It's that day. Isn't it a shame that polling booths aren't equipped with toilets, so you can flush Republicans while moving them to the unemployment line? Today, I'll be returning to this article on occasion, when I run across new information to share, so please return to Politics Plus to check it out from time to time.
Squatch, Nameless, JD and Lona. You all have edit capability. Please feel free to join in.
Let's start with an election day message from Keith Olbermann at GQ:
Democracy is More Fragile Than We Think
Amen Keith! It's life or death for the US!
As of Noon Pacific, Hillary Clinton appear to be leading in Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. However, these indications are based entirely on early voting, which tends to favor Democrats.
Rump Dump Trump was booed when he vast his ballot.
Love it! Note that the inconsiderate SOB used a booth reserved for handicapped people.
Electoral Votes
209 – 244
Stay tuned!!
As of 11:00 AM Pacific, Hillary Clinton also appears to be leading in Colorado.
Update 12:45 PM Pacific: There have been reports of voter intimidation for Trump. In minority areas in Florida, harassers with megaphones have been screaming at voters and approaching their cars. In Pennsylvania, Republican poll workers/observers have been demanding to know foe whom voters intend to vote and demanding forms of voter ID not required by law.
Stay tuned! (going to nap for a bit)
Update 4:50 PM:
Clinton wins VT. IN, KY, WV, SC betray US for Trump.
In East lansing Michigan, a Republican pulled two women wearing Hijabs out of line.
Back after supper.
Update 5:30 PM
Clinton wins DC, DE, IL, MA, NJ. AL, OK TN betray US for Trump
Democrats +1 in Senate.thanks to Tammy Duckworth Beating Mark Kirk in IL.
Update 6:00 PM PST
Clinton wins NY, but ND, SD, TX, KS, NE, MS, WY betray America for Trump.
I'm getting worried here.
Update 7:00 PM PST
Clinton wins NM, but MO and MT betray America for Trump.
I expected to have declared for Clinton and gone to bed by now.
OH betrayed America for Trump.
Clinton won VA.
Clinton won CO.
Update 8:00 PST
Clinton won CA, HA, OR and WA, but ID and NC goose stepped behing Trump.
Trump got FL, IO, and UT
Squatch here. — Huffington Post — After trading markets are taking a big hit courtesy of the prospect of a Trump win.. "The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Futures Indexes all declined precipitously." I heard on the radio as I drove home this evening that the Dow dropped 600 points. Wednesday morning Asian markets are taking a hit. If I heard correctly, oil dropped by $24 to about $24 a barrel and gold has climbed. USD, CDN dollar and Mexican pesos are all down.
Back to TC
Trump goy GA
Ditch time almost 6 AM and I'm still watching. All TV stations I can get, Dutch,German, Belgian and British are now expecting Drumpf to win. Everyone is terribly depressed and fearful.
That was Lona. TC back. I'm afraid I have to go to bed. It appears to be a long night, before the final results are in, and I've been going since 5:00 AM. It's looking very bleak, as Trump is leading in WI and catching up fast in PA. I fedar for our country. Signing off.
Squatch here. — Sweet dreams TC! Huffington Post and others report that Sherriff Joe Arpaio has been defeated after more than 2 decades as the Maricopa County Sheriff. Hallelujah!!!
Lona here: hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it's offically over now:
218 – 276 and Clinton has just called Drumpf to concede her loss.
Good luck, America. You're going to need it. And so are the rest of us.
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Of course people who would vote for Trump have no idea of history, let alone government, and are proud of it!
WRT the handicapped booth, even the disabled are divided about whether disabled accommodation does or should include accommodation for the MENTALLY handicapped. Depending on which side you are on, his use of the booth may or may not have been appropriate.
The POS is already on the paper! I love it!
Now THAT'S funny!
OK, maybe a litle disgusting – but funny!
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Jim, since I'm working hard to keep it updated here, is there a reason you're telling folks to go elsewhere for the info? Gee thanks!
TC: I'm not going to quantify your comment with an answer. You already know better. You're welcome. Hugzzz…
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KO: Very well spoken! Keith rocks!!
Thanks for the up tick for this evening, I'll be glued to the TV and with fingers crossed, and saying the Rosary.
Picture: Oh, how funny! I want some.
Grab a knot at the end of the rope, and hold on tight, cause here we go!!!
Thanks, Tom.
Can't wait for the end of these updates and the final word! I'm chewing what's left of my fingernails off!
