Joe B's take on the Midterms

[Rogue AI]

The results of every election he's been a part of, say otherwise.

Trump is, was, and always will be a LOSER.

2016 says differently. Wow.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

/-----/ OK OK OK We get it. Orange Man Bad. Now here is a rational view.

What Americans really told Democrats and Republicans on election night 2022

Tuesday's voting results sent a message to Democratic and Republican Party leadership. Americans told their politicians what they did and didn't like. Checks and balances worked.

www.foxnews.com

LOL. Well, I suppose Fox had to put some sort of positive spin on Tuesday. Most of their anchors have been ashen faced, looking like they got hit by a train since the polls closed.
An article full of hopeful "explanations" for what happened the other day. Only one mention of the word "Trump", and it was a positive one. What the article fails to mention is that
the candidates who won their races (that Trump put forward and supported) did so because they were in (mostly) safely red states, many of them running unopposed.

 

[EMH]

We have 80% wrong track, and voters voted to stay on the wrong track. WTF??

Possibly election fraud??


Paul Craig Roberts destroys CNN on his blog with CNN's own Election Day exit polling, which predicted big red wave that failed to materialize in cheat states, and the clearly machined two house Dems in Va from flip to re-elect...

 

[Harry Dresden]

Our COUNTRY was shut down for TWO YEARS, so please, bitch, one month did NOTHING for you.

so fucking what?.....i was answering a question asswipe....and the money that the strip lost probably came close to what your country lost...

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

2016 says differently. Wow.

He lost the popular vote. By my count, that makes two times for him. The first time he got lucky and backed into the WH because he was able to eek out a victory in three states (77K votes) that gave him the electoral victory. Not so lucky in 2020. He also presided over the "blue tsunami" in 2018 and was directly responsible for making the "red wave" into a bloody puddle on Tuesday.

 

[JoeB131]

the strip was shut down for a month.....those people made sacrifices....

sounds like?.....you were not here joe....he listened to everyone but those who live here....the guy is all talk.....

Boo-hoo, we can't cheat Mr. and Mrs. Middle Class out of their kids College funds.

If God doesn't destroy Las Vegas, he owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

1. What Republican governorships were lost?

Maryland and Massachusetts

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

We have 80% wrong track, and voters voted to stay on the wrong track. WTF??

White grievance politics and racist replacement theory are prime examples of the fear Republicans use as partisan weapons: fear of minorities and immigrants, fear of gay and transgender Americans, fear of positive, beneficial change, diversity, and inclusion; hence the right’s efforts to demonize and vilify minorities, immigrants, and gay and transgender Americans.

The politics of revenge is mostly the purview of Trump and his supporters, to go after political opponents perceived as ‘enemies,’ to destroy a political opponent because he defeated you in a fair and honest election. Conservatives’ rhetoric of ‘impeaching’ President Biden is the politics of revenge, and in many respects laws ‘banning’ abortion enacted by Republican lawmakers is a form of political revenge.

So, indeed, fear and revenge are all Republicans have.

 

[Dragonlady]

/-----/ OK OK OK We get it. Orange Man Bad. Now here is a rational view.

What Americans really told Democrats and Republicans on election night 2022

Tuesday's voting results sent a message to Democratic and Republican Party leadership. Americans told their politicians what they did and didn't like. Checks and balances worked.

www.foxnews.com

FOX News???? Those are the people who lied you into this mess with Trump in the first place.

 

[JoeB131]

The fact America hating liberals say Trump is a bad thing does more to drive people to him. Liberal fear of the man is palpable.

A million dead from Covid. Riots in the streets. 65 million jobs lost. Religious law coming from SCOTUS. Um, yeah, we have every reason to be scared.

/-----/ OK OK OK We get it. Orange Man Bad. Now here is a rational view.

Oh, it's fun to watch Faux News try to spin this AFTER they promised their rabid viewers revenge for a year.
The GOP performance on Tuesday WAS pathetic. They could barely win a rigged game.

