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Biden was the first President to win virtually without campaigning

ticketlessinseattle wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:58 pm I'm just so happy that Democrats have finally become so good at playing so dirty that they've been able to steal and election right under the GOP's noses and have even managed to blackmail a fair few GOP'rs into saying it was all legit

Raison D'etre wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:12 pm It really is the coup to end all coups isn't it? I mean, I can understand why Trump would be pissed, what with his popularity being so Yuge with everyone, but when the oppo pull off a play like that - well what can you do but stand back and applaud. Its not as if the US is the country with the highest number of Covid deaths in the worlds is it, so the Dems must have stole it!

ovalball wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:31 pm

Raison D'etre wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:12 pm It really is the coup to end all coups isn't it? I mean, I can understand why Trump would be pissed, what with his popularity being so Yuge with everyone, but when the oppo pull off a play like that - well what can you do but stand back and applaud. Its not as if the US is the country with the highest number of Covid deaths in the worlds is it, so the Dems must have stole it!

And, of course, it was all so shocking because Trump was so far ahead in the Opinion Polls, coming into the election................... No one could possibly have predicted Trump would lose, could they ??

ovalball wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:31 pm

Raison D'etre wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:12 pm It really is the coup to end all coups isn't it? I mean, I can understand why Trump would be pissed, what with his popularity being so Yuge with everyone, but when the oppo pull off a play like that - well what can you do but stand back and applaud. Its not as if the US is the country with the highest number of Covid deaths in the worlds is it, so the Dems must have stole it!

And, of course, it was all so shocking because Trump was so far ahead in the Opinion Polls, coming into the election................... No one could possibly have predicted Trump would lose, could they ??

mightyreds wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:13 am In-your-face Dept: projecting a Hollywood movie role for the projected President of the USA:

. An early indicator that Trump would win: Google Trends, which provides statistical analysis of internet behaviour, and had correctly predicted the result of every Presidential election since 2004, 2 weeks prior to the election predicted an easy win for Trump. A 100% batting average over 15 years, and yet Basement Biden destroyed their credibility overnight - what manner of man is this?

. The incumbent usually wins: out of 45 US Presidents, the incumbent has won a second term 39 times. There's 2 major indicators out the window already, making BBs 'win' highly unusual, and subject to questions of 'why?, and how?' A tremendous achievement - how did he do it???

. And what's this? Since 1960, no candidate who won Florida and Ohio has failed to win the Presidency, yet Joe has overturned the strongest of trends: a once-in-40-years event. He is amazing! How does he keep dodging the odds?

. Biden was the first President to win virtually without campaigning - he only attended a handful of rallies, with attendances of between 10 and 150 people/Trump campaigned exhaustively, to thousands of people on each occasion. History shows that people who ignore their electorate get punished in the voting, yet JB not only won, but got over 10 million more votes than Obama had, and became the first President in history to get more than 80 million votes - it's starting to sound like a miracle...but wait, it is a miracle - in Wayne County, Michigan, more people voted than were registered to vote! It's the loaves and fishes all over again, and already, Basement Joe is a miracle-worker.

Trumps popularity rating pre-election was 56%, voter satisfaction with him was about the same, and his Republican Primary win was 96%. No President has ever failed to be re-elected with those figures; in fact they're usually re-elected with a lot less. BB does it again! There's something super-human about the man, he's like a walking agorithm that re-sets every likely eventuality, including going to sleep on Election night the loser, and waking up the next day a triumphant winner. That does it - there absolutely has to be a re-make of The Miracle Worker, featuring the 'President Elect', as this sort of thing only happens in Hollywood movies. Oh, but it would have to be a movie for 5-year-olds; you'd have to aim that low to get an audience able to suspend their disbelief.

mightyreds wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:13 am

. The incumbent usually wins: out of 45 US Presidents, the incumbent has won a second term 39 times. There's 2 major indicators out the window already, making BBs 'win' highly unusual, and subject to questions of 'why?, and how?' A tremendous achievement - how did he do it???

Shoneen wrote: ↑Tue Dec 01, 2020 12:19 am

mightyreds wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:13 am

. The incumbent usually wins: out of 45 US Presidents, the incumbent has won a second term 39 times. There's 2 major indicators out the window already, making BBs 'win' highly unusual, and subject to questions of 'why?, and how?' A tremendous achievement - how did he do it???

Not that it will matter much to the original poster, but the stat about 39 incumbents winning a second term is patently not true. I haven't even Googled what the correct number is, but the first Presidential election was only 231 years ago and basic maths tells you that you can't fit 39 two termers plus another six single termers into that time span (I know a few them died in office, but Roosevelt with his 4 terms cancels them out). I'm guessing though that Maths (along with many others things) isn't his strong point.

