# The Democrats will win their election **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 15, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652 "2016-10-15T22:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/121 "2016-11-09T18:57:55Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > You shall not mock the Lord and get away with it. I didn’t say anything about mocking “the” Lord, just about mocking _your_ Lord. And I bet I can. Have. Did. Done. ---
**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 9, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/122 "2016-11-09T19:56:17Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > It means that on Hillary’s inauguration party, there’ll be the long-awaited surprise Genesis reunion and they’ll do this as [their first number](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XhDHJNuyXw). Og told me so. Damn, there goes my prediction, too. Can at least the original Van Halen stand in and play _Jump_, replacing the word “Jump” with “Trump”? That would be awesome, too. ---
**Author:** ![Itself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/123 "2016-11-09T20:30:53Z")
Get professional help. I don’t mean that an insult. Hearing voices that you think are coming from God is not something sane people do. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/124 "2016-11-09T20:36:18Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Jesus saves, Gretzky gets the rebound, he shoots - HE SCORES! Blasphemy! It was Orr who scored. ---
**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, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/125 "2016-11-09T23:32:02Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > Only speed bump left is for the electorial college to have a rouge agent in it’s midst, about 60 of them to be exact is what Hillary needs. I’m not sure how applying makeup to the electors will get them to change their votes, but hey, the Cubs are World Series Champions, so I guess pretty much all bets are off at this point… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/126 "2016-11-10T13:32:23Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > I have no answer … in my heart I am happy that a woman is not the next POTUS. but now I look like a fool, uh? A little more so, perhaps, for saying that. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/127 "2016-11-10T13:42:58Z")
Lesson from the book Up\_The\_Junction 1:1 ‘Don’t trust what imaginary friends tell you’ ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/128 "2016-11-10T13:55:17Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > I have no answer … in my heart I am happy that a woman is not the next POTUS. Gotta love that ol’ time misogyny. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/129 "2016-11-10T13:56:20Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > You can call God a liar, but i will never do > that. Will you believe the next “word” that comes your way from that entity? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/130 "2016-11-10T14:12:49Z")
I still walk with Him and talk to Him (in prayer). God has not given me any answers to why He chose me to deliver this message. This election has been a test for my walk with Him and if the Words He said don’t come true. What do I do? Give up on Him? I can’t do that. I told Jesus did you do this so people could make fun of me? Then I added what about you, Lord? Yes, I will seek professional help from the Veterans Hospital, but only as a last resort. What if the Word was true … I’m not asking you to send money. I’m just asking you to believe: [The one scenario that could still get Hillary into the White House](http://nypost.com/2016/11/09/the-one-scenario-that-could-still-get-hillary-into-the-white-house/) > [@](#): > > For diehard Democrats holding out hope that they won’t have to live through a Trump presidency, there is a last, incredibly long shot for them latch on to — a surprise twist in the Electoral College. Though Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 200,000, Trump has won the minimum of 270 electoral votes necessary to be elected president. As of late Wednesday, he had 290 to Clinton’s 228. According to the Constitution, chosen electors of the Electoral College are the real people who will vote for president, when they meet on Dec. 19 in their respective state capitals. However, there is nothing stopping any of the electors from refusing to support the candidate to whom they were bound or by abstaining There’s even a name for it: becoming a “faithless elector.” I will keeep the faith 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/131 "2016-11-10T18:12:42Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > What if the Word was true … I’m not asking you to send money. I’m just asking you to believe: [The one scenario that could still get Hillary into the White House](http://nypost.com/2016/11/09/the-one-scenario-that-could-still-get-hillary-into-the-white-house/) Let’s just be clear here. Are you saying that, at this point in time, your position is that it will still come true? I think it’s important to nail this down, one way or t’other. