2020 Congressional Election - Page 7

Skeptic Ginger · 6th January 2021, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Retweeted

Tomi Lahren
@TomiLahren
I wonder when the water main is gonna burst in Georgia....

Democrats scrounging up votes from mystical places again....

The steal is in the making in Georgia. Wait for it.

Kayleigh McEnany
@kayleighmcenany
Why are they stopping the vote count in Democrat Chatham county, Georgia?
This sounds familiar!

Exactly as predicted.

thaiboxerken · 6th January 2021, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger

Exactly as predicted.

Yep. The only evidence they need to be convinced that Democrats cheated is the Democrats won. It's circular reasoning, the same thought process that has them in the Trump cult.

JoeMorgue · 6th January 2021, 08:02 AM

Trump saying that the Georgia Run-off was "stolen" with "fake votes" that got "found" was so inevitable that when it actually happened I felt no new emotion.

pgwenthold · 6th January 2021, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger

Exactly as predicted.

See, this election was going to be so much better because there were going to be lots more poll observers to make sure everything was on the up-and-up.

But, apparently, that wasn't good enough. Damn those democrats are masterminds!

carlosy · 6th January 2021, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by turingtest

This from a guy who specifically asked someone to just find 11,780 votes for him two months after an election he lost...

So even though he is still POTUS, Dems are showing him how to find votes and ballots. He can't even win in being a fraud.

Damn, what a looser

JoeMorgue · 6th January 2021, 08:09 AM

"Damn they need to finish hurrying up and counting those votes so I know exactly how many votes (+1) to tell Georgia to find for me" - Donald Trump, probably.

alfaniner · 6th January 2021, 08:12 AM

There was a report of a pause in the counting last night because of some sort of "glitch". For the Republicans, that's going to cause a focus like Sauron's Eye looking at the ring when Frodo puts it on.

TellyKNeasuss · 6th January 2021, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by Puppycow

Thankfully by this time tomorrow the election will be officially certified and our long national nightmare will be all but over.

Unfortunately, I worry about what Trump's refusal to concede might lead some of his most radical followers to do. I think there will be blood. People who truly believe that the election was stolen, I don't what they might attempt to do in their desperation. That's my worry going forward. Trump may leave office but he can still cause trouble. Will angry mobs of armed Trump supporters who think the election was stolen descend on Washington?

More likely on Jan. 20 than today. I think that a lot of Trump supporters are as delusional as Trump and still believe that somehow convincing evidence that Trump actually won the election will magically appear.

Resume · 6th January 2021, 08:39 AM

Was Trump's complaining about the GA presidential vote "fraud" a wind-up for these runoff's, casting doubt on the state's ability to hold fair and legal elections? Was he doing something for someone else?

Nah.

Captain_Swoop · 6th January 2021, 08:42 AM

Trump Tweets

These scoundrels are only toying with the @sendavidperdue (a great guy) vote. Just didn’t want to announce quite yet. They’ve got as many ballots as are necessary. Rigged Election!

Skeptical Greg · 6th January 2021, 09:03 AM

There was a short interview with Senator Elect Warnock on GMA this morning..

Stephanopoulos asked him how he thought Trump's contesting the GA elections affected Warnock's win, and Warnock would not address the question.. He said he would leave that up to the pundits and stay focused on getting his constituents the relief they need.

Class act..

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Babbylonian · 6th January 2021, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by Resume

Was Trump's complaining about the GA presidential vote "fraud" a wind-up for these runoff's, casting doubt on the state's ability to hold fair and legal elections? Was he doing something for someone else?

Nah.

Telling your supporters that their state is rigging elections is telling them that they shouldn't even try. It only hurt Republican turnout. There's every chance that demographic changes would turn Georgia consistently blue anyway but I think Trump accelerated the process. In that sense, I guess he did help someone else: Everyone desperate for Mitch McConnell to lose most of his power.

Tero · 6th January 2021, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Tweets

These scoundrels are only toying with the @sendavidperdue (a great guy) vote. Just didn’t want to announce quite yet. They’ve got as many ballots as are necessary. Rigged Election!

11,780?

pgwenthold · 6th January 2021, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by Babbylonian

Telling your supporters that their state is rigging elections is telling them that they shouldn't even try. It only hurt Republican turnout. .

It also didn't help when he went to a rally for the candidates and called for a candidate to come join him on stage while the candidate was home quarantining due to COVID exposure.

That takes a special kind of cluelessness.

