2018 US Midterm Elections | OT |

[TakingBackSunday]

jesus christ, we went three whole days without a douchebag shitting up this thread

[Am_I_Anonymous]

jesus christ, we went three whole days without a douchebag shitting up this thread

Glad to be of service. I know counterpoints are hard to deal with, but I'm sure you'll suck it up.

But my groupthink dude......fuck your group.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Btw I only come around for elections and raiders wins....so see ya again in 2 years :-)

[Great Rumbler]

so see ya again in 2 years :-)

okay

[nachobro]

My line has always been crooked, who's shook? Hope all is well.

Working less hours for more money so all is well here. I may bitch but it's good that faces I recognize are posting again. If nothing else it'll raise the collective blood pressure here but better slow down while people are sore over the election.

 How's the weather up there? This is about the time of year I remember why I left Cleveland and smile.

[benjipwns]

I think everyone just sorta forgot that AiA can be a worse reader than Assi.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

My line has always been crooked, who's shook? Hope all is well.

Working less hours for more money so all is well here. I may bitch but it's good that faces I recognize are posting again. If nothing else it'll raise the collective blood pressure here but better slow down while people are sore over the election.

 How's the weather up there? This is about the time of year I remember why I left Cleveland and smile.

Don't blame you. Snow tonight.

[nachobro]

66 in Albuquerque 

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I think everyone just sorta forgot that AiA can be a worse reader than Assi.

I am a total PITA. I always admitted that.

[Maiden Voyage]

Now I know youre lying or you don't know how it works or won't say you've heard. How's the snow up there?

Ive invested more money in foodstuff then you'll make in your life. Not insulting, just saying...know who youre talking too before you obfuscate.

I can gladly have the moderators here validate my employment if that's what you require. You're rambling about shit no one cares about and about things that make no sense.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

66 in Albuquerque 

Glad to hear you're doing well, politics aside. Kudos brother.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Now I know youre lying or you don't know how it works or won't say you've heard. How's the snow up there?

Ive invested more money in foodstuff then you'll make in your life. Not insulting, just saying...know who youre talking too before you obfuscate.

I can gladly have the moderators here validate my employment if that's what you require. You're rambling about shit no one cares about and about things that make no sense.

I tend to do this. You'll get use to it. I'm argumentative and wrong, witty and stupid, etc. Just roll with it.

[Mandark]

guys I'm catching up on the thread and aia says if we keep making fun of farmers with sarcasm that they will stop growing food

this got wild

[nachobro]

Funny enough I probably voted for more Reps this election than any since 2004

[Am_I_Anonymous]

guys I'm catching up on the thread and aia says if we keep making fun of farmers with sarcasm that they will stop growing food

this got wild

I'm doing my part to bring Billy Bob and Conley to the forums. I like them, YMMV.

[Maiden Voyage]

Stop making assumptions and you'll get better conversation.

You can look through my post history and see what I've posted previously. If it's a lie, then I've been consistent.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Funny enough I probably voted for more Reps this election than any since 2004

(I did the opposite)

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Stop making assumptions and you'll get better conversation.

You can look through my post history and see what I've posted previously. If it's a lie, then I've been consistent.

Bro go through mine. It's not on you. Trust me.

[Maiden Voyage]

I voted straight D not because of Trump, only because I'm tired of the corruption in my state. I'm sick of the local GOP and was hoping this election would give them a jolt. Unfortunately I am a minority within the majority.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I voted straight D not because of Trump, only because I'm tired of the corruption in my state. I'm sick of the local GOP and was hoping this election would give them a jolt. Unfortunately I am a minority within the majority.

Ohio has bred some real shitbreeds. Is Wisconsin really that bad? Iowa? Yikes.

[seagrams hotsauce]

I think everyone just sorta forgot that AiA can be a worse reader than Assi.

CTE does a real number on geriatrics

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I think everyone just sorta forgot that AiA can be a worse reader than Assi.

CTE does a real number on geriatrics

I haven't been able to feel my pinkies in 5 years. Is that normal?

[benjipwns]

I think everyone just sorta forgot that AiA can be a worse reader than Assi.

CTE does a real number on geriatrics

I haven't been able to feel my pinkies in 5 years. Is that normal?

[Am_I_Anonymous]

If I could have played basketball, I would of. I got no J.

