LaceyLou

Most of the ads here seem to be aimed at NH. If nothing else, we need to reform the electoral college so we can spread the anxiety more equally.

So how do we distinguish between wishful thinking and a real reason to be optimistic? I just happened to see a post on twitter (I know, I need to get off of there) by a MAGAt who gleefully claims that since he saw a row of MAGAt decked pickup trucks on a highway, that NY is absolutely in play. Yeah, right.

My mother worked on Clinton's campaign in 1992. She said he could make you feel like you were the only, most important person in the room. And my Mom wasn't normally swayed by people in that way.

One take on why we're all so anxious: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/2024-election-polls-trump-harris-close-rcna178483

This. When it first came out I wished he'd at least said "That's none of your business." Lying at the grand jury was just stupid. ETA: I genuinely do think he's slimy, and that we need to pick better now.

The elections that I felt the most certain about the outcome come Election Day were 1984, 1996, and 2008. The only one that completely shocked me was, you guessed it, 2016. I think social media, with all of its bots and deliberate misinformation, has really amped up everybody's anxiety. Is there by chance a rise in use of anti-anxiety drugs?

You sent me down a rabbit hole. William Jennings Bryan and Henry Clay were the only two people to win electoral votes in 3 different presidential elections.

Ugh, that sounds annoying.

I don't remember much about Ford, but I think we all know that Carter made a lot of contributions to his country and society after his term. Bush Sr. and Clinton also did a lot of joint ventures as ex-Presidents.

The only President I can think of who lost a bid for a second term but was elected again 4 years later is Grover Cleveland. That's going back quite a ways!

I was seeing clips of very long lines in Franklin County yesterday at the time the polls were due to close. It's worth noting that the most populous county in Ohio only had one early voting location, same as the least populated. I wonder if all the people still in line ended up being able to vote?

Where does Herschel Walker fit in, who Drumpf said would be in charge of a missile defense shield?

I suspect that Elon is in big trouble if his puppet isn't elected, either way. Evidently he's admitting that the lottery he started in PA isn't choosing winners at random, for example, and even without that the whole thing is sketchy at best.

Elon evidently posted that if elected, Harris will take X away from him and bring back twitter. If she did say that, that would be another reason for me to vote for her.

If it's the one I saw, I definitely agree. Whatever happens, I think she and her campaign have done a good job. It's on the voters, now.

I'll admit I avoid having to listen to his voice as much as possible, but in the few clips I've seen he looks and sounds absolutely terrible. I'm getting Weekend at Bernie's vibes. Am I seeing things? I don't get how many people don't seem to care that he refuses to turn over medical records-remember how they kept hounding HRC 8 years ago?

True, those who could fled-many to France but not all. A fair number ended up in the US.

Sadly if there's one thing I've learned, especially in recent years, it's that a lot of people don't understand how our government works. That includes the people who are in office, too.

I think Reagan still would have challenged him in 1980, and maybe Bush also. For the Democrats, I'm guessing the field would have been similar: Kennedy, Brown, and perhaps Carter and/or Udall would have given it another try. Senators Glenn and Hollings might have made a move 4 years earlier if a Republican were in office instead of Carter. The results would depend on things such as how well Ford could work with Congress (O'Neill evidently hated Carter, whose lack of contacts in DC in general didn't do him any favors), whether or not the Iranian hostage crisis happened, in addition to what you suggested about the economy.

I have no idea what he's trying to say in that 'closing argument.' Is he saying that the glass is protecting him, or that he wants people to shoot through it to get the press? I honestly can't tell. Good grief.

I used to love everything about elections-from watching the debates to watching the conventions, right up to watching the returns come in on Election Day. This was true even when the results were different from what I had hoped. Now I think I'll have to stay offline for the next few days, except for some things I absolutely have to do online. '76 was the first election I was allowed to stay up and watch-I was 9. I vaguely wanted Carter to win but felt like Ford was also fine.

My favorite was the Ecology Song. Or was it Mercy, Mercy, Me? ETA: And people did listen for a while, and passed legislation to help with clean air and water with good results. Unfortunately, people have either forgotten, or never knew about rivers catching fire, air quality alerts, and generally how dirty many of our cities were, and how important it is to keep the regulations to maintain our cleaner, healthier, environment. Even now it's unacceptable that we keep hearing about lead contaminated water in places-and yet it could get even worse.

I'm a bad person, because I find myself hoping that when all is said and done, Mush finds himself in a position similar to Giuliani's current position. I actually think I dislike him even more than I dislike Drumpf.

We're pretty doom and gloom here, because a Drumpf win could be a big disaster for MA-and it's really stressful to know that our future could depend on how the people in about 7-8 states vote. Even with all of its faults MA is a really great place to live.

Somehow, if and when this era passes we're all going to have to try our best to come back together after being driven apart by all of this rhetoric. When this happens I don't know, and will depend on what happens on Tuesday. I can only say it won't be easy, and all the junk 'news' out there might make it impossible. I hope not.