Armitage72 · 6th January 2021, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by pgwenthold

It also didn't help when he went to a rally for the candidates and called for a candidate to come join him on stage while the candidate was home quarantining due to COVID exposure.

That takes a special kind of cluelessness.

I saw someone mention that he also got Kelly Loeffler's name wrong, calling her Karen.

smartcooky · 6th January 2021, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by turingtest

I like what this guy had to say back in 2016- (Twitter)

Though I do think "destroyed" is a little strong. I'm hoping the GOP will at least take from this loss the lesson that they don't need to fear Trump, and that sucking up to him isn't any guarantee that it will pay the dividends they hope for. Now if they can just get over this idea that the only way they can lose an election is, by definition, for the other side to have stolen it, they can still have a future as a viable party in a republic run on the principle of democracy.

(Though I could never vote for them, since I just don't agree with their basic principles, I also could never be comfortable with the idea of a one-party state, even when the one party would be the one I do mostly agree with)

Yup. John Dalberg-Acton was right when he said "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"

I think the destruction of the Republican party would be really bad for democracy in the USA. Strong opposition in Government is necessary in any democratic system of government - we have all seen what happens to freedoms and human rights in one-party states all over the world.

smartcooky · 6th January 2021, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Skeptical Greg

There was a short interview with Senator Elect Warnock on GMA this morning..

Stephanopoulos asked him how he thought Trump's contesting the GA elections affected Warnock's win, and Warnock would not address the question.. He said he would leave that up to the pundits and stay focused on getting his constituents the relief they need.

Class act..

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Not just a class act, a black man no less, and one who defeated a tall, blonde woman with a German surname!!!.

Neo-Nazis, fascists and white supremacists all over America will be spitting tacks.

catsmate · 6th January 2021, 01:01 PM

Looks like the Democrats have taken both Georgia seats.
Excellent.

ponderingturtle · 6th January 2021, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by catsmate

Looks like the Democrats have taken both Georgia seats.
Excellent.

Nope trumpers have all the seats at the moment.

Beelzebuddy · 6th January 2021, 01:05 PM

CNN headline: US Capitol Breached
Subheadline: Democrats on verge of taking Senate

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Mojo · 6th January 2021, 02:10 PM

BBC news just announced that Ossoff has won.

dudalb · 6th January 2021, 02:34 PM

CNN just called it for Ossof. Pretty much a footnote with what is going on todayl

Solitaire · 6th January 2021, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by Mader Levap

I mean fall of american empire. When all is said and done (and murdered a lot),
USA may still exist, but it will be very, very different.

This idea feels very old now.

Even the Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors show a year after the election
of Trump had a gravestone titled, "The American Century, 1916 - 2016".

P. S. I think Woodrow Wilson coined the phrase.

Silly Green Monkey · 6th January 2021, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by smartcooky

Yup. John Dalberg-Acton was right when he said "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"

I think the destruction of the Republican party would be really bad for democracy in the USA. Strong opposition in Government is necessary in any democratic system of government - we have all seen what happens to freedoms and human rights in one-party states all over the world.

Another party would simply replace it. You've not felt the absence of the Whig party this long century have you?

dudalb · 6th January 2021, 08:10 PM

On a Normal day, the Demcorats taking the majority would totally dominate the news, but after what happened today it's what used to be called "back page news".

JoeMorgue · 6th January 2021, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

On a Normal day, the Demcorats taking the majority would totally dominate the news, but after what happened today it's what used to be called "back page news".

Before or after record hospitiliztion from the ongoing plague?

TragicMonkey · 6th January 2021, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

Before or after record hospitiliztion from the ongoing plague?

Oh yeah, that's still a thing. I wonder how many of this technically-not-a-coup mob is going to come down with the 'rona from this? I can't help but hope it's a lot of them.

Captain_Swoop · 6th January 2021, 08:23 PM

Kayleigh McEnany tweeted

@kayleighmcenany
Does anyone truly believe that an anti-military, anti-police, Fidel Castro-inviting, Reverend Wright-loving Marxist embroiled in a child abuse scandal won fairly in the state of Georgia?

I DON’T‼️

Resume · 6th January 2021, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Kayleigh McEnany tweeted

@kayleighmcenany
Does anyone truly believe that an anti-military, anti-police, Fidel Castro-inviting, Reverend Wright-loving Marxist embroiled in a child abuse scandal won fairly in the state of Georgia?

I DON’T‼️

Is this scum carrying water for Diaper Don, or is she just scum?

