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IET 2022 Midterms

ashie62 Nov 08 2022 03:29 AM

And it begins Sadly I see the Senate 47D and 53R Goodbye to Hochul Malinowski and maybe Sherrill Hello to Walker Texas Ranger and the Wizard of Oz If Hassan has trouble early in NH it gonna be a long night LGM

Lefty Specialist Nov 08 2022 05:54 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

I'm pessimistic, but not quite that pessimistic. Think they'll lose the House but barely hang on in the Senate. With all the monkeyshines and lawsuits the Republicans have planned, it'll probably be a couple of days before we truly know the full extent of the results.

Marshmallowmilkshake Nov 08 2022 07:37 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Big turnout at my polling place this morning. Was there just after it opened, and the line was already out the door.

MFS62 Nov 08 2022 08:19 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

I voted. Parking lot was full, but once I got inside, the line to vote was short. They separate voters by street name, and there are usually only a few voters in the streets in my group. The longest line had maybe five people on it. Total time in and out the door was less than the walk from my parking lot to the polling place. Later

ashie62 Nov 08 2022 09:02 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Voted by mail here in a small town Mikie Sherrill's office returned a phone from me once and I respect that She has a very very well funded team We were redistricted after long time guy Rodney F retired to add Montclair She won the first and this one we shall see

kcmets Nov 08 2022 09:56 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Funny, at quick glance I thought this was JET 2022 mid-season report card thread. I was ready to piss and moan about Zach Wilson and such. I know it's earlier in Arizona, but has Lake declared Fake yet? Stupid <*#+face.

Frayed Knot Nov 08 2022 10:23 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Got to the polls early and was in and out in ten minutes.

MFS62 Nov 08 2022 11:07 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

I haven't listened to him or over 20 years, but Howard Stern about Herschel Walker: (I don't know what portion of the link to imbed) "Fucking Herschel Walker. Holy fuck. They're saying he's gonna win in Georgia. Are you fucking dummies!?" the flabbergasted XMSirius host ranted on the Howard Stern Show (listen below). "There's gonna be … they always talk about another Civil War. I think there is gonna be one. I mean, how the fuck could you elect that guy? You gotta be outta your fucking skull," Stern bluntly continued. "I gotta say, I mean, are you fucking kidding me? … Would you really vote for this fucking — I don't know what the fuck he is," Stern said. "I was gonna say mental case … but I don't even know if that's fair to mental cases. I just don't know." https://twitter.com/i/status/1589654212899921920 Later

ashie62 Nov 08 2022 12:29 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

"This will be a winter of unprecedented death and disease for the unvaccinated' This offended a good many people Just sayin

Centerfield Nov 08 2022 02:00 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Bracing myself for what I expect will be a brutal night. Goodbye reproductive rights and free and fair elections. This country is so stupid.

MFS62 Nov 08 2022 02:48 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

=Centerfield post_id=112624 time=1667941214 user_id=65] Goodbye reproductive rights and free and fair elections.

Those are issues that should get younger voters to the polls to protect them. But, after watching exit interviews it seems that many younger voters (supply your own generational descriptor) suffer from early onset stupidity.



Later

metsmarathon Nov 08 2022 04:51 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

i'm fucking terrified that the rampant inflation that was ABSOLUTELY caused by the supply chain imploding and eating its own tail as a result of covid, and worsened by donald trumps gross mismanagement of it and russia/ukraine will end up handing those fuckers the keys to the nation. do any of these fucking idiots actually believe that republican actions and policies would have put us in a better position economically and globally right now?! fucking idiots.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 08 2022 04:55 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

=metsmarathon post_id=112638 time=1667951479 user_id=83] i'm fucking terrified that the rampant inflation that was ABSOLUTELY caused by the supply chain imploding and eating its own tail as a result of covid, and worsened by donald trumps gross mismanagement of it and russia/ukraine will end up handing those fuckers the keys to the nation. do any of these fucking idiots actually believe that republican actions and policies would have put us in a better position economically and globally right now?! fucking idiots.