[BisMarckie]

Raise your kids to become left handed pitchers

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Raise your kids to become left handed punters

Fixed that for you.

[agrajag]

Now I know youre lying or you don't know how it works or won't say you've heard. How's the snow up there?

Ive invested more money in foodstuff then you'll make in your life. Not insulting, just saying...know who youre talking too before you obfuscate.

I can gladly have the moderators here validate my employment if that's what you require. You're rambling about shit no one cares about and about things that make no sense.

I tend to do this. You'll get use to it. I'm argumentative and wrong, witty and stupid, etc. Just roll with it.

I take it back, Assy could never be this self-aware.

[benjipwns]

https://act.moveon.org/survey/free-bluewave2020-sticker-email

[ToxicAdam]

"Please give us your address, so we can use that data to put you on mailing lists for life"

[kingv]

I always fill out trumps push surveys and send them back. I figure they pay 50 cents or so per, and a little bit to actually process the results... so might as well waste their money.

[benjipwns]

There's a number of them in there that read weird because they just mashed the words in almost randomly it seems. BAN NO WALL. PEACE NOT WAR MATTER WINS. LESS SHE.

[benjipwns]

"Please give us your address, so we can use that data to put you on mailing lists for life"

I'm not convinced this isn't the main underlying goal of modern politics. Similar to the NSA's whole "collect all the data in the world, store it forever, then figure out how to parse it later, maybe" plan.

[Human Snorenado]

AiA in the house? How you doin my dude?

*reads posts*

...so, drunk and/or high

[thisismyusername]

Live within an hour of a farm, brehs.

I live in the middle of blood-red, rural Oklahoma, my dude. There's nothing around but cow pastures and farm land.

Then move. Because if you all keep pushing they are going to quit growing, that movement is coming. Sat it on one of those meetings. Scary isn't it?

But I'm sure fucktard A above can Google how to grown beans and make it happen....

Just saying guys. The other side has been hearing what you say. And their response will be measured. Be careful.

Not ringing a bell here btw, just saying, takes two to tango, stop calling everybody a gun toting hillbilly.

I get what you're saying. But I'm fucking SCREAMING at this post rn. Thank you so much for the comedy. You think insulting the other side is gonna listen when you pull the same shit they do on those farmers, dude?

"Respect each other, stop all the insulting"
"You and your job don't matter"

Yep, AIA is back. Everyone that disagrees is a liar or a moron, but please don't be mean.

Assy v. 1.0 has rebooted.
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IN ANY CASE: Florida results wise: Duval going blue for once in it's life is utterly surprising. Generally it's a hardcore Republican county. So the fact that it went Democrat along with most of the traditional counties (read: college towns/cities) is insanity to me.

[Mandark]

Check the date

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/834483591228882944

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1062710098957684738

[Great Rumbler]

It's not shown on the chart, but the last time that turnout was this high in a midterm election was 1914.

[benjipwns]

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It's not shown on the chart, but the last time that turnout was this high in a midterm election was 1914.

whats it look like when you take out the million of illegals votes

[Nintex]

You mean the votes from people that swap hats and shirts and then vote again?
Those people?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1062807445075038209

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[Mandark]

https://medium.com/@yghitza_48326/what-happened-last-tuesday-part-2-who-did-they-vote-for-e3a2a63a5ef2

Demographic breakdown of voting in House races, should be more solid than the exit polls.

[Joe Molotov]

Up from the last midterms.

[curly]

That's percent of the electorate and turnout was high for a midterm, so there was an increase in youth turnout compared to 2014.

[Mandark]

Those numbers are as the percentage of the electorate and that's with turnout spiking, so probably raw turnout was up 40-50% compared to 2014. More turnout numbers from those guys here.

This is new stuff and so there will probably be some back and forth on this methodology vs. ANES or whatever, but it's been tweeted by a couple stat nerds I trust and it's almost definitely better than the dang exits.

If I were a GOP strategist I'd be pretty worried that the results were this bad without youth turnout coming anywhere close to presidential cycle numbers.

[Mandark]

2020 could be the next 2008: Dems ride the momentum of a big midterm win against an unpopular GOP president, add the presidential cycle youth turnout for a second consecutive wave election, taking the White House just as the economy craters, completely bogging down the new administration and leading to a wipeout in 2022 as people start freaking out about the "deficit" again. Only this time there aren't enough Senate seats to pass anything and whatever you get through there is knocked down by the Supreme Court 6-3 cause RBG croaked.

