I was wrong. Way wrong. Congrats Trump supporters. And 93.

[AZGrizFan]

Pretty funny stuff JSO. Republicans hold ALL THREE legs of government but "they just signed their death warrant". You've gone full retard with your Trump hatred.


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[ASUG8]

So now we will have a completely unqualified, emotionally immature as well as unstable, thoroughly dishonest man who got where he is by lying to and cheating people throughout his life in that position. That's bad. Fortunately we have a pretty robust system of checks and balances. That's good..

So what I'm hearing is:
- if Hillary had been elected, contrary to the robust checks and balances she'd have accomplished great things despite having both houses against her?
- Hillary is stable, despite her documented health issues, pay for play with the Clinton foundation, and only avoiding indictment because her campaigner-in-chief just happens to also be the AG's boss?
- The Clintons really don't have a corrupt legacy, it's actually just CGI and conspiracy theories, right?

America held their collective noses and voted for a wealthy blowhard over a wealthy blowhard with a corrupt political legacy last night.

[Ibanez]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

A win for Trump and his allies. A loss for the United States.

Don't be so dramatic. America will have it's 45th peaceful transition of power. Last night was such as strong example as to why the Electoral College works. Last night proved that Americans, when faced with a bombastic liar and a corrupt politician, they chose the liar over the corrupt. They weren't the best candidates, but Americans were ready for change. The Democrats weren't. They should've ran Bernie.

Now isn't the time for sour grapes. The Republic Stands. We survived Carter, Bush II and Obama. We'll survive 4 years of Trump.

[CAA Flagship]

Way back during the Republican primaries I thought Trump would get crushed in the general election because I over estimated the integrity of Republican voters who weren't part of his cult during that selection process and of the Republican Party apparatus. Also I was not expecting things like the Russians jumping in on Trump's side via Wikileaks, the FBI director dropping a bomb 11 days prior to the election, etc.

But once it got close I don't think this was as big an upset as people appear to think with respect to what the polls and projections were showing just prior to the event. As I noted in a post earlier this week a Trump win would be equivalent to an 8 1/2 point underdog winning a football game. No football fan would be shocked by such an outcome. Underdogs of that magnitude win about 30 percent of the time. Not rare.

538 had it at about 72% chance Clinton winning. The accurate way to state that is a 72% confidence level. In the world of statistics you would never look at a 72% confidence level as affirming an expectation. You would not say you can confidently predict something will happen at that level of certainty.

So now we will have a completely unqualified, emotionally immature as well as unstable, thoroughly dishonest man who got where he is by lying to and cheating people throughout his life in that position. That's bad. Fortunately we have a pretty robust system of checks and balances. That's good..

For the long term, I think the Republican Party just signed its death warrant. It's been stated ad nauseam but is nevertheless true that the proportion of non Whites in the electorate is growing. Clinton did not generate sufficient enthusiasm among non Whites to win because she was so flawed and battered. But I think Republicans electing Trump has left a bad taste in most non Whites mouths that is going to be nearly impossible to overcome for the foreseeable future. Even with a bad Democratic candidate non Whites voted for the Democrat by an estimated 74 - 21%. They accounted for an estimated 30% of the voters. It won't be long, in historical terms, before they are 40%, then 50%, then beyond that. The handwriting is on the wall for the Republican Party. It would've been difficult to stay viable with the shifting demographics in any case. Now I think it's going to be impossible.

As for all of us as residents of this land, we do have that system of checks and balances that will hopefully keep Trump from doing too much damage. All we can do is play our cards, control what we can, and make the best of what we can't. Also, since he lies so much, we can hope he was lying about some of the stuff like trying to slap huge tariffs on foreign goods and generally turning us into an isolationist economy. I think people who think his ideas in that area are are good are in for a rude awakening if he actually does it. T

A simple "I'm sorry" will do.

[kalm]

That's the interesting part.

Obama had a super majority and he wasted it. He shoved Obamacare down everyones throats. The Republicans HAVE to take the high road. No "Elections have Consequences" statements. No "we have to pass it to find out what's in it." It's time to actually make some change. I think he will. He's a non politico who will surround himself around some good people (hopefully). This is a perfect time to rebuild America.

Also, looks like the GOP isn't dead but the Democratic party needs to take a good, long hard look in the mirror. Especially the news media.

Speaking of the media...I can't WAIT for JSO to log on. All those polls...were crap. They underestimated the blue collars in the Rust Belt. I bet they won't do that again.

How do you surround yourself around something?

Trump will surround himself around....pussy!

[kalm]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

A win for Trump and his allies. A loss for the United States.

Don't be so dramatic. America will have it's 45th peaceful transition of power. Last night was such as strong example as to why the Electoral College works. Last night proved that Americans, when faced with a bombastic liar and a corrupt politician, they chose the liar over the corrupt. They weren't the best candidates, but Americans were ready for change. The Democrats weren't. They should've ran Bernie.

