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catbyte

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29. I knew it was going to be bad, but even I didn't think that thing would actually kill 100,000+

Reply to pnwest (Reply #16)

Thu May 21, 2020, 08:20 PM

May 2020

Americans, including possibly you and me. And people thought he was joking about shooting somebody on 5th Avenue and the cult would still love him. I underestimated his evil incompetence, the republican's complete abrogation of their oath to uphold the Constitution and to protect the citizens who elected them, and the cult's utter lack of humanity and basic human decency. This meme says it all for me:

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Richard Engel's election night prognostication has aged well. [View all] roamer65 May 2020 OP

Wow. he nailed it OKNancy May 2020 #1

vomit... RT Atlanta May 2020 #2

amazing video, I remember that from seeing it live Celerity May 2020 #3

Nailed it malaise May 2020 #4

Yeah that one has stuck with me MissB May 2020 #5

Engel knows what he's talking about wryter2000 May 2020 #6

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! n/t MFGsunny May 2020 #7

As a skilled and talented foreign correspondent, Engel had the pulse of the rest of the world. sop May 2020 #8

As Moonvies said, it may not have been good for the country but it was good for the company. c-rational May 2020 #24

I don't remember this... I was so in shock that night renate May 2020 #9

Absolutely dead on except it wasn't 6 months to a year. It's been an incessant clusterfuck since catbyte May 2020 #10

Six months to a year of clusterfuck sounds good right about now, doesn't it? pnwest May 2020 #16

I knew it was going to be bad, but even I didn't think that thing would actually kill 100,000+ catbyte May 2020 #29

One didn't have to be a genius to predict that... Wounded Bear May 2020 #11

The saddest part of what he said RANDYWILDMAN May 2020 #13

I don't know what you are talking about. Tell me who was there & I'll tell you how they reacted to Hekate May 2020 #27

Understated, if anything. kairos12 May 2020 #12

Ur a mind reader. roamer65 May 2020 #14

Wow! futureliveshere May 2020 #15

I was watching results with a friend, gave up in despair around 10. Checked my phone around niyad May 2020 #17

A lot of people cried that night, me included. Beacool May 2020 #20

That was one of the most painful nights of my life. Beacool May 2020 #18

I cried the next day...all day. roamer65 May 2020 #19

Me too. Beacool May 2020 #22

It was a deep mental distress and foreboding that enveloped me. roamer65 May 2020 #26

Looks like Nicole was there as well. Engel was absolutely spot on.... Hekate May 2020 #21

Trump can't spell prognostication & I'd pay to see him take an IQ Test bucolic_frolic May 2020 #23

It was a challenge for me, so I know he couldn't do it. roamer65 May 2020 #25

K&R Very prescient indeed. He said what I am sure a lot of DU'ers were feeling that night. Myself c-rational May 2020 #28

Spooky as hell. BComplex May 2020 #30

Yeah it's spookily prescient. roamer65 May 2020 #31

And later that night DU was hacked so severely that it was down for the next 2 weeks. hedda_foil May 2020 #32

Good to Lifelong Protester May 2020 #33