BS: 2020 national election, USA - BIDEN wins Nov 7

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mr Red
Date: 09 Jul 20 - 08:12 AM

Kanye West for president? less than 6mins into this.

And you thought you cannot make up this kinda crap!

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 09 Jul 20 - 03:24 PM

The Republican Govenors who stuck to Trump like a wet tongue to dry ice are now beggining to peel off as the results of the Trump folly of reopening ASAP has turned into the greatest out break of Covid on Earth.
Texas, Florida and others are reversing course but stopping and reversing are quick for trains and cruise ships when compared to entire states in an exponential pandemic.

I think Trump has exceeded Picketts charge at Gettysburg as far as folly and tradgedy goes.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 09 Jul 20 - 09:23 PM

The Supreme Court decided that the prez is subject to supeonas afterall

Also decided is a case by the Cree Indians who learned that a treaty in 1907 shows clearly they own half of Tulsa Oklahoma. THEY WON
The native Americans will end up with better healthcare and much more.
More will come out about this.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Neil D
Date: 10 Jul 20 - 12:54 AM

Blackish star Anthony Anderson had this to say about Kanye's announcement: "Wow, President Kanye. That's right—Yeezy wants to be Preezy and you know, laugh all you want, but this would be historic because, while this country has had a Black president, we've never had a crazy Black president."

The actor continued, "It should be pointed out that Kanye still has to register with the Federal Election Commission, collect enough signatures to get on the ballot, create a campaign platform and he's already missed the deadline to file as an independent candidate in a bunch of states. But other than that," Anderson concluded, "he good."

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mr Red
Date: 10 Jul 20 - 02:28 AM

while this country has had a Black president, we've never had a crazy Black president.

LOL

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Jul 20 - 05:40 PM

Constitutional scholor prez- been there done that
KRazY sTupid- been there done that
How about survival oriented?

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: keberoxu
Date: 05 Aug 20 - 09:44 AM

Well, primary elections are distinct from national elections,
especially when the races are for official state posts.
Still.

Yesterday was the Arizona primary.
Old Joe Arpaio ran for his old office of sheriff,
and was defeated by only 500 votes for the incumbent.

Every vote really DOES count ...

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Aug 20 - 10:01 AM

Its been week of Yo Semites, Thighland and claims that Biden is a radical left winger who is banning religion Hurting God.
It turns out I have the same ancestory as Trump, English-German and Scottish. The only differences are polar opposite fathers, 8 Billion dollars and a few IQ points.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Aug 20 - 05:43 PM

And of course Biden will take your guns away.
The NRA is now a paper tiger and has no money for Republicans in the short run as LaPierre and cronies are looking at jail time.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: keberoxu
Date: 08 Aug 20 - 02:49 PM

At latest report,
the Republican primary election in
Arizona's Maricopa County, for county sheriff
(Greater Metropolitan Phoenix et al.),
seems decided.
In the previous election, Democrat candidate Paul Penzone defeated
longtime incumbent Joe Arpaio.
This Democrat incumbent will face challengers in November.

This past Tuesday, two candidates fought for the Republican candidacy:
Joe Arpaio, now in his '80s,
and his former deputy, Jerry Sheridan.
Although the race was close,
Sheridan now has a 6,000+ lead, in votes, over Arpaio.

(Whew)

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 09 Aug 20 - 11:25 AM

Went to see our dentist today in South London today for some torture and the usual lecture!! The receptionist was from USA and told us that her sister in Denver will be sending voting papers by Fedex so that she can vote against Trumpety Trump. I think the words she used to describe Trump was mental arsehole!!!

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mrrzy
Date: 09 Aug 20 - 11:27 AM

89 days

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Aug 20 - 08:01 AM

White Nationalist Miller + Himmler

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Aug 20 - 08:13 AM

GOERING AND POMPEO
Family heritage
Pompeo

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Aug 20 - 02:34 PM

BIDEN PICKS HILLARY FOR VP !!!!!!
He figures she was robbed the first time.
This misinformation although fake is typical for DEMOCRATIC PARTY WISDOM
Remember Geraldine Ferraro?
-send all hate mail to Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mrrzy
Date: 11 Aug 20 - 09:31 AM

I was just trying to remember Geraldine Ferraro's name. I knew I would recognize it, but could not recall it at all.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mrrzy
Date: 11 Aug 20 - 04:57 PM

So what do we think? An insult to white men?

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Aug 20 - 05:26 PM

No surprise Kamala Harris was selected. She is an experienced campaigner. I was hoping for Warren, but she's also older, and Susan Rice has a lot of experience but has never run a campaign. The Trumpites would revive their Bengazi claims (four people died, all hell broke loose as far as they are concerned, those who are silent about 160,000 dead from COVID-19).