Now isn't the time for sour grapes. The Republic Stands. We survived Carter, Bush II and Obama. We'll survive 4 years of Trump.

Bernie would have beat Trump. Stupid donks.

Best part about this is that both party's establishment are....

[Ibanez]

Obama had a super majority and he wasted it. He shoved Obamacare down everyones throats. The Republicans HAVE to take the high road. No "Elections have Consequences" statements. No "we have to pass it to find out what's in it." It's time to actually make some change. I think he will. He's a non politico who will surround himself with some good people (hopefully). This is a perfect time to rebuild America.

Also, looks like the GOP isn't dead but the Democratic party needs to take a good, long hard look in the mirror. Especially the news media.

Speaking of the media...I can't WAIT for JSO to log on. All those polls...were crap. They underestimated the blue collars in the Rust Belt. I bet they won't do that again.

How do you surround yourself around something?

Trump will surround himself around....pussy!

What are you talking about?

[CAA Flagship]

Last night was such as strong example as to why the Electoral College works.

I hate the Electoral College. I think the current systems allows apathy. I think the proper way to do this is to provide each state with an odd number of electoral votes, the number weighted to be in agreement with the population, and the votes split based on the popular vote in each state. There are just too many people that feel their vote has little impact in states that are lopsided.

If you give people a better reason to vote, maybe they will become better educated on issues.

[YoUDeeMan]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

A win for Trump and his allies. A loss for the United States.

Your ignorance of the world is stunning.

Russia could be, and should be, our ally.

[Baldy]

[Ibanez]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

A win for Trump and his allies. A loss for the United States.

Your ignorance of the world is stunning.

Russia could be, and should be, our ally.

Agree. I was telling my wife this morning, there's no reason why Russia shouldn't be our friend. We have nothing to lose by befriending them. Let them expend some treasure in the Middle East. We've got schools and roads that are more deserving of the money.

I'm interested to hear what her Chinese manufacturers think about this election. One of them has been very vocal about Trump (mostly positive.)

[YoUDeeMan]

Don't be so dramatic. America will have it's 45th peaceful transition of power. Last night was such as strong example as to why the Electoral College works. Last night proved that Americans, when faced with a bombastic liar and a corrupt politician, they chose the liar over the corrupt. They weren't the best candidates, but Americans were ready for change. The Democrats weren't. They should've ran Bernie.

Now isn't the time for sour grapes. The Republic Stands. We survived Carter, Bush II and Obama. We'll survive 4 years of Trump.

Bernie would have beat Trump. Stupid donks.

Best part about this is that both party's establishment are....

Trump beat the Republican establishment, and then beat the Democratic establishment.

He did Americans a favor that many don't recognize yet.

[andy7171]

So what are the odds that Trump wins the Nobel Peace Prize??

[Ibanez]

So what are the odds that Trump wins the Nobel Peace Prize??

I'm sure it's in the mail. As well as a Grammy for Best Spoken Word and the Montreal Comedy Festival Award.

[YoUDeeMan]

OK, funny story (well...if you don't have your head up Hillary's large arse).

We had a party out by the fire pit Monday night due to most folks having Tuesday off. The Commodores, "Brick House" came on, and one of our Hillary neighbors, a well educated (she has papers that says so) smiles and started moving and singing, and the other 5 ladies, with their wine glasses in hand, joined her. They had just finished talking about Trump's insluts (you know, I'm going to leave that typo ) about wimmen. So, I walked over and danced with them, and said, "Love this song!" They all said, "Yeah!" I then said, "I can cue up, "Baby Got Back" if you'd like," and they ALL said, "YES!"

ME: "Awesome...who knew...I thought you didn't like it when women were objectified. Are you ladies voting for Trump tomorrow?"

SILENCE.

The good thing is that I am extremely lovable.

The hypocrisy is stunning. They live in a world of denial.

Yesterday, one of my more obnoxious neighbors (the one with the husband that wants to move to Cuba...probably even more so today) confidently wore her pantsuit and chatted about the first woman President. Apparently, wimmen wore pant suits to support Hillary? UD was big on Hillary.

I would have loved to have seen her face this morning.

But, I was also gracious...Lil' Cluck and Mrs. Cluck woke up last night, and they watched Trump's speech. Since Lil' Cluck lost sleep, I let him sleep in and drove him to school. I would have LOVED to have seen the faces of my neighbors at the bus stop this morning. ALL of them voted for Hillary.

Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

Update: CNN still trumpeting Hillary's popular vote.

[GannonFan]

Way back during the Republican primaries I thought Trump would get crushed in the general election because I over estimated the integrity of Republican voters who weren't part of his cult during that selection process and of the Republican Party apparatus. Also I was not expecting things like the Russians jumping in on Trump's side via Wikileaks, the FBI director dropping a bomb 11 days prior to the election, etc.

