kcar wrote:
 
Most of us are just farquing relieved....and exhausted.

 kurtster wrote:
 
Sorry, buddy. We were too busy celebrating in the streets. It was nuts here in DC.

Before CNN called it for Biden, i think a lot of people took a break after Election Day.  The whole year has been freaking exhausting. Does anyone remember the impeachment? I took a break and may in future post less about  political stuff. 

 R_P wrote: 
Trump's real success was to unite the Democrats. Under a MMP system, the Democrats would be close to devolving into a centrist party and a left-wing, if they hadn't already. It's going to be interesting to see how these tensions play out.  A two-party system really doesn't do these nuances justice.
 

Last year, Biden got in trouble for reassuring a group of wealthy donors that while America’s obscene income inequality needed mending because it “ferments political discord and basic revolution”, they could rest easy because under his watch, “nobody had to be punished. No one’s standard of living will change, nothing would fundamentally change.”

Centrists fix nothing.

let me say congrats to the biden supporters   

a well funded hard fought campaign has paid off

what comes next? (just off the top of my brain box)

biden inc. won't be as good or as bad as advertised by energized partisans

hopefully he'll fall closer to the center and use some reasonable liberal policy guidelines

i think we're going to see a lot of politics as usual with some caveats (i expect borrowing and spending to remain strong)

some special interests/institutional players that more or less have capture, like the defense industry, etc. will prosper

maybe try to continue to loosen grip on occupational licensing  (or other regs/policies that free the masses up to create and produce)

a huge bright spot in all of this is that there seems to be a major rejection of really bad/harsh drug laws

our mass incarceration looks like it is in decline and with any luck this will accelerate

in any event i wish them luck

“For all those of you who voted for President Trump, I understand the disappointment tonight. I’ve lost a couple of times myself,” he said wryly. “But now, let’s give each other a chance.

“It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again. Listen to each other again. And to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They are Americans. They’re Americans.

 kurtster wrote:
 

Don’t let Kurtster drag  any of us down his rabbit holes .

Don’t be goaded. 

Our time is better spent reflecting at this moment on how this country can move forward and how we as individuals can help.

 Antigone wrote: 
Maybe, maybe not.  I could call your reply projection.

What has been my reaction to Trump's defeat ?  Sounds like you are disappointed that I haven't gone on a name calling rampage making declarations and accusations of this and that.

So far, for such a victory, the celebration or lack thereof has been meek at best.

Hard to understand the lack of celebration for something that was fought for so hard in order to achieve a victory of this magnitude.

Perhaps y'all all are now investing your time in looking for the next thing to hate and destroy now that Trump is toast.  Gotta feed that fire in the belly, eh ?

 kurtster wrote: 
And if there had been, you would have called it “gloating.” 

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
 
That was indeed sobering, as I commented elsewhere.

A good piece on why we got here in the first place...

Where's the celebration ?  No one wants to say how great things are going to be now ?

How odd and conspicuous in its absence.

6 days since the last post in our POTUS elect's dedicated thread.

Not even one dancing banana ...

 steeler wrote:
 
To avoid the appearance of being political, he is waiting until after the election.  That's what a real gentleman does.  

 KarmaKarma wrote:
 

When are the indictments of Biden and Obama coming? Barr started Durham’s investigation in May of 2019. I read on Trump twitter that what they did constitutes treason! 

 KarmaKarma wrote:

 Steely_D wrote:
 

1) lolol ! The FBI started an investigation on Hunter in 2019!  It's still an active investigation.

2) As I told you before - get better sources. When this explodes with indictments - and it will - will you remember how long ago your news media started lying to you?  I doubt it.  Short memory.

Only low-information voters think "bigots and racists" is true!  You also forgot to call them deplorables, chumps and the latest:  ugly folks!  Biden is the uniter! Trump the divider!

Keep the dream alive Steely-D!

 kurtster wrote:
 
Sorry...who's running the game, and why did they pick her?

 Steely_D wrote: 
Not side stepping anything.  You believe that the Hunter Biden stuff is meaningless and I think otherwise.  What is there to discuss ?

I believe that the purported evidence that I have seen so far is credible.  You believe otherwise and say that you, correct me if I'm wrong, know that it is strictly Russian disinformation according to your own trusted sources and that I am being misled.  Right ?

 Steely_D wrote:
 

Uh no.  Hunter has committed a number of crimes, including money laundering.  However, the documents on his laptop, the emails provided by a former business partner, and the testimony from  Tony Bobulinski - three principal sources with overlapping info - have ALSO exposed the corruption, money laundering, tax evasion and other crimes of Hunter Biden, Jim Biden, & Joe Biden - along with an exposure of the sons of Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry and others for possible involvement too.

If you're not aware of this, you really should get better news sources.  Or not.  Your sources will eventually be forced to cover the indictments when they happen - much of this has been under investigation for a year or more.  And regardless of the outcome of the election, the investigations will continue.

Ask yourself, other than Fox, why isn't the media covering this story?  

Dailymail UK: EXCLUSIVE: National security nightmare of Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop containing phone numbers for the Clintons, Secret Service officers and most of the Obama cabinet plus his sex and drug addictions - all secured by the password Hunter02

 Steely_D wrote:
 
But the money is so good! 

Gosh, maybe we're being cynical. He claims to be a German who lived here for a year. Sure, that would explain his enthusiasm for Der Drumpfer and his hardon for Hunter Biden! Just like his cowboys and Indians phase as a kid! 

It's got to suck to be a shill for such a flabby old incompetent LIAR like Trump. Even if you're really a Russian working for GRU, can you get enthused about runaway Covid-19 and a re-collapse of the American economy?