Biden narrowly beats Trump for presidency of a polarized United States

[spidermike007]

Joe Biden has won. Beautiful. Other than Romney, only a few  Republicans have offered to concede. Poor losers. Really, really bad form.

 

Nobody expects the dishonorable orange one to concede. He does not have a nanogram of grace in this body. But, the entire party? Clinging to him, even after the ship is halfway submerged? Where is the honor in that?

Though Trump has lost 17 substantial businesses, and is accustomed to losing, he does not appear to be taking this loss well. Will he eventually need to be institutionalized? It is quite possible. Either prison or a mental hospital would be fitting. 

 

In a tweet on Friday, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney wrote that the president was "within his rights to request recounts," but added that it is "wrong to say that the election was rigged, corrupt and stolen — doing so damages the cause of freedom here and around the world, weakens the institutions that lie at the foundation of the Republic, and recklessly inflames destructive and dangerous passions." Romney has since congratulated Biden on his win. So have Republican Reps. Fred Upton and Will Hurd. On Saturday, Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told NPR that the "handwriting is on the wall" for Trump.

[Tchooptip]

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Washington is the least of it, IMO. The country is divided nearly 50/ 50, and Trump's base are not going to go away quietly IMO.

The senate is still not decided 48/48. Everything for Biden depends on a Dem's win in the senate, IMO.

 

Trump may decide to run in 2024, so if he does expect another 4 years of the same on tv news.

Not sure he could be the candidate of the republicans, plus in four years Trump will be 78 years old, not far 79!

[RocketDog]

Some people voted for Biden and LOTS of people voted against Trump. Even conservatives in the states that flipped can still place human decency above politics. 

 

A majority of Americans have finally managed to scrape the doggie fudge off their heels but the foul stench will linger for a few more months. 

 

There was no Blue Wave, no landslide victory. Half of the voters are still furiously angry and still deeply entranced with a fallen idol. Very few of them will  change their fundamental ideas. This is a dangerous time for America. 

 

I won't gloat because it's unproductive. Americans need to focus on repairing the social and political damage this tinpot dictator, and his henchmen still at large, have wrought. 

[FritsSikkink]

Narrowly?

electoral votes ?

popular votes?

 

He got smashed, now fighting windmills trying to stop getting stripped of his assets by the German bank and going to jail for all his crimes.

[spidermike007]

2 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

 

Several have already been thrown out of court, others have been mentioned by republican/conspiracy nut jobs, My friend knows a guy, who knows a guy, who saw a ballot get counted incorrectly. We have been denied (extra) access/monitoring, above and beyond the access/monitoring already in place. The wrong color pen was used on 10 ballots.

If there is legitimate evidence of fraud, Republicans would be broadcasting it to the know universe.

 

Correct. And if there is fraud, there is a massive amount committed by Trump's people, who have likely been disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of voters all along. That is just who they are, and what they do. The gangster administration is nearly gone. Decency prevails. The people have spoken. 

 

See ya Don. Will you maintain the little sanity you have left, or will you need to be institutionalized? Can you handle this loss? After 17 major business failures, you are certainly accustomed to loss. Man up. Deal with it. Can you handle that? 

[Rimmer]

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[PatOngo]

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

AFAIK Fox News is part of the mainstream media, and it's been kissing Trump's a##e for the last 4 years.

I think they are realizing just how foul and stinking it is!

[cmarshall]

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

You raise an interesting point - if Mr McConnell decides to refuse any dealings with a Biden Presidency, notwithstanding his (Bidens) victory in the Electoral College and a large (4 million+ win in the popular vote) mandate from the American people, - just what will happen? Will one man be allowed to stamp his tiny feet, empty his toybox on the floor, and render the country ungovernable?

 

I should imagine that would produce immense anger amongst the American people. I wonder whether McConnell would care ( probably not), and would his Republican fellow senators follow him?

 

McConnell didn't suffer any political consequences for refusing to hold hearings on President Obama's Supreme Court nomination, for the first time in history.  He didn't suffer any consequences for refusing to let the FBI perform a full investigation of Kavanaugh prior to confirming for the Court.  No consequences for refusing to take witness testimony in Trump's impeachment trial.  Nothing for ramming the Barrett nomination through.   So, why shouldn't he block every action of the Biden administration that the Constitution permits?

 

You have to keep in mind what McConnell's job description is, not according to the Constitution, but according to the financial backers of the Republican Party:  When in power, lower taxes for the rich and reduce regulation on their businesses.  When the Dems have power, stop them from succeeding even at any cost to the country.  McConnell is just doing his job.

 

So no confirmation of any appointments by the Biden administration, maybe unless Moscow Mitch gets to pick some of the nominees as co-president.

[SymS]

7 hours ago, Scott said:

Unapproved social media post and replies removed.

 

What's an "unapproved social media post"?

[newatthis]

It doesn’t matter what OP headline says. At the races, if my horse wins by 6 lengths I collect; by 1 length I collect; by a head I collect; by a short half head I collect; by a nose in a photo I collect. A narrow winner is still a winner. Besides it wasn’t a narrow victory.

[thaibeachlovers]

2 hours ago, rumak said:

actually i think he is dead ,   looks like a wax double to me .......

Remember that movie "Dave"?

[Phoenix Rising]

10 minutes ago, SymS said:

What's an "unapproved social media post"?

Nutter sites.

