Trump Kicking and Screaming Transition Thread

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by Ancalagon, Nov 10, 2020.

  1. MikeH92467

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    "Kraken" or "Krakpot"? :elflat:
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    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    "Krakhead". :async:
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  3. Steal Your Face

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    Now that Trump is gone, I wonder what will become of the Yo-Semites?
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  4. Raoul the Red Shirt

    Raoul the Red Shirt Professional bullseye

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    Just ran across this image even though it's from just after the election, and I thought it wa worth sharing...

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  7. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Gosh, I'm really confused and super surprised about this. The left assured us that the Supreme Court was going to decide the election in Trump's favor. What happened?
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  8. Raoul the Red Shirt

    Raoul the Red Shirt Professional bullseye

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    Pretty sure literally no one on this board and no prominent pundit on the left "assured" anyone "that the Supreme Court was going to decide the election in Trump's favor."

    Link to a post or a piece from a mainstream or left-leaning part of the media saying that the Supreme Court would do this. It should be super easy to find if it's as prevalent as you claim.

    Either that or admit that you're talking straw man garbage.
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  9. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    Fucking-A Skippy...

    This has been explained to you multiple times.

    No one was worried that regardless of the results of the election the Supreme Court would just hand the presidency back to Trump.

    The worry was that if it was close (2000esque) then a stacked court could then hand it to Trump.

    How many times does this need to be explained to you?

    Have you considered making flash cards?
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  10. steve2^4

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    I think lots of us said we felt it was Trump's wish that the supreme court he packed would make decisions in his favor, and Trump himself has proclaimed dissatisfaction with his appointees.
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  11. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    So you're going to pretend that people weren't saying that SCOTUS would hand Trump the election? Okay. Must be nice to just ignore reality.
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  12. 14thDoctor

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    Find some relevant quotes, then. Name and shame these people. :chris:
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    It was generally accepted that he was packing the scotus to benefit himself.

    As Anc pointed out, it would have been close competitions that required a decision. I'm glad that wasn't tested, I'm not confident about what the outcome would have been.
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  14. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Nope. All I have to do is say, member when leftists said that SCOTUS would hand Trump the election? I member.:yes:
    That seems to fly pretty well around here, if you’re a lefty. It never gets challenged and never requires proof.
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  15. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Yes. It was all over the internet as well as here, but I guess some people have selective memories.
  16. MikeH92467

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    Sorry, "I remember" isn't good enough. Gaslighter. :dayton:
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  17. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    It is for certain posters.
  18. MikeH92467

    MikeH92467 RadioNinja

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    Name them. Cite some examples. :waiting:
  19. Steal Your Face

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    @Diacanu. Does it all of the fucking time and is never questioned on it. Ever.
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  20. MikeH92467

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    Examples? :waiting:
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  21. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Cuz I have a record of citing my sources when asked.
    Plus, everyone who's been here long enough actually remembers what I remember because I'm not a fucking liar.

    Nice try though.
    Nice try to pull a clever move.
    You keep getting sooo close ><.
    Like, one more IQ point would get you there.
    Your fingertips brush right up against it, then it slips away.
    It must be sooo frustrating.
    :diacanu:
  22. Steal Your Face

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    https://wordforge.net/index.php?posts/3323205/
    https://wordforge.net/index.php?posts/3321370/
    https://wordforge.net/index.php?posts/3320557/
    https://wordforge.net/index.php?posts/3312867/
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    I remember Trump saying he wanted Barrett in place for election cases. I remember a lot of Trump supporters saying SCOTUS was going to hand Trump the election, with some even claiming the early lawsuits were losing on purpose so they could get there faster (!). I don't remember anybody on the left saying that, particularly after Nov. 7.
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  25. Asyncritus

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    If you remember it so vividly, then give us a link to it. It shouldn't be at all hard to find.
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  26. Steal Your Face

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    Headlines like this wouldn't exist if it weren't all over the internet.
    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/scotus-texas-trump/617376/
    https://prospect.org/justice/will-the-supreme-court-overturn-the-election-result/

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ettle-us-election-result-in-the-supreme-court

    https://www.usnews.com/news/electio...ed-on-the-courts-to-deliver-him-a-win-he-lost
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  27. Asyncritus

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    ^ None of that says what you claimed.

    Try harder.
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  28. 14thDoctor

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    Perhaps one day you'll achieve that same level of credibility if you actually start providing proof when asked. :async:
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  29. Ancalagon

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    And now we see why @Paladin thinks Trump making up election fraud and selling Republicans on it is a good thing.

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  30. Raoul the Red Shirt

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    In any of those cases did someone challenge Dicky on whether the underlying event he was claiming actually happened, and if so, did he fail to provide links backing up what he was talking about?
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