Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College

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Re: Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College

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Chizzang wrote:
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So those independent voters who say they don’t vote for Trump ..... who do they hate again?

blacks
browns
jews
immigrants
the poor

I thought it was just Trump’s tribe that hate them... who knew all those independents were so full of hate for everybody
Just exactly how many truly "independents" do you think there are..?
I know the number is getting smaller every year
I know that if every single traditional GOP voter who voted in the last election actually voted for Trump (they didn't) - that Hillary Clinton would be President. I know that.

They may be a dwindling group but there are very good indicators that they came out for Trump this time - Michigan and Wisconsin pretty much prove that.
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Re: Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College

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CID1990 wrote:
Chizzang wrote:
Just exactly how many truly "independents" do you think there are..?
I know the number is getting smaller every year
I know that if every single traditional GOP voter who voted in the last election actually voted for Trump (they didn't) - that Hillary Clinton would be President. I know that.

They may be a dwindling group but there are very good indicators that they came out for Trump this time - Michigan and Wisconsin pretty much prove that.
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Re: Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College

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CID1990 wrote:
Chizzang wrote:
Just exactly how many truly "independents" do you think there are..?
I know the number is getting smaller every year
I know that if every single traditional GOP voter who voted in the last election actually voted for Trump (they didn't) - that Hillary Clinton would be President. I know that.

They may be a dwindling group but there are very good indicators that they came out for Trump this time - Michigan and Wisconsin pretty much prove that.
it would be more correcter to say they came out against Hillary
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Re: Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College

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kalm wrote:
Chizzang wrote:
Cynicism is not exactly bitterness...
Look we've seen similar behavior with American tribalism in the recent past

there is nothing new in my observation above
There's also nothing incorrect (as best as I can tell)
Cynics are altruistic by nature. :nod:

Btw, Trump trails Biden by 10 and Bernie by 9 in the latest Fox News poll. He trails Biden by 11 in Michigan. Quit trolling the poor conks. :ohno:
Polls close to 17 months before an election are meaningless...Wake me up with a poll update a year from now..
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BDKJMU wrote:
kalm wrote:
Cynics are altruistic by nature. :nod:

Btw, Trump trails Biden by 10 and Bernie by 9 in the latest Fox News poll. He trails Biden by 11 in Michigan. Quit trolling the poor conks. :ohno:
Polls close to 17 months before an election are meaningless...Wake me up with a poll update a year from now..
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kalm wrote:
BDKJMU wrote: Polls close to 17 months before an election are meaningless...Wake me up with a poll update a year from now..
One might go as far as saying they’re like tits on a bull?
Yep.
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Or the "Likely Voter" models 17 months before an election you love so much?
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Skjellyfetti wrote:Or the "Likely Voter" models 17 months before an election you love so much?
Worthless too, but not as worthless as polls that include people who don‘t vote.
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One might go as far as saying they’re like tits on a bull?
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Chizzang wrote:
CID1990 wrote:
That’s a bunch of elegant word salad but you’re still ripping off Hillary Clinton - who more succinctly paraphrased it by just calling them a basket of deplorables

But you both miss the mark (wildly)

It wasn’t Trump’s tribe that got him elected. It was ultimately voters who previously cast votes for Barack Obama who swung things for Trump

If it had just been the tribal (deplorable) voters, we’d be calling Hillary President right now

:nod:

I don’t *think* Trump is going to gather as many of those votes this time
I'm talking about today not three years ago...

:nod:

and I don't care who says they aren't voting for Trump
I call bullsh!t on the polls and I think he wins easy with "nobody" voting for him

He stays in Putin's good graces he should be OK
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houndawg wrote:
Chizzang wrote:
I'm talking about today not three years ago...

:nod:

and I don't care who says they aren't voting for Trump
I call bullsh!t on the polls and I think he wins easy with "nobody" voting for him

He stays in Putin's good graces he should be OK
Hey Jelly

That’s old and tired

Like, “Reagan shouldn’t antagonize the Soviets” old and tired

(And equally wrong)
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CID1990 wrote:
houndawg wrote:

He stays in Putin's good graces he should be OK
Hey Jelly

That’s old and tired

Like, “Reagan shouldn’t antagonize the Soviets” old and tired

(And equally wrong)

calm down snowflake

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Chizzang wrote:
CID1990 wrote:
Hey Jelly

That’s old and tired

Like, “Reagan shouldn’t antagonize the Soviets” old and tired

(And equally wrong)

calm down snowflake

:coffee:
But he's not incorrect. Why the deflection? :coffee:
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GannonFan wrote:
Chizzang wrote:

calm down snowflake

:coffee:
But he's not incorrect. Why the deflection? :coffee:
What am I deflecting?
I just like calling CID a snowflake
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Chizzang wrote:
GannonFan wrote:
But he's not incorrect. Why the deflection? :coffee:
What am I deflecting?
I just like calling CID a snowflake
tru dat. :lol:
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Chizzang wrote:
GannonFan wrote:
But he's not incorrect. Why the deflection? :coffee:
What am I deflecting?
I just like calling CID a snowflake
That's cultural appropriation and you should be ashamed! Snowflake is a term used by alt-righters to denigrate overly sensitive alt-lefters. It's part of the cultural identity of the alt-right and should not be misappropriated by someone who is not of a like mind.

You need a different term to denigrate the overly sensitive in the center or alt-right. I suggest cupcake.
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Chizzang wrote:
GannonFan wrote:
But he's not incorrect. Why the deflection? :coffee:
What am I deflecting?
I just like calling CID a snowflake
And I just like calling groundhawg Jelly


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CID1990 wrote:
Chizzang wrote:
What am I deflecting?
I just like calling CID a snowflake
And I just like calling groundhawg Jelly


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I've no doubt that Jelly is flattered by the compliment. :coffee:
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houndawg wrote:
CID1990 wrote:
And I just like calling groundhawg Jelly


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I've no doubt that Jelly is flattered by the compliment. :coffee:
As he should, dog.


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Chizzang wrote:
What am I deflecting?
I just like calling CID a snowflake
That's cultural appropriation and you should be ashamed! Snowflake is a term used by alt-righters to denigrate overly sensitive alt-lefters. It's part of the cultural identity of the alt-right and should not be misappropriated by someone who is not of a like mind.

You need a different term to denigrate the overly sensitive in the center or alt-right. I suggest cupcake.
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