Are we righteous folk not permitted to think positively?

[PCIntern]

“Oh…we’re gonna lose…woe is us…we are perrennial losers.”

We should go into these like Muhammed Ali used to enter a run up to a fight. Instead we are like Hardy Har Har from Lippy the Lion.



Yeah…it’s bad to be overconfident but I would submit that we lose votes, significant numbers of votes with this ‘attytood’. Anyone ever hear the enemy (yeah it goes both ways) talk about potentially losing? Hell, they don’t talk about losing when they lose, for crying out loud.

Instead of asking an asshole like Vance whether he would admit that senile jerk lost the last election, you say, “Some people say that only an ignorant, lying moron would deny that he lost.” And stop there. Just stop.

Believe me, that works. I’ve done it a thousand times successfully. They need to be punched, figuratively of course (because I would never advocate violence) in the nose. Asking questions ain’t gonna do anything. Their answers are either lies or outright non sequiturs.

[Johnny2X2X]

1. Hear here

I think we are winning and Harris is running a good campaign.

[Hugin]

2. Being an...

asshole is seriously hard work. And.... I'm lazy or at least I've been told that a thousand times.

So, pro tip, take the path of least resistance. Find your Zen, it's the best revenge.

[Think. Again.]

3. I think it's best to keep my mind on the work...

...and then I'll look at the result when it's done.

[Hugin]

4. Precisely!

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Pete Puma wanted a lot of lumps.

Positive attitudes really are attractive.

ETA: People like to climb on winning bandwagons -- may be a larger fraction than the pro fishing all analysts think.

[krawhitham]

6. Yeah we are perrennial losers who just happened to win the last election, but hey you're "righteous"

[PCIntern]

8. Great reply... 🧐

On this board optimism is eschewed. I’ve been here twenty years and invariably if someone gets excited about prospects, twelve people show up and castigate him or her.

I didn’t say we didn’t win…right? Do you believe that I don’t know who’s in the White House now?

I’m done or I’ll begin to get agitated.

[RobinA]

10. I Find It

quite the opposite. Every time somebody comes on and worries about the election, someone else pounces on them for being a "concern troll." I don't feel that a rational discussion about the possibility of a loss is possible or even allowed here. Same thing when someone cites a poll that doesn't favor Harris. I've had to look elsewhere for discussion that goes beyond rah-rah Harris.

[Karadeniz]

7. Thoughts are things. Thoughts affect the physical world and outlive the time

they spent in your head. Your positive thoughts are very helpful!!!

[OldBaldy1701E]

9. As I stated in another thread...

Some people just want to bring it all down. They are not happy unless everyone else is not happy.

As my good friend used to say when people did or said weird things: "Just smile and wave!"

(This advice is for Democrats you happen to meet who love to be all 'Scottish' about things. The rethugs deserve your scorn and ridicule, and I love that you don't hold back. Just be ready for their childish reactions. They can be dangerous when thwarted.)