousness!
Did you learn about the thorn in your comparative religious etudes Jae? That's the elusive þ ... part of the unknown to those annoyed by alien tongues ... stuff of the extended psyche ... and things institutions would rather common folks to avoid ... thus absence ... the mental void in those preferring vehement commentary? (vehement is an interesting word ... venomous to some sorts). Toxic to emotions? Goethe Gods ... only in the Shadow ...
So much to learn of serendipity ... and so little time to learn considering imposed emotional opinion-ist ...
Eternal respect ... such an odd conception ... demands reaction/Eris to the imposed fears from corporate industriousness!
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Lastpointe
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Good clip. Its too bad that more of the election coverage hasnt been so upbeat
revsdd
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By the way I think the election night special 2016 thread should have started last night with the election in the Yukon. Liberal majority, defeating the conservative Yukon Party that had been in power for 14 years. Who cares about Trump and Clinton. The world was watching the Yukon! Congrats to new Premier Sandy Silver!
Mendalla
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You know, this is the first time I can remember an election being Godwin'd so early and so often. Internet forum threads, yes, but never an election.
The problem I see with this is that it is such an extreme statement, some people in the middle will discount it as election rhetoric and the right-wing yahoo crowd will go, "Hell, yes!" since a lot of them are anti-Semitic Holocaust deniers to start with. IOW, the parallels to Mr. Hitler's rise may be historically valid (I'm more a student of ancient history than pre-war twentieth century so I'll concede to historians more familiar with the era), but I'm not sure how effective calling that out is as an election tactic.
revsdd
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Hitler was never elected; the Nazi Party never won a majority in the Reichstag in a free election. Hitler came to power as the head of a coalition that was formed as a result of the shoddy backroom deals that have to take place after elections in a system that uses proportional representation, which the Weimar Republic did.
Mendalla
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Knew we had someone more knowledgeable about the thirties than me. Just couldn't remember who.
Graeme Decarie
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Offhand, it's hard to think of an American politician in the last fifty years and more who has not played the race card. (Yes, Bernie Sanders didn't. He's one of the exceptions.) And, as one who lived through the separatist years in Quebec, I saw a lot of racism at first hand..
ChemGal
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I'm looking forward to it being over. This year's campaign has been too long,, too ridiculous, and gotten way too much attention from various sources. I want to know the result and any major fallout but I don't know how to avoid the rest while still getting the info I want.
revsdd
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The most fascinating thing about election night is actually going to be to hear what the loser (whoever loses) has to say. Will it be gracious or will it be angry or will it be defiant or what? And if by chance Trump wins I'd love to be a fly on the wall during the Trump-Obama transition meetings.
My guess is that if Clinton wins (which is probable), Trump and his supporters will protest in some way.