It's so fucking stupid. Not that the GOP has a fix but all the voters would by doing by voting them in is guaranteeing gridlock for at least two years. The real problem, or at least one of them, is that most people have no idea what goes on politically. They don't even know what a filibuster is. And this board is not remotely representative of the knowledge many voters possess. Or don't possess.

ashie62 Nov 08 2022 06:21 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Warnock kicking Walkers ass with 38 percent in. How bout dat

batmagadanleadoff Nov 08 2022 06:51 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Desantis wins in a fucking slaughter. I guess it's official: Florida is a dumb fuck scumbag state.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 08 2022 07:14 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

I guess it's official: Florida is a dumb fuck scumbag state. Told youse. Florida and Missouri Inspire Confidence by Telling Federal Election Monitors to Take a Hike Extremely big "nothing to see here" energy from states that have kicked up a fuss about election security. Excerpt: MILWAUKEE — Anybody check on Fort Sumter lately? On Monday, the DOJ announced that it would be sending election monitors to 64 different places on Election Day (Milwaukee, in fact, was one of them). But Florida had some other ideas. From the Washington Post: On Monday, the Justice Department announced that it would send federal monitors to 64 jurisdictions nationwide to monitor how elections are being conducted. Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties were all slated to receive federal monitors from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. But Brad McVay, the chief counsel for the Florida Department of State, said in a letter issued late Monday that those monitors would not be allowed inside polling places under Florida law. “Florida statutes list the people who ‘may enter any polling room or polling place,'” McVay wrote. “Department of Justice personnel are not included on the list.”[…]Although Florida law has an exception allowing law enforcement to enter polling sites, McVay said Justice Department monitors do not qualify. “Absent some evidence concerning the need for federal intrusion, or some federal statute that preempts Florida law, the presence of federal law enforcement inside polling places would be counterproductive and could potentially undermine confidence in the election,” McVay wrote. [***] ... running national elections through 50 different governments and 50 different degrees of political fauna is no way to run a democracy. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a41902020/election-monitors-florida-missouri/

Edgy MD Nov 08 2022 08:41 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Sarah Huckbee Sanders, your next governor of Arkansas.

ashie62 Nov 09 2022 03:32 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

The blue team did reasonably well and I am proud of them

kcmets Nov 09 2022 03:48 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

=ashie62 post_id=112648 time=1667956911 user_id=90] Warnock kicking Walkers ass with 38 percent in. How bout dat

dat didn't last. They're basically tied and neither will have enough '% to

win' so it will go to a stupid run-0ff. A month from now *rolleyes*

Lefty Specialist Nov 09 2022 04:55 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Democrats did far better than I expected. Still a lot of loose ends to tie up but it looks like they'll hold on to the Senate and narrowly lose the House. Fetterman won which is awesome. Disappointed that my congressman, Tom Malinowski, a hard-working, smart and decent guy, was defeated by brainless Trump ass-kisser Tom Kean Jr. BUT looks like Lauren Boebert, gun-totin' idjut, is going down. And the polls were wrong. They missed the young and female voters that registered in the wake of the Dobbs decision. An abortion ban went down in Kentucky of all places. There was no red wave, more like a red ripple.

Frayed Knot Nov 09 2022 06:25 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Nov 09 2022 06:29 AM

Given that the incumbent party generally takes a hit in the mid-terms and that this one -- headed by a tepidly popular President (even within his own party) during a bad economy -- is essentially going to play to a draw, the Dems have to call it a decent night for themselves even they wind up losing their slim majorities in H & S. I was looking at this with a more long term view than just who has the 51 and who the 49 for the next two years. My focus was on one thing, MAGAs, and they didn't seem to do too well. Even the biggest Republican winner of the night, DeSantis, represents more a threat than a win for Big Chief Maga. And neither election denial nor the 'no exceptions' abortion platform (a stance which polls in single digit approval ratings) was a winning strategy overall.

