# \* \* \* ! Official 2016 US Presidential Election Day Thread ! \* \* \* **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 7, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947 "2016-11-07T14:05:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 65
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1281 "2016-11-09T05:19:27Z")
In another race a lot of people had a lot of interest in, the NC governors’ race looks headed for a recount. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1282 "2016-11-09T05:19:51Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > Well here’s one thing for you’ll to be happy about Sherriff Joe Arpaio lost. Great, that leaves him free to be Attorney General :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1283 "2016-11-09T05:19:58Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > Well here’s one thing for you’ll to be happy about Sherriff Joe Arpaio lost. So he’s available for ICE director? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1284 "2016-11-09T05:20:17Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Once and for all: _Considering all the people he has screwed over throughout his career, and his lifelong goal of doing for Trump and Trump alone, why the holy FUCK do you Republicans believe a fucking thing that comes out of his mouth?_ > > Why won’t any of you step up and answer this one simple question? Don’t ask me, man, I voted for Johnson tonight and Rubio in the primaries, so I never bought anything he was selling. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1285 "2016-11-09T05:20:30Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I’m afraid to check Facebook. People are probably going ballistic. Mine, if it discusses the election at all, is all about reassuring people that this isn’t the end. A lot of God being in control and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1286 "2016-11-09T05:20:32Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > honesty and truth triumphs over condescending and dishonest opposition and media… We’re talking about Trump, so I have no fucking idea what you are going on about. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1287 "2016-11-09T05:20:59Z")
I still think if Trump actually ends up in office, he will do something impeachable within 6 months. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1288 "2016-11-09T05:21:39Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I still think if Trump actually ends up in office, he will do something impeachable within 6 months. Pence is not quite as horrible as a human being but he would be worse as president. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1289 "2016-11-09T05:21:49Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > Actually at this stage I’m hoping that Trump really is a Russian puppet. The world is probably in better shape that way than if dangerously unpredictable Trump is actually the POTUS. > > Sure it will probably lead to the breakup of the EU and the collapse of NATO, just a few little things, but Russia doesn’t want a Nuclear war, thats bad for business. Putin will save us all (unless you’re Ukrainian I guess)… ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1290 "2016-11-09T05:22:18Z")
The idea of fleeing the country has to at least be going through Clinton’s mind. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1291 "2016-11-09T05:22:23Z")
Looks like we’re about to vote a big piece of trash for president, and he was elected by nothing but trash. That’s my take on it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1292 "2016-11-09T05:22:28Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I still think if Trump actually ends up in office, he will do something impeachable within 6 months. I doubt it. More likely he’ll be a placeholder president. I still think he doesn’t really want the job. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1293 "2016-11-09T05:22:33Z")
If this were a sports event, would Kellyanne Conway win Coach of the Year award? In terms of sheer difficulty, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1294 "2016-11-09T05:22:38Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > Well, democracy was fun. I guess let’s try something else for a while. The last numbers I saw showed Trump leading the popular vote nationwide. It seems to me like democracy is working as designed. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1295 "2016-11-09T05:22:43Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I still think if Trump actually ends up in office, he will do something impeachable within 6 months. Who is going to impeach him? The Freedom Caucus? ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1296 "2016-11-09T05:22:43Z")
Trump is a stupid buffon who shouldn’t runa corner shop, how bad is HRC that she couldn’t get 2% more votes and win? How much did she suck? Also, too many “informed, intelligent” people misread the US badly, even if HRC wins,. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1297 "2016-11-09T05:22:54Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Bottom line: > > White America took back its country tonight. > > And it’s just getting started. I don’t think it’s racial. I think you folks on the left are missing the anti-globalist backlash. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1298 "2016-11-09T05:22:58Z")
Whose gonna be SecState? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1299 "2016-11-09T05:22:58Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > The guy was attempting to have hope. Just because you’re probably as upset at the rest of us doesn’t mean we need you rubbing it in. I mean, this guy was on your side. But Trump wasn’t on his side. The (R) next to his name is nothing more than a convenience, a way of getting nominated. A large part of the Republican Party repudiated him, including arguably the most powerful of them (Paul Ryan). Trump owes them nothing. He’s a loose cannon. Now, you may say that he took the worst aspects of the party and embraced them, and I’d agree with you on that. But that isn’t the same as saying he’s **Bricker** ’s boy. I said a while back that if Hillary couldn’t get enough people to vote for her over the obvious menace that Trimp is it was all on her. So it came to pass. She somehow screwed up an election that she couldn’t lose, and it falls on the Democrats to look inward and figure out why rather than lashing out at the people Hillary clearly caused to turn away and vote for a lunatic. I think you gravely underestimate the antipathy for her, and the tactics the Democratic Party used to rig her nomination. ---
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1300 "2016-11-09T05:23:03Z")
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