What will the outcome be of the mid terms?

[Jas_lov]

And now NBC just called it for Hobbs. Another loss for Trump.

[GrantDawg]

NBC calls it for Hobbs.

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[Galaril]

Woohoo.

[Thomkal]

Man glad Arizona dodged that bullet

[Ksyrup]

pic.twitter.com/tEWAkeyjzU

— Acyn (@Acyn) November 15, 2022

[GrantDawg]

https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/statu...tJdVuGLjw&s=19

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/statu...tJdVuGLjw&s=19

Oooof! You know Liz had been sitting on that - waiting for the perfect time to publish it.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

Man glad Arizona dodged that bullet

You? This may have been one of my best Mondays ever! We are in Vegas, I came out ahead almost 500 gambling, we just got back to our room from a boys to men concert which was amazing and then I see Hobbs wins! Gonna be a great drive back to AZ!

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by BYU 14

You? This may have been one of my best Mondays ever! We are in Vegas, I came out ahead almost 500 gambling, we just got back to our room from a boys to men concert which was amazing and then I see Hobbs wins! Gonna be a great drive back to AZ!

I'm assuming they're just "Men" at this point, and "Middle Aged Men" at that

SI

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by BYU 14

You? This may have been one of my best Mondays ever! We are in Vegas, I came out ahead almost 500 gambling, we just got back to our room from a boys to men concert which was amazing and then I see Hobbs wins! Gonna be a great drive back to AZ!

There was much rejoicing I'm sure

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I'm assuming they're just "Men" at this point, and "Middle Aged Men" at that

SI

I guess technically Men to Geriatrics would be more appropriate 😎

[CrimsonFox]

is it safe to come out now?

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

is it safe to come out now?

Yeah.

[sterlingice]

Define "safe"

SI

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Define "safe"

SI

It's a big locked sturdy container used to store valuables. But that's not important right now.

[CrimsonFox]

i gave red wave my token vote....as that's what I most feared.

[Kodos]

Red Wave '22 shirts are going for cheap now!

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

It's a big locked sturdy container used to store valuables. But that's not important right now.

And don't call me Shirley!

SI

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Red Wave '22 shirts are going for cheap now!

The kids in the Africa meme will be pleased

[CrimsonFox]

Is it just me or did Biden completely disappear from the midterms campaigns

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Red Wave '22 shirts are going for cheap now!

Will be pretty valuable in 2122.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Is it just me or did Biden completely disappear from the midterms campaigns

He didn't hold a ton of rallies (like Trump and Obama did), but he did a lot of fundraisers, made appearances in swing areas across the Midwest, gave the big speech about democracy, and then had the big rally in PA with Obama. He was just smart enough to go places that would enhance the vote, rather than drive out both sides.

[GrantDawg]

Republicans officially won the House.

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[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

And don't call me Shirley!

SI

[albionmoonlight]

Repubs: We underestimated the importance of candidate quality.

Herschel Walker:
Y'all wanna hear the story about the baby hog whose mama was a Christmas tree?

— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) November 16, 2022

I laughed.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Will be pretty valuable in 2122.

omg this made me bust a gut

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

He didn't hold a ton of rallies (like Trump and Obama did), but he did a lot of fundraisers, made appearances in swing areas across the Midwest, gave the big speech about democracy, and then had the big rally in PA with Obama. He was just smart enough to go places that would enhance the vote, rather than drive out both sides.

I just never heard a single word from him on the radio or tv...never heard reports of any rallies or appearances...nothing. Granted I wasn't seeking out anything. But our radio and tv was constantly blasting mcconnell's shitty lies

I so hate it here

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Republicans officially won the House.

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But it's looking like their majority will be only something like 221-214, which is a pretty slim margin and unlikely to be able to do much - especially with a Democratic Senate.

[bronconick]

Originally Posted by Izulde

But it's looking like their majority will be only something like 221-214, which is a pretty slim margin and unlikely to be able to do much - especially with a Democratic Senate.

Current Democratic House has been between +4 and +9, so it'll probably be a show of how good Pelosi was at herding cats and how much the GOP will struggle.

[larrymcg421]

Yeah Pelosi gets so much shit, but she was able to pass almost anything she wanted.

[GrantDawg]

End the end of the Pelosi Era is upon us.

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[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

End the end of the Pelosi Era is upon us.

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Let's now go to Kevin McCarthy:

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Yeah Pelosi gets so much shit, but she was able to pass almost anything she wanted.

