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  • #2312
    sullivlo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭sullivlo


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Ooooohhhhh man, these election results are taking a pretty dark turn.

    It's a bit concerning alright :(


  • #2313
    kuang1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,469 ✭✭✭kuang1


    Just on my way to bed and thought that I'd check sky news...
    "Ya what Gay?"


  • #2314
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    sullivlo wrote: »
    It's a bit concerning alright :(

    It's genuinely terrifying. I can't believe it.


  • #2315
    kuang1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,469 ✭✭✭kuang1


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    It's genuinely terrifying. I can't believe it.

    Ah it's not really TME...
    The world wouldn't change as much as we've been led to believe if Trump wins. I hope he doesn't, but no it's not terrifying.


  • #2316
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    kuang1 wrote: »
    Ah it's not really TME...
    The world wouldn't change as much as we've been led to believe if Trump wins. I hope he doesn't, but no it's not terrifying.

    I find it terrifying that that many Americans feel perfectly comfortable voting for this man after everything he has done and said, not to mention the fact that he has ZERO political experience and could end up in one of the most powerful offices in the world.


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  • #2317
    kuang1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,469 ✭✭✭kuang1


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    I find it terrifying that that many Americans feel perfectly comfortable voting for this man after everything he has done and said, not to mention the fact that he has ZERO political experience and could end up in one of the most powerful offices in the world.

    Yes all true.
    But if he does get elected, you'll see a very toned down version of what we've seen in the campaign.
    For instance the wall that he promised to build would change to an "increase in budget for border patrol".
    His promise to evict every illegal immigrant would manifest as an "increase in budget for visa controls"
    Etc. Etc.


  • #2318
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    kuang1 wrote: »
    Yes all true.
    But if he does get elected, you'll see a very toned down version of what we've seen in the campaign.
    For instance the wall that he promised to build would change to an "increase in budget for border patrol".
    His promise to evict every illegal immigrant would manifest as an "increase in budget for visa controls"
    Etc. Etc.

    Doesn't matter what he does, doesn't even matter if he wins at this point. The fact of the matter is that nearly half of the population of the United States are happy to vote for him based on his racism, sexism, homophobia, antisemitism, xenophobia and pure stupidity. That in itself is horrifying to me.


  • #2319
    Halle Bewildered Wristband
    Posts: 24,816 ✭✭✭✭ Halle Bewildered Wristband


    stomach churning


  • #2320
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,019 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    Just woken up.

    All I can say is Oh My God!


  • #2321
    Madeleine Fit Martian
    Posts: 13,106 ✭✭✭✭ Madeleine Fit Martian


    All hail our new fascist tangerine overlord.

    They're going to win the House and Senate too? Yay for checks and balances.


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  • #2322
    Teferi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,320 ✭✭✭Teferi


    Jesus, she couldn't even beat Trump. Holy moly.


  • #2323
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    I'm honestly surprised the internet is still working.


  • #2324
    Felix Jones is God
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Felix Jones is God


    Dude! The preppers were right all along !


  • #2325
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    At what point do the imbeciles realise that calling the US "stupid" or criticisng the voters is how we got into this mess in the first place? Will it take Marine Le Pen as French premier?


  • #2326
    Felix Jones is God
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Felix Jones is God


    Im just wondering what happens when the historical rape case that was filed in court a few months ago proceeds . Then there's going to be fun


  • #2327
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,003 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    "Mainstream" politics has a lot to answer for. With Brexit and now Trump why are people turning their back on normality and voting this way? Why is there such backlash voting now taking place?


  • #2328
    Felix Jones is God
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Felix Jones is God


    mfceiling wrote: »
    "Mainstream" politics has a lot to answer for. With Brexit and now Trump why are people turning their back on normality and voting this way? Why is there such backlash voting now taking place?

    Stupid people vote too....when you actually encourage stupid people to vote....bad things happen!!


  • #2329
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 43,260 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    mfceiling wrote: »
    "Mainstream" politics has a lot to answer for. With Brexit and now Trump why are people turning their back on normality and voting this way? Why is there such backlash voting now taking place?

    Completely agree.

    No one to blame but the political class itself.

