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Recipe for a Lovely Election Day Afternoon
Do I have any idea whether these tweets are correct? No, my friends, I do not. But between now and the moment, several hours hence, when the first election returns come in, I will simply choose to believe them. Here in California, the sun is shining, a light breeze is blowing, the trees that do change color–the non-palms, that is–are alive with scarlet and orange…and in my head, the GOP is romping to quite a few surprising victories.
Bliss.
You know, I was just saying to our last two presidents, Mr. Romney and Mrs. Clinton, there are no surprises in politics these days…
Keep hope alive!
In my daydreams today the GOP holds arizona and Nevada and wins in Montana and Indiana and Missouri and N dakota and Tenn……oh ok…..lets add W Virginia and Florida to the mix…..hmmm,how bout Michigan?
Since conservatives vote more than leftists during inclement weather, the rainy and stormy forecasts in many areas like the Plains and in North Carolina are good news for Republicans.
Regards,
Jim
Just in case it all goes sideways on us.
All I know is Larry Schweikart is very interesting and very positive on the election. I really wish someone would interview him on one of the podcasts.
Well played sir…
On Twitter, the major news outlets are talking about their exit polls.
They’re talking about how a lot of people don’t like Trump, and do like health care.
Oddly enough, they’re NOT talking about exit polls on the subject of this election. Which seems to indicate that the exit polls are pretty terrible for the Democrats, or they’d be telling us about how voters are actually voting…
I wish I could be an optimist. Can we make a sunny-outlook serum from Peter’s blood?
Ugh, what is life without hope? Nietzsche really needed to take a chill pill, dude.
I believe we could. Peter has such a sunny disposition. It’s a gift.
Here’s my happy pessimist take: Even if we lose, we win, because Trump will still be president and the Left will still be nuts. They really can’t help themselves at this point. I think by 2020, we’ll have a landslide of Americans behind us, win or lose tonight.
I’m watching a good YouTube stream on the election – a guy called Styx Hexenhammer.
He normally does three or four videos per day, and he’s doing an Election Night stream live.
Right now, about 24,000 people are watching his stream, which is apparently more than PBS manages with theirs.
That guy is really smart.
I disagree with him on a lot of subjects, but damn, he’s entertaining – and yes, very smart.
He’s also, as near as I can figure, more accurate than just about any pundit I see on TV.
Looks like those guys were right about Florida, but wrong about Montana. C’est la vie.
Oh me of little faith. Looks like we might win Montana after all!
Here in California, you gotta adjust what constitutes “good.” So in that spirit, John Cox managed 40% of the vote. And my wife and I helped him to get to his whopping 22% take in Alameda county.
Overall, he only lost to Newsom by 19 points! Lest you think I’m being too sarcastic, I am actually pleasantly* surprised he did that well. He’s a smart guy, but a bad candidate.
*If that’s the word for it.