I watched some of Trump’s speech tonight at his ridiculous “convention.” I don’t even care anymore. He moves his lips. I don’t care. It doesn’t make any difference what he says. No clever speechwriting or better-than-average delivery is going to affect this election. People don’t give a shit. Everything’s fucked up, and either you can recognize that Trump is responsible or you can’t.
We could just have the election by counting how many are in each of those two camps. Is America a majority moron country or not? Do we have a death wish? Do we actually deserve to have our lives ruined by this colossal asshole?
It won’t be long before we find out. Trump has until January 20, 2021, at least, to set us at each other’s throats. That might be too late to salvage anything but I’m hoping we can begin patching things up then, as best we can.
Not just his speech, but the choice of setting for the speech and the whole rotten “convention,” were absolute low points in the modern history of this nation. But we already knew this would happen. It’s what this election is all about. Do we accept this? Do we actually like it?
I don’t see the point in arguing with what he said. Not tonight, at least. None of it had enough merit to warrant the energy it takes to make a response. It was just lie piled upon lie piled upon lie. Pure, racist, xenophobic demagoguery, with the people’s White House as a backdrop and an audience of COVID-19 super-spreaders yelling “Four More Years!”
Now he’s had his say. It didn’t come from Charlotte, as originally planned, nor from Jacksonville or the Gettysburg Battlefield, as were discussed. It’s over now and we can move on to next travesty, and the next travesty after that.
This man and his movement must be stomped out of existence just as surely as we stomped out the Third Reich, but we have to do with nearly have our fellow citizens fighting against us.
I agree the speech itself was irrelevant. Bottom line: we must have a net gain of five Senate seats so Pence is not the tie breaking vote when a new congress is sworn in Jan 3rd. If Pence remains the tie breaking vote, even if Biden wins the Republicans will pull a constitutional jujitsu and steal the electoral college. And the clusterfuck will continue. If Pence is no longer the tie breaking vote, America will at least have a chance to save itself; even as there is ongoing collateral damage.
Not sure how the Senate is supposed to decide the election. A tie is decided by the House.
Yes, but the electoral college is validated by the senate. You may recall watching VP Al Gore preside over the certification of his defeat in January 2001. It is imperative that Pence is not the deciding vote on January 3rd.
Let’s just beat the crap out of them on all fronts decisively!
I still see it as a toss-up at best. If Biden is up by 6%, I see it as a tie.
If you can vote in person, do so early. Mail-in ballots should be counted, but I just don’t see how it’s possible that they won’t be tampered with, either by individuals, unaffiliated groups, or Trump’s Camoshirts.