A Rural Area with Moderate Politics - Page 2

Griff · 08-12-2020, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Now then: what if simply everybody did so; what would be the likely outcome?

It will be a bloodbath.

Flint · 07-08-2020, 12:27 PM

I don't know what to tell you other than tensions are high as ƒuck in our 50/50 community.
Things might even get more tense the more balanced it is, because someone has a higher number of people to be mad at, idk.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-08-2020, 01:58 PM

The only reason Trump wants to win is ego, he's stolen so much already, made lucrative connections, big pension and bennies for life, and has a laundry list of people/plots to blame a loss on.
I wouldn't be surprised if he has his fingers, or at least friends fingers, in this $10 Billion vaccine slush fund.
I admit my dislike for the scumbag makes me prejudiced.

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-11-2020, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The only reason Trump wants to win is ego, he's stolen so much already, made lucrative connections, big pension and bennies for life, and has a laundry list of people/plots to blame a loss on.

Ah, Bruce: he had those before he was elected, and honorably does not indulge in something like these now, as President. Guy ain't even written an Enemies List. A big piece of this Administration not doing what the Party out of power accuses it of hourly is that just as hourly, they don't have the energy or the time.

I say this as one who didn't vote for him. The first go-round anyway. Then he started doing all this Libertarian stuff, which the punditocracy seems collectively unable to fathom.

Since I am the soul of unprejudiced, I find a lot in your stance to disagree with. Wanting to believe only Trump wants Trump reelected is very silly of you.

Griff · 07-08-2020, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I don't know what to tell you other than tensions are high as ƒuck in our 50/50 community.
Things might even get more tense the more balanced it is, because someone has a higher number of people to be mad at, idk.

I was wondering about that. Balance used to lead to compromise but that's a bad word now.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-09-2020, 11:27 PM

It certainly is, why it's the same as losing...

Griff · 07-10-2020, 06:58 AM

Limey sent me a nice option in Maine. I do appreciate the politics up there and the rivers are nice. Political races are competitive and unaffiliated voters have a lot of sway. Unfortunately, Maine is soooooo far from the girl in Philadelphia that I think Pete would lose her mind.

I'm seeing some good options in Vermont.

Ibby · 08-02-2020, 10:31 PM

vermont is cool and definitely a better place to be Right About Now than, yknow, most places

Griff · 08-03-2020, 06:28 AM

Hey Ibby! Good to see you. How're things?

Ibby · 08-03-2020, 09:33 AM

well the world's ending but other than that, well, yknow

Griff · 08-04-2020, 06:13 AM

A better built world could be on the other side of this mess.

Undertoad · 08-12-2020, 08:37 AM

so to sum up your theory is that if Trump doesn't win he will get the banana republic he wants

Clodfobble · 08-12-2020, 09:20 AM

Only if he refuses to lose gracefully. If he doesn't win and he loudly decries the election as rigged/illegitimate (which I think it's safe to assume he will, whether or not he actually believes in his heart that it is,) then yes, there will be small, but definitely armed, protests. If he wins, there will be massive, possibly armed protests.

The only way the election settles things down, rather than escalates them, is if Trump loses, then says, "Good, because I hated this job and would rather go back to making bajillions of dollars. You idiots get what you deserve." It would save face, and calm his more ardent followers rather than encouraging them to take to the streets. But he's not going to do that.

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-12-2020, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Only if he refuses to lose gracefully. If he doesn't win and he loudly decries the election as rigged/illegitimate (which I think it's safe to assume he will, whether or not he actually believes in his heart that it is,) then yes, there will be small, but definitely armed, protests. If he wins, there will be massive, possibly armed protests.

Indeed, Fobble? Will you be there, under arms?

Being in the Oval Office without being Hillary Clinton is still not an actionable offense -- it's really quite a decent thing, forestalling the Mistress of Corruption, who it seems refuses to take the ethical road regardless of situation. Money, shilled up via their Foundation from influence peddlers, is those two's God.

Undertoad · 08-12-2020, 09:33 AM

so to sum up your theory is that if Trump loses poorly or wins he will get the banana republic he wants

07-08-2020, 12:27 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I don't know what to tell you other than tensions are high as ƒuck in our 50/50 community. Things might even get more tense the more balanced it is, because someone has a higher number of people to be mad at, idk. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-08-2020, 01:58 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The only reason Trump wants to win is ego, he's stolen so much already, made lucrative connections, big pension and bennies for life, and has a laundry list of people/plots to blame a loss on. I wouldn't be surprised if he has his fingers, or at least friends fingers, in this $10 Billion vaccine slush fund. I admit my dislike for the scumbag makes me prejudiced. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-09-2020, 11:27 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It certainly is, why it's the same as losing... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-10-2020, 06:58 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Limey sent me a nice option in Maine. I do appreciate the politics up there and the rivers are nice. Political races are competitive and unaffiliated voters have a lot of sway. Unfortunately, Maine is soooooo far from the girl in Philadelphia that I think Pete would lose her mind. I'm seeing some good options in Vermont. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-02-2020, 10:31 PM	#8
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	vermont is cool and definitely a better place to be Right About Now than, yknow, most places __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

08-03-2020, 06:28 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Hey Ibby! Good to see you. How're things? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-03-2020, 09:33 AM	#10
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	well the world's ending but other than that, well, yknow __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

08-04-2020, 06:13 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	A better built world could be on the other side of this mess. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-12-2020, 08:37 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	so to sum up your theory is that if Trump doesn't win he will get the banana republic he wants

08-12-2020, 09:20 AM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Only if he refuses to lose gracefully. If he doesn't win and he loudly decries the election as rigged/illegitimate (which I think it's safe to assume he will, whether or not he actually believes in his heart that it is,) then yes, there will be small, but definitely armed, protests. If he wins, there will be massive, possibly armed protests. The only way the election settles things down, rather than escalates them, is if Trump loses, then says, "Good, because I hated this job and would rather go back to making bajillions of dollars. You idiots get what you deserve." It would save face, and calm his more ardent followers rather than encouraging them to take to the streets. But he's not going to do that. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-12-2020, 09:33 AM	#15
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	so to sum up your theory is that if Trump loses poorly or wins he will get the banana republic he wants

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