# Rude 2026 Election Night Party Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 4, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389 "2026-11-04T04:02:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/241 "2026-11-06T13:22:31Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > This almost deserves a new thread (here, in the Pit), but, tl;dr, where are all the efforts at massive voter suppression? The death of our democracy? Yes I know about the purging of voter rolls and such, and if the Dems overcame that, then, awesome. Maybe not a Pit thread, but … > [@Who rigged the election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/1): > > The elections went smoothly, in every state. How did this happen? As the bad results came in, I expected Trump to tweet in all caps: “the election was rigged!” . I expected to hear reports of Republican election officials refusing to certify the counts. I expected Republicans to file court cases demanding recounts, or verifying signatures on mail-in ballots , or whatever. I expected to see news conferences similar to Rudolph Giuliani at the Four Seasons warehouse. I expected to see demonst… Also, my take on the subject is: the “DEPLOY THE PARACHUTES!!!” crowd may very well BE the reason why the election seems to have gone off smoothly. To ‘perfect’ my analogy, maybe the parachutes are WHY we didn’t smack into the Earth at terminal velocity 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/242 "2026-11-06T14:16:03Z")
Yes, like the way the 2000 computer crisis was averted by giant efforts to prevent it. Democracy requires work and maybe people put the effort in. ---
**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 6, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/243 "2026-11-06T15:46:07Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I haven’t seen the whole movie, but I have seen that particular clip with the actual subtitles, and it is indeed a very gripping, well acted, moving scene. [ Here it it is.](https://youtu.be/jjPexSrg9Y8). And [here is a 9-minute analysis](https://youtu.be/3Uc4_ATDjoU) of who is who and how dire the situation. Honestly I can see the rant being repeated in about two years only with ketchip. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/244 "2026-11-06T15:50:08Z")
Thanks! Since I last posted on that subject, I went back to YT and re-watched the _Downfall_ bunker clip with the actual subtitles. And the non-meme version echoes trump more than ever-- the ranting insults against the Generals, who he blames for his own mistakes, claiming he alone is the genius who was singularly responsible for taking over Europe, despite the failings, lies and backstabbing of the Generals and the men under them. The paranoia, the complete lack of self-reflection, the willingness to both construct a lie and then come to completely believe one’s own lie. It’s all there. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/245 "2026-11-06T16:07:14Z")
AFAIK, Bruno Ganz’ whole dialog throughout the movie were authentic, attested quotes by Hitler. Not in the exact same timeline, that’s a freedom the writers and director for a historical movie should have, but all were things he actually said in the bunker. Including the rant. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/246 "2026-11-06T16:24:39Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > My state (Washington) had 3 controversial things. In addition to those three (I agree with you on all counts, btw), there was a proposal in Kitsap County, where I live, to allow the public utility commission to study the feasibility of taking over supplying electricity. The current supplier, for-profit Puget Sound Energy owned mostly by private equity, successfully fooled enough voters with a massive, deceptive ad campaign using the money we overpaid them. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/247 "2026-11-06T16:29:58Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > The current supplier, for-profit Puget Sound Energy owned mostly by private equity, successfully fooled enough voters with a massive, deceptive ad campaign using the money we overpaid them. Bring back Puget Power! (Sorry, that’s the utility I grew up with in Bremerton.) ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/248 "2026-11-06T16:33:13Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > With the history of Jan. 6 I’ve seen one idiot, and there are certainly more, demanding a _January 6 Part 2_ to stop the seating of the new Congress. ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/249 "2026-11-06T16:34:35Z")
Wouldn’t surprise me one bit! But it sure won’t stop the new Congress being seated. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/250 "2026-11-06T16:36:11Z")
Especially if they try it on Jan 6 again. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/251 "2026-11-06T22:01:09Z")