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 09 2022 06:27 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Yeah better news to wake up to than I'd feared.

whippoorwill Nov 09 2022 06:33 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Frayed Knot wrote: Given that the incumbent party generally takes a hit in the mid-terms and that this one -- headed by a tepidly popular President (even within his own party) during a bad economy -- is essentially going to play to a draw, the Dems have to call it a decent night for themselves even they wind up losing their slim majorities in H & S. I was looking at this with a more long term view than just who has the 51 and who the 49 for the next two years. My focus was on one thing, MAGAs, and they didn't seem to do too well. Even the biggest Republican winner of the night, DeSantis, represents more a threat than a win for Big Chief Maga. And neither election denial nor the 'no exceptions' abortion platform (a stance which polls in single digit approval ratings) was a winning strategy overall. Wow good point about the MAGAs. If DeSantis could shake that crap there may be hope for a better GOP candidate in 2024. As long as he loses then , of course :)

batmagadanleadoff Nov 09 2022 06:41 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Those two U.S. Senators from D.C. sure coulda come in real handy right about now. And if the GOP pulls out a narrow majority in the House, you can bet they got their asses kicked in the National vote tally. When they win narrowly overall in House races, it means that they gerrymandered their way to victory. Can't wait for the inevitable Kari Lake shitshow if she's declared the loser of her gubernatorial race.

MFS62 Nov 09 2022 07:05 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

I was hoping for Tim Ryan to win in Ohio as a springboard to a presidential run. But he may have won by losing. His concession speech was about what America should, and can, be. (No spoilers if you didn't see it) [YOUTUBE]Ia6zBI1JcBk [/YOUTUBE] Overall, the Democratic party isn't in as much trouble as I had feared. Trump- supported candidates took a hit and pro-abortion efforts won everywhere they were on the ballot. Trump and Desantis ripping apart the GOP in the next two years will be worth the price of admission. Later

Edgy MD Nov 09 2022 07:53 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

So, there you go. The former president may have cost his party the senate two elections in a row.

ashie62 Nov 09 2022 08:34 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Lauren Boebert is down about 5000 votes with 93 percent in

ashie62 Nov 09 2022 08:39 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Warnock would be helped by a Trump announcement before the runoff

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 09 2022 10:01 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Good job in PA, Coobs

Benjamin Grimm Nov 09 2022 10:17 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

“Biggest loser tonight”: Trumpworld is “catatonic” over his MAGA midterm failure I really hope that this is all true.

Edgy MD Nov 09 2022 10:43 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

It's pretty clear that the denialist wing of the party got hurt a lot. Even the MAGA winners underperformed. The downside is that leaves the not-MAGA-but-MAGA-tolerant-if-that's-what-it-takes wing the opportunity to stake out room that should have been filled by a new party of former Republicans. The upside is that we're probably not going to see massive, time-wasting showboat Congressional maneuvers like impeaching President Biden for things we haven't thought of yet, or a committee to investigate the committee to investigate January 6.

whippoorwill Nov 09 2022 11:32 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Good job in PA, Coobs Thanks 😀

MFS62 Nov 09 2022 11:41 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Once Donnie announces that he will be running for President (expected next week), I'm hoping that the current internecine bickering within the GOP will turn into out-and-out warfare that will damage their changes of winning again. Later

Benjamin Grimm Nov 09 2022 11:49 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

I hope that a primary battle between Trump and DeSantis results in a normal human being getting the GOP nomination instead. I don't know how to measure the likelihood of that happening, but it's what I'm hoping for.

TransMonk Nov 09 2022 11:51 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

It looks like newly re-elected Governor Tony Evers will be able to keep his veto in the Wisconsin state house. Wisconsin will lose a Democratic US House seat (WI-03) to a January 6 insurrection attendant. If Boebert loses her seat in CO, Derrick Van Orden will be happy to take her place at the congressional kid's table with Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz. Mandela Barnes lost his Senate bid by a point. Some will say it was because he was too progressive. I would point to the millions of dollars in dark money that ran ad after ad in WI intimating that Barnes (a Black man, wink, wink) would be soft on crime. I got to attend the Evers victory party last night. I went in expecting the worst nationally but was relieved by the Dems performance overall. The mood was as optimistic as I've seen a group of people in some time. Today, I'm a little hungover, but otherwise extremely happy. It sucks that merely holding the shitty line from things getting so much worse is my happiness trigger, but I guess that's where we're at right now.

whippoorwill Nov 09 2022 12:07 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

I was thinking pretty much the same thing awhile ago. Things have gotten that bad