Babbylonian · 6th January 2021, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by Resume

Is this scum carrying water for Diaper Don, or is she just scum?

Yes.

dudalb · 6th January 2021, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

Before or after record hospitiliztion from the ongoing plague?

Just points out how shocking this even was.
This is one of those events that, anybody of an age to be aware, will rememever where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the Capitol building being stromed.

angrysoba · 6th January 2021, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

Just points out how shocking this even was.
This is one of those events that, anybody of an age to be aware, will rememever where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the Capitol building being stromed.

It should be. But as I said earlier, just how shocking is it?

And it should be shocking that numbers of deaths and hospitalizations for Covid-19... sorry the Wuhan Flu China Plague... are climbing to the highest level they have been.

But hey, there's an attempted coup going on so.... whachagonnado!

smartcooky · 6th January 2021, 10:46 PM

Ossoff now leads by 35,615 votes, but more importantly, by 0.8% which puts him outside the 0.5% margin for an automatic recount.

NYT needle still predicting 1.1%

Firestone · 7th January 2021, 02:06 AM

When will Loeffler and Perdue concede?

The Don · 7th January 2021, 02:20 AM

Originally Posted by Firestone

When will Loeffler and Perdue concede?

Never ?

When will Loeffler and Perdue start their legal challenges to the results ?

The Don · 7th January 2021, 02:22 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Kayleigh McEnany tweeted

@kayleighmcenany
Does anyone truly believe that an anti-military, anti-police, Fidel Castro-inviting, Reverend Wright-loving Marxist embroiled in a child abuse scandal won fairly in the state of Georgia?

I DON’T‼️

Those dog whistles sure are loud....

The Great Zaganza · 7th January 2021, 02:24 AM

Originally Posted by Firestone

When will Loeffler and Perdue concede?

never

Resume · 7th January 2021, 02:25 AM

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza

never

Just following Diaper Don's lead.

Firestone · 8th January 2021, 12:37 AM

Loeffler concedes.

Quote:

Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler, the Republican incumbent, conceded her Senate runoff to Democratic Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock on Thursday -- two days after Election Day and CNN and after several other news organizations projected Warnock the winner.

Loeffler thanked her supporters in a video and said she had called Warnock to offer her congratulations.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/07/p...ock/index.html

Ossoff up by 40k votes, and 1%.
The NYT kneedle knew!

(Perdue still not conceded.)

timhau · 8th January 2021, 04:54 AM

Originally Posted by Firestone

Loeffler concedes.

Ossoff up by 40k votes, and 1%.
The NYT kneedle knew!

(Perdue still not conceded.)

Pretty remarkable shift in just two months, because Perdue missed the 50 % direct win threshold in the first round by only about 15k votes.

6th January 2021, 07:54 AM	#242
thaiboxerken Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 31,705	Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger Exactly as predicted. Yep. The only evidence they need to be convinced that Democrats cheated is the Democrats won. It's circular reasoning, the same thought process that has them in the Trump cult.
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6th January 2021, 08:02 AM	#243
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6th January 2021, 08:03 AM	#244
pgwenthold Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 20,124	Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger Exactly as predicted. See, this election was going to be so much better because there were going to be lots more poll observers to make sure everything was on the up-and-up. But, apparently, that wasn't good enough. Damn those democrats are masterminds!
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6th January 2021, 08:05 AM	#245
carlosy Critical Thinker Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 393	Originally Posted by turingtest This from a guy who specifically asked someone to just find 11,780 votes for him two months after an election he lost... So even though he is still POTUS, Dems are showing him how to find votes and ballots. He can't even win in being a fraud. Damn, what a looser
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6th January 2021, 08:09 AM	#246
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 30,537	"Damn they need to finish hurrying up and counting those votes so I know exactly how many votes (+1) to tell Georgia to find for me" - Donald Trump, probably.
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6th January 2021, 07:52 AM	#241
Skeptic Ginger Nasty Woman Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 86,756	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Retweeted Tomi Lahren @TomiLahren I wonder when the water main is gonna burst in Georgia.... Democrats scrounging up votes from mystical places again.... The steal is in the making in Georgia. Wait for it. Kayleigh McEnany @kayleighmcenany Why are they stopping the vote count in Democrat Chatham county, Georgia? This sounds familiar! Exactly as predicted.

