# 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:** 409
**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:** [December 26, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8179 "2020-12-26T23:33:45Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Just stop it. And stop people like me from worrying too much, and clicking on their “news” articles from now 'til 1/20? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8180 "2020-12-27T01:03:25Z")
Before you guys blame the run of the mill trump voter for being nutso, remember- on Fox news, OANN, and conservative talk radio- they have been told, in excruciating detail- how the election was rigged. They have seen no evidence to the contrary. They totally believe it. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8181 "2020-12-27T01:06:30Z")
I can blame grown ass adults for their actions if I want to. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8182 "2020-12-27T01:07:44Z")
Oh sure, blame them for being a trump voters, but they arent necessarily crazy for thinking the election was stolen. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8183 "2020-12-27T01:12:45Z")
They are crazy to not have the intellectual and critical thinking skills to wisely choose their news sources. Or in other words, they are hopeless idiots. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8184 "2020-12-27T01:25:58Z")
Yeah. A coworker Trump moron strolled up to me last week and said a few astoundingly dumb things that he was obviously fed from some bullshit “news” source. The main dumb ass thing was, following his hope to get a stimulus check: “Democrats only want to give us $600, but Trump wants to give us $2000.” This is his dumb fucking world in a nutshell. I’m not at work to discuss politics, so I didn’t ask him if he knows who contols the senate. Or if he knows how bills become law. Or if he tied his own shoes that morning. I just said: “Good luck getting that past McConnell.” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8185 "2020-12-27T01:49:02Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > “Democrats only want to give us $600, but Trump wants to give us $2000.” Well, he is not 100% wrong. The Dems were willing to _compromise_ for $600 _instead of nothing._ ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8186 "2020-12-27T01:56:16Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Before you guys blame the run of the mill trump voter for being nutso, remember- on Fox news, OANN, and conservative talk radio- they have been told, in excruciating detail- how the election was rigged. They have seen no evidence to the contrary. They totally believe it. Not really excruciating detail—just conjecture. How many times have Trump’s lawyers failed to present evidence in court now? 59 times or some thing? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8187 "2020-12-27T02:00:43Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Well, he is not 100% wrong. The Dems were willing to _compromise_ for $600 _instead of nothing._ Since it had passed the senate, he was wrong. If he had said “Congress” he would have been on track. He was completely unaware that Democrats originally wanted to provide much more. But fuck him, I’m not there at work to convince his dumb ass of anything. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8188 "2020-12-27T02:14:06Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It’s really hard to analyze generalized insanity. He _might_ be so delusional as to believe that no one of his greatness could possibly lose an election. But OTOH, his pathological narcissism alone might cause him to refuse to acknowledge results that he damn well knows are legitimate. I have come to the conclusion that True of False are completely irrelevant when it comes to Trump. All reality is subjective, all that matters is what people think. If people think that he won the election then he won the election. If people think that his inauguration crowds were larger, then they were larger. If his ball is found on the green even though everyone saw it go into the rough, then so long as no one argues against it, then it was hit on to the green. On the other hand if someone else were to to try the same trick then and Trump convinces people that that person cheated, then that person did indeed cheat. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8189 "2020-12-27T02:39:32Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > If his ball is found on the green even though everyone saw it go into the rough, then so long as no one argues against it, then it was hit on to the green. I would love to see Trump play golf against Little Rocket Man Kim in North Korea. Kim hits ball. It bounces once and goes 50 yards. A little man runs out, grabs the ball and runs to the hole where he plops it in. “Hole in One!” is announced, and everyone claps. Trump hits ball. It slice off into the rough. A little man pops out and mashes the ball into the ground with his heel. “Oh bad luck” is announced, and everyone laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8190 "2020-12-27T02:51:41Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I would love to see Trump play golf against Little Rocket Man Kim in North Korea. It would start World War III. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8191 "2020-12-27T03:03:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Trump hits ball. It slice off into the rough. A little man pops out and mashes the ball into the ground with his heel. “Oh bad luck” is announced, and everyone laughs. …and then the caddy takes off his hat, flings it like a frisbee at a statue and decapitates it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8192 "2020-12-27T04:58:29Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Not really excruciating detail—just conjecture. How many times have Trump’s lawyers failed to present evidence in court now? 59 times or some thing? Doesn’t matter. Trumpists think the evidence exists. Their current belief is that in every single court case, the courts refused to hear the case at all - all of them, all 59 or 60, were dismissed from even being heard on a made up technicality. The entire court system is part of the conspiracy. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8193 "2020-12-27T06:42:15Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Ever notice the things he accuses other people of are the exact things he does himself? There’s a subreddit for that. [r/TrumpcriticizesTrump](https://old.reddit.com/r/TrumpCriticizesTrump/) Ever day, Trump does something that he criticized in a tweet in the past. There are tweets on pretty much everything he does that when someone else did them in the past, he chastised them for it. An example of one posted on the day that Trump did all those pardons: [“The Boston killer will soon be asking for a Presidential pardon—don’t give it to him, Mr. President—hang tough!” 22 April 2013](https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/326370463578222592) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8194 "2020-12-27T08:08:31Z")
Joke #2: The Old Man One day, Moses, Jesus and a old man were playing golf. They got to a water hole, and Moses was up to tee off first. So, he took his shot, and it landed squarely in the water. But Moses parted the water, took another shot, and landed next to the cup. Jesus was up next, and his shot ended up close to the same place. But Jesus walked out onto the water, and took another shot. He landed even closer to the cup. ``` The old man stepped up, and took his shot. He also landed in almost the same spot, in the middle of the water. But a frog came by, and picked up the ball. It started to hop away when an eagle came swooping down on it, carrying it over the green. As it flew over, the frog dropped the ball. The ball then rolled into the hole for a perfect hole in one. Moses then turns to Jesus and says, "I hate playing golf with your father." ``` ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8195 "2020-12-27T09:26:14Z")
@DrDeth, that was difficult to read because of the need to horizontal-scroll. That happens because you indented your paragraphs with blank spaces at the beginning of them. ``` Like this. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8196 "2020-12-27T09:31:04Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Before you guys blame the run of the mill trump voter for being nutso, remember- on Fox news, OANN, and conservative talk radio- they have been told, in excruciating detail- how the election was rigged. They have seen no evidence to the contrary. They totally believe it. > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > They are crazy to not have the intellectual and critical thinking skills to wisely choose their news sources. Or in other words, they are hopeless idiots. And worse, they don’t have the critical thinking skillz to see how far beyond implausible it is that the election could have been so thoroughly rigged by so many parties in so many states in such implausible ways. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8197 "2020-12-27T12:25:24Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > And worse, they don’t have the critical thinking skillz to see how far beyond implausible it is that the election could have been so thoroughly rigged by so many parties in so many states in such implausible ways. This. They are not being “fed” anything. They are CHOOSING to EAT crap. A one-year-old is fed things. A fifty-year-old EATS things. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8198 "2020-12-27T14:58:02Z")
Last nights revelation was that everyone against trump - the courts, the governers, the media, everyone - had been bought off by China and were getting the orders from them. And the attack in Nashville was carried out by a missile by the deep state to destroy evidence - held in the NSA ‘secret’ offices in that building. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=408) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=410)