# Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 3, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618 "2020-11-03T05:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 306
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6110 "2020-11-15T14:23:29Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > That’s not a concession. That is more whining. Yep. Here’s his most recent, a few minutes ago: > ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6111 "2020-11-15T14:24:38Z")
> [@digs](#): > > > I’ll bet Biden writes one no matter what the current ignoramus does. > > _Dear Michelle…_ This doesn’t make sense. 😕 The letters are from OUTgoing Presidents to INcoming ones. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6112 "2020-11-15T14:27:28Z")
**digs** seems to be imagining Michelle Obama as the next President after Biden. At least that’s my guess. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6113 "2020-11-15T14:32:40Z")
Phew. I thought he meant Bachman. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6114 "2020-11-15T14:51:05Z")
Trump is a scam artist, but that doesn’t mean he, too, can’t be scammed. Trump’s campaign is a gravy train not just for Trump himself but for people he cuts the check to. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6115 "2020-11-15T14:53:37Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Phew. I thought he meant Bachman. Ahhhhhhh! So sorry to put that mental image out there. Nope, I was picturing the the Michelle/Pete ticket… But I’m fine with Michelle/Liz… or hey, Kamala/Bernie would be a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6116 "2020-11-15T14:55:58Z")
He’s conceding the fact that he is not regarded as the legitimate winner except by his rabid supporters - that by itself is a concession of sorts. He’s acknowledging that he will be forced from power. He is now confronted with the fact that he can’t just call his own shots anymore. It’s probably the way he felt when he was confronted with bankruptcy in the 1990s. This is political bankruptcy. He’s doing now what he did then, using his brand and whatever value that still has as leverage. It remains to be seen what he can do with that leverage. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6117 "2020-11-15T14:56:24Z")
Yes, [Brad Parscale](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-manager-parscales-companies-got-nearly-40-million-2020-5) is the poster boy for sucking on Trump’s teat. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6118 "2020-11-15T14:58:48Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Yes, [Brad Parscale](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-manager-parscales-companies-got-nearly-40-million-2020-5) is the poster boy for **sucking on Trump’s teat.** - My waistline thanks you for that imagery. The rest of me curses you. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6119 "2020-11-15T14:59:27Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > It may be what some lawyers are, and maybe what most big firm lawyers are (at least in a sense), but is not what most are. You are entitled to your opinion, but mine differs. Very few lawyers have the luxury of declining paying business. Sure, they will consider the possibility of suffering financial or professional losses as a result of representing a particular client, but a great many (majority?) will cloak themselves in the idea that everyone deserves representation, and doing what is permissible w/in the law, to justify earning a fee. The vast majority of lawyers I have encountered in my 35 yrs as a lawyer and judge, are FAR more interested in earning a fee, than in advancing some philosophical position. The practice of law is a business first and foremost. Like I said - for most lawyers, some clients are TOO scummy, or the representation would potentially leave them open to professional sanction. But otherwise, so long as the asshole client pays up front (or has attachable assets), or the potential backend profit is large enough… ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6120 "2020-11-15T15:44:32Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > He’s acknowledging that he will be forced from power. You know, maybe it’s a good thing that he’s focused so much attention on baseless allegations of fraud. As long as he continues to fight the election results he will spend less time going scorched earth before he’s dragged out of office. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6121 "2020-11-15T16:06:41Z")
[![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t7qtrgHFOWi8dCvFDwwztbSVZy_p7BSOn6a-pXN7e60r8jGDgFVaYnKw9KD52pJweHmTC6aIhYPAuFaFOQfrf1964g0KatuqZ2rmRgO-dXrKmHvG0s1a7-h8K9GqIpD4FVB1DuIGQ=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/LiqKautqfsUxBpWx8) ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6122 "2020-11-15T16:14:06Z")
That interview was priceless. One of the few times he has been absolutely dominated in an interview. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6123 "2020-11-15T16:17:00Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > That interview was priceless. One of the few times he has been absolutely dominated in an interview The key to his domination was that he showed just enough respect and “I am listening to you” attitude towards Trump that Trump kept going. Trump wants to think people look up to and respect him. That interviewer conveyed that and it makes Trump look so bad. It will be studied often in the future. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6124 "2020-11-15T16:25:14Z")
I think journalists saw the way that Jim Acosta got roughhoused and have been intimidated by him. To his credit, Acosta did not back down, either, even as others in his field like Major Garrett seemed to attack him for violating some sort of bullshit decorum that exists when a sitting president tells endless streams of lies. Jonathan Swan clearly made up his mind before the interview how he was going to respond to the president’s lies. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6125 "2020-11-15T16:26:18Z")
Sorry, I just got up here … what interview are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6126 "2020-11-15T16:32:53Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > I see a real possibility that he will either kill himself, or go postal and get taken down. [The horror, the horror.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKcAYMb5uk4) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6127 "2020-11-15T16:36:00Z")
Jonathan Swan interviewing Trump: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaaTZkqsaxY) ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6128 "2020-11-15T16:44:25Z")
To be fair to journalists who have the job of interviewing Trump, I could see how whatever preparation one might have coming into an interview could quickly get derailed. Trump has a way of responding to questions indirectly and or directly and then pivoting to stream of consciousness in which he floats from bullet point to bullet point. Unless you’re a well-organized and prepared journalist and unless you’ve had considerable experience interviewing people, it would be very easy to forget to ask all the questions you wanted to ask. It would be very easy to respond to something Trump said because it’s a shiny object that caught your attention, and before you know it, your 15 or 30 minutes are up. Swan kept the interview on his terms, which is pretty impressive. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6129 "2020-11-15T17:12:25Z")
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