I'll be honest – I'm getting worried here … and very, VERY depressed!
Yeah. BTW Democratic Underground is still down, and may be so through tomorrow. Daily Kos is – twitterpated. Tammy Duckworth, predictably, won. Patrick Murphy, predictably, lost. Looks like Kamala won in CA (not a pickup), Catherine Cortez-Mastro in NV (a pickup), and still iffy but looking like Katie McGinty in PA (a pickup. And Bennet in CO, barely, and not a pickup. Kander lost MO. Too few votes in for confidence, but Applegate is beating Issa (not the Senate). 3 Senate pickups so far. Who else was running? I think I'll see if I can sleep.
I am sick at the thought he might win, and that the race is so close.
It's 5:30 AM here and I'm still up. And I don't think I'll be getting to sleep soon as the news is getting more dire by the hour. There are four Dutch TV stations covering the results all night, and so are German, English and Belgian TV stations I get on cable. And all are getting depressed. Even if Clinton would win, and chances seem to get slimmer, she'll have not enough backup in the Senate.
After Brexit I'm getting into a slight panic attack, here. Wavering between anger and fear, but disgust most off all. Even if Clinton wins, it'll be by a very small margin and Drumpf will not accept it. It's T: 232 against C: 209 right now. If Democrats lose the presidency and the senate, I think I'll be off line for a while, folks. Time to concentrate on what's happening in Europe then and hoping the stock markets don't plunge like mad, we've seen enough of that after Brexit.
OMG, I'm really feeling unwell now: this is what our own little Drumpf Geert Wilders just tweeted:
Florida and Utah for @realDonaldTrump
The people are taking their country back.
Going down to see the last hour or so of this debacle.
To all you who own stock in Prozac – your future looks bright financially.
I predict sales will soar!
… You ready for some visitors Lynn? I guess we'll see if this is true
Loved Keith as usual. "… Donald Trump representing national suicide." — So true and it is already reflected to a degree in the markets.
Where else would you expect Drumpf to vote? After all, he considers himself above any rules and he is brain dead! Glad there were people booing him.
Arrggghhhh!!!!! This election is disgusting!
It's over! sigh…
The 2016 USA voters have to be the dumbest bunch of people ever to have voted in an election. They have no idea just what they have done to this country. They have been so brain-washed over the years. They may not have liked the grid-lock in Washington, DC but if only had they realized it was the fault of the GOP. The voters should have directed their anger at the republicans by voting them out of office. Yes, Drumpf was right about the elections being "rigged", but in his favor.
ELECTION 2016
50 Far-Right-Wing Proposals from the 2016 GOP Platform That Would Be on Trump's Desk If Elected President
Before Trump, the GOP was a bastion of extremism.
Here are 50 excerpts from the 2016 GOP platform.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/50-far-right-wing-proposals-2016-gop-platform-would-be-trumps-desk-if-elected
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This is so awful – God help America, and God help the world. Putin and every right winger must be dancing with joy – if ever they feel such a pure emotion. Psychiatrists the world over are going to be booked out for years to come because of this election and its aftermath.
I need to get ready for a repairman who is due in just over half an hour and can't leave the screen. Oh my poor friends…
The repairman – an honest man – said as he left that he couldn't believe that Trump had been elected and that he and all the boys back at the yard couldn't believe it either and were saying that Trump would start WWIII – he just wouldn't realise he had done it! I do agree, very sadly.
WTF happened?! All the pundits agreed that Hillary would win. Now we are used to the polls getting it totally wrong over here – they have got three elections/referenda wrong in a row, but now all the well respected pundits in America have got it wrong too – but why?!
God have mercy on us all. I'm so sorry my friends.
(I am seriously wondering about the Albigensian thoughts about the world… – could they really be correct after all?).
I am reeling from this news!
I am angry, heartbroken, and feeling the pain of defeat.
My heart is broken, and I'm speechless.
That is all.
It was a horrible, terrible, very bad night….
So depressed. I battle every day with keeping depression at bay. Today, I have lost the battle. I will be losing on Social Security and my kids are just as depressed. Please tell me this is a terrible, HORRIBLE joke!
TC, I hope that you are OK. I knew that she would lose in my state. But, not like she did! Seems like there is a full throttle race to the bottom!
The world is watching and they are ALL appalled at the choices that America has made!
?, ?, ?!!! Now we have to figure out a way to get rid of his ass, somehow taking his VP with him!
Hugs!