 

[Rogue AI]

He lost the popular vote. By my count, that makes two times for him. The first time he got lucky and backed into the WH because he was able to eek out a victory in three states (77K votes) that gave him the electoral victory. Not so lucky in 2020. He also presided over the "blue tsunami" in 2018 and was directly responsible for making the "red wave" into a bloody puddle on Tuesday.

There is no popular vote in the presidential election. That's a media invention and completely irrelevant.

 

[JoeB131]

Possibly election fraud??


Paul Craig Roberts destroys CNN on his blog with CNN's own Election Day exit polling, which predicted big red wave that failed to materialize in cheat states, and the clearly machined two house Dems in Va from flip to re-elect...

Except there wasn't a big contradiction from the polling. The real problem was that questionable polls like Rassmussen and Trafalgar were kept in the average.

 

[sealybobo]

Some ruminations on the midterms.

The Red Wave turned into a pink mist. Not since 2002 has an out of power party done so poorly in a midterm. The Republicans have lost governorships, state legislatures, and as it stands now, may only gain a handful of seats in the House. This despite gerrymandering, voter suppression attempts and massive amounts of money spent, this was a poor performance for the GOP despite all the polls.

1) Trump remains a motivator - people just do not like Donald Trump! They never liked him. If the 2022 midterms were a referendum on Trump, this would be the FOURTH time the voters rejected him. (As he lost the popular votes in 2016 and 2020, lost control of the House in 2018, and was the root cause of an underwhelming performance for the GOP this year. Yet the GOP just can't quit the guy. I suspect there will be a very ugly civil war in 2024 as the GOP establishment rallies around DeSantis and the hard core cultist rally around Trump.

2) Fear and Revenge aren't a platform - You guys scared the straights. Unlike past GOP waves like the Contract with America and the Tea Party, which had very specific goals, all the GOP had this year was scaring you and vowing revenge on your enemies. "Oh, noes, BLM is going to get you." Um, BLM largely went home a year ago. "Oh, noes, the Trannies are coming for your children". Not really. "America is this horrid hellscape!" Um, no, not really. Sure, inflation is bad, but the Republicans don't actually have a plan to combat it other than the usual "Let's cut taxes for rich people" which never really helps.

3) SCOTUS really screwed you guys. - Without a doubt, reaction to Dobbs was a factor. Young people, who would be the most seriously effected by compulsory parenthood, came out in droves to protest it, and it showed. It's going to be worse for you in 2024 when some of the horror stories out of Jesusland about young women being seriously maimed when they can't get prompt attention for entoptic pregnancies start emerging.

4) Democrats, can we stop trying to make Stacey Adams a thing? - Seriously, this is the second time this woman has lost, badly, but the Democrats keep trying to promote her. I for the life of me can't figure out why they make her a national spokesperson and even shoehorned her into an episode of Star Trek: Discovery. (I could make the snarky comment that she's not an actor, but you can say the same for most of the cast of that show.) Stop trying to make her a thing.

5) After a nuclear War, all that's going to be left are the Cockroaches and Ron Johnson - How does this guy keep surviving?

6) The big winners - Newsom and Pritzker. - Both won re-election handily... and are probably the leading contenders for the Democratic nomination should Joe Biden decide he doesn't want to be the country's first octogenarian president. (Actually, he will be when he turns 80 a couple of weeks, but you get my point. This is no country for old men!)

7) Crappy celebrity candidates - Can we say we've had enough of them? Dr. Oz and Hershell Walker have no business being in the Senate. Why did you guys nominate them.

What is Trump's take?

Trump Reportedly 'Livid' And 'Screaming At Everyone' Over Election Results​

The former president is also reportedly blaming everyone, including his wife, who advised him to back Dr. Oz.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

There is no popular vote in the presidential election. That's a media invention and completely irrelevant.

He lost it. Twice. That should tell you something about his "popularity" right there.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Boo-hoo, we can't cheat Mr. and Mrs. Middle Class out of their kids College funds.