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: robomatic
Date: 11 Aug 20 - 07:04 PM

It's a gutsy choice on Biden's part. I think of it as a reverse of Obama selecting an older, known, white male to stabilize his campaign. In this case it's the old, too well known, too white, too male picking a younger female of color who can get out there and provide some energy to balance the perceptions of the main runner. I think it shows some guts in the old boy. Now I've got to hear from my California contacts to see what they think and feel about it.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 12 Aug 20 - 06:17 AM

Joe Biden (age 77) selects Kamala Harris (the second African American woman and the first Indian American to serve in the United States Senate) as his running mate.
If Biden wins the presidency his age makes possible the second non-white President, and the first female President.
Is the USA moving into the twenty-first century? (only the voters can decide)

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: gillymor
Date: 12 Aug 20 - 07:21 AM

Sadly, the electoral college will decide. I think Biden made the right call in Harris but I wonder how soon before an increasingly desperate twitler calls into question her country of origin.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: keberoxu
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 12:29 PM

"[Donald] Trump, like [Joe] Arpaio,
is never going to go away."

The Guardian on 'Sheriff' Joe Arpaio, Donald Trump, and the Arizona state primary election

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mrrzy
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 01:58 PM

In Virginia you can vote early, as of 45 days before the election.

Is it 45 days yet?

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mrrzy
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 03:42 PM

Scary scenarios here.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mrrzy
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 04:46 PM

If this article on postal problems is behind a paywall lemme know, I'll post the article.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 16 Aug 20 - 10:05 AM

Larry Elliot on today's Guardian website. Yanks, take nothing for granted. You could easily be in for four more years.

...the polls have started to tighten a bit and are likely to close still further over the coming weeks, because Trump has three things going for him.

The first is that the number of new Covid-19 cases appears to have peaked, with definite signs of progress in some of the bigger states such as Florida, Texas and California. What happens to the virus over the coming months will have a material impact on the state of the economy.

The second – somewhat ironically – is that activity in China has bounced back more rapidly than expected, and this is keeping global stock markets buoyant. Here, Trump is getting the best of both worlds: he piggybacks on Chinese growth while at the same time getting tough with Beijing over trade and human rights – something that plays well with voters.

Finally, he has the benefit of being the incumbent, which allows him to pull off stunts like the signing of executive orders to provide fresh support to the unemployed. Under the separation of powers, Congress holds the purse strings in the US so Trump’s initiative is unlikely to amount to much, but that’s not the point. This is all about who gets blamed for the impasse between Republicans and Democrats over the next phase of stimulus.

To win, Trump needs nothing to go wrong and everything to go right in the coming months: no surges in Covid-19, no setbacks to the economy, no share price crashes on Wall Street. It is a tall order but Biden should take nothing for granted.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 16 Aug 20 - 08:08 PM

It's possible for Amazon Prime members to subscribe to the Washington Post for $4 a month after a six month free trial. It's worth it in this political era.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mrrzy
Date: 16 Aug 20 - 09:44 PM

I don't fucking believe it. Grr.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: keberoxu
Date: 18 Aug 20 - 11:21 AM

The New York Times printed a feature article
connecting the now-defeated Joe Arpaio with
incumbent Donald Trump.

How Joe Arpaio's Fate in Arizona could be a Window into Trump's


As to Arizona, and the Maricopa County sheriff:
it ain't over yet.
That was the Republican primary contest this month (August),
and Arpaio was defeated by Jerry Sheridan, Arpaio's former deputy,
who becomes the Republican candidate in November.
Sheridan will face
incumbent Sheriff Penzone, the Democrat,
who defeated Arpaio four years ago.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Aug 20 - 12:14 AM

Three nights and they've put it over the top each time. I'm curious who the host will be tomorrow - my money is on someone like Henry Louis Gates or S. Epatha Merkerson.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 20 Aug 20 - 11:58 AM

Everyone trying to be all cuddly and consensual gets a bit boring after a while.

But the Michelle and Barack Obama both did a remarkably good job. The trouble is, by contrast, it made most of the others look pretty routine.

The most effective bits I saw were the occasion snatches of Trump, which should be enough to motivate a landslide for Biden. Unfortunately, incredible though it seems, there are millions of Americans whose stomachs do not appear to turn over at the very thought of the man.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mrrzy
Date: 20 Aug 20 - 01:21 PM

It is still scary.

79.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 22 Aug 20 - 09:52 AM

The Neo white power nationalist Republi CON party will be adding Q-Anon to their ranks in Congess.
Q Anon isn't boring but they have crazy beliefs.
Their catch phrase is 'where one goes we all go'. ??
Perhaps they need a national anthem; I have a humble submission...

