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Why I'm voting for Biden

Started by Ecurb Noselrub, August 21, 2020, 04:43:14 PM

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Bad Penny II

Quote from: Randy on November 04, 2020, 03:50:38 AM
I've been following the election as I'm sure many of you are. What puzzles me is that Trump is getting as many votes as he is. Biden is still in the lead but that may change.

Hello Randy.
Trump is like masturbation
Na na na na
OK, Voting Trump is like picking your nose, when quizzed on it many deny it.
You just don't know how many are out there. :unsure:
Take my advice, don't listen to me.

Bad Penny II

Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 04, 2020, 04:16:30 AM
Quote from: Randy on November 04, 2020, 03:50:38 AM
I've been following the election as I'm sure many of you are. What puzzles me is that Trump is getting as many votes as he is. Biden is still in the lead but that may change.

It's an appalling statement about just what a bunch of shits we have in this country. I grew up in a tiny whites-only town in the middle of nowhere, southern California, with no contact with people color until middle school (junior high, in those days). They were all kept over in another area, close to the minimum-security prison, just off the freeway. I've met many of them since who are way better (and smarter) people than a lot of the white people I know. When I worked in aerospace, I met many people who were smarter than me, many who were POC. This prejudice shit has to stop. I don't expect it ever will, though, people being what they are.  ::)

I'm not sure if the problem with Trump voters is they like his racist stuff or they're willing to overlook it.
Or the other stuff, do the like him groping unconsenting females or do they overlook it?
do they like him fucking up on Covid or do they overlook it?
I don't know,
You've said "I don't know" now you supposed to wink and proclaim some bullshit that appeals to your creepy folowers
Ye, that's a skill isn't it, harder than it looks.

There was Nixon, doesn't seem so bad now.
Regan, a major joke at the time
The first George seemed kinda normal so he only got one term
The second George, WTF how could you guys vote for this clown, ye he started some wars but, he didn't mean it...
Trump, he has taken fuckedupadness to a new level, we thought it couldn't get worse than George W but it did.  I see a downward trend here, I wonder what your next Republican Prez will do to.
Take my advice, don't listen to me.

billy rubin

if trump wins , he will define republican politics for the foreseeable future. tge next republican will be be trump, the sequel . . .

very clearly we dont know what is going on in this country. trump isnt the problem, hes just the foam on top of the septic tank. the issue is that the tank filled up and there doesnt seem to be a good way to unclog it


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Ecurb Noselrub

Trump is the middle finger of the white, non-college educated working class.  They don't care if he is nasty - middle fingers are supposed to be nasty.  They are, through their leader, giving the finger to the evolution of modern society.

billy rubin

they are modern society.

that's the problem, bruce. they are the direction we're heading.


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Icarus

My wife has been a volunteer poll watcher at several different locations.  She began to tell me that she could recognize a Trump voter.  Turns out that she can do that  by merely assessing the persons appearance and demeanor. We have a diverse society here in and around my little city. 

Some sections of the area are more educated than others,  Not necessarily more affluent than the neighborhoods where the plumbers and brick layers live. .  Elaine told me which direction the votes would go in the different places where she served. She pegged the voters at the church polling place in a blue collar area as Trump people.  She was right again.  In an in between polling place she called it a near tie. That was true.  She mistook a law enforcement officer as a Trumper. He was not. That is one of the few misses that she made. 

It has been a fun game with her.  she took her job seriously however.  Sitting in the same damned observers chair for hours leaves one some time to speculate about  the outcome within a particular segment of society.

I do not fault or lack respect those Plumbers and brick layers or any of the other people who participated in the election process.  I do not agree with most of them. I am aware that they are merely following the mind set that they have accumulated through misinformation, peer pressure, believing that socialism is the same as communism, or what the preacher tells them. 


billy rubin

where i live people have not been well served by any administration of any kind.

in coal country, both republican and democratic administrations abandoned the region to resource colonialism, essentially. when coal went away, there was nothing-- no other work, no other industry, no infrastructure.

support for trump in appalachia is all about supporting the wrecking ball to remove the oppressors. to the people here, they ve seen nothing BUT oppressors, for generations.

i don't agree with their reasoning, but they don't feel like they have anywhere to go, so dismantling the system is as good a start as any.

biden is six electoral votes from winning, with six states left. trump has to win them all to reach 271 votes.

if biden wins a single additional state, its over.

my wife lost her bid for congress again. she took 28 percent of the vote compared to her do-nothing opponent's 72. still, 29,000 people here wanted to send her to washington.


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Magdalena

^^^Thanks for sharing this. I'm sorry to hear this. I hope things get better for the Appalachian people.

"I've had several "spiritual" or numinous experiences over the years, but never felt that they were the product of anything but the workings of my own mind in reaction to the universe." ~Recusant

billy rubin

theyre still living in a temporary extractive economy.

first coal, now oil.

when oil is gone, there will be nothing again.

and the government wont care, again.

its a placecwith strong people, a rich and  fierce culture.

but poor prospects


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Tank

The trouble with oil is that we can't extract all that we have already found and still stop global warming. Unless we extract it slowly over a long time and use it to create recyclable plastic rather than burn for power.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
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Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Bad Penny II

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Quote from: Tank on November 05, 2020, 09:54:14 AM
The trouble with oil is that we can't extract all that we have already found and still stop global warming. Unless we extract it slowly over a long time and use it to create recyclable plastic rather than burn for power.








You've quoted Tank an hour ago but you haven't said anything.
Oh ye, keyboard, wayward depression, beer.
So I'll tell them that?
Ye, No.  I said something that would have sorted everything out but: Vogon Constructor Fleet!
I don't think so, not this decade,, century.

I got shut down by Oil/Coal bastards.
That's better

Bad Penny II's reply to Tank trod on the toes of feet the purpose of which is the stamping out of all opposition, so it has been removed, you can't see it, it was really good though.
Take my advice, don't listen to me.

billy rubin

plastic is the best use chemicals as well but we're not good with those either

appalachia used to be heavy metal industry too, iron and steel, because the coal was here. but that went overseas

we're leading in drug overdoses tho


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Ecurb Noselrub

What disappoints me is the number of Latinos in Texas who went for Trump.  They basically handed him the victory here.  The GOP successfully tattooed the Dems with the "Socialist" label and it apparently scared Cubans in Florida and Tex-Mex Latinos here.   

Dark Lightning

I don't really understand anybody but some old white people voting for the chump. Hell, I would NEVER vote for that joker. Even if I am an old white man. Biden's ahead in every state that hasn't finished counting ballots!  :dance:

Davin

Biden pulled ahead in Georgia, but there's very likely to be a recount.

Biden's pulling ahead in PA as expected, and if he can get over the 0.5% recount threshold, then the state will go to Biden.

Trump still might get AZ, but it's unlikely. And I really hope not even if Biden wins without AZ, I really want this state to turn away from Republicans. But at least we told McSally no yet again. Maybe she'll get the hint this time.

NV is expected to go Biden as well.

I'm now lees worried about the votes, and more worried about unprecedented shenanigans from Republicans.
Always question all authorities because the authority you don't question is the most dangerous... except me, never question me.