I did see one posting that said ‘it’s not a blue wave, it’s not a blue tsunami, it’s a blu-kkake,’ and I LOL’d pretty hard. I wouldn’t amplify that out in the wild, but I will share it here. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/252 "2026-11-06T22:11:45Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > it’s a blu-kkake Pretty sure @ **Jack Batty** would be egregiously responsible for that!!! Finger wag!!! (good one - not bad) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/253 "2026-11-06T23:32:13Z")
I saw one headline that referred to Tuesday as ”an extinction-level event” for the Republican Party. I assumed it was from some overly-gleeful gloating left wing pundit. Nope. Ron deSantis. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/254 "2026-11-06T23:38:42Z")
I’d happily take credit if Jon Favreau hadn’t said it on _Pod Save America_ an hour earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/255 "2026-11-07T02:01:09Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I saw one headline that referred to Tuesday as ”an extinction-level event” for the Republican Party. I assumed it was from some overly-gleeful gloating left wing pundit. Nope. Ron deSantis. Yeah, because he has been so middle-of-the-road in his own state, when he had the power to affect things. He’s a hypocrite who is only trying to qualify himself for the nomination in 2028. ---
**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 7, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/256 "2026-11-07T09:40:19Z")
[![](https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/13/74/48/137448781cb6a1a7ce6321f538439385.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/13/74/48/137448781cb6a1a7ce6321f538439385.jpg) ---
**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:** [November 7, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/257 "2026-11-07T14:40:10Z")
I’m rewatching _Downfall_ now. These lines from the Goebbels character resonate (he had ordered unarmed civilians to sacrifice themselves to Russian attacks): > I don’t pity them. The people called this upon themselves. We didn’t force the people. They gave us a mandate, and now they’re paying for it. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/258 "2026-11-07T15:00:38Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > But all summer and fall all I heard was talk about large groups of ICE vote supressors blocking access to polling places all across the land. Trump trying to decertify elections, with the Supreme Court backing him up. Some reddit posts about glitched if not hacked voting machines, the specter of millions of votes being canceled or flipped. Martial law being declared in the election’s wake. A possible civil war, bloodbaths in the streets as dft’s goon militias finally made their move, assault rifles at the ready… > > Come Wednesday, and all of that has vanished like farts in the wind. The Supremes actually stood up against dft’s lame attempts, no martial law declared. If there were attempts at voter intimidation they quickly and quietly got quashed by local officials who properly did their jobs. If voting machines were hacked they had a minimal effect on the outcome. No homies trying to start a 2nd civil war “Nothing Ever Happens” memers up big. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/259 "2026-11-07T15:14:08Z")
More serious thought about why we didn’t have widespread efforts of voter fraud… Someone pointed out to me recently that even though Trump and his cohorts lie all of the time, including about the contents of court cases, their actual _legal fillings_ generally don’t contain outright falsehoods. This is why the courts so easily dismissed all of the 2020 voter fraud cases. The filings didn’t present any outright false information or faked evidence, even when Trump went on TV and insisted that this or that court case was about to drop this or that evidence (which we knew was fabricated). All their court cases were based on was testimony by MAGA idiots who genuinely thought they saw one thing or another, but the things they saw were very easily explainable - because they had nothing to do with fraud. Basically, where our system is good at holding them accountable - court filings where a judge that’s pissed off you’re wasting his time is going to find you in contempt and put you in jail for a few days or charge you a fine - the Trumpers behave. Where our system is bad at holding them accountable - blabbing falsehoods on mass media, for example - they very much don’t. Same goes with Jan 6 - it’s a situation where Congress was responsible for holding Trump accountable, and so the Republicans just chose not to. US elections are actually very solidly built. They’re controlled by the fifty states, not the federal government. They’d be incredibly hard to rig. And the consequences would be at least in part up to state courts. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389/260 "2026-11-07T15:40:15Z")
Meanwhile, Republican legislators in various states proposing using lame-duck sessions to legislate to straitjacket the incoming Dem administrations and/or majorities. Already senior outgoing leaders in at least two: GA(governor) and IA(Speaker), saying “no”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-2026-election-night-party-thread/1034389.md?page=14)