2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThis presidential campaign is almost at the stage of laughter.
Almost. As Trump's fate in November becomes more and more clear, the urge to simply laugh and get back to other things grows more enticing. However, we shouldn't give into the urge just to laugh Der Drumpfenfûhrer off. Getting a maximum voter turnout for Democratic voters in all states remains crucial.
We must regain majority control of the Senate and make some headway toward getting a majority in the House, or even taking both houses back in 2016. So, while Trump's campaign is laughable, we should keep our guffaws to ourselves as we engage in GOTV activities. We have an opportunity this year that may not return for a long, long time.
So, laugh loudly and often, but get out there and stimulate voters to come to the polls and make this election a landslide that will go down in history. If that happens, we can break into hysterical peals of hilarity on November 9 and celebrate the return of sanity and progressivism to our national government.
Kber
(5,043 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)where they show him blurred as a big hulking monster..
niyad
(113,548 posts)and said, "that is one mean man--and scary." she is 8.
cannabis_flower
(3,765 posts)All of the children are afraid of Donald Trump being president.
kimbutgar
(21,185 posts)They say he is a big liar and he looks crazy and freaky? And the Asian kids are scared their families will be sent back to China. Big anxiety from their familes that have 3 generations living together.
uponit7771
(90,359 posts)bulloney
(4,113 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)the consequences of a Trump administration. Trump voters are not the sort of people who give careful consideration to things, I'm afraid. I mean, have you seen the folks who show up at his rallies? Frightening.
We need to make it absolutely clear that this country won't seriously consider such a man as President.
mcar
(42,372 posts)to run HRC down. We must be diligent, even though it has gotten laughable.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)They have to give the appearance of being relevant. All appearances matter.
mcar
(42,372 posts)Despite all the hours they need to fill. I heard somewhere there are other countries on this planet. I guess nothing is happening in any of them.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)USA! USA! USA!
Or something like that...
mcar
(42,372 posts)but even there, NBC is incapable of reporting on more than 3 sports. Even when US athletes are winning medals in those other sports. Their prime time broadcast is unwatchable.
Doitnow
(1,103 posts)how much time the media spends on the election (Trump) and says nothing! Nothing! Small wonder so many people are so ill-informed. I can learn more listening to Thom Hartmann for five minutes (WCPT on line from Chicago) than MSNBC in a whole year.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)File under "Shit happens."
Forecasting the 2016 Presidential Election: Will Time for Change Mean Time for Trump?
Always correct election forecast model predicts Trump win, 51%-48%.
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/
mcar
(42,372 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)mcar
(42,372 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)if it were anyone BUT Trump I think that the GOP would be a lot more likely to win, honestly. But it's not,
Hekate
(90,787 posts)....but Benedict Donald still scares the bejaysus out of me, as does Pence on another whole level.
I'm enjoying periodic bouts of Schadenfreude like you wouldn't believe, but won't really rest easy until a stake has been driven through the heart of Trump's abomination of a campaign.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)like no one has been before in this country. A really really clear message has to be sent that THIS Country will NOT turn over the reins to a demagogue.
bucolic_frolic
(43,276 posts)not just in Presidential election years
2018, every election day, where do our Democrats go?
ffr
(22,671 posts)I'm inside.
But dead serious about GOTV and dedicating whatever resources I have to pummeling the GOP in 2016 & 2018.
No
More
Republicans!
mopinko
(70,205 posts)beat him like he stole something.
beat him so soundly that no one will ever think they can just buy the white house again.
beat him so soundly that racists everywhere will know they are going the way of the dinosaur.
beat him so soundly that the tea party will want to crawl back under their rocks.
and take the whole god damned racist gop with them.
i have to admit that i am enjoying the circular firing squad immensely, but i will also be digging deep to get it done.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)STARTING now. Make sure people are registered to vote, know their polling places and election laws, and MOTIVATE them to vote. Yes, Trump alone should be motivation enough, but a lot of people are lazy and/or apathetic by nature, thinking that he can't win anyway, so why vote? (Believe me, I know people like that!)
I agree with taking control of Congress; certainly the Senate and maybe...maybe the House too. That can only be accomplished by encouraging people to vote.
Yes, it's unintentional comedy from Trump, but he who laughs last..
George II
(67,782 posts)ananda
(28,876 posts)I've been laughing almost nonstop at the clown car for ages,
and now the Drumpf antics.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)so they can get a few licks in on the Donald if he's still running.
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)I'm heartsick that so many people, including some I used to hold in high regard, are supporting Trump.
doc03
(35,363 posts)write him off until the votes are counted.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)they have become angry at the thought of black PA residents "voting 5 times"