Well, I saw the thing comin' out of the sky
It had the one long horn, one big eye
I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee"
It looks like a purple people eater to me
It was a one-eyed, pedophile, flyin' purple people eater
(One-eyed, pedophile, flyin' purple people eater)
A one-eyed, pedophile, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me
Well it came down to earth and it lit in a tree
I said please Purple People Eater, don't eat me
I heard him say in a voice so strong
"I wouldn't eat you 'cause you're Q anon"
It was a one-eyed, pedophile, flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, pedophile flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, pedophile, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line?
He said "eatin' purple people and it sure is fine
But that's not the reason that I came to land
I want to rule the world and eat all the kids"
Well bless my soul, pedophile, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, pedophile, flyin' purple people eater
(We wear short shorts) democratic people eater
What a sight to see
And then it swung from the tree and it lit on the ground
And it started to eat, really eatin' fetus'
It was a crazy cannibal eatin' beast
(Sing a boop-boop, a-boopa lopa lum bam boom)
Well, bless my soul, pedophile flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, pedophile, flyin' purple people eater
"I like short shorts!" democratic people eater
What a sight to see
Well, he went on his way, and then what do ya know?
I saw him last night on a TV show
He was eatin babies, and was raping some kids
Playin' politics like Hillary Clinton
"Q Anon!"


it sounds like q-Anon is actually against abortion, Catholics, Jews, Islam, democrats, history, other races, trust in government and knowledge, however they have wackos who take it all litterally.
It sounds like a new internet flavor of the KKK.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 23 Aug 20 - 09:48 AM

Coming up this week: four evenings of GOP party bile and Trump vitriol, and while it is typical that a candidate mostly stays out of view until the last night (with small visits only), expect Trump to grab the mic every night. He can't help himself.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 23 Aug 20 - 02:16 PM

The more he shows himself the better. I know there is a hard core of people who actually adore him, but a large part of the minority of Americans who voted him in were surely holding their noses while voting for him for other reasons. There's only so long you can hold your nose.

One thing that makes me gasp is how such an extremely unpleasant man can dare to talk about anyone as being nasty. Surely being nasty is his "Unique Selling Proposition"?

Interesting to have confirmation now from his own big sister that he really is even nastier than he parades himself in public as being.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 Aug 20 - 06:24 PM

The context for the "big sister" assertion, in the previous post,
is supplied by this feature article from
Reuters in Washington, D. C.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mrrzy
Date: 24 Aug 20 - 08:33 AM

Ok, 25!

Days till we can vote early and in person in Virginia.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Aug 20 - 06:37 AM

I was really surprised that the GOP convention officialy announced there will be NO party platform anymore and to only follow the leader Donald Trump who is the 'bodyguard' of western civilization.
With a bodyguard like Trump, avoid all ramps.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Aug 20 - 10:03 AM

I am currently reading the 1936 Sinclair Lewis novel It Can't Happen Here and the parallels are astonishing.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Aug 20 - 11:14 AM

My dad made that required reading in my teens.
In a sense I failed to keep the scourge in the woodwork.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Aug 20 - 03:35 PM

End the scourge - end the purge.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 05:49 AM

Adding a stamp to your postage paid ballot will force USPS to handle it as first class mail instead of bulk.   Pass the word.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 09:32 AM

It's a special case this year, which requires and justifies postal votes - but generally I don't like the idea much. Going along to stick your vote in a box in a polling station set up in a school or a pub seems a pleasant ritual.. (As for voting machines...)

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mrrzy
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 05:09 PM

Advice includes bring a chair, a picnic, comfy shoes. Anticipate loooong lines, in other words. They say bring water too but then you'll have to pee...

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: robomatic
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 11:20 PM

Mrrzy: Take no chances. Stay hydrated and bring a "stadium pal"!

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Donuel
Date: 27 Aug 20 - 05:10 AM

There is room for satire regarding election suppression tactics and long lines but be prepared to be attacked for it.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mrrzy
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 03:05 PM

Mine wasn't satire. I am reading those recommendations. I just added the advice about peeing.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 08:53 PM

Are there a lot fewer polling stations in the States than there are here in England? Where I live we had a turnout of 64% last time, and no queuing at all so far as I could see. I know you have a much more complicated set of votes than we ever do, but that would just need a few more voting booths than the two we've got in our local school. The number of potential voters doesn't increase even if it takes longer for each one to vote.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: Mrrzy
Date: 29 Aug 20 - 10:21 AM

The number of *potential* voters doesn't change, but *actual* voting declines with long lines. For starters, polls close at a certain time, not when everyone in line has voted.

Subject: RE: BS: 2020 national election, USA
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 29 Aug 20 - 09:15 PM

What I meant was that with enough local polling stations and enough voting booths in them there needn't be long lines, even with a high vote and long voting slips. The only reason for long lines is not enough polling stations and voting booth. It only makes sense if you're trying to reduce the number voting.