The Mid-Term Election Thread

[jon-nyc]

Trump will announce his candidacy next week, putting him front and center in the news again. Then that will make 2 consecutive elections that Trump delivers the Senate to democrats via GA.

[jon-nyc]

Seen on Twitter:

Rs in October: “If they indict Trump there will be riots in the streets”

Rs in November: “What the hell’s taking Garland so long?”

[jodi]

@jon-nyc

[xenon]

Love the Trump shellacking. He is a comeback specialist though…

[jon-nyc]

It’s kind of like January of 2021. Much of his party was ready to turn the corner but his control of the base made it untenable and they quickly got back in line, else face primary challenges.

What’s different now is there is at least one plausible alternative, and they now have three datapoints showing how bad Trump is for their electoral prospects.

But still, it will take courage and a degree of collective action. Not sure how much of that is present.

[LuFins Dad]

@Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

I admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't understand Pennsylvania electing a brain-damaged Senator. And I thought Walker would have done better in Georgia.

C'est la vie...

Fetterman winning is really an indictment on Oz.

[LuFins Dad]

Best post-mortem line that I’ve read yet?

a possible red wave hit like a toddler's bathtub splash.

[Horace]

Check your 401k today for a line-item cost of our "keep our Democracy safe" referendum.

[Copper]

It seems the market has never liked democrats very much.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

I admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't understand Pennsylvania electing a brain-damaged Senator. And I thought Walker would have done better in Georgia.

So you thought GA would elect a brain-damaged senator but not PA?

Walker is not rich like you, but his estimated wealth is somewhere around $12M. As such, he doesn't have to live in his parent's basement, unlike some other Senate candidates, who have never held a real job or owned a business.

[Horace]

@Copper said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

It seems the market has never liked democrats very much.

Leftist messaging characterizes the market as "the rich people's piggy bank", and legislates against it accordingly. It is perfectly rational and predictable for the market to react this way to Democrat victories.

[Copper]

Yes, and by about next February they will figure out that this batch of democrats is just like the others.

A few dollars in the right place and the market will be just fine.

[Axtremus]

@Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@jon-nyc said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

I admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't understand Pennsylvania electing a brain-damaged Senator. And I thought Walker would have done better in Georgia.

So you thought GA would elect a brain-damaged senator but not PA?

Walker is not rich like you, but his estimated wealth is somewhere around $12M. …

Yet he refuses to take care of his children or the mothers of his children.

[Jolly]

@Axtremus said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@jon-nyc said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

I admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't understand Pennsylvania electing a brain-damaged Senator. And I thought Walker would have done better in Georgia.

So you thought GA would elect a brain-damaged senator but not PA?

Walker is not rich like you, but his estimated wealth is somewhere around $12M. …

Yet he refuses to take care of his children or the mothers of his children.

Sez you.

[George K]

@Axtremus said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

Yet he refuses to take care of his children or the mothers of his children.

Could be worse, he could have tried to run over his wife with a car, or been a slumlord.

[Axtremus]

@Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@Axtremus said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@jon-nyc said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

I admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't understand Pennsylvania electing a brain-damaged Senator. And I thought Walker would have done better in Georgia.

So you thought GA would elect a brain-damaged senator but not PA?

Walker is not rich like you, but his estimated wealth is somewhere around $12M. …

Yet he refuses to take care of his children or the mothers of his children.

Sez you.

Sez one of Walker’s children:

[Mik]

Well, at least Texas is ok and Kennedy retained his seat for Louisiana. But Jolly, watch out for what’s next….

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad

With 15,000 to count, they're separated by 62 votes.

[Jolly]

@Axtremus said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@Axtremus said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@jon-nyc said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

@Jolly said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

I admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't understand Pennsylvania electing a brain-damaged Senator. And I thought Walker would have done better in Georgia.

So you thought GA would elect a brain-damaged senator but not PA?

Walker is not rich like you, but his estimated wealth is somewhere around $12M. …

Yet he refuses to take care of his children or the mothers of his children.

Sez you.

Sez one of Walker’s children:

Yep, I've heard that shithead.

[Jolly]

@Mik said in The Mid-Term Election Thread:

Well, at least Texas is ok and Kennedy retained his seat for Louisiana. But Jolly, watch out for what’s next….

Tell him to bring his campaign money with him...If he has any left.