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/132 "2016-11-10T18:18:25Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Blasphemy! It was Orr who scored. The goalie for the Oilers once took me and my dad out to dinner at a restaurant. It was a religious experience, because there we were - the father, the son, and the goalie host. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/133 "2016-11-10T18:51:22Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Let’s just be clear here. Are you saying that, at this point in time, your position is that it will still come true? I think it’s important to nail this down, one way or t’other. Yes, I will stand on the promises of God, but this doesn’t mean the end of time as man knows it. This is just a speed bump, unless the NRA gets involved that is and I don’t think that will happen. Surely the knife part is yet to come and that is not the electorial college. This election is not over … 39 more days till they meet according to google that is. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/134 "2016-11-10T19:57:46Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > This election is not over … **39** more days till they meet according to google that is. Bolding biblically inspired. [QUOTE=Job 39] 39 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/135 "2016-11-10T19:59:00Z")
I think I’ll bookmark this thread for the day after the inauguration. Should be a fun read then. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/136 "2016-11-16T22:45:50Z")
> [@joyfool](#): > > I think I’ll bookmark this thread for the day after the inauguration. Should be a fun read then. It’s a fun read now 🙂 The Lord did add one more item to my to do list (while I was wondering or was it worried) about the Supreme Court only having four justices in case they are needed in an emergency fast tracking of any problems the electoral college might give us for an early Christmas present. The Lord said, “Be sober” Actually I was worried about two of the Justices being Catholic and one female Justice being a Jew with views about Trump that many others have and one female Justice of undetermined faith. “Be sober” and then of course the usual “Trust me” No eggnog for me this year … ---
**Author:** ![Neo-Calredic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@Neo-Calredic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neo-Calredic)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/137 "2016-11-16T22:55:55Z")
Honest question: How do you know that voice you hear is really god? How can you be 100% sure it isn’t Satan attempting to deceive you? That is something he is allegedly known to be quite good at. Alternatively, how do you know it isn’t god sometimes, and Satan imitating god at other times? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/138 "2016-11-16T23:01:54Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > Can you believe that … they said the poll was double digits … How did MSNBC get it so wrong. If god can be wrong what hope is there for MSNBC? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/139 "2016-11-16T23:13:56Z")
> [@Neo-Calredic](#): > > Honest question: How do you know that voice you hear is really god? How can you be 100% sure it isn’t Satan attempting to deceive you? That is something he is allegedly known to be quite good at. > > Alternatively, how do you know it isn’t god sometimes, and Satan imitating god at other times? Fair question … (31) years of being one with him, (15) years on the streets of Southern California on foot and in vehicles till I retired in 2003 to this quite rural area of the United States of America. Trusting Him for my daily needs of food and shelter, miracles observed, wrong church movements called Revival uncovered. The last few years I have been learning how to please the Lord with worship and praise even though I can’t sing or play an instrument it is fun to find groups on youtube that do worship the Lord in a way that pleases Him. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3vYyGPFYo8&list=RDr3vYyGPFYo8&index=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3vYyGPFYo8&list=RDr3vYyGPFYo8&index=1) Through trial and error … The Lord once said, “if the devil couldn’t deceive you he wouldn’t try now would he” Hard question to answer without knowing me … I try to judge myself first. I’m not perfect, but my Lord is shaping me and molding me into the person He wants me to be. I’m saved, because of what he did for me on the cross at Calvary. You can’t save yourself. I know Him and I serve Him ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652/140 "2016-11-16T23:29:17Z")
> [@joyfool](#): > > I think I’ll bookmark this thread for the day after the inauguration. Should be a fun read then. A fun read, _assuming_ that Trump isn’t prompt in fulfilling his promise about “closing that Internet up in some way.” > [@](#): > > We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what’s happening. We have to talk to them about, maybe in certain areas, closing that Internet up in some way. Somebody will say, ‘Oh freedom of speech, freedom of speech.’ These are foolish people. We have a lot of foolish people. [Donald Trump wants to 'close up' the Internet](http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/08/technology/donald-trump-internet/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-will-win-their-election/768652.md?page=8)