But once it got close I don't think this was as big an upset as people appear to think with respect to what the polls and projections were showing just prior to the event. As I noted in a post earlier this week a Trump win would be equivalent to an 8 1/2 point underdog winning a football game. No football fan would be shocked by such an outcome. Underdogs of that magnitude win about 30 percent of the time. Not rare.

538 had it at about 72% chance Clinton winning. The accurate way to state that is a 72% confidence level. In the world of statistics you would never look at a 72% confidence level as affirming an expectation. You would not say you can confidently predict something will happen at that level of certainty.

So now we will have a completely unqualified, emotionally immature as well as unstable, thoroughly dishonest man who got where he is by lying to and cheating people throughout his life in that position. That's bad. Fortunately we have a pretty robust system of checks and balances. That's good..

For the long term, I think the Republican Party just signed its death warrant. It's been stated ad nauseam but is nevertheless true that the proportion of non Whites in the electorate is growing. Clinton did not generate sufficient enthusiasm among non Whites to win because she was so flawed and battered. But I think Republicans electing Trump has left a bad taste in most non Whites mouths that is going to be nearly impossible to overcome for the foreseeable future. Even with a bad Democratic candidate non Whites voted for the Democrat by an estimated 74 - 21%. They accounted for an estimated 30% of the voters. It won't be long, in historical terms, before they are 40%, then 50%, then beyond that. The handwriting is on the wall for the Republican Party. It would've been difficult to stay viable with the shifting demographics in any case. Now I think it's going to be impossible.

As for all of us as residents of this land, we do have that system of checks and balances that will hopefully keep Trump from doing too much damage. All we can do is play our cards, control what we can, and make the best of what we can't. Also, since he lies so much, we can hope he was lying about some of the stuff like trying to slap huge tariffs on foreign goods and generally turning us into an isolationist economy. I think people who think his ideas in that area are are good are in for a rude awakening if he actually does it. T

A simple "I'm sorry" will do.

If I wasn't so pro free speech I would be pushing for JSO to have a mandatory 30 day cooling off period from posting. A little time to reflect would hopefully do wonders for him, as he's apparently just posting stream of consciousness right now.

[CID1990]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

A win for Trump and his allies. A loss for the United States.

We will leave Russia alone for the first time since the wall came down and a few years from now you will have no choice but to admit that it was the proper course


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[Ibanez]

OK, funny story (well...if you don't have your head up Hillary's large arse).

We had a party out by the fire pit Monday night due to most folks having Tuesday off. The Commodores, "Brick House" came on, and one of our Hillary neighbors, a well educated (she has papers that says so) smiles and started moving and singing, and the other 5 ladies, with their wine glasses in hand, joined her. They had just finished talking about Trump's insluts (you know, I'm going to leave that typo ) about wimmen. So, I walked over and danced with them, and said, "Love this song!" They all said, "Yeah!" I then said, "I can cue up, "Baby Got Back" if you'd like," and they ALL said, "YES!"

ME: "Awesome...who knew...I thought you didn't like it when women were objectified. Are you ladies voting for Trump tomorrow?"

SILENCE.

The good thing is that I am extremely lovable.

The hypocrisy is stunning. They live in a world of denial.

Yesterday, one of my more obnoxious neighbors (the one with the husband that wants to move to Cuba...probably even more so today) confidently wore her pantsuit and chatted about the first woman President. Apparently, wimmen wore pant suits to support Hillary? UD was big on Hillary.

I would have loved to have seen her face this morning.

But, I was also gracious...Lil' Cluck and Mrs. Cluck woke up last night, and they watched Trump's speech. Since Lil' Cluck lost sleep, I let him sleep in and drove him to school. I would have LOVED to have seen the faces of my neighbors at the bus stop this morning. ALL of them voted for Hillary.

Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

Update: CNN still trumpeting Hillary's popular vote.

44 Electoral votes are still out there and Trump will most likely end with 306. That should be enough to get him over the .6% deficit.

[GannonFan]

OK, funny story (well...if you don't have your head up Hillary's large arse).

We had a party out by the fire pit Monday night due to most folks having Tuesday off. The Commodores, "Brick House" came on, and one of our Hillary neighbors, a well educated (she has papers that says so) smiles and started moving and singing, and the other 5 ladies, with their wine glasses in hand, joined her. They had just finished talking about Trump's insluts (you know, I'm going to leave that typo ) about wimmen. So, I walked over and danced with them, and said, "Love this song!" They all said, "Yeah!" I then said, "I can cue up, "Baby Got Back" if you'd like," and they ALL said, "YES!"

ME: "Awesome...who knew...I thought you didn't like it when women were objectified. Are you ladies voting for Trump tomorrow?"

SILENCE.