6th January 2021, 08:12 AM	#247
alfaniner Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sorth Dakonsin Posts: 24,839	There was a report of a pause in the counting last night because of some sort of "glitch". For the Republicans, that's going to cause a focus like Sauron's Eye looking at the ring when Frodo puts it on.
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6th January 2021, 08:30 AM	#248
TellyKNeasuss Master Poster Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,625	Originally Posted by Puppycow Thankfully by this time tomorrow the election will be officially certified and our long national nightmare will be all but over. Unfortunately, I worry about what Trump's refusal to concede might lead some of his most radical followers to do. I think there will be blood. People who truly believe that the election was stolen, I don't what they might attempt to do in their desperation. That's my worry going forward. Trump may leave office but he can still cause trouble. Will angry mobs of armed Trump supporters who think the election was stolen descend on Washington? More likely on Jan. 20 than today. I think that a lot of Trump supporters are as delusional as Trump and still believe that somehow convincing evidence that Trump actually won the election will magically appear.
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6th January 2021, 08:39 AM	#249
Resume Troublesome Passenger Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 18,811	Was Trump's complaining about the GA presidential vote "fraud" a wind-up for these runoff's, casting doubt on the state's ability to hold fair and legal elections? Was he doing something for someone else? Nah.

6th January 2021, 08:42 AM	#250
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 31,821	Trump Tweets These scoundrels are only toying with the @sendavidperdue (a great guy) vote. Just didn’t want to announce quite yet. They’ve got as many ballots as are necessary. Rigged Election!

6th January 2021, 09:43 AM	#252
Babbylonian Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 13,475	Originally Posted by Resume Was Trump's complaining about the GA presidential vote "fraud" a wind-up for these runoff's, casting doubt on the state's ability to hold fair and legal elections? Was he doing something for someone else? Nah. Telling your supporters that their state is rigging elections is telling them that they shouldn't even try. It only hurt Republican turnout. There's every chance that demographic changes would turn Georgia consistently blue anyway but I think Trump accelerated the process. In that sense, I guess he did help someone else: Everyone desperate for Mitch McConnell to lose most of his power.

6th January 2021, 09:46 AM	#253
Tero Master Poster Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: North American prairie Posts: 2,199	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Tweets These scoundrels are only toying with the @sendavidperdue (a great guy) vote. Just didn’t want to announce quite yet. They’ve got as many ballots as are necessary. Rigged Election! 11,780?
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6th January 2021, 10:33 AM	#254
pgwenthold Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 20,124	Originally Posted by Babbylonian Telling your supporters that their state is rigging elections is telling them that they shouldn't even try. It only hurt Republican turnout. . It also didn't help when he went to a rally for the candidates and called for a candidate to come join him on stage while the candidate was home quarantining due to COVID exposure. That takes a special kind of cluelessness.
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6th January 2021, 10:39 AM	#255
Armitage72 Philosopher Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 5,221	Originally Posted by pgwenthold It also didn't help when he went to a rally for the candidates and called for a candidate to come join him on stage while the candidate was home quarantining due to COVID exposure. That takes a special kind of cluelessness. I saw someone mention that he also got Kelly Loeffler's name wrong, calling her Karen.

