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American Election

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Frank Castle, Nov 4, 2020.

  1. Rogered Tart

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    What the US really needed was a landslide victory to either side, as it stands the country is more divided than ever and the Trump supporters ain't just gonna go away. Some interesting times ahead probably involving a lot of civil unrest. The old divide and conquer.
     
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  2. YungNath

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    0 evidence of widespread voter fraud, 0 evidence of any voter fraud actually at present. The trump campaign has failed to produce a single piece of evidence to substantiate any claims they currently have in the courts, principally because there isn't any. Even implying there is fraud when it's as blatantly obvious as it is that no fraud has happened at all is at best disingenuous and at worst anti-democratic.If trump had his way with these lawsuits, perfectly legitimate and legal votes (trump himself votes by mail) would be disregarded.
     
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  3. Dionysus

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    Blowouts just don’t really happen in the US. This isn’t really THAT close a result. The last time there was a popular vote more one sided than 55-45 was for Reagan in 1984. But the way that the ballots have been counted has formulated this weird ebb and flow narrative.

    It’s always tough in the days following an election, as the initial narrative formed in the first few hours is so pervasive and difficult to shift. If you’d flipped the order they tallied them and counted the absentee ballots the other way around, they’d probably have started talking about it as a landslide, and then gently walking it back over the following days and weeks.
     
  4. YungNath

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    No evidence to suggest any of that has happened whatsoever. Brooks Brothers all over again
     
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  5. Storck

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    Are you talking about the place where Trump supporters were trying to force their way in to join the already substantial number in the count, ot the place where it was on a live feed?
     
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  6. Botswana Bantam

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    Show me the evidence and I'll believe you.

    Absolute bollocks. I've watched several news channels who have reported from inside the counting stations and seen many people observing.

    What Trump wants is like an audit - someone standing behind the person who is counting checking that the person who is counting has counted every single vote properly. Why ask for that now? He could have asked for that 6 months ago but even then just let the person do their job. There can't be 1 million people counting and a further two people (one from each party) standing behind each person making sure they do their job. Good grief, the count would take months.
     
  7. Dennis

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    I've been watching the CNN coverage of the election fir the past couple of days. They've visited lots of electoral counting centres across the country. What is very noticeable is the openness of the counting processes. There are lots of monitors in the counting areas both representatives from the two main parties and independent monitors from a number of individual countries and international bodies. At many centres, there are large monitoring screens galore providing a great view of the counting processes themselves. TV cameras are allowed and provide a great insight into how the count is being managed. If there are any dubious practices, they will be seen by lots of different people across the world. The notion that independent and party monitors have been refused access has little if any credence.

    No doubt, if there are irregularities in the counting process, Trump and Giuliani will be providing evidence to the legal authorities. So far all that has happened are several allegations have been made but there has been no evidence to support them.
     
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  8. Frank Castle

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    There's fraud in every election around the World. 99% of the time though, it's so small it has no bearing on the result at all.
     
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  9. YungNath

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    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/philadelphia-bomb-threat-us-election-pennsylvania-vote-count-b1649814.html?fbclid=IwAR33Ba7_A4LGMhVbMgVgspY5meOkvpouUnLqot4z1iTw9pPidKRtLUZhqyE counters in philly having a right time of it, trump supporters showing their respect for democracy as usual throughout the process.


    I'm also more confident Trump will lose as Murdochs outlets in America are turning on him now. I hate Murdoch more than anything but he knows when someones about to become a loser.
     
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  10. Dennis

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    It was interesting on Friday when the Prez was giving a live broadcast on the election 'results'. Once again, he focused on having won the election were it not for those pesky illegal postal votes. The three main TV broadcasting channels all stopped their own broadcast midway through the Prez's rant and returned to other things. Fox News were one of these broadcasters who stopped their broadcast and even commented that what the Prez had said wasn't true. You know he has a real problem when Fox News turns on him.
     
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  11. YungNath

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    It was nice to see the big networks finally actually do something rather than just let him stand there spouting blatant lies and falsehoods.I dont see how anyone ever calls him out on the fact he himself votes by mail, so does that make him a potential fraud by his own logic?

    Fox calling states for Biden really put the cat amongst the pigeons for Trump as well, apparently he rang up Murdoch to shout at him haha poor donny.
     
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  12. Tony Wilkinson

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    Seems that not many over here (and on here) have not yet twigged that Biden is America's Corbyn.. but hey ho....
     
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    But there's no evidence whatsoever that that is happening. The courts have thrown out several legal challenges from Trump for lack of evidence.
     
  14. YungNath

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    Ironically those hats are manufactured in China
     
  15. YungNath

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    Bernie Sanders is America's Corbyn Tony, Biden is a relatively moderate centrist but you keep believing trumps rubbish buddy
     
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    Ha ha ha ha ha.
    That's the funniest thing I've read in years. Biden is as middle of the road as it gets. Maybe lay off the hallucinogenic drugs for a bit, Tony.
     
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    Interesting how the Democrats apparently perpetrated massive postal voting fraud for the presidential election.

    But somehow forgot to do it for the Senate seats.
     
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  18. YungNath

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    \if thats what he thinks of Biden I bet he probably thinks the Squad all live on a commune or something
     
  19. YungNath

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    Or the state where the trump supporters are shouting stop the vote and the other state where they're shouting count every vote. its almost like its all a complete lie and trumps mugging his supporters off
     
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    Tony thinks anyone left of Norman Tebbit is a card-carrying Communist.
     

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