US Presidential Election 2016: Sidney's Victory Lap

[Nembo_Kid]

Crooked Hilary has been destroyed. Great to see a career politician left reeling.

[Tassotti]

A great day for democracy

[GeoffreyBoycott]

@Nembo_Kid

Crooked Hilary has been destroyed. Great to see a career politician left reeling.

i can’t believe we have found common ground and are in agreement on something. Who said this was a divisive election.

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

TFK is united in our hatred of crooked Hillary

[balbec]

It’s time to drain the swamp!!

[anon7035031]

A lot of boxes being packed in Washington as we speak. Looks a bit like the weekend Lehman collapsed in 2008.

[Tassotti]

we done it buddy

[Bandage]

@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy

[Julio_Geordio]

@Julio_Geordio

There are a few things that would worry me.

A lot of the polls are straight shootouts between Clinton & Trump when that isn’t the only choice. A few % for Stein, Johnson or write ins for Bernie (for example as some have campaigned for) could pare Clintons % lead in places.
A silent Trump vote. If there was to be an underestimate of support I’d imagine it would fall on his side.
A fuck it vote. They are both awful candidates and some people just want to watch the world burn.
The nature of the vote means that it’s almost irrelevant what your overall %'s are, the important ones are the battleground states which are closer than the 3-4% of the overall Hillary has, so even a small swing here could be enough.

A silent fuck it vote is wot won it.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Tim_Riggins

@Fagan_ODowd

I’ve said it before, Europeans don’t understand Americans and have a tendency to see things through a Democrat lens when they try to. Especially in Ireland where RTE is like the broadcasting wing of the Democrat party and is especially well disposed to the Clinton wing of the Democrat party. Niall O’Dowd who is a fully paid up Clinton cheerleader is probably the voice that’s heard the most on Irish media analysing American politics.

I remember 1980 well when people on this side of the Atlantic didn’t believe for a second that America would elect a dangerous demagogue like Reagan and they expected against all available evidence that Carter would win out inthe end, even when it was obvious that it was going to be a Reagan landslide.

Fagan smashed it early as well. Listen to the old sage Sidney et al.

I’m giving that a like. May 5. What a call.

[myboyblue]

Congratulations @anon7035031, a well earned victory.

[HBV]

Delighted for @anon7035031. Delighted for Donald Trump. Delighted for crooked Hillary. Delighted for that wanker Niall ODowd. Delighted for democracy.

There an an awful lot of uninformed ignorant loudmouths posting here.

[Spidey]

The People Who Have Been Mugged Off thread is going to be busy today

[Horsebox]

Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!

[myboyblue]

Some fella at Trump’s victory speech shouted “kill Obama” and nobody even flinched. Free speech rocks.

[TreatyStones]

Trump has absolutely torn up the rule book in relation to running for Office. It’s like he read a book on how to become president and decided to do the exact opposite.

[Bad_Winner]

According to my twitter feed and twitter in general, black Americans are seeing this as a pretty clear act of racism.
Seem to be battening down the hatches.

[Watch_The_Break]

It’s the first time the two major parties haven’t had candidates they can control as well though. Trump called bullshit on a lot of issues that a regular GOP candidate would never touch. While the blatantly racist nature of his campaign can’t be overlooked, the whole straight talking thing was what won the swing voters. What’s possible now is that democratic party will experience major internal turmoil with an outsider winning their candidacy next time. If that happens the political agenda of the last 30 years is dead and buried, presuming that this has not already happened.

[TreatyStones]

@Watch_The_Break

It’s the first time the two major parties haven’t had candidates they can control as well though. Trump called bullshit on a lot of issues that a regular GOP candidate would never touch. While the blatantly racist nature of his campaign can’t be overlooked, the whole straight talking thing was what won the swing voters. What’s possible now is that democratic party will experience major internal turmoil with an outsider winning their candidacy next time. If that happens the political agenda of the last 30 years is dead and buried, presuming that this has not already happened.

Do you think Trump will moderate now that he has power?
There isn’t really any reason for him to do so. He has been elected on a mandate to cause havoc

[Watch_The_Break]

Black Americans overwhelmingly supported one of the least likeable candidates in living memory in the primaries. Then they didn’t turn out to vote. Not the story of the election by any means but they (the black political class at least) are as tied to Clinton as anyone.