[recursivelyenumerable]

2020 could be the next 2008: Dems ride the momentum of a big midterm win against an unpopular GOP president, add the presidential cycle youth turnout for a second consecutive wave election, taking the White House just as the economy craters, completely bogging down the new administration and leading to a wipeout in 2022 as people start freaking out about the "deficit" again. Only this time there aren't enough Senate seats to pass anything and whatever you get through there is knocked down by the Supreme Court 6-3 cause RBG croaked.

yeah I've been thinking about this too, it's about what I expect ...

[El Babua]

Just have Hillary run again, lose to Trump again, then we get the real revolution. 

[Maiden Voyage]

Jeb! should run as a Dem

[Joe Molotov]

Bob Avakian should run as a Dem.

[Mandark]

https://twitter.com/AlecMacGillis/status/1063135679897628672

Cordray losing is gonna cost Dems for another decade.

[Bebpo]

So, a week+ late but my county finally flipped to all blue for the first time since WWII. Good times.

[chronovore]

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/pa5b8z/progressives-unseated-all-59-republican-judges-up-for-re-election-in-houston-in-the-midterms

Now that's a banner headline: "Progressives unseated all 59 Republican judges up for re-election in Houston in the midterms"

[Van Cruncheon]

2020 could be the next 2008: Dems ride the momentum of a big midterm win against an unpopular GOP president, add the presidential cycle youth turnout for a second consecutive wave election, taking the White House just as the economy craters, completely bogging down the new administration and leading to a wipeout in 2022 as people start freaking out about the "deficit" again. Only this time there aren't enough Senate seats to pass anything and whatever you get through there is knocked down by the Supreme Court 6-3 cause RBG croaked.

i lowkey hope the economy craters early next year, i am filth

[recursivelyenumerable]

2020 could be the next 2008: Dems ride the momentum of a big midterm win against an unpopular GOP president, add the presidential cycle youth turnout for a second consecutive wave election, taking the White House just as the economy craters, completely bogging down the new administration and leading to a wipeout in 2022 as people start freaking out about the "deficit" again. Only this time there aren't enough Senate seats to pass anything and whatever you get through there is knocked down by the Supreme Court 6-3 cause RBG croaked.

i lowkey hope the economy craters early next year, i am filth

I 100% do too except for the bit where everyone I love is going to suffer

[Madrun Badrun]

The solution to that is not to love.

[brawndolicious]

The upcoming recession won't be too bad but the recovery will be a beautiful, painful shitshow. The government has no money to do much of a stimulus and the president won't accept a solution crafted by the incoming House. To think that a year ago, everyone was placing reservations for blowjob-limos using their crypto/IPO earnings but now speculation in almost all investments has gone stagnant.

[benjipwns]

The upcoming recession

The Obama-Pelosi Recession?

Not to be confused with the Pelosi-Obama Recession of 2008-January 21, 2017.

[ToxicAdam]

I'm amazed at people that live long enough, yet still have faith in politicians to change lives. They're like political Nintendo fans.

"This time it will be different!"

[Madrun Badrun]

I mean it can happen, and it has actually happened to me - where the liberals have invested a ton of money into retaining people in tech to stay in Canada and promoting the Canadian tech industry.  So when I started grad school it was nearly a guarantee that I would have to work in the US and now I don't have to.  That being said the direct effect of most politicians on ones life is very small.  I'm also saying that as a no-homo white dude so experience may vary. 

[ToxicAdam]

.  That being said the direct effect of most politicians on ones life is very small.  I'm also saying that as a no-homo white dude so experience may vary. 

Sorry, I was being Americentric (like I always am). I have no doubt that other governments can actually help their people.

[kingv]

I mean it can happen, and it has actually happened to me - where the liberals have invested a ton of money into retaining people in tech to stay in Canada and promoting the Canadian tech industry.  So when I started grad school it was nearly a guarantee that I would have to work in the US and now I don't have to.  That being said the direct effect of most politicians on ones life is very small.  I'm also saying that as a no-homo white dude so experience may vary.

I think this probably true if you are solidly upper middle class and not loving the d.

But on the margins politicians have a big impact. Medicaid expansion or how that’s implemented can really impact people’s lives, and I see it at work for people applying for permanent residency. That process is a lot more complicated and perilous today.