Ceetar Nov 09 2022 12:10 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I hope that a primary battle between Trump and DeSantis results in a normal human being getting the GOP nomination instead. I don't know how to measure the likelihood of that happening, but it's what I'm hoping for. There are no normal human beings that are republicans, at least not at the level that could run for president. If "conservatives" want a conservative president, they should just vote for Biden or whoever. The entire democrat leadership is "right of center", and moving right as every day more young people gain voting rights. What I'm hoping for is lowering the voting age to 16, automatic voter registration for EVERYONE 16+ (yes, including immigrants and felons), Puerto Rico and DC as states, and an expanded court (And kicking out the literal treasonous members), but unfortunately republicans have already rigged the system and hell, people are celebrating these midterms because it turned out not to be _rigged enough_. We may have missed the one pothole, but we're still barreling towards the cliff. I'm hoping there are enough people that realize that "Gen Z Progressives" are coming, and support them and nominate them.

ashie62 Nov 09 2022 02:07 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

You have a way of presenting your viewpoint in a way that belittles people who do not agree with you Is that normal?

Ceetar Nov 09 2022 02:23 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

yes, I try to belittle fascists whenever I can. They're fascists. If i was nice to them they might hang around, and I want no part of fascists in polite society. When republicans* stop trying to control women's bodies, and get serious about climate change and gun violence, for starters, then maybe I'll find some niceties for them. But while they're leading a revolt against Democracy and trying to force people to give birth? naaaah. hard nah. If they don't' want to be belittled, they should stop being so little. *fascists

Lefty Specialist Nov 09 2022 02:57 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I hope that a primary battle between Trump and DeSantis results in a normal human being getting the GOP nomination instead. I don't know how to measure the likelihood of that happening, but it's what I'm hoping for. It'll be like two Sumo wrestlers. One of them will win, hopefully damaged in the process. DeSantis is high on his big win in Florida, and Trump is, well, Trump. He's already foreshadowing that he's going after DeSantis on a personal level. Should be fun. But I think other Republicans will steer clear. This 'not so bad' outcome will have another effect, though. Had Democrats gotten thumped, chances would have been less that Biden would run. He's pretty much a lock for 2024 now (which I disagree with, but I'm not running things).

MFS62 Nov 09 2022 06:02 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

My local 5th Congressional district has just been decided. It was being looked at as a bell weather district by some networks to see if suburban democrats could hold fast. Incumbent Democrat Jahana Hayes retained her seat by 1,200 votes. Later

Edgy MD Nov 09 2022 09:35 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Good job in PA, Coobs Thanks to her, Pennsylvania's pole dancing curriculum lives on.

whippoorwill Nov 10 2022 05:38 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Well me and the rest of my friends in low places. Actually I had forgotten about that lol.

ashie62 Nov 10 2022 05:47 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

99 percent in Boebert behind by a few dozen votes. Lake down by about 2000 Fun to what them squirm, better if they do go down A shout-out to everyone PA who made this historic flip happen

kcmets Nov 10 2022 10:55 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

After the 2022 smoke clears, the asshole states that are holding the election results hostage with their cockamamie procedures and general fucktardidness need to be fixed for next November. Hundreds of millions have voted and the country is on hold because of foreseeable and predicted nonsense over some low-five-digit-balloting bullshit. #trumptydumpty #felloffwallneverbuilt #ymdyf

Lefty Specialist Nov 10 2022 11:30 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

To Republicans, election delays and chaos are a feature, not a bug. It allows them to claim that elections are being stolen by nefarious means after the fact. It's why Republicans overwhelmingly vote at the polls on Election Day, because to them all other methods of voting are somehow illegal or corrupt. I did love this, though. https://www.theonion.com/smiling-fetterman-asks-oz-if-he-d-mind-slowly-repeating-1849763117

batmagadanleadoff Nov 10 2022 12:56 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Is Ruppert Murdoch turning on Trump? [FIMG=444]https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/636ca7052500001f0021aaee.png?cache=ERGkEXYHx9&ops=scalefit_720_noupscale&format=webp[/FIMG] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-new-york-post-journal-slammed_n_636ca5f7e4b081630470150b https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/10/rupert-murdoch-trump-desantis-ny-post

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 10 2022 01:12 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Mouthful of DeSantis cock for the Murdocks now

Edgy MD Nov 10 2022 04:35 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Yeah, Murdoch's Post has all the loyalty of a weather vane.

