9th November 2020, 9:26 PM
I just spent a few hours reviewing this thread, and what a ride. It wasn't until now that I felt like it was okay to do so.
And I propose we re-name this thread to "Weltall is always right" because this thread is a four and a half year saga of me totally being right at almost every turn. (I did say that Biden would not beat Trump, but this was before COVID-19 came along, and I feel that the numbers from this election make it very clear that Donald Trump would have won if China hadn't forced him to fuck up literally everything about pandemic management and crater the economy.) This election makes me breathe a sigh of relief, and I do feel that Joe Biden will definitely be a better president, I think the Democratic Party got a gift from god and the left have earned their place at the table, because we are absolutely necessary to your future success and there's no denying it now. But, if we are into more lying to ourselves, we will look at this as a rejection of Trumpism and the alt-right. Clearly, the Democrats' strategy of "hoping good republicans will change parties" did not work at all. Trump earned almost 8 million more votes than he did four years ago, and his popular vote total is second-best of all time. If the Democrats move to the left with vigor, running aggressively on progressive policies while framing them to appeal to moderates, they will grow and win. If they do anything else, they will be lucky to survive another loss.
I also think that winning the two runoff elections in Georgia would make Kamala Harris, the effective tie-breaking senator in a 50-50 party split, the most powerful vice-president in American history, as well as (perhaps) the most powerful woman on earth. It would not be wise for the party to emphasize this fact in Georgia.
And I propose we re-name this thread to "Weltall is always right" because this thread is a four and a half year saga of me totally being right at almost every turn. (I did say that Biden would not beat Trump, but this was before COVID-19 came along, and I feel that the numbers from this election make it very clear that Donald Trump would have won if China hadn't forced him to fuck up literally everything about pandemic management and crater the economy.) This election makes me breathe a sigh of relief, and I do feel that Joe Biden will definitely be a better president, I think the Democratic Party got a gift from god and the left have earned their place at the table, because we are absolutely necessary to your future success and there's no denying it now. But, if we are into more lying to ourselves, we will look at this as a rejection of Trumpism and the alt-right. Clearly, the Democrats' strategy of "hoping good republicans will change parties" did not work at all. Trump earned almost 8 million more votes than he did four years ago, and his popular vote total is second-best of all time. If the Democrats move to the left with vigor, running aggressively on progressive policies while framing them to appeal to moderates, they will grow and win. If they do anything else, they will be lucky to survive another loss.
I also think that winning the two runoff elections in Georgia would make Kamala Harris, the effective tie-breaking senator in a 50-50 party split, the most powerful vice-president in American history, as well as (perhaps) the most powerful woman on earth. It would not be wise for the party to emphasize this fact in Georgia.
YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER
WE STAND AT THE DOOR
WE STAND AT THE DOOR