United States Election: Nov. 8, 2016 |OT| Hate Trumps Love

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As a left-leaning person, former IT professional, and former NSA employee, I agree. When I first heard about it, it seemed so impossible that it would even be allowed, or that any government employee would be willing to set it up, that I thought it was a hoax.

Having said that, after I read the details of the investigation, I'm willing to move on. It was embarrassingly stupid, but I'm now willing to call "no harm, no foul". Hillary is on point with nearly every policy and position. And the GOP is such a cesspool of insanity and evil that there's no scale big enough to measure how lopsided a decision this is.

Right, I'm in the same place as you.

I can't fathom how it even happened in the first place. I don't think it says much about Hillary for President, because the Sec of State with zero IT knowledge or security background shouldn't be making IT Sec decisions at all. Leave it to the pros.

I'm embarassed for my country to even have to type this, let alone defend it. Get it together US for fuck's sake.
 
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This gave me a sensible chuckle.

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Definitely going to grab some hq tequila tonight if I can find some.
 
Just voted in MA...safe for Hillary but voted in favor of marijuana legalization

I'm getting kinda nervous for some reason. I work with a lot of people from New Hampshire and they're almost all for the Donald

My people will come through. It'll go blue, early.
 
So by 8pm EST we will pretty much know how everything is going to go down as PA, Ohio, VA, and Florida should all be in by then right? Unless there is an upset in one of those Hilary wins?
Polls closed =/= Votes counted

No. PA doesn't even close until 8pm, and they have no early voting. We'll be fortunate if 20% of PA is even counted by 9pm EST.
 
Obviously I want Hillary to win so like...the world doesn't explode, so that's key, but the little part of my brain that has had to listen to/read "Trump will win because Brexit" approximately 9 hundred billion times since June will probably be the largest pleasure center of all.
 
For fuck sake, can we stop with stupid Brexit comparisons? It's been proven time and time again how fucking different both situations are.

The only thing I think you can compare this to Brexit is what I think will happen after the result. The racist bigots will feel like they have been justified to air their views more vocally etc. But in this case hopefully it is for a losing side this time.
 
All this "worry" but I just don't see Clinton losing.

My motto is no matter who wins, I will wake up like I always do and live my life like I always have and just ride out the next 4 years as we all have since the beginning of America having a president.
 
Comparisons to Brexit aren't entirely unfair. I do think after tonight's vote it's very likely that the United States will not be a part of the European Union.

To be honest I have noticed an alarming merger of ideas from the Brexit voting right and the alt right of the Trump brigade. So much so their hero Farage is trying to get in on the whole Trump thing.
 
I'm going to go play mindless video games and watch a replay of the Man City - Barca game. I'll come back here in a few hours, my mind is racing and my F5 key is getting worn out. Guessing nobody here needs to be reminded, but VOTE!
 
All this "worry" but I just don't see Clinton losing.

My motto is no matter who wins, I will wake up like I always do and live my life like I always have and just ride out the next 4 years as we all have since the beginning of America having a president.

A lot of people, myself included, will not be able to go on living like everything is the same if Trump wins. I can't help but worry.
 
Fuck that's like a 20 minute drive from where I'm at. Going to need to take me a drive to confirm this.

It's so ridiculous I'm guessing they are doing it to be intentionally horrible in order to bring attention to Trump's faults and swing votes in the other direction toward Clinton. That doesn't make it not shitty, though.

Either way, report your findings!
 
As an IT professional working in Government, I also agree.

Imagine the shit storm if it was any regular person, for sure jail time.

This is opposite of what Comey has said.

I don't care and don't have interest in getting involved in a discussion about a closed case.

She was found not guilty, end of.

I'm just voicing my opinion on what I think would happen if it was a regular person, as in not an elite politician. BTW this isn't targeted against her, it could be any other top tier politician.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-...hillary-clinton-email-probe/story?id=41044927

In determining whether to apply the statute for the second time since 1917, he said, "You have to decide, 'Do I treat this person against that record? And if I do, is that a fair thing to do?' ... No reasonable prosecutor would do that. That would be celebrity hunting. That will be treating this person differently than John Doe."


http://www.vox.com/2016/7/7/12118052/clinton-email-hearing-house-comey

"When I look at the history of the prosecutions and see there’s been one case brought on the gross negligence theory," Comey continued, "I know there’s no way the Department of Justice is bringing a case against John Doe or Hillary Clinton for the second time in 100 years based on those facts [in this case]."
 
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Drudge Report is a right wing site. The states he's listing for Trump are all expected to go red with the exception of NC which 538 had at a 56% chance Clinton.

The "showdown" states are 78%, 55%, 79% and 58% likely to go to Clinton, respectively, according to 538. Drudge is lying to get his readers to continue to hit F5.
 
As a non US citizen, I'm still stuggling to understand who the fuck would vote for Donald Trump?! Have they heard him speak?

His true fans like him BECAUSE of the way he speaks. It is exactly the way they speak. Unintelligible word-salad, fucked up syntax that's nothing but jingoistic nonsense and buzz words.

The others don't care how he speaks or what he does; they're made and just want lower taxes.
 
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