Centerfield Nov 10 2022 04:54 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

It will be interesting after the primary when Trump uses the stolen election rhetoric against the Murdoch-backed DeSantis.

Frayed Knot Nov 10 2022 05:37 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Keep in mind that nobody actually Likes Trump (OK, Cindy Adams does and Sean Hannity might, but nobody who actually matters!), including Rupert Murdoch. MAGA Republicans only "like" him only to the extent they think they need to hang onto his coattails in order to succeed and/or fear his [CROSSOUT]wrath[/CROSSOUT] Twitter output if they don't. But once that connection is severed -- it hasn't happened yet even as we start to see signs of it -- most of those who sucked up to him will toss him aside like last week's fish.

kcmets Nov 10 2022 06:52 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

[BIGPURPLE]amen[/BIGPURPLE]

Edgy MD Nov 10 2022 07:45 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Retiring Senator Pat Toomey is throwing blame at the former president for Doug Mastriano losing the gubenatorial election. But Mastriano got really creamed. He was a bad candidate (and ardent election-denier) all on his own and he totally sucked up to Trump voluntarily.

MFS62 Nov 11 2022 07:11 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, Murdoch's Post has all the loyalty of a weather vane. Murdoch pulling support from Trump. An example of a rat deserting a sinking ship. Later

Lefty Specialist Nov 11 2022 07:57 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

I wouldn't say he's abandoning Trump just yet. More like keeping his options open. It'll be interesting to see how Fox News treats his presidential campaign announcement. More and more republicans are coming out into the open saying that Trump killed them this election. Not at the tipping point yet, but there are grumbles coming from the lower decks. They're already privately pleading with him to stay out of Georgia during the runoff, but like a moth to the flame, I'm sure he'll be there. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FhNNBD5XkAYUh87?format=jpg&name=small>

kcmets Nov 11 2022 09:51 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

I'd hate to be the guy who has to explain to DumbAsAStump Walker what exactly a run-off is. "Do I run off tackle or the guard? Which one is which? I know the center guy because he's the snapper."

Lefty Specialist Nov 11 2022 03:04 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Walker described it today as "We in overtime." Yes, seriously. If Democrats win in Nevada (Arizona was called for Kelly earlier today), this race is no longer about control of the Senate. That lowers the pressure for Republicans to turn up. People knew Herschel was an idiot, but voted for him anyway because control of the chamber was at stake. If it's not, they may not bother. That's the hope, anyway. Me and the missus are already writing our Vote Forward postcards to Georgia voters. We're taking nothing for granted.

MFS62 Nov 11 2022 03:25 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Lefty Specialist wrote: Walker described it today as "We in overtime." Yes, seriously. I think he played too many games before concussion protocols. Later

kcmets Nov 11 2022 03:38 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

He does seem like a punch-drunk boxer more often than not.

Edgy MD Nov 11 2022 07:20 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Congresswoman Boebert was rated at 97% likely to win. Whether she survives or not, it seems like the jig could be up for her. If her strongman isn't in charge anymore, the party has little need for her. I'm sure she can try to be like The New York Post and suck up to whoever she understands the new boss to be, but I don't see her playing that game very well. She's already picking intraparty fights she can't possibly win without the ex-president, and he's busy treading shark-infested waters.

Lefty Specialist Nov 12 2022 08:02 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Catherine Cortez-Masto pulls it out in Nevada. The Senate is officially in Democratric hands for the next two years. Democracy, while still under strain, can breathe a little easier.

Edgy MD Nov 12 2022 08:20 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

AP is calling Nevada a re-election win for U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. Control of the senate won't flip no matter which way the Georgia runoff goes.

MFS62 Nov 13 2022 07:07 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Edgy MD wrote: AP is calling Nevada a re-election win for U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. Control of the senate won't flip no matter which way the Georgia runoff goes. The late announcement results are causing a midnight pain in Georgia. Many TV News folks are saying the Republicans may not turn out because they feel their vote won't matter any more. Getting another Democratic Senator will help to make the Senate Sinema proof. Later

Edgy MD Nov 14 2022 08:53 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Incumbent Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has apparently edged edged out Kari Lake in the race for Arizona's governorship. Election denialism is losing at the ballot box, all over.

kcmets Nov 15 2022 10:12 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Waiting for Lake to challenge Hobbs to a steel-cage deathmatch. No holds barred, 'Arizonans know BS when they see it!'

