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Jakes Progress

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29. Definition of "defeatist" please.

Tue Nov 3, 2020, 11:07 PM

Nov 2020

You can celebrate that we will likely eke out a bare win for the WH by slimly beating the worst man ever to run for the office. Or that we will go back to mcconnell led Senate with cornyn and collins still sitting.

I'm not defeatist. I am pragmatically commenting on the demise of the humanity of our country. Sure trump stole the office and disenfranchised thousands. But just look at that man and look at the republicans running things. How in a country of decent humanity could those dregs get even 5% of the vote. Maybe in 2016, stupid people were fooled. But we've had four years of nastiness, ineptitude, criminality, and cruelty. And still he gets close.

We haven't been defeated. But we haven't won. I just have a hard time celebrating that in some parts of the country there is a small majority of our populace who don't think it is good to cage children, kill innocent black people, or render millions without health coverage.

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I can't believe some of the defeatist posts occurring here. Can we at least wait until the blue [View all] still_one Nov 2020 OP

K&R musette_sf Nov 2020 #1

and gawd love ya.......I'm not helping with my posts......sorry. a kennedy Nov 2020 #2

2016 PTSD onecaliberal Nov 2020 #16

Thank you a kennedy Nov 2020 #17

Same MissB Nov 2020 #3

Way too much defeatism along with a fair number of trolls. writes3000 Nov 2020 #4

+1 Tommymac Nov 2020 #24

We had higher expectations Dem2 Nov 2020 #5

FL was always a toss up, GA a stretch.. not surprising Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #6

Thank you ismnotwasm Nov 2020 #7

No shit! Blue Owl Nov 2020 #8

I don't understand the doom and gloom cally Nov 2020 #9

this is exactly what happened in 2018 House race agingdem Nov 2020 #10

I am in California, and we are still voting still_one Nov 2020 #11

THANK YOU. This is similar to 2018. For the first Mike 03 Nov 2020 #14

The underperforming Windy City Charlie Nov 2020 #12

Biden rso Nov 2020 #15

NC is an example I was thinking of. 70% of the vote is counted and Mike 03 Nov 2020 #22

82% reporting w/ Trump 50% and Biden 49%... SMC22307 Nov 2020 #33

underperforming w/Latinos but but doing better in suburbs radius777 Nov 2020 #20

Yep, lots of trashing threads and ignores. MerryBlooms Nov 2020 #13

People are traumatized by 2016 so when we lost Florida they started expecting octoberlib Nov 2020 #18

I hope you are right, for me it is knowing that in states like FL there is MASSIVE election fraud Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #19

Where I live, we have another two hours of voting and I believe the biggest electoral prize. onecaliberal Nov 2020 #21

People expected an easier win, we're going to have to radius777 Nov 2020 #23

Yes, it is maddening. GoCubsGo Nov 2020 #25

things were like that in 2018 for the midterms. Blue_true Nov 2020 #26

Just trash the thread. Block the poster and roll on. littlemissmartypants Nov 2020 #27

K&R UTUSN Nov 2020 #28

Definition of "defeatist" please. Jakes Progress Nov 2020 #29

Definition of defeatist, wait until the f**king votes are counted still_one Nov 2020 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Jakes Progress Nov 2020 #31

Read my f**king post before replying. Jakes Progress Nov 2020 #32

I wasn't referring to you specifically, but those who have already written off states before they still_one Nov 2020 #35

Enough votes have been counted, and I have to agree with you, whatever happens, this election isn't still_one Nov 2020 #38

Trashed most of them BlueInPhilly Nov 2020 #34

A lot of them by long time members with low post counts Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 #36

Very true. still_one Nov 2020 #37