The good thing is that I am extremely lovable.

The hypocrisy is stunning. They live in a world of denial.

Yesterday, one of my more obnoxious neighbors (the one with the husband that wants to move to Cuba...probably even more so today) confidently wore her pantsuit and chatted about the first woman President. Apparently, wimmen wore pant suits to support Hillary? UD was big on Hillary.

I would have loved to have seen her face this morning.

But, I was also gracious...Lil' Cluck and Mrs. Cluck woke up last night, and they watched Trump's speech. Since Lil' Cluck lost sleep, I let him sleep in and drove him to school. I would have LOVED to have seen the faces of my neighbors at the bus stop this morning. ALL of them voted for Hillary.

Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

Update: CNN still trumpeting Hillary's popular vote.

44 Electoral votes are still out there and Trump will most likely end with 306. That should be enough to get him over the .6% deficit.

Looks like it. And yes, this is an election where having the electoral college works out better than just relying on the popular vote. Having just one section of the country (or two - the northeast and the far west) in large majorities decide the election, while ignoring everything else in between, just wouldn't be representative. I like that you have to appeal to different segments of the country to win this thing, and the electoral college still requires that.

[93henfan]

Way back during the Republican primaries I thought Trump would get crushed in the general election because I over estimated the integrity of Republican voters who weren't part of his cult during that selection process and of the Republican Party apparatus. Also I was not expecting things like the Russians jumping in on Trump's side via Wikileaks, the FBI director dropping a bomb 11 days prior to the election, etc.

But once it got close I don't think this was as big an upset as people appear to think with respect to what the polls and projections were showing just prior to the event. As I noted in a post earlier this week a Trump win would be equivalent to an 8 1/2 point underdog winning a football game. No football fan would be shocked by such an outcome. Underdogs of that magnitude win about 30 percent of the time. Not rare.

538 had it at about 72% chance Clinton winning. The accurate way to state that is a 72% confidence level. In the world of statistics you would never look at a 72% confidence level as affirming an expectation. You would not say you can confidently predict something will happen at that level of certainty.

So now we will have a completely unqualified, emotionally immature as well as unstable, thoroughly dishonest man who got where he is by lying to and cheating people throughout his life in that position. That's bad. Fortunately we have a pretty robust system of checks and balances. That's good..

For the long term, I think the Republican Party just signed its death warrant. It's been stated ad nauseam but is nevertheless true that the proportion of non Whites in the electorate is growing. Clinton did not generate sufficient enthusiasm among non Whites to win because she was so flawed and battered. But I think Republicans electing Trump has left a bad taste in most non Whites mouths that is going to be nearly impossible to overcome for the foreseeable future. Even with a bad Democratic candidate non Whites voted for the Democrat by an estimated 74 - 21%. They accounted for an estimated 30% of the voters. It won't be long, in historical terms, before they are 40%, then 50%, then beyond that. The handwriting is on the wall for the Republican Party. It would've been difficult to stay viable with the shifting demographics in any case. Now I think it's going to be impossible.

As for all of us as residents of this land, we do have that system of checks and balances that will hopefully keep Trump from doing too much damage. All we can do is play our cards, control what we can, and make the best of what we can't. Also, since he lies so much, we can hope he was lying about some of the stuff like trying to slap huge tariffs on foreign goods and generally turning us into an isolationist economy. I think people who think his ideas in that area are are good are in for a rude awakening if he actually does it. T

Good morning, loser.

[CAA Flagship]

So what are the odds that Trump wins the Nobel Peace Prize??

Not sure. But he did win the Lombardi Trophy for the hit he put on Hillary last night.

[Ibanez]

44 Electoral votes are still out there and Trump will most likely end with 306. That should be enough to get him over the .6% deficit.

Looks like it. And yes, this is an election where having the electoral college works out better than just relying on the popular vote. Having just one section of the country (or two - the northeast and the far west) in large majorities decide the election, while ignoring everything else in between, just wouldn't be representative. I like that you have to appeal to different segments of the country to win this thing, and the electoral college still requires that.

We've had 56(57?) POTUS elections in this US and only 4 of those did the winner of the popular vote not win the Presidency. So..what's that? 7%? 93% of the time the winner has both the Electoral and Popular vote.

He's down 175,754 votes in the popular count. He'll probably make up that difference. And if he doesn't so what?

[93henfan]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

I'm going to man up, Congrats to President Trump. You did the unbelievable! Now get your azz to work!!!!

This. He will have all 3 branches. There's no excuse for not getting anything done.

Yet nothing will get done......just like last time

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[89Hen]

This. He will have all 3 branches. There's no excuse for not getting anything done.

Yet nothing will get done......just like last time

Talking heads last night already bringing up ways Dems can still block things. This after Obama comes out saying Republicans needed to be defeated because of blocking things. You just couldn't write this any better.