[FritsSikkink]

7 hours ago, cmarshall said:

Nothing in the Constitution or anywhere else prevents a felon from becoming president

Yu can't run while in prison

[cmarshall]

Just now, FritsSikkink said:

Yu can't run while in prison

 

Actually not true.  Socialist Eugene V. Debs ran for president in 1920 while imprisoned for opposing WWI and got a million votes.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, TKDfella said:

Well, my congratulations to the Pres.Elect J. Biden. I think he has some tough times ahead of him and we will just have to wait and see. From what I read on CNN reports, Democrat politicians are not happy with their performance in the election so I wonder if the Party will survive in its prior election form. Will the President be able to resist the far left progressive calls? Again, it's a wait and see situation.

Yes, one wonders why the margin was so small in many states when we've been told for 4 years that Trump is the worst human being to walk on planet earth president in history. Apparently Trump got many more votes than in 2016, so increased his popularity.

[rumak]

5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Remember that movie "Dave"?

i'll have to google it.

 

i don't give a hoot about politics........... all bs  as far as i see it

 

but boy,  lot's of people on tv getting hot under the collar     hahaha

[rumak]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Joe Biden has won. Beautiful. Other than Romney, only a few  Republicans have offered to concede. Poor losers. Really, really bad form.

 

Nobody expects the dishonorable orange one to concede. He does not have a nanogram of grace in this body. But, the entire party? Clinging to him, even after the ship is halfway submerged? Where is the honor in that?

Though Trump has lost 17 substantial businesses, and is accustomed to losing, he does not appear to be taking this loss well. Will he eventually need to be institutionalized? It is quite possible. Either prison or a mental hospital would be fitting. 

 

In a tweet on Friday, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney wrote that the president was "within his rights to request recounts," but added that it is "wrong to say that the election was rigged, corrupt and stolen — doing so damages the cause of freedom here and around the world, weakens the institutions that lie at the foundation of the Republic, and recklessly inflames destructive and dangerous passions." Romney has since congratulated Biden on his win. So have Republican Reps. Fred Upton and Will Hurd. On Saturday, Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told NPR that the "handwriting is on the wall" for Trump.

forget about it  oo7........ they all suck        don't look in that rear view mirror     live for today

[patman30]

nothing is official yet and wont be for a while
MSM is just reporting on what is still a "projected win" by the Associated Press
 

[thaibeachlovers]

4 minutes ago, rumak said:

i'll have to google it.

 

i don't give a hoot about politics........... all bs  as far as i see it

 

but boy,  lot's of people on tv getting hot under the collar     hahaha

Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver. Good movie.

[cmarshall]

7 hours ago, placeholder said:

I've been wondering how that would be done.

 Actually what would happen is that Congress would amend the legislation that authorizes lifetime Secret Service protection for former presidents to exclude convicted felons.

[RJRS1301]

30 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Yes, one wonders why the margin was so small in many states when we've been told for 4 years that Trump is the worst human being to walk on planet earth president in history. Apparently Trump got many more votes than in 2016, so increased his popularity.

More people voted for BOTH candidates 

More people bothered to get off their behinds and participate in the democratic process. 

 

[sceadugenga]

4 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

It would take a hell of a lot of feathers to cover him.  ????

Would you recommend duck feathers ?  

I think that horse feathers would be appropriate.

[rumak]

17 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver. Good movie.

"Shifty White House chief of staff Bob Alexander (Frank Langella) hatches a scheme to use a double for the president "       ........google is amazing .   

When i think how many stupid people on forums (not you and me of course ! )  actually think they

are fooling others with their "google wisdom" .......  it is amusing 

 

here's a great title for a movie :    CONFIRMATON  BIAS

   

 

all tv members will be offered minor roles   ????

 

[placeholder]

6 hours ago, stupidfarang said:

The Trump supporters are very quiet now on TV, 

Well, if the situation were reversed I would be, too. I remember what it was like when Trump won, so I feel sympathy for them. At least the ones who aren't subscribing to lunatic theories of fraud. Those are mostly the same ones who ridiculed Clinton supporters for their unhappiness at the last election and accused them of being opposed to Trump because they never accepted his election. Because they were mind readers. Some of them actually looked forward to watching Biden supporters suffer at his loss in this election. Their personalities echo Trump in ugliness. Now we have those same folk literally not crediting the results of this election. We don't need to be mind readers since they are coming out and saying explicitly that the election is a fraud. Them I don't have much sympathy for.

[placeholder]

40 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Yes, one wonders why the margin was so small in many states when we've been told for 4 years that Trump is the worst human being to walk on planet earth president in history. Apparently Trump got many more votes than in 2016, so increased his popularity.

The margin was small in states that Trump won last time. Does that tell you anything? Trump didn't win in any state that he lost in last time. Not one. And he lost in several states that he won last time. And as someone else pointed out there was a record setting turnout for both candidates. Remember those claims of Trump supporters that the size of his rallies proved he was more popular than Biden? Last time I checked Biden got about 4 percent more voters than Trump. It is possible to be enthusiastically against someone, too.

[Phoenix Rising]

1 hour ago, rumak said:

 

 

i don't give a hoot about politics........... all bs  as far as i see it

 

If you don't care how your country is run and the future of it why on earth do you participate and post in political threads??

[rumak]

Just now, Phoenix Rising said:

If you don't care how your country is run and the future of it why on earth do you participate and post in political threads??

because i feel like it .    now get lost

[Phoenix Rising]

Just now, rumak said:

because i feel like it .    now get lost

Troll alert.

[Lacessit]

3 hours ago, rumak said:

actually i think he is dead ,   looks like a wax double to me .......

Gimme a break here, I'm the same age as him.....

[PattayaJames]

The media have allot to answer for. Disgusting filth.