US Presidential Election, Nov 5th 2024

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Hopefully he's well stocked with the old hair dye...;)

Ronseal?

 

[BongoBlue]

08:00 GMT tomorrow

But I can give you a preview:

It will become abundantly clear Harris will very likely win more than 270 Electoral College votes (the threshold to win the election, even with some states still receiving and counting votes well after today) around 23:00 GMT, but by then Trump and his cronies will have already begun declaring the election rigged, claiming—without credible evidence—that there was widespread fraud orchestrated by the “cheating Democrats”, and will refuse to concede.

That will begin the weeks long process of Republican governors and state/local officials of several swing states either attempting to resist intense pressure from the MAGA camp to help Trump or executing a preplanned operation to help Trump, with hundreds of lawsuits filed from both sides regarding election practices and counts (on top of the ones already filed prior to the election, mostly by Republicans to setup the “rigged election” narrative).

Hope you are right Seb and that it's going to be fairly clear that Harris is well on the way to taking it tonight. Then strap yourselves in for the next few weeks...

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

"Trump Represents the Alpha Males"

According to a bloke sitting in this breakfast bar.

Trump is a demagogue - he'll say just enough to court an audience that might help him win the election - lying his ass off as necessary.

So, yeah... Trump definitely projects machismo, I-know-better, and once I gain the presidency, I'll punish those who disagree with "our" values - Trump does indeed appeal to "Alpha Males" - and racists, and election deniers, and, well, anyone stupid enough to trust him.

 

[TinFoilHat]

People who proclaim themselves to be 'Alpha Males' tend to be Alpha Cockwombles as far as I can see.

Doublespeak for misogynistic men who want their guns and use women's bodies for their own gratification without consequence.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Hope you are right Seb and that it's going to be fairly clear that Harris is well on the way to taking it tonight. Then strap yourselves in for the next few weeks...

I hope I and many others predicting a similar outcome are right, too, mate.

Either way, though, the next few weeks (at minimum) are going to be a bumpy ride…

 

[TinFoilHat]

I've got CNN on while working and the amount airtime they've got to fill with meaningless waffle is genuinely really impressive.

I'd just be sat there in silence not having a clue to what go on about for hours and hours and hours.

Like the US Sports coverage. Talk bollocks for hours before the main event.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

"Trump Represents the Alpha Males"

According to a bloke sitting in this breakfast bar.

Another sound bite used exclusively by brainwashed imbeciles.

File alongside “did my own research” and “mainstream media”.

 

[SebastianBlue]

FWIW, this is my forecast for likeliest EC scenario:

 

[roman totale]

I voted early, but just down at the Cleveland Cavaliers arena (known locally as the RoMoFiHo) waiting for the missus to cast her votes. Long lines (good) but moving steadily.

Beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky and hitting 20C+ today. I hope nothing spoils it later.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Like the US Sports coverage. Talk bollocks for hours before the main event.

Half expecting Micah Richards to appear and start laughing at the electoral map while understanding absolutely nothing of what anyone else is saying.