Kiwias wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 1:08 am

mightyreds wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:11 pm One thing that does offer a glimmer of hope for this investigation is the indication (even if the stats (2014) are dated) that the American public in general is a lot more intelligent than you lot: reading crap and not trusting it is definitely at a higher level of functioning than reading crap and believing it absolutely:

Fortunately, according to a poll released by Gallup last year, the majority of Americans (55%) still have little to no faith in the mainstream media, up slightly from 2012’s all-time high (60%)

So let me get this straight: 55% last year is UP from the all-time high of 60%. Right.

ovalball wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:44 pm

ticketlessinseattle wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:58 pm I'm just so happy that Democrats have finally become so good at playing so dirty that they've been able to steal and election right under the GOP's noses and have even managed to blackmail a fair few GOP'rs into saying it was all legit

They are absolutely genius - to get the FBI, DOJ, a long dead Venezualen dictator, Poll machine manufacturers, Republican State Officials, Conservative High Court judges, Poll workers, all to take part in a massive conspiracy to change votes - and to leave no credible evidence behind. Astonishing achievement.

Mick Mannock wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 12:29 pm The true enormity of Democrat election fraud may take a few weeks to become evident.

The Sun God wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 2:46 pm

Mick Mannock wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 12:29 pm The true enormity of Democrat election fraud may take a few weeks to become evident.

It's been a few weeks. Care to enlighten us oh wise one ?

4071 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:24 pm As this thread keeps popping up, I would like to grant one point in Mightyreds favour. He has - whether by accident or design - used the word 'enormity' correctly.

It continually grates when people use it to just reference size, apparently unaware that the word actually has a negative meaning. There is a value judgment attached to it that many people forget.

And he has actually used it correctly in this context.

So even though he is wildly wrong and a complete idiot, it turns out that even an idiot can occasionally get something right.

The election was rigged by state governments

Santa wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:40 pm Paul Krugman weighing in now.

The election was rigged by state governments

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/opin ... ction.html

Gavin Duffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 8:25 pm

Santa wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:40 pm Paul Krugman weighing in now.

The election was rigged by state governments

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/opin ... ction.html

2016?

Santa wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 8:31 pm

Gavin Duffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 8:25 pm

Santa wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:40 pm Paul Krugman weighing in now.

The election was rigged by state governments

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/opin ... ction.html

2016?

Wait! What?

The election was rigged by state governments that did all they could to prevent nonwhite Americans from voting: The spirit of Jim Crow is very much alive — or maybe translate that to Diego Cuervo, now that Latinos have joined African-Americans as targets. Voter ID laws, rationalized by demonstrably fake concerns about election fraud, were used to disenfranchise thousands; others were discouraged by a systematic effort to make voting hard, by closing polling places in areas with large minority populations.

koroke hangareka wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:25 pm

4071 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:24 pm As this thread keeps popping up, I would like to grant one point in Mightyreds favour. He has - whether by accident or design - used the word 'enormity' correctly.

It continually grates when people use it to just reference size, apparently unaware that the word actually has a negative meaning. There is a value judgment attached to it that many people forget.

And he has actually used it correctly in this context.

So even though he is wildly wrong and a complete idiot, it turns out that even an idiot can occasionally get something right.

MungoMan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:41 pm

koroke hangareka wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:25 pm

4071 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:24 pm As this thread keeps popping up, I would like to grant one point in Mightyreds favour. He has - whether by accident or design - used the word 'enormity' correctly.

It continually grates when people use it to just reference size, apparently unaware that the word actually has a negative meaning. There is a value judgment attached to it that many people forget.

And he has actually used it correctly in this context.

So even though he is wildly wrong and a complete idiot, it turns out that even an idiot can occasionally get something right.

I missed this first time around otherwise I would have given it the thumbs-up already. But it's not too late.



Next project: getting folk to accept that 'fulsome' shouldn't be used as a synonym for full, fuller (no, not the noun) or more full.

Zakar wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:52 pm

MungoMan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:41 pm

koroke hangareka wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:25 pm

4071 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:24 pm As this thread keeps popping up, I would like to grant one point in Mightyreds favour. He has - whether by accident or design - used the word 'enormity' correctly.

It continually grates when people use it to just reference size, apparently unaware that the word actually has a negative meaning. There is a value judgment attached to it that many people forget.

And he has actually used it correctly in this context.

So even though he is wildly wrong and a complete idiot, it turns out that even an idiot can occasionally get something right.

I missed this first time around otherwise I would have given it the thumbs-up already. But it's not too late.



Next project: getting folk to accept that 'fulsome' shouldn't be used as a synonym for full, fuller (no, not the noun) or more full.

I've almost given up on good versus well.

Zakar: 'Hi (idiot coworker) how are you doing?"

Idiot: "I'm doing good, thanks."

Zakar: "Oh, have been doing a lot of volunteering have you? Fighting crime in you spare time? No, you insufferable little shit, you've been watching Netflix in your jim jams and jerking off to incest porn. You're not 'doing good' you're 'doing well', and even that's debatable based on what I know about your character."


...

Actually I think I said "great, back to the coalface" or something equally asinine, but the throbbing vein by my temple communicated the above.

koroke hangareka wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:01 am I might note that years ago, when I was even more pedantic and socially awkward than I am now, my response to, "how are you doing?" Would have been, "how am I doing what?"

Jake wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 7:32 pm This aged well.