    American now has Republican house of representatives, Republican Senate and a Republican president. He can do whatever the fcuk he wants.


  • #2330
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Well it shows celebrity endorsements mean nothing.

    I'd be concerned for public unrest and riots in the US over the next week.


  • #2331
    Madeleine Fit Martian
    Posts: 13,106 ✭✭✭✭ Madeleine Fit Martian


    Can only hope he's going to be a bit more sane in office than he was on the campaign trail.

    He'll have a conservative supreme court too fwiw.


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  • #2332
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Emilee Bitter Ginseng wrote: »
    He'll have a conservative supreme court too fwiw.

    That's one area that hasn't been mentioned much. If Trump appoints super-conservative judges then it could significantly set back a number of movements such as LGBT rights.

    With the Republicans surprisingly retaining the Senate, he has carte blanche now. Whatever about walls and taking criminal action against Clinton, his economic policies are very much a reality now.


  • #2333
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Buer wrote: »
    That's one area that hasn't been mentioned much. If Trump appoints super-conservative judges then it could significantly set back a number of movements such as LGBT rights.

    With the Republicans surprisingly retaining the Senate, he has carte blanche now. Whatever about walls and taking criminal action against Clinton, his economic policies are very much a reality now.

    Well... I can see the Supreme Court being handed over to Paul Ryan as a negotiating chip.

    But his economic policies, it's madness. The fed is in trouble. It could be majorly majorly damaging to the world economy unfortunately. It may be that the rightest wing austrian elements of the party get proved right, but that line of thinking has been failing to achieve much for about 300 years.


  • #2334
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,019 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Well it shows celebrity endorsements mean nothing.

    I'd be concerned for public unrest and riots in the US over the next week.

    That's might be the biggest worry. We know about the tensions between the police and some sections of the Black community. I can't see it improving anytime soon.

    The Brexit vote had led to a rise of racist attacks in the UK. Will this have a similarish impact in the States.


  • #2335
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Felix Jones is God wrote: »
    Im just wondering what happens when the historical rape case that was filed in court a few months ago proceeds . Then there's going to be fun

    It's been dropped. Just like the other two against him were when he paid to make them go away.


  • #2336
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    With a Republican Senate, Congress and soon-to-be Supreme Court, it'll take decades to undo the damage done in the US in the next four years... and it's not like the planet had a whole lot of time (if we're not already past the point of no return already, ecologically speaking) to begin with.


  • #2337
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    It's been dropped. Just like the other two against him were when he paid to make them go away.

    Call me cynical but a 20 year old case where the victim only decides to go to the authorities when the accused is running for the highest office in the land stinks to high hell.

    If we're assuming money changed hands, I would imagine it was as likely to be provided by the Democratic party to instigate the case as it was by anyone from the Trump campaign to bury it.


  • #2338
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,341 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    mfceiling wrote: »
    "Mainstream" politics has a lot to answer for. With Brexit and now Trump why are people turning their back on normality and voting this way? Why is there such backlash voting now taking place?

    While we can play the blame game for bad political decisions we're not without fault. How many single issue people did we elect to the dail who's main electioneering tool was to throw mud at the establishment?

    I mean FFS we have a TD holding protests trying to influence the policing of the country and the protests themselves are to stop politics in policing :confused:

    He's actually protesting against himself!


  • #2339
    Adbrowne
    Site Banned Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Adbrowne


    Felix Jones is God wrote: »
    Stupid people vote too....when you actually encourage stupid people to vote....bad things happen!!

    FF ruined Ireland, FG punished the people. Who did we vote into power 9-10 months ago?

    Maybe the yanks just wanted serious change as opposed to more of the same.


  • #2340
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,116 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    If they wanted serious change there'd be a viable third party instead of the absolute jokeshop collection they gave themselves to choose from.

    North Korea had a better selection.


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  • #2341
    Adbrowne
    Site Banned Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Adbrowne


    pickarooney wrote: »
    If they wanted serious change there'd be a viable third party instead of the absolute jokeshop collection they gave themselves to choose from.

    North Korea had a better selection.

    Trump isnt part of the establishment. Hard to believe a Simpsons episode came true either.

    Would love to be a fly on the wall when Trump meets Obama next week.


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