Pelosi and McConnell took a ton of flack from the other side (and a decent amount of friendly fire). But they each knew how to get shit done on the Hill.

[cuervo72]

Well, they're not really going to try to do anything anyway, so I'm not sure why unity matters legislatively. They won't try to do anything to help anybody, because that might make people less mad come 2024. They can't do anything too harmful, because if it even made it through the Senate it would get slapped down by veto.

So we get two years of Anger Circus Theatre.

[bronconick]

Don't forget the "wait until the last second to fund the government" game every few weeks or months.

[Lathum]

Their first press conference with McCarthy as leader was to announce they will go after Hunter Biden. Make no mistake about it, MTG is running that caucus.

[Lathum]

Sounds like in a shock to no one Kari Lake is going to challenge the election results.

[GrantDawg]

Whatever people's view of Pelosi is, she was loved by her peers.

I want to reinforce something. This was not a normal "go get some reaction from lawmakers" moment. Many Democrats seemed overwhelmed by the moment (or emotion) after Pelosi's speech. Have I seen anything like this in my 40+ years at the Capitol? Not that I can recall.

— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) November 17, 2022

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Repubs: We underestimated the importance of candidate quality.

Herschel Walker:
Y'all wanna hear the story about the baby hog whose mama was a Christmas tree?

— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) November 16, 2022

I laughed.

Also Herschel Walker: Hold my beer Herschel Walker Veers Off Speech to Rant About Werewolves, Vampires

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Sounds like in a shock to no one Kari Lake is going to challenge the election results.

Is she going to hire Code Ninjas or whatever to challenge the results?

(I can't remember - were they called Code Ninjas or is that the little kids computer school near my house? Either way, equally effective at finding nonexistent election fraud)

SI

[Swaggs]

This is awesome - a comedian repeats the intro to Herschel's vampire speech, verbatim, at a comedy club and gets laughs.

Roy Wood Jr. Proves Herschel Walker's 'Vampire' Speech Is Comedy Gold | HuffPost Entertainment

[Ksyrup]

Roy Wood is awesome. I knew of him but really got to appreciate him from This Week at the Comedy Cellar, which was a weekly show late night Fridays on Comedy Central that showed clips of 3-4 comedians doing stand-up about the week's hot topics, interspersed with clips of them sitting around shooting the shit. He was hilarious just sitting around with other comedians.

I think Covid killed the show and it hasn't come back - although I hope it does.

[albionmoonlight]

They've had 2 years to prepare for being in the majority, and they lead with Hunter Biden's Laptop?

Is Biden the least corrupt politician to ever live? How in goodness' name is that the big smoking gun they are trying to impress people with?

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Is she going to hire Code Ninjas or whatever to challenge the results?

(I can't remember - were they called Code Ninjas or is that the little kids computer school near my house? Either way, equally effective at finding nonexistent election fraud)

SI

Code Ninjas is the kids place. Cyber Ninjas is the fake audit company.

[GrantDawg]

Pretty simple answer in that. Media denied that the laptop was valid, and then it seems it was. Republicans desperately needs people to stop trusting media for them to be able subvert them into their delusions, and this is a way to do that. "Don't trust mainstream media, just trust us."
From what I have seen of what they can verify off that laptop, they really have zero on Joe. They can present things to make it seem like it is possible that maybe something was presented to him that in the end never happened. Beyond that, it is zilch. But they will play that up big. Really it is the same as Bengazi. Nothing really there, but you just keep saying there is over and over again.

Edit: was answering Albion.

[Ksyrup]

They are going to do the same thing with Fauci. They might find some inconsequential inconsistency through hours and hours of testimony and then they are going to harp on it as if someone tried to overthrow the government.

[bhlloy]

Plus there is a certain amount of “both sides” in preparation for 2024 when it comes to Trump, which I think is probably a bigger factor.

[sterlingice]

Expect lots of setting up false equivalences: "They won't comply with our subpoena where we asked for all of their damning evidence about that pizza sex dungeon. So when Trump was not responding to their subpoenas - that was the same thing"

And lots of repeat-it-enough-to-elevate-it: "As the representative from the great state of Texas, I'm going to say 'Joe Biden is a pedophile' over and over for the next 5 minutes to try and get it in people's subconscious"

So, basically, turning the House committees into Fox News for a couple of years

SI

[Ghost Econ]

How are they able to investigate a private citizens laptop? That seems like a pretty dangerous precedent.

[GrantDawg]

If they can do it to Hunter, they can do it to you.

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