US Election Week 2020

[The Larch]

All our local fascist (sorry, alt-right) press is going bonkers about some ruling by a Pennsylvania judge regarding the certification process that they claim makes Trump the real president-elect at the moment. Any clue about what they're referring to?

It doesn't affect the Presidential election, but a PA judge ordered the state to stop certifying downballot elections.

Edit:  it's a moronic ruling by a moronic judge.  Essentially, the judge buys the idea that the legislature had to have explicit PA Constitutional authority to change the rules for mail-in balloting, even though the subject does not come up in the PA Constitution, which gives the legislature authority to decide how elections are run.

Ironically, the case pits two wannabee republican legislators suing the republican legislature (but naming the democrats in the state as defendants).

Thanks, it was quite unclear what the real ruling had been, since all articles I could see (almost all articles that came up googling the judge's name were, strangely enough, from our local press rather than American media) went almost straight into validation of Trump's callings for fraud, together with mentioning other rulings in Nevada and Georgia that are also unclear to me, and were even less detailed.

[Admiral Yi]

Three days without a post.

Yuge anticlimax.

[Zanza]

Three days without a post.

Yuge anticlimax.

The election is over and the winner is clear. What else is there to discuss in this thread? The antics of the sore loser get boring.

[Admiral Yi]

The election is over and the winner is clear. What else is there to discuss in this thread? The antics of the sore loser get boring.

There is not a great deal to discuss.  My comment was more about the lack of fireworks than the posting.

[Razgovory]

The election is over and the winner is clear. What else is there to discuss in this thread? The antics of the sore loser get boring.

There is not a great deal to discuss.  My comment was more about the lack of fireworks than the posting.

You saw more fireworks when those mail-in ballots were coming in and the stat nerds were watching the numbers.  I'd like for things to get back to normal where we argue about debt ceilings and military interventions instead of the shared shock and horror of the daily shit-show that was Donald Trump.  You impressed me Yi, rejecting your party is not easy.  When the Democrats elect their own authoritarian populist I hope I have the same morale courage to stand up against it.

[Eddie Teach]

I would say the Trump administration ends not with a bang but a whimper, but there's still two months left. /fingers crossed

[Admiral Yi]

You impressed me Yi, rejecting your party is not easy.

Since Tamas is operating under the same false information, I feel the need to clear this up.  The Republican party is not "my party."  I've voted for Democrats and Republicans in general and primary elections.  I've registered as a Republican, a Democrat, and an Independent.  I consider myself a right of center swing voter.

[Razgovory]

Close enough.

[Admiral Yi]

The one drop rule.

[mongers]

You impressed me Yi, rejecting your party is not easy.

Since Tamas is operating under the same false information, I feel the need to clear this up.  The Republican party is not "my party."  I've voted for Democrats and Republicans in general and primary elections.  I've registered as a Republican, a Democrat, and an Independent.  I consider myself a right of center swing voter.

Yi swings easy. :

[Grey Fox]

The one drop rule.

The first drop rule. Who was your first?

[Razgovory]

The one drop rule.

The first drop rule. Who was your first?

Some drip.

[Admiral Yi]

The first drop rule. Who was your first?

I can't remember the first president I voted for.

[Razgovory]

I remember you worked on Phil Graham's campaign.

[Eddie Teach]

The first drop rule. Who was your first?

I can't remember the first president I voted for.

You never forget your first.