tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post2436300069807801772..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: Election MapTrooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-85078196491223688012016-11-10T18:33:23.180-05:002016-11-10T18:33:23.180-05:00At least let him be sworn in first.At least let him be sworn in first.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-61493058261922077862016-11-10T13:14:17.584-05:002016-11-10T13:14:17.584-05:00It is a class not an ideology election. The workin...It is a class not an ideology election. The working class are the unprotected. Their children do not get scholarships from affirmative action. Their jobs go to illegal immigrants or visa immigrants that they have to train or lose their severance packages.<br /><br />Donald Trump was elected to address these issues. He needs to do so forthwith. Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-88718272635869925182016-11-10T12:34:54.619-05:002016-11-10T12:34:54.619-05:00I listened in on a conversation with one of the Co...I listened in on a conversation with one of the Congressmen in outstate Wisconsin this morning. Interesting, and instructive for other areas in other states as well.<br /><br />In that district, which is mostly rural with a few middle to small cities, Romney/Ryan beat Obama/Biden in 2012 by 1.5%. But in 2016, Trump?pence beat Clinton/Kaine by more than 30%. Not a typo.<br /><br />The Congressman's analysis was that for voters in non-urban areas, economic and security issues have replaced the Democrats' tradition of pitting groups against each other based on social and political issues. Further, the Democrats continued push for the farthest left social agenda will continue to drive moderate Democrats slightly right into the moderate Republican category. This is a big game changer.Michael Hazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139261384414481528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-64582108945717700152016-11-10T12:21:41.463-05:002016-11-10T12:21:41.463-05:00"determined this election and will continue t...<i>"determined this election and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future."</i><br /><br />Whatever comes before that phrase right after an election is wrong virtually every time.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-30058739609624971352016-11-10T11:38:06.940-05:002016-11-10T11:38:06.940-05:00Amartel said...
This was a change election. No mor...Amartel said...<br />This was a change election. No more identity politics<br /><br />Not quite true. With this election it is now possible to proclaim your white identity. The white vote is a bloc and will vote that way going forward. Sure you have your Bernie Bros and your Julia's and your pajama boys but the white working class determined this election and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.<br /><br />(These two comments were reversed and should be read in the opposite order)Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-77492058040505006742016-11-10T11:36:17.343-05:002016-11-10T11:36:17.343-05:00Here is an example of why this is so. You will not...<a href="http://www.infowars.com/shock-video-black-mob-viciously-beats-white-trump-voter/" rel="nofollow"> Here is an example of why this is so. You will not see it on the mainstream media. But it will make it out there on the internet.</a>Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-63848523253503979402016-11-10T11:35:10.999-05:002016-11-10T11:35:10.999-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-34089814026377410742016-11-10T10:49:22.989-05:002016-11-10T10:49:22.989-05:00Allen, Slightly different results here in Dane Co...Allen, Slightly different results here in Dane County.<br /><br />Trump 23%<br /><br />Clinton 71%ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-67158288980024508752016-11-10T07:10:03.693-05:002016-11-10T07:10:03.693-05:00How is this for red? I live in Polk County WI, and...How is this for red? I live in Polk County WI, and the final totals are such --<br /><br />Trump: 61.1% or 13,864 votes<br /><br />Hillary: 33.4% or 7,568 votes<br /><br />AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-53330387940179700742016-11-09T23:24:35.243-05:002016-11-09T23:24:35.243-05:00When an infant is in its cradle, you can see all t...When an infant is in its cradle, you can see all the possibilities of humanity in his form. Somewhere in adolesence or early manhood, all the promise is voided and you can see how he has reverted to the mean....Trump is in his crib. He now lives in the world of counter factuals. Because nothing has been done, everything is possible......I think he has a good shot at lowering and simplifying taxes, enforcing immigration laws, maybe easing up on some regulatory practices, repealing Obamacare and doing a few other things. This will be a tremendous improvement over Obama and Hillary, but it will not usher in the era of peace and plenty......The Middle East will continue to be inhabited by homocidal maniacs, and nothing good will come from that place. Entitlements and deficits will continue to grow. Rich people will continue to be smug, and poor people will continue to be resentful. I guarantee that you will not spend the next four years dancing in the streets and singing his hosannas. Is been almost twenty four hours since he won the election. Time to get real.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-55171047439919581352016-11-09T21:00:56.943-05:002016-11-09T21:00:56.943-05:00The one group that literally saved Trump was white...The one group that literally saved Trump was white evangelicals. If he didn't get those like Romney didn't get them, HRC would have destroyed him. You can thank white evangelicals for putting Trump over the top.<br /><br />Edutcher, not all states dole out proportional electoral votes like NH does. That's why a state like California would benefit from it and break the duopoly that LA and the Bay Area have over CA. San Diego County flipped blue, so they came into play, but the majority of the state is red.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-81044399769804773852016-11-09T20:55:43.703-05:002016-11-09T20:55:43.703-05:00Something to conjure with.
Not only did The Donal...Something to conjure with.<br /><br />Not only did The Donald get 30% of the Hispanic vote, <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/trump-did-better-blacks-hispanics-romney-12-exit-polls-n681386" rel="nofollow">he got 8% of the black vote</a>. It's been a maxim of American politics that any R that gets more than 5% of the black vote wins.<br /><br />He did better with whites, blacks, and Hispanics than Romney.<br /><br />Tell me again he's not a uniter.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-79657003035526711152016-11-09T20:48:53.519-05:002016-11-09T20:48:53.519-05:00Methadras said...