Lefty Specialist Nov 15 2022 10:50 AM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Lake can huff and puff but it won't make any difference. It's looking like Republicans will pull out a very narrow lead in the House. It'll mean nothing substantive gets done for the next two years, with the exception of Republicans taking the debt ceiling hostage (again). Democrats can fix this in the lame duck if they can get Manchin and Sinema to go along, never a good bet. And of course there'll be lots of Hunterbiden, Hunterbiden, Hunterbiden. But the crazies running the show for 2 years on the House side will set up a nice contrast for 2024. Trump making his announcement tonight is just frosting on the crazy cake. Let the games begin.

Centerfield Nov 15 2022 12:18 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Lefty Specialist wrote: Lake can huff and puff but it won't make any difference. It's looking like Republicans will pull out a very narrow lead in the House. It'll mean nothing substantive gets done for the next two years, with the exception of Republicans taking the debt ceiling hostage (again). Democrats can fix this in the lame duck if they can get Manchin and Sinema to go along, never a good bet. And of course there'll be lots of Hunterbiden, Hunterbiden, Hunterbiden. But the crazies running the show for 2 years on the House side will set up a nice contrast for 2024. Trump making his announcement tonight is just frosting on the crazy cake. Let the games begin. They're gonna impeach Biden like 8 times.

Lefty Specialist Nov 15 2022 12:43 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Well, they can try impeaching Biden, but it won't go very well. They'll also try impeaching Merrick Garland, and probably a few others. Problem is they won't even get a majority in the House with such a narrow margin for error. McCarthy's a weak leader who may not even have the votes to be confirmed as Speaker. It's going to be a shitshow, all of which will redound to the Democrats' benefit.

Edgy MD Nov 15 2022 12:47 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Yeah, shmall me crazy, but I don't think the eight impeachments are going to happen. I think there'll be fringe motions by firebrand figures, but I don't see a vote passing, and so I don't see a vote coming. Not unless the president actually does something impeachable, which I suppose could happen. I'm not even sure The Committee to Investigate the 1/6 Committee is even going to happen.

kcmets Nov 15 2022 12:48 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Redound is a cool word, don't see it much but me likey.

A Boy Named Seo Nov 15 2022 02:12 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Lefty Specialist wrote: Lake can huff and puff but it won't make any difference. It's looking like Republicans will pull out a very narrow lead in the House. It'll mean nothing substantive gets done for the next two years, with the exception of Republicans taking the debt ceiling hostage (again). Democrats can fix this in the lame duck if they can get Manchin and Sinema to go along, never a good bet. And of course there'll be lots of Hunterbiden, Hunterbiden, Hunterbiden. But the crazies running the show for 2 years on the House side will set up a nice contrast for 2024. Trump making his announcement tonight is just frosting on the crazy cake. Let the games begin. Aside from pointing out the obvious that Hunter Biden holds no political office, are there any real Hunter defenders? Like, if he pulled any illegal shit, I want him to pay as much as any Trump kid. Down with all the shady nepotism.

Ceetar Nov 15 2022 03:07 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

nah, it's a straw man. It's helpful though, if someone mentions him you know that _they_ are full of shit and you can discount pretty much everything they're saying.

