oblong Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Who would be influenced by him at this point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, oblong said: Who would be influenced by him at this point? You underestimate the stupidity of the American public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cowan Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 10 minutes ago, oblong said: Who would be influenced by him at this point? It's a good question I think. Those millions of assholes who rose up in support of him, they are all still out there, as loud as ever, and they don't need him anymore. It's a good question. "I wasn't going to vote Republican, or vote at all, but I've been following Trump on Twitter and he has convinced me that I should". It's hard to imagine anyone feeling that way in 2022...I don't think that he can attract any new supporters, he already found them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 I doubt Trump being unbanned would have much of an impact... to the extent that it does, it probably gets him in the news more, which I'm guessing runs counter to what the GOP would like, particularly in suburban areas with populations of voters who didn't vote for him in 2020. But the impact would be marginal to none regardless imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 11 hours ago, oblong said: Who would be influenced by him at this point? Maybe some on both sides? Maybe certain red hats who respond only to Trump would come out to vote instead of sitting on the sidelines because his name is not on the ballot. And maybe Trump back on Twitter would freak some people the fuck out and drive them to the polls to vote against Republicans. Either way, I think it would influence marginally higher turnout, rather than vote-switching. We're less than two weeks out from the final day to vote, so I'm doubtful such an October surprise will be unleashed in time for 2022. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Wouldn't Trump back on Twitter violate whatever agreement he has with Truth Social. Not that ever stopped him before. I'm not sure it would make much difference since his BS posts get posted on Twitter anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 Baby steps ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerbomb13 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 No surprise here. Pretty obvious what they are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Karamo is already suing Detroit. Just throw shit out there then say "There's doubt..." Even if the doubt is bullshit. MAGA doesn't need facts. "They saw that thing on TV" as the Halloween Spirit Conservative Costume says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 38 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said: No surprise here. Pretty obvious what they are doing. Setting aside how terrible it is, it's interesting how little confidence they are projecting about this upcoming election in Pennsylvania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Bombers Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 It's weird how the Democrats can rig an election in Michigan with only a 49% turnout in Detroit. I mean, can't they rig a 70% turnout? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 6 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said: No surprise here. Pretty obvious what they are doing. Now multiply this by a few hundred across the country and we will have an idea of what November, December, and beyond is going to look like. January 3 is going to be fu-u-u-un ... if they don't postpone it entirely ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 5 hours ago, mtutiger said: Setting aside how terrible it is, it's interesting how little confidence they are projecting about this upcoming election in Pennsylvania. Confidence, schmonfidence—it's all about the fundraising ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chasfh Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 I say 50/50 chance at least one person gets murdered at the polls this year, and if so, 90% chance the perpetrator side gaslights the country about what actually happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Wish she was my congresscritter instead of some two bit insurance salesman who probably never set foot in our neck of the woods unless he was on his way to the Outer Banks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) On 10/29/2022 at 1:56 PM, chasfh said: I say 50/50 chance at least one person gets murdered at the polls this year, they missed their chance to get me on the way to the mailbox. (say yes to voting by mail!) Edited October 31, 2022 by gehringer_2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 4 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: they missed their chance to get me on the way to the mailbox. (say yes to voting by mail!) Is it because you were operating under the guise of mailing a check to Donald Trump? Slick ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pfife Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 6 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: they missed their chance to get me on the way to the mailbox. (say yes to voting by mail!) I'm going in person b/c I'm paranoid they won't count my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Here’s a name I haven’t heard in probably 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Good read from the Bullwerk... https://www.thebulwark.com/if-walker-then-fetterman/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Quote As always, Republicans want to have it both ways. They want to say that Herschel Walker should be seen as nothing more than a reliable Republican vote, but that John Fetterman isn’t cognitively fit for the Senate. But if we’re choosing bots whose fingers just have to press the right button when voting on the Senate floor, then, by the Republican party’s own standards, John Fetterman is a fine candidate. Republicans aren’t asking too much of Walker should he win, and his efforts to kill off all those babies he said he wants to protect is fine with them. In Trump’s GOP, lying, hypocrisy, immorality and ignorance are not only tolerated, but celebrated. But a lieutenant governor with aphasia, which is temporary? Republicans are certain Fetterman cannot serve his constituents. It’s the GOP’s latest triumph of power over principle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.TaterSalad Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Does anyone else get the feeling, based on early voting data, that polls are woefully underestimating Democratic enthusiasm and turnout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 19 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said: Does anyone else get the feeling, based on early voting data, that polls are woefully underestimating Democratic enthusiasm and turnout? Nothing to back it up with other than the idea that this could just be people deciding after covid that they like early voting. That this is just a pull ahead of what were traditional same day votes and given the idiocy in our electorate R's think early voting is "weak" and "not secure" so they aren't doing it to the same rate as D's. Trends before covid as it relates to voting behavior, not their preferences, might be an apples and oranges situation. Of course there's the Roe effect too to consider so who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.TaterSalad Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, oblong said: Nothing to back it up with other than the idea that this could just be people deciding after covid that they like early voting. That this is just a pull ahead of what were traditional same day votes and given the idiocy in our electorate R's think early voting is "weak" and "not secure" so they aren't doing it to the same rate as D's. Trends before covid as it relates to voting behavior, not their preferences, might be an apples and oranges situation. Of course there's the Roe effect too to consider so who knows. Simon Rosenberg is one of the Democrats top data guys, at least he's being sold that way and sells himself as such. He's putting a lot of stock in the fact that he feels early voting is good for Dems compared to 2020 numbers. Seemingly an increase in early voting compared to 2020. Additionally, he is talking about how R leaning pollsters are flooding the market with R positive polling to bump the averages up in their favor. I admit that I like and am buying into a lot of what Rosenberg has to say as of late about the R wave not materializing like the media is predicting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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