6th January 2021, 10:52 AM	#256
smartcooky Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Nelson, New Zealand Posts: 16,733	Originally Posted by turingtest I like what this guy had to say back in 2016- (Twitter) Though I do think "destroyed" is a little strong. I'm hoping the GOP will at least take from this loss the lesson that they don't need to fear Trump, and that sucking up to him isn't any guarantee that it will pay the dividends they hope for. Now if they can just get over this idea that the only way they can lose an election is, by definition, for the other side to have stolen it, they can still have a future as a viable party in a republic run on the principle of democracy. (Though I could never vote for them, since I just don't agree with their basic principles, I also could never be comfortable with the idea of a one-party state, even when the one party would be the one I do mostly agree with) Yup. John Dalberg-Acton was right when he said "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" I think the destruction of the Republican party would be really bad for democracy in the USA. Strong opposition in Government is necessary in any democratic system of government - we have all seen what happens to freedoms and human rights in one-party states all over the world.
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6th January 2021, 01:01 PM	#258
catsmate No longer the 1 Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 23,799	Looks like the Democrats have taken both Georgia seats. Excellent.
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6th January 2021, 01:02 PM	#259
ponderingturtle Orthogonal Vector Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 50,396	Originally Posted by catsmate Looks like the Democrats have taken both Georgia seats. Excellent. Nope trumpers have all the seats at the moment.
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6th January 2021, 02:10 PM	#261
Mojo Mostly harmless Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nor Flanden Posts: 33,713	BBC news just announced that Ossoff has won.
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6th January 2021, 02:34 PM	#262
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 50,307	CNN just called it for Ossof. Pretty much a footnote with what is going on todayl
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6th January 2021, 02:36 PM	#263
Solitaire Neoclinus blanchardi Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,501	Originally Posted by Mader Levap I mean fall of american empire. When all is said and done (and murdered a lot), USA may still exist, but it will be very, very different. This idea feels very old now. Even the Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors show a year after the election of Trump had a gravestone titled, "The American Century, 1916 - 2016". P. S. I think Woodrow Wilson coined the phrase.
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6th January 2021, 07:44 PM	#264
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6th January 2021, 08:10 PM	#265
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 50,307	On a Normal day, the Demcorats taking the majority would totally dominate the news, but after what happened today it's what used to be called "back page news".
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6th January 2021, 08:11 PM	#266
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 30,537	Originally Posted by dudalb On a Normal day, the Demcorats taking the majority would totally dominate the news, but after what happened today it's what used to be called "back page news". Before or after record hospitiliztion from the ongoing plague?
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6th January 2021, 08:15 PM	#267
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 59,398	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue Before or after record hospitiliztion from the ongoing plague? Oh yeah, that's still a thing. I wonder how many of this technically-not-a-coup mob is going to come down with the 'rona from this? I can't help but hope it's a lot of them.
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6th January 2021, 08:23 PM	#268
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 31,821	Kayleigh McEnany tweeted @kayleighmcenany Does anyone truly believe that an anti-military, anti-police, Fidel Castro-inviting, Reverend Wright-loving Marxist embroiled in a child abuse scandal won fairly in the state of Georgia? I DON’T‼️

6th January 2021, 08:33 PM	#269
Resume Troublesome Passenger Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 18,811	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Kayleigh McEnany tweeted @kayleighmcenany Does anyone truly believe that an anti-military, anti-police, Fidel Castro-inviting, Reverend Wright-loving Marxist embroiled in a child abuse scandal won fairly in the state of Georgia? I DON’T‼️ Is this scum carrying water for Diaper Don, or is she just scum?

6th January 2021, 08:52 PM	#270
Babbylonian Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 13,475	Originally Posted by Resume Is this scum carrying water for Diaper Don, or is she just scum? Yes.

6th January 2021, 08:59 PM	#271
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 50,307	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue Before or after record hospitiliztion from the ongoing plague? Just points out how shocking this even was. This is one of those events that, anybody of an age to be aware, will rememever where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the Capitol building being stromed.
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6th January 2021, 09:05 PM	#272
angrysoba Philosophile Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Osaka, Japan Posts: 29,294	Originally Posted by dudalb Just points out how shocking this even was. This is one of those events that, anybody of an age to be aware, will rememever where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the Capitol building being stromed. It should be. But as I said earlier, just how shocking is it? And it should be shocking that numbers of deaths and hospitalizations for Covid-19... sorry the Wuhan Flu China Plague... are climbing to the highest level they have been. But hey, there's an attempted coup going on so.... whachagonnado!
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6th January 2021, 10:46 PM	#273
smartcooky Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Nelson, New Zealand Posts: 16,733	Ossoff now leads by 35,615 votes, but more importantly, by 0.8% which puts him outside the 0.5% margin for an automatic recount. NYT needle still predicting 1.1%
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7th January 2021, 02:06 AM	#274
Firestone Proud Award Award recipient Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 2,987	When will Loeffler and Perdue concede?
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7th January 2021, 02:20 AM	#275
The Don Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sir Fynwy Posts: 31,318	Originally Posted by Firestone When will Loeffler and Perdue concede? Never ? When will Loeffler and Perdue start their legal challenges to the results ?

7th January 2021, 02:22 AM	#276
The Don Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sir Fynwy Posts: 31,318	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Kayleigh McEnany tweeted @kayleighmcenany Does anyone truly believe that an anti-military, anti-police, Fidel Castro-inviting, Reverend Wright-loving Marxist embroiled in a child abuse scandal won fairly in the state of Georgia? I DON’T‼️ Those dog whistles sure are loud....

7th January 2021, 02:24 AM	#277
The Great Zaganza Maledictorian Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 14,604	Originally Posted by Firestone When will Loeffler and Perdue concede? never
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7th January 2021, 02:25 AM	#278
Resume Troublesome Passenger Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 18,811	Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza never Just following Diaper Don's lead.