kcmets Nov 15 2022 03:19 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

I can say this here, because everyone pretty much discounts everything I say. I'll eat straw men for a year if someone can hook me up with a $50,000/month job in a field I have no background in. Willing to relocate, but prefer an online gig.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 15 2022 04:03 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Lefty Specialist wrote: Lake can huff and puff but it won't make any difference. It's looking like Republicans will pull out a very narrow lead in the House. It'll mean nothing substantive gets done for the next two years, with the exception of Republicans taking the debt ceiling hostage (again). Democrats can fix this in the lame duck if they can get Manchin and Sinema to go along, never a good bet. And of course there'll be lots of Hunterbiden, Hunterbiden, Hunterbiden. But the crazies running the show for 2 years on the House side will set up a nice contrast for 2024. Trump making his announcement tonight is just frosting on the crazy cake. Let the games begin. They're gonna impeach Biden like 8 times. You know what? I hope they do. And I hope Trump gets the nomination and runs again in 2024. Trump had his miracle in 2016 but once the nation learned who he was, he lost everywhere. He lost the House in his mid-term election - historically, so. Dems picked up about 40 House seats but the lines were so outrageously gerrymamdered that with the votes the Dems won, they should've picked up 20 more seats. He lost the Senate in 2020 and lost to Biden by 7 million votes. Arizona and Georgia voted blue and Georgia sent two Dem senators to the senate.

kcmets Nov 15 2022 04:25 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Hate being at the end of a page, but I predict zero Biden impeachments. I also predict that such nonsense will never even get to hearings or whatever. I can say this here, because everyone pretty much discounts everything I say.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 15 2022 05:01 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

=kcmets post_id=112982 time=1668554758 user_id=53] Hate being at the end of a page, but I predict zero Biden impeachments. I also predict that such nonsense will never even get to hearings or whatever. I can say this here, because everyone pretty much discounts everything I say.

This is plausible, though I wouldn't exactly bet on it. The nation may be tiring of GOP theatrics and the GOP may be starting to sense it, too. Who knows? Is the fever breaking?

Ceetar Nov 15 2022 05:18 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

the fever is irrelevant as long as they continue to cheat, "redistrict" and try to overthrow the government. Because most people aren't voting wit the "fever" they're just voting because decades of indoctrination of convinced them that democrats are bad and that all the ills, inflation, (fake) crime waves, (fake) immigration invasions, taking their guns, raising their taxes..etc are all the results of democrat policies. This is why Liz Cheney is the same as TFG. When it comes down to it, they vote the same way, and it's destroying America. Hell, i saw a tweet yesterday from a police dept admitting that "now that the election is over" crime is actually down. And the media happily pedaled the fake crime wave stories and Democrats happily expand the power of the police and the lies about crime too! So does it matter, if TFG doesn't run, or doesn't win the nomination? We're just going to get "back to the sane Republican party" lie, and it might actually be WORSE. TFG was a symptom of the disease, not the cause.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 15 2022 05:50 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

the fever is irrelevant as long as they continue to cheat, "redistrict" and try to overthrow the government. Yes. Because they own the Supreme Court, which has been killing this country even before the GOP stole two seats. Without even getting into the cultural issues like abortion, guns and LGBTQ rights, SCOTUS has issued outrageously flawed and politically hack partisan opinions in Shelby, Citizens United and Rucho that enable the GOP minority to control this country. This will persist until Dems find the balls and the votes to take back SCOTUS.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 15 2022 09:10 PM Re: IET 2022 Midterms

Lefty Specialist wrote: Lake can huff and puff but it won't make any difference. It's looking like Republicans will pull out a very narrow lead in the House. It'll mean nothing substantive gets done for the next two years, with the exception of Republicans taking the debt ceiling hostage (again). Democrats can fix this in the lame duck if they can get Manchin and Sinema to go along, never a good bet. And of course there'll be lots of Hunterbiden, Hunterbiden, Hunterbiden. But the crazies running the show for 2 years on the House side will set up a nice contrast for 2024. Trump making his announcement tonight is just frosting on the crazy cake. Let the games begin. They're gonna impeach Biden like 8 times. You know what? I hope they do. And I hope Trump gets the nomination and runs again in 2024. Trump had his miracle in 2016 but once the nation learned who he was, he lost everywhere. He lost the House in his mid-term election - historically, so. Dems picked up about 40 House seats but the lines were so outrageously gerrymamdered that with the votes the Dems won, they should've picked up 20 more seats. He lost the Senate in 2020 and lost to Biden by 7 million votes. Arizona and Georgia voted blue and Georgia sent two Dem senators to the senate. Let me add one thing here: the only reason Trump didn't also lose the Senate during his mid-term election was because the 2018 Senate map was about as disproportionately lopsided as any Senate map in modern history. Dems were defending practically every seat up for grabs. And by the way, that senate map is coming up again in the next senate election (2024).