That map tells the real tale. I...Methadras said...<br /><br /><i>That map tells the real tale. If the electoral college was proportionally awarded based on counties not states, no democrat would ever win again.</i><br /><br /><br />Sixty Grit said...<br /><br /><i>That's what I was thinkin', Meth - one elector per county - Cook county is the same as Inyo county, King county gets the same rep as Albany county Wyoming. If half the population is in 146 counties, nation wide, then give power back to the people of the earth. Children of the Corn!</i><br /><br />Actually, that's what it is. An electoral vote for each Congressional district and one for each Senator.<br /><br />The ME/NE model doles them out to whomever wins each given Congressional district and the 2 Senate votes to the overall winner of the state. Trump got an electoral vote out of ME.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-212342509177176362016-11-09T19:45:07.980-05:002016-11-09T19:45:07.980-05:00This was a change election. No more identity poli...This was a change election. No more identity politics. Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-1494633831643529762016-11-09T19:29:37.446-05:002016-11-09T19:29:37.446-05:00That's what I was thinkin', Meth - one ele...That's what I was thinkin', Meth - one elector per county - Cook county is the same as Inyo county, King county gets the same rep as Albany county Wyoming. If half the population is in 146 counties, nation wide, then give power back to the people of the earth. Children of the Corn! The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-15398845090031634952016-11-09T19:23:16.698-05:002016-11-09T19:23:16.698-05:00That map tells the real tale. If the electoral col...That map tells the real tale. If the electoral college was proportionally awarded based on counties not states, no democrat would ever win again.<br />Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-88759024164231258622016-11-09T19:16:32.432-05:002016-11-09T19:16:32.432-05:00Identity politics is a cheap and easy means to con...Identity politics is a cheap and easy means to control an arbitrary demographic by defining them as "good" or "bad" based on skin or sex. Kill it with fire then nuke it. Enough.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-27351937255970253422016-11-09T19:10:01.257-05:002016-11-09T19:10:01.257-05:00A guy I have known for over 50 years posted someth...A guy I have known for over 50 years posted something today - I am paraphrasing, but it went something like "Trump, we got you elected, but if you screw up and don't do what you promised, in four years we will come out of the woods again and throw your sorry ass out of office."<br /><br />I like that sentiment. That is the proper relationship between the people and those we elect.<br /><br />And for some reason I feel like listening to that most American of musical forms, Dixieland. This piece starts with a prayer, a plea, even, for Divine intervention, then it turns around and heads home with a powerful march into the future. I have posted it before, but it is one of my all time favorites:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5krFNUMQHI&list=RDq5krFNUMQHI#t=59" rel="nofollow">Just a Closer Walk.</a> The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-79746166619444776952016-11-09T17:58:04.310-05:002016-11-09T17:58:04.310-05:00The alt-right were intimately involved in this ele...The alt-right were intimately involved in this election. Steve Bannon is one of their architects and biggest fans. His influence will be enormous in the new administration.<br /><br />I think Trump is going to change the national symbol from the Bald Eagle to Pepe the Frog. It just seems right.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-18638942411762882832016-11-09T17:56:01.092-05:002016-11-09T17:56:01.092-05:00That is true. But they are were wearing a uniform....That is true. But they are were wearing a uniform. A uniform that gets you attacked and part of the knockout game and called a holder of white privilege and a loser at the affirmative action game. Trump appealed to them on a class basis not a ideological basis. The elites despise white people. Both the liberal and conservative intelligentsia wants us to die. To make way for a glorious future with immigrants to take the place of Native Americans. They wrote whole articles about how white communities need to die. <br /><br />You reap what you sow.<br /><br />Trump can build a voting coalition that can be very effective. The unprotected vs. the protected. Class not ideology. It is here.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-68810578615658601322016-11-09T17:51:49.242-05:002016-11-09T17:51:49.242-05:0030% of hispanics voted Trump.30% of hispanics voted Trump.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-34015900524207487242016-11-09T17:51:14.700-05:002016-11-09T17:51:14.700-05:00A lot of those white voters were Democrats.A lot of those white voters were Democrats.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-39483749717715815202016-11-09T17:50:48.703-05:002016-11-09T17:50:48.703-05:00This election was the natural result of the identi...This election was the natural result of the identity politics forced on us by Obama, the Democrats and the media. They talked about the blacks, the Hispanics and the Muslims as blocs that needed to be catered to and cosseted and protected. So much so that any criticism was deemed racist and beyond the pale. Then they gleefully touted how white Americans would soon be a minority in this country. So guess what? White people started voting as a bloc. They will continue to do so in future elections. <br /><br />You wanted polarizing identity politics libs. You got you polarizing identity politics right here.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-58042005609378375232016-11-09T17:50:15.951-05:002016-11-09T17:50:15.951-05:00Yes, yes, truly hate and misogyny have trumped lov...Yes, yes, truly hate and misogyny have trumped love and tolerance. If "love" is defined at screeching vulgar defamatory accusations of racism/sexism/homophobia and (old stand by) fascism at people you've never met who have concerns you've never bothered to give a shit about. Loving tolerance from the peaceful residents of Blue State America.<br />Assholes.<br />It doesn't have to make sense. It just has to salve the ego of the pseudo-elite.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-6005533476304824232016-11-09T17:46:17.982-05:002016-11-09T17:46:17.982-05:00A lot of those white voters were black or Hispanic...A lot of those white voters were black or Hispanic.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.com