If God doesn't destroy Las Vegas, he owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.

so thats it?...did those workers play the game and sacrifice joe?...something you said no one wanted to do....

 

[Frankenstein]

Some ruminations on the midterms.

The Red Wave turned into a pink mist. Not since 2002 has an out of power party done so poorly in a midterm. The Republicans have lost governorships, state legislatures, and as it stands now, may only gain a handful of seats in the House. This despite gerrymandering, voter suppression attempts and massive amounts of money spent, this was a poor performance for the GOP despite all the polls.

1) Trump remains a motivator - people just do not like Donald Trump! They never liked him. If the 2022 midterms were a referendum on Trump, this would be the FOURTH time the voters rejected him. (As he lost the popular votes in 2016 and 2020, lost control of the House in 2018, and was the root cause of an underwhelming performance for the GOP this year. Yet the GOP just can't quit the guy. I suspect there will be a very ugly civil war in 2024 as the GOP establishment rallies around DeSantis and the hard core cultist rally around Trump.

2) Fear and Revenge aren't a platform - You guys scared the straights. Unlike past GOP waves like the Contract with America and the Tea Party, which had very specific goals, all the GOP had this year was scaring you and vowing revenge on your enemies. "Oh, noes, BLM is going to get you." Um, BLM largely went home a year ago. "Oh, noes, the Trannies are coming for your children". Not really. "America is this horrid hellscape!" Um, no, not really. Sure, inflation is bad, but the Republicans don't actually have a plan to combat it other than the usual "Let's cut taxes for rich people" which never really helps.

3) SCOTUS really screwed you guys. - Without a doubt, reaction to Dobbs was a factor. Young people, who would be the most seriously effected by compulsory parenthood, came out in droves to protest it, and it showed. It's going to be worse for you in 2024 when some of the horror stories out of Jesusland about young women being seriously maimed when they can't get prompt attention for entoptic pregnancies start emerging.

4) Democrats, can we stop trying to make Stacey Adams a thing? - Seriously, this is the second time this woman has lost, badly, but the Democrats keep trying to promote her. I for the life of me can't figure out why they make her a national spokesperson and even shoehorned her into an episode of Star Trek: Discovery. (I could make the snarky comment that she's not an actor, but you can say the same for most of the cast of that show.) Stop trying to make her a thing.

5) After a nuclear War, all that's going to be left are the Cockroaches and Ron Johnson - How does this guy keep surviving?

6) The big winners - Newsom and Pritzker. - Both won re-election handily... and are probably the leading contenders for the Democratic nomination should Joe Biden decide he doesn't want to be the country's first octogenarian president. (Actually, he will be when he turns 80 a couple of weeks, but you get my point. This is no country for old men!)

7) Crappy celebrity candidates - Can we say we've had enough of them? Dr. Oz and Hershell Walker have no business being in the Senate. Why did you guys nominate them.

I can't see where you cited your source

 

[Frankenstein]

He lost it. Twice. That should tell you something about his "popularity" right there.

It means lots of people in large blue cities will vote for free stuff

 

[Indeependent]

And that scares the hell out of you, doesn't it?

Nope!
With the exception of Trump, both parties have ignored them for 50 years.

 

[EMH]

Except there wasn't a big contradiction from the polling. The real problem was that questionable polls like Rassmussen and Trafalgar were kept in the average.

Exit polls.

CNN's own exit polls...

 

[pknopp]

Yet here we are days later without results of House races. This isn't hard stuff, for over two hundred years we settled elections in a day.

In 1800, each state established its own voting practices, including when its citizens voted. As a result, voting began in April and continued through November of 1800.

Granted that was 222 years ago.

In 1824, four men competed for president: John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and William Crawford. States cast their votes from Oct. 26 to Dec. 1, 1824.

The 1876 election wasn't decided until March 1877.

And then of course the 2000 election.